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Could not end game Somebody Observing
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:22 pm
by Turk1964
Gday all
Tryed to end a game as normal at the end of a turn and the following is the messagei recieved
" Sorry,could not give an order" " A player that is only observing the game tried to give an order"
I could only end the game by clicking on close game in the sub menu,then it took me back to the Dialougue box. I have had this message once before and thought it odd. Can games be observed by non players?
Cheers Turk
Re: Could not end game Somebody Observing
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:34 pm
by FedeM
I had the same message two or three times in the past.
Re: Could not end game Somebody Observing
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:11 pm
by Turk1964
Yes this is the second time its happened to me. Hopefully someone from Slitherine can shed some light on this???
Re: Could not end game Somebody Observing
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:02 pm
by IainMcNeil
This will all be resolved when the new version is released. I have no idea what it means as there is no way to observe a game....
Re: Could not end game Somebody Observing
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:55 pm
by Turk1964
Thanks Ian so it seems to be a bug of some sort? I thought i was the only one getting this message but Fedem has also got them so i am not alone

Re: Could not end game Somebody Observing
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:35 pm
by the_iron_duke
I've just got this exact same message now in a multiplayer game with the scores at 55/56 against 33/34. It would seem I'll never get to know who the real winner was going to be in this battle. Anyway, this particular bug still appears to be alive and hopefully it can be terminated with prejudice.
Re: Could not end game Somebody Observing
Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:47 pm
by the_iron_duke
Or maybe my game's still on. I went to the Close Game option and it seems to have sent the move as per usual. Get that bug in any case for giving me a terrible fright. I can once more try and snatch glory from the jaws of defeat in the mother of all epic of battles...
Re: Could not end game Somebody Observing
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 9:39 am
by IainMcNeil
This bug will definitely go as will all other bugs. The game is being rewritten from scratch - every line of code so nothing that is there now will be there in the new version. However there will be a lot of new bugs to find and squash as we go through the beta phase of the new engine.