American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

Gentlemen:
I need to reinstall my TS BGG program. I have installed the program from the disk. I have updated to 1.34 from the TS patches. I have updated to the Tiller 32 bit version. The program fails to show or allow PBEM. It simply doesn't exist. What am I screwing up here? Any help would be appreciated. I am in the middle of a battle and would really like to be able to finish it. Thanks.
Jim Gleason LG 4-2-I AoP

BTW, I am now using the XP operating system if that makes any difference.
J. Gleason LG 4-2-I AoP

This is new to me to Jim but when receiving a pbem...try this....This might get you closer to what you are looking for.

*Open game using BG appication file
*Select a module
*At Open Dialog, Cancel
*Go to Special
*Hit Play by email
*Go to file in module and open

Colonel R.E.Daley
1st Corps of the ANV
3rd Calvary Divsion,
3rd Brigade
"We are the Midnight Riders"

Thanks for the suggestion, but no dice. When I open the program, I do not get the "Special Options" choice which allows the PBEM. I have uninstalled and reinstalled and updated, but I am at a loss.
Jim Gleason LG 4-2-I AoP

Confederate Spies I suspect, attempting to secure a victory.

That is a mighty strange problem. I play on the win98 platform, so I have little experience on the xp system. When you look into the program files do you find that the directories/files for pbem or anything like it even exist. Can you save a game without pbem? Do the dates on the files line up all to the time of your most recent install? Just thoughts, but I am also at a loss, although I intend not too lose.
MG Michael Laabs
3/III A of M

Try this:

Use the BGG.EXE file to open the program. (NOT the BG_start.exe)Then choose the correct module, i.e. BG. Then continue as Col Daley recommends.


<b><font color="gold">Ernie Sands
General, Commanding, Army of Ohio

ACWGC Cabinet member
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Gentlemen: I have tried your suggestions. I still cannot get to the PBEM function. It does not exist in any drop down menu choices, nor does the Introduction Screen contain a choice for special options. Is it possible that my original disk is fouled? How can the PBEM function simply disappear?
Jim Gleason LG 4-2-I AoP

Jim,

Don't take this the wrong way but I believe it just says "Play by email". I send you a screen shot if I can.....



Colonel R.E.Daley
1st Corps of the ANV
3rd Calvary Divsion,
3rd Brigade
"We are the Midnight Riders"

Make sure you get your 1.34 patch from here http://www.hc-llc.net/games/patches.html not from Talonsoft. Maybe that's the problem.

Lt. General Dirk Gross
XIV Corps/AoC

I have just added a new tutorial to the West Point webpage for starting a Battleground game from the .exe. You can get to the tutorial site direct at http://home.comcast.net/~krmiller8/tutorial/ you'll find tutorials on Winzip, starting a PBEM game and the new on on starting a game from the .exe

Gen. Ken Miller



Army of the Shenandoah

Excellent Ken, just damn excellent.....

Colonel R.E.Daley
1st Corps of the ANV
3rd Calvary Divsion,
3rd Brigade
"We are the Midnight Riders"

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<br />Excellent Ken, just damn excellent.....

Colonel R.E.Daley
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DITTO!!!!![:D]

<b><font color="gold">Ernie Sands
General, Commanding, Army of Ohio

ACWGC Cabinet member
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Thanks for all your help. Finally got it going.