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 Danger, Danger Will Robinson!! 
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R.P.'s Server this happened while sitting at prompt for several minutes:
==-- Trade Wars 2002 --==

T - Play Trade Wars 2002
I - Introduction & Help
S - View Game Settings
H - High scores
M - View Access Modes
X - Exit

Enter your choice:


INACTIVITY WARNING:

Your session will be terminated in Sixty seconds.

Enter your choice:


INACTIVITY WARNING:
Your session will be terminated in Sixty seconds.

Enter your choice:

INACTIVITY WARNING:
Your session will be terminated in Sixty seconds.

Enter your choice:


INACTIVITY WARNING:
Your session will be terminated in Sixty seconds.

Enter your choice:





...I called the Server's Bluff, and won. TWGS v2.18b

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There are ways this could happen under expected conditions. If the client sends a keep alive just after receiving the timeout message, the tineout will reset, then when it reaches 60 seconds again, it'll repeat the message. I can reproduce this output easily. Is there any chance that your client is resetting the timeout when it gets to between 60 and 30 seconds remaining?

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No Bot, or trigger running. My client has never 'helped' me out in the past.. I mean, if it's helping me stay connected all of a sudden, I think my computer has a very sick sense of humour. :lol:

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-= If Oil is made from Dinosaurs, and Plastic is made from Oil... are plastic Dinosaurs made from real Dinosaurs?
-= I like to keep my friends and my enemies rich, and wait to see which is which - Tony Stark (R.I.P.)


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Ok, so the next question I have is, how long did it go between displaying the timeout message? And do you know how long the inactivity timeout was set to? It would be shown on the General Info block of the * output from the startup menu.

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Are you sure it's not your client, LoneStar? SWATH has keepalives on by default. In fact, I don't know how to turn them off.

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Mongoose wrote:
Are you sure it's not your client, LoneStar? SWATH has keepalives on by default. In fact, I don't know how to turn them off.

The only keepalive in Swath that I know of is if you have the Auto-Helper turned on. Unclick the light bulb and it will turn the helper mode off.

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John Pritchett wrote:
Ok, so the next question I have is, how long did it go between displaying the timeout message? And do you know how long the inactivity timeout was set to? It would be shown on the General Info block of the * output from the startup menu.


Just use "telnet runawayproton.dyndns.org 223" select a game and wait at the "Enter you choice:" prompt.

I've noticed that entering that prompt without doing anything will kick me back into the Games Menu --as expected. However. If you look at highscores, or perhaps the Game Settings, this phenomenon will occur only a few times. If, you enter a game (and in my case leave game from the Citadel), and wait at the "Enter you choice:" prompt, it will give the inactivity warning several times.

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-= If Oil is made from Dinosaurs, and Plastic is made from Oil... are plastic Dinosaurs made from real Dinosaurs?
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Ok, given that description, let me see if I can duplicate the bug. Thanks!

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I did exactly as described, Logged in to server, picked a game letter check high score and sat there. After 3 minutes I get the 1 minute warning, then 30 seconds... 10 seconds and dropped to main menu.

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T0yman wrote:
I did exactly as described, Logged in to server, picked a game letter check high score and sat there. After 3 minutes I get the 1 minute warning, then 30 seconds... 10 seconds and dropped to main menu.


Looks like RP took all the games down.

I was in the Spaceball Edit, if that makes any difference. I repeated the 'glitch' several times. Maybe the server like me more than you, who knows

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-= If Oil is made from Dinosaurs, and Plastic is made from Oil... are plastic Dinosaurs made from real Dinosaurs?
-= I like to keep my friends and my enemies rich, and wait to see which is which - Tony Stark (R.I.P.)


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The Swath built in keepalive can not be turned off , its on forever ..

I have asked Stein about that ... its on always.

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LoneStar wrote:
T0yman wrote:
I did exactly as described, Logged in to server, picked a game letter check high score and sat there. After 3 minutes I get the 1 minute warning, then 30 seconds... 10 seconds and dropped to main menu.


Looks like RP took all the games down.

I was in the Spaceball Edit, if that makes any difference. I repeated the 'glitch' several times. Maybe the server like me more than you, who knows

He took the games down for an upgrade:

TradeWars Game Server
TWGS v2.19 <--- New Release

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