Play by play bug? (in General)


Mythology January 6 2005 6:26 PM EST

Not sure if this has been posted before, I had a look but Im not reading every thread just entitled "A bug?". Anyway, I like to fight with play-by-play on no win. Two reasons, one because when I lose I like to know why, if I win, its working don't need to look :p

Two, because if I lose I need to fight the person again so when the whole battle appears it means I need to fight again rather than the low text with no play by play on.

But, with that option selected every time the first battle I fight its set to on, so every time I fight my first fight my mind shouts "you lost, fight again". Just wanted to see if can be fixed or if just me having bug, Thank you!

AdminJonathan January 6 2005 6:41 PM EST

I can't reproduce from what you've said.

For instance, pbp defaults to off. So I fought a battle, changed to "on non-win" and fought a battle. I won the battle and no pbp displayed.

Mythology January 6 2005 9:30 PM EST

Yes turning it on non win works fine, except when you have it on and fight your first battle, for me anyway.

How to reproduce :
1) Fight a battle, turn on on no win setting. Fight another battle.

2) Train.

3) Fight a battle from your list on the drop down menu.

The setting will be listed as "off" for the first fight only, then revert back to on non win. So win or lose the first battle you fight always appears, the next battle it seems to "remember" the on no win setting.

Gilgamesh January 6 2005 10:28 PM EST

Fwiw, I'm experiencing a similar problem. For some reason I am consistently getting play-by-play, even after I change the setting to 'off' - also get it when its 'on non-win' and I win. Its no big deal - just mildly annoying.

Fyi - I'm selecting opponents from my recent battles list, and opening them in their own seperate browser-tabs. Hence, there is no sidebar in those tabs. When beginning a fight in this manner, there is no setting for play-by-play, all three "empty-dots" next to each of the three settings are unselected. Thereafter, selecting the 'off' setting is ineffective.

Also: I've been fighting in this manner all week, but today is the first time the aforementioned problem appeared.


Just checked: When I do begin fights from the sidebar, play-by-play is off. I just don't use that menu for fighting because I havent gotten my supportership yet (still setting up paypal acct) so I can't make use of the favorites list.

3D January 6 2005 10:39 PM EST

i get the opposite. i get always off and play-by-play is never on

AdminJonathan January 6 2005 10:43 PM EST

Gilgamesh's first bug is fixed; you still won't be able to set playbyplay w/o the sidebar active, though. This is how it's designed.

I can't reproduce Mythology's either so maybe that is fixed too, although I have my doubts.

Gilgamesh January 6 2005 10:50 PM EST

Thanks for the quick fix.

robinhood January 12 2005 10:43 PM EST

i have been really annoyed by this ... no matter watever i do .. i never get my play by play on ... so its like shooting in the dark .. i never get to see how my minions and spells are working ... if ne1 can help me in this regard it would be greatly helpful ..
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