Penultima Campaign Log Session #002 [full log] Return of Mikaila 1 - The Edge of Nowhere (multiplayer module by Tom 'Magi' Smallwood) Thurs 22 Apr 03 [modified 22 Aug 03] Host: Kris B. Characters: Nifft [fraz] human male rogue[1] Vilia Saathlynthrial [kristina b.] elven female paladin[1] ------------------------------ [Nifft has started in the Inn] [Vilia has started in the DM House] [fraz] Nifft : [Tell] Greetings Lady Vilia! Steven Arcadre: [Talk] What do you want, chicken soup or stew? Both cost 2 gold pieces. Dodger: [Talk] Dodger wags his tail Nifft : [Tell] Vilia? Can you hear me? Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] yes Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Shout] yes Nifft: [Talk] Oh! Good! Nifft : [Tell] Ah good! Nifft : [Tell] Did you start up in the DM house again this time? Nifft: [Talk] What would you like to do? Nifft: [Talk] Sit on the Floor [server goes down] ----------------------------- [fraz] Nifft : [Tell] Okay... we're back Nifft : [Tell] Is this the saved game? Dodger: [Talk] Dodger barks playfully at you Nifft: [Talk] hi Dodger! Nifft : [Tell] Vilia, can you leave the DM house? House Plaque: [Talk] The house of Nifft Nifft: [Talk] What would you like to do? Nifft: [Talk] Sit on the Floor Nifft : [Tell] Vilia? Nifft: [Talk] Ah! [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] nifft? Nifft: [Talk] Hiya! [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] did you see any of my messages? Nifft: [Talk] nope [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] I could see yours. Nifft: [Talk] did you see mine? Nifft: [Talk] ah Nifft: [Talk] were you using the "tell" command? [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] aha, sorry lost all my menus and such [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] no i wasn't using the tell command... Nifft : [Party] oh dear Nifft : [Party] ah Dodger: [Talk] Dodger sniffs your hand [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] and I lost all my gear [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] and any experience and gold I had. ugh. Nifft : [Party] sounds like you're playing a new char in a saved game [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] apparently I am... even though I started with my saved character in the DM house Nifft : [Party] weird [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] yeah this will seriously suck if i have to do this every week Nifft : [Party] i chose my own saved copy of Nifft [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] and I chose my saved version of Viia. Nifft : [Party] then when the game was loading it asked if I wanted to play the Nifft that was saved with the game Nifft : [Party] it gave me a choice Nifft : [Party] did you get that choice? [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] hm, i was never told i could play a character saved in the game, i was told I could create a new character or select a premade character [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] maybe I didn't save my character in the game last time? (I thought i did) Nifft : [Party] your char should automatically get saved with the game Nifft : [Party] I would think [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] i would think so too.... *big sigh* Nifft : [Party] did you want to try it again? Do you think you missed something? Nifft : [Party] I just don't get why I got the choice, but not you [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] yeah, I'd like to give it one last shot.... Nifft : [Party] ok.... [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] back in a jiffy! [server is shut down by krisboyer10] [fraz is booted to the menu screen, but the game crashes to the Windows desktop afterwards - reboot] ----------------------------- Nifft : [Party] I started in the inn again Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] hey, this time, he took all my clothes! Dodger: [Talk] Dodger licks your face Nifft : [Party] what the hell is going on? [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] augh! Nifft : [Party] you still have no experience, too? [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] yup. now I have absolutely nothing Nifft : [Party] WTF? Nifft : [Party] now, you are choosing a version of the char that you saved? [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] yes (can you see my regular chat messages?) [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] like this one Nifft : [Party] yes... but that only works if we are near each other Nifft : [Party] you should set your default to "party", so we can always "hear" each other [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Talk] okay. i tried loading the game, but it didn't look like it was multiplayer. [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] that is, I loaded a saved game... i was inthe inn, but you didn't show up, so I left andtried this again. Nifft : [Party] how long did you wait? Nifft : [Party] maybe I didn't have time to get there [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] that could be, shall i try it one last time? Nifft : [Party] I had a crash after you shut down the game last time... I ended up having to reboot. Nifft : [Party] yes,... try again... do exactly what you did before to start off in the Inn [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] ok, I'll leave it running for about 5 minutes. Nifft : [Party] give me some extra time in case I crash again... Nifft : [Party] ok [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] np! Nifft : [Party] :-) [fraz disconnects from the server] ----------------------------- [fraz] Nifft : [Party] ?? You're in the DM house again? Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] yup. Dodger: [Talk] Dodger sniffs your hand Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] I assume you coldn't get in during the last 10 min or so? Nifft : [Party] right Nifft : [Party] I could not connect Nifft : [Party] did you start up in the Inn during that time? Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] yes I did Nifft : [Party] i wonder what's going on with this Nifft : [Party] this is rediculous Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] i tried looking on some bioware forums, but no luck. yes, I agree this is silly. Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] do you want to call it a night, and I can do some homework on why this is happening? Nifft : [Party] i guess so... Nifft : [Party] i wonder if there might be something wrong with the saved game itself Nifft : [Party] maybe corrupted or something Nifft : [Party] or perhaps we're just doing something wrong Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] it could be... actually, let me see if I can try with a fresh character... maybe then we can trouble shoot Nifft : [Party] i don't mind troubleshooting if you're up for it Nifft : [Party] so, what's the plan exactly? Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] I'll come in as vilia with no exp or gear, then get something, save game, shut down server, then start it up again and see if I can get back to where we were. Nifft : [Party] hmmmm... ok, just make sure our old saved game doesn't get overwritten or anything Nifft : [Party] it may still be good [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] Iwon't. I'll save it under a different name Nifft : [Party] kewl, thanks! [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] k so, in this game I hav a red shirt on. I'm going to save it, and we'll see what happens Nifft : [Party] ok! whenever you're ready Dodger: [Talk] Dodger sniffs your hand Nifft : [Party] ok! game saved! [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] yup! do you think i should try to save my character? Nifft : [Party] now we quit and reconnect Nifft : [Party] sure! why not [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] k lemme do that first [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] ok, character exported successfully. why don't you disconnect, and then I'll quit the game, and then I'll try to load it again. Nifft : [Party] ok! sounds like a plan. here I go! [fraz] Nifft: [Talk] you restarted? [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] yup. here's what I think what happened: [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] i saved my character last game, but I didn't elect to save my character when you exit the game, thinking that the character export was sufficient [fraz] Nifft : [Party] hmmmm.... [fraz] Nifft : [Party] I wonder why it gives me a choice, though [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] when I logged in this time, i got that screen asking if I wanted to use the version saved in the game, or the local verision of my character. [fraz] Nifft : [Party] ah! [fraz] Nifft : [Party] that's the choice [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] so the moral of thestory is: always elect to 'save' your character when you exit the game. :^) [fraz] Nifft : [Party] hmmmm [fraz] Nifft : [Party] that sounds like good advice [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] there is one last option: I culd try to load our saved game with different versions of vilia, perhaps I was just selecting the wrong one... [fraz] Nifft : [Party] ah! [fraz] Nifft : [Party] i think you should try that [krisboyer10] Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] ok, why don't you disconnect, and then I'll load up a new game [fraz] Nifft : [Party] ok [fraz] Nifft : [Party] here I go Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] no luck..... :^( [fraz] Nifft: [Talk] feh [fraz] Nifft : [Party] feh [fraz] Nifft : [Party] how many copies of Vilia do you have? Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] btw, how much do you know about the battle.net logons? as I was thinking about it, I had forgotten my password, and had to create a new one tongiht, maybe that had something to do with it? Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] 4 [fraz' machine locks up - reboot] ----------------------------- [fraz] Nifft : [Party] ugh [fraz] Nifft : [Party] crashed again [fraz] Nifft : [Party] but i saw your question about the multiplayer login name [fraz] Nifft : [Party] had some time to ponder it while i rebooted Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Tell] aha Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] what do you think? [fraz] Nifft : [Party] i think it's highly possible that your char in the saved game is tied to that specific login name Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] hm. [fraz] Nifft : [Party] in the log file that i saved from our first session your login name appears right before your char name [fraz] Nifft : [Party] as does mine Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] i beleive it was kristinaboyer [fraz] Nifft : [Party] yep... i believe that is correct [fraz] Nifft : [Party] i really think that's why you can't get that choice of save chars Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] well, i can give some various passwords a whirl, but I can do that and you can spend quality time with your other half. :^) if i figure it out, I'll know by being able to connect to the gam ein the right place [fraz] Nifft : [Party] heh... that's true [fraz] Nifft : [Party] (my other half is fast asleep already) Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] why dont I do that... and you can go snuggle under the covers? :^) [fraz] Nifft : [Party] that's cool though.... try out some passwords and then maybe we can connect again later in the week or next Tues Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] yes... YES!! :^) sorry about that .... Im such a noobie. [fraz] Nifft : [Party] heh! no worries! [fraz] Nifft : [Party] good luck, though! Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] thanks, i'll drop you a line if anything comes of it [fraz] Nifft : [Party] y-know... if worse comes to worse, we can always restart from scratch Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] hehe true, those rats weren't that tough [fraz] Nifft : [Party] it's not like we got that far here Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] true dat. well, have a good night. [fraz] Nifft : [Party] we could consider all of this a trial run [fraz] Nifft : [Party] ok! [fraz] Nifft : [Party] 'night! Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] hahahah! :^) [fraz] Nifft : [Party] Thanks! Vilia Saathlynthrial: [Party] 'night! [fraz disconnects from server]