Apple Macintoch users
General
Hardware/Software
Problems
Interface
Rules
Apple Macintoch users
Q: Does DBA Online
work under Apple
Macintosh?
A: Yes, DBA Online
DOES run under Mac.
You need Virtual
PC Emulator.
Here is Ed Allen's
experience:
"I tried installing DBA Online on a
Mac PPC machine under
Virtual PC 3.0 and
discovered that it
had video problems,
with
redraws of underlying
layers following
the
cursor when over
highlighted buttons
or in
dialog boxes. This
was fixed by downloading
and installing the
update to Virtual
PC 3.03A
from Connectix, which,
among other things
fixes some video
drivers."
So, if you get problems
or strange behavior
under VPC 3.0, go
to Connectix for
the upgrade.
http://www.connectix.com/
General
Q: What is the PCM?
A: PCM stands for
"Personal Challenge
Manager". It
is located at http://www.dbaol.com/login.htm
(Or you may access
your PCM directly
from
the DBAOL program
by pressing "New
Internet
Game" button).
This is you Web-Based
Interface where you
can challenge other
DBAOL players for
games
and accept incoming
challenges from other
players.
Q: I realized that
I cannot find myself
in
the Challenge list.
However, it seems
that
I have no problem
to challenge another
players.
A: When you enter
the PCM, your name
is not
listed in the list
because there's no
need
to create an Internet
game with yourself.
Don't worry - you
are listed in other
players'
PCM for sure, so
everyone sees your
alias.
If you want to play
a game with yourself,
just use "New
Hot Seat Game"
in
the program. Such
games do not require an
Internet
connection.
Q: I forgot my username
and password. What
should I do?
A: Send a request
to contact@dbaol.com.
Your
Username and Password
will be sent to the
email address listed
during the registration.
Q: Whenever I try
to login to the Personal
Challenge Manager
via Web, I receive
the
following message:
"Access to user
personal
page is forbidden
because of wrong
User ID
or internal server
error. Contact the
administrator."
A: Login Name and
Password are cASE
sENSITIVE.
Try to enter them
exactly as they were
in
your "New Player
Registration"
confirmation e-mail.
Also if your System
uses other languages
than English (for
example German or
Spanish),
please switch to
English when you
type your
Login Name and Password.
If the problem persists,
please, contact
contact@dbaol.com
Q: I would like to
register to play
free
games.
A: Download the DBA
Online software from
http://www.dbaol.com/download.htm.
Install
it.
After that run the
program, fill in
"New
Player", wait
for a couple of seconds
while the program
sends your data to
the
Game Server, and
that's it.
Q: I press "New
Internet Game"
button, but nothing
happens.
A: In some systems
there problems with
"default
browser" settings,
so that the browser
does not start automatically.
Do not worry.
For that occasion,
we have implemented
the
access to your Personal
Challenge Manager
via Web directly.
Please, run your
Browser
as usually (no need
to run DBA Online
program)
and type this URL:
http://www.dbaol.com/login.htm
. Then enter your
Login Name and password.
Q: I have made several
players on my computer,
is it possible to
remove a player?
A: No it isn't. But
you can remove useless
Aliases from PCM
- drop us a line
at contact@dbaol.com
and we'll do it.
In this way you'll
avoid
confusing other players.
Q: Is it possible
to change the email
address
for a player that
I have created?
A: Yes, write an
e-mail to contact@dbaol.com
and tell us your
new e-mail address.
Q: where in the net
can I get the DBA
1.2
rules fixes? I have
regular DBA 1.1 book.
A: The latest version
of DBA rules is 1.22
Read Help inside
DBA Online. It includes
some 1.22 Rules notes.
Q: Is there only
one Game Master?
When is
he (they) available
to play games when
other
gamers are not? Does
the Gamemaster have
other duties besides
providing an opponent?
A: Yes, there is
only one Game Master.
This
is Victor Kisly -
Executive Manager
of Wargaming.Net.
His duty is making
DBA Online :-)
He plays games with
"Trial Players".
Q: What is the limit
as to how many games
one player can have
going at one time?
A: You can play ANY
number of games at
one
time. Many players
have more than a dozen
games
at the same time.
Q: How many players
can be used on one
computer?
A: "New Player"
button allows to
create any number
of profiles, so that
your
wife/husband or kids
or friends can have
their own independent
profiles at one computer
using one copy of
DBA Online software.
Hardware/Software
Problems
Q: When I run DBA Online though, the Server
emulator window pops up, but instead of the
program itself get a simple error message
box "Failed to set 800x600 16bit video
mode. Configure your Video adapter (Monitor)
so that it supports 800x600 16 bit Mode.
If the problem persists, contact the developers
by e-mail at contact@dbaol.com"
A: By some reason
DBA Online program cannot
set "800x600
16 Bit color" display
mode. Below are some
ideas of how to handle
this problem:
1. Check if your display supports 800x600
mode and if this
mode is configured
properly.
2. If you use 800x600
mode check whether
16Bit color depth
mode is configured.
3. Do you have the
most recent drivers
for
your graphic adapter
installed? The thing
is that even if you
have the most sophisticated
graphic adapter,
but its "native"
drivers are not installed
it is possible
that it currently
does not support
800x600
mode which it is
obliged to support.
In any case it might
make sense to visit
the site of your
video card's manufacturer
and download and
install the latest
drivers
for your graphic
card.
Q: My computer (HDD,
Windows 95, etc.)
crashed.
What should I do?
A: Do NOT re-register
again.
Just re-install the
DBA Online program
and
hit "Restore
Player" button.
This
will restore your
profile and all your
games.
NOTE: Alias and Password
are case-sensitive.
Interface
Q: Most moves in DBA are square -- forward,
sideward or backwards.
Every time I try to
move I get that spinner
thing and my element
is all over the place.
A: You get the spinner
when you click on
an element and hold
down the mouse button
a bit too long. If
your click is quick,
your
element sticks to
"hand cursor"
and can be moved
without changing
orientation.
If you want to change
element's orientation
(i.e. "pivot
it on the spot")
while
moving, hold the
left mouse button
for a
while until you get
that "spinner"
cursor.
Q: My mounted elements
can't move in Bad
Going.
A: When you select
on an element to
be moved,
have a look at "Terrain
Type Panel"
just below the small
map in the right
upper
corner. Those ovals
("Gr",
"BGo",
"GGo",
"Rv", "Rd")
are kind of "Gear
Shifts".
According to DBA
rules, if you want
to move
your element with
Good Going Movement
Distance,
the entire movement
path of that element
MUST be in Good Going.
So, if "GGo"
oval is highlighted,
the program won't
let
your element in Bad
Going or River.
So, if you want to
move your element
into
Bad Going or River,
you must highlight
"BGo"
or "Rv"
ovals.
Q: How do you know
what kind of terrain
is
on the table?
A: If you hold the
mouse over a terrain
feature
for 2 seconds, you
will get pop-up info
(Hint)
on that terrain feature
explaining what it
is and what type
of going it is.
Also, Bad Going terrain
features and Steep
Slopes (also BGo)
are marked with diagonal
lines.
Q: How the heck do
you break, say the
left
two units, off a
line as a new group?
A: Forming a new
group is easy. Switch
to
"Group Selection
Mode", click
on
any element you want
to start your group
formation from. The
program will automatically
highlight all the
possible elements,
which
can be inserted in
this group. Then
click
on any elements you
don't want to be
included
in the group. They
will become blue.
Only
those, which are
yellow, will be included
in the group. Click
"move it"
(or
click on brown element)
to move that group.
Q: I also was unable
to move a column
in
any direction except
straight ahead. My
understanding
is that a column
should be able to
turn by
following the first
element and "bending".
A: Yes, columns can
wheel (i.e. bend).
To
do that, just click
on the leading element's
corner to get that
"spinner cursor".
Note, the leading
element cannot start
the
second wheel until
the second element
goes
through the first
wheel.
Rules
Q: Why isn't the 2nd rank of Bows supporting
the front rank?
A: This is because 2nd
rank bow doesn't
support
in DBA. They do in
DBM.
Q: Does an element
have to be centered
on
the road, or will
it move at road rate
if
any part is on the
road?
A: According to DBA
rules It must be
centered
EXACTLY on the Road
at the beginning
of your
move. It is almost
impossible to do
manually
that's why you should
use "To Rd"
button.
When an element is
positioned exactly
on
the Road, there is
a small shield with
"Rd"
in its rear right
corner.
Q: Maybe I'm wrong,
but I thought that killing
the opposing General
or taking the opposing
Camp made the battle
won?
A: The DBA rules say that a game is won by
you if you killed enemy general AND you killed
more elements than enemy did. So if you kill
1 enemy element plus one general, but your
opponent has killed 2 elements, then the
game is not finished.
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