Gemp-LotR enters public beta

[MarcinS]

I think this is it: http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=Tervlon$ynma3asy43jb8omo

KeeJan attempted to play it on the enduring Cantea at the end of the game. Cantea still had vitality available for the exertion but KeeJan said the option to play it was not available. Perhaps it was player error but KeeJan hadn't passed when he attempted to play it. We played with Skype so no chatting occurred in game to refer to.

if it was enduring cantea then you do realise it can't be exerted during skirmish phase. that's why the card could not have been played...

[MarcinS]

Jarnsmid makes possessions +1 twilight cost instead of -1.

Fixed.

[Jerba]

I think this is it: http://www.gempukku.com/gemp-lotr/game.html?replayId=Tervlon$ynma3asy43jb8omo

KeeJan attempted to play it on the enduring Cantea at the end of the game. Cantea still had vitality available for the exertion but KeeJan said the option to play it was not available. Perhaps it was player error but KeeJan hadn't passed when he attempted to play it. We played with Skype so no chatting occurred in game to refer to.

if it was enduring cantea then you do realise it can't be exerted during skirmish phase. that's why the card could not have been played...

LOL. Well is there anyway your game can teach me how to play the game?   Thanks and sorry for the work on that. User FAIL. Keep up the great work.

[Creator]

This is both a bug report and a rule question.

Unless I'm mistaken, Legolas, Dauntless Hunter should be able to spot Hobbit allies to increase the cost of Shadow events and conditions. As it stands, Gemp is only letting it spot Hobbit companions.

Unless there's a game text modification I don't know about, why shouldn't I be able to spot hobbit allies with Legolas' text? Is this a bug?

[Air Power]

This is both a bug report and a rule question.

Unless I'm mistaken, Legolas, Dauntless Hunter should be able to spot Hobbit allies to increase the cost of Shadow events and conditions. As it stands, Gemp is only letting it spot Hobbit companions.

Unless there's a game text modification I don't know about, why shouldn't I be able to spot hobbit allies with Legolas' text? Is this a bug?

From CR 4.0:

"unbound
Only companions can be unbound (not
allies or minions). Any companion without
the Ring-bound keyword is an unbound
companion."

[hsiale]

"games played in last 24 hours: 66"

With all Movie block cards implemented activity has really went up a lot Yesterday I played with 7 different opponents.

[hsiale]

I still think next skirmish to resolve should be chosen by clicking on your opponent's characters in this skirmish, not on yours, misclicks that make you accidentally use Boromir, Son of Denethor, Gimli, Son of Gloin or any other such card should not decide games (and they sometimes do).

[Elfrond]

MarcinS, the fifth circle fortification card wasn't working.  It asked to exert 2 men or spot 3 knights, but didn't transfer.

[MarcinS]

MarcinS, the fifth circle fortification card wasn't working.  It asked to exert 2 men or spot 3 knights, but didn't transfer.

Fixed. Next time, please report it in a bug thread.

[MarcinS]

Due to my recent problems with disconnections (usually happening during the weekend), I've finally decided to move the service to a hosted service. It's already up and running, two things:
- all the Game History is lost (I really didn't wanted to copy it to the host service), so you start with a clean slate,
- if you can't connect to the service, your computer might have cached the old IP of the service, so you might wish to flush your DNS cache, to do that on Windows do the following:
1. Menu Start, and depending on your Windows version, either select "Run" option, or type "cmd" (without quotes) in the "Search programs and files".
2. Type "ipconfig /flushdns" (withough quotes) and press enter.

After that you should restart your browsers (close and open it up again) and you should be able to connect to the new service.

[Creator]

I did all those steps and I'm still having major connection issues. I got dropped in the middle of a game and I still can't get back in.

[MarcinS]

I did all those steps and I'm still having major connection issues. I got dropped in the middle of a game and I still can't get back in.

these steps should be followed if you can't connect at all, for the first time to the new server.
If you get disconnected from the game, then most likely it's the problem with your connection . you can try letting me know what's the error code you are getting in game (in brackets).

[Creator]

Server keeps disconnecting in the middle of the game. I switched computers and it's still doing it. I don't think it's just me-- someone else said they're having the same problem. I forgot to look at the error code.

EDIT
Here's the message:

"The game hall had a problem communicating with the server (0), no new updates will be displayed."

[Jerba]

I was having chat problems tonight. It would crash and I would miss a bunch of messages. Error I received was:
"Chat had a problem communicating with the server (404), no new messages will be displayed, but your messages still might get sent.
Reload the browser page (press F5) to resume the chat."

It happened several times in a row.

[MarcinS]

Ok, I did some changes in the chat code, so it should be more forgiving for people on a bad connection. It will transparently retry connecting a few times before reporting the error so you might play without interruption. I've also changed the error messages.

As for errors you've seen (and reported so far):
- 404 - means the chat room was closed (it's closed 10 minutes after the game is finished), so you should move to Game Hall (error message changed to suggest that),
- 0 - means your browser was unable to connect to the server, with the new hosting, it HAS to be problem with your Internet connection being unstable.