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Fri, 02 September 2011 00:58

realitybend

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I can't seem so figure out how to password protect race files. I believe it used to ask me after creating a race, but now it doesn't. I'm using 2.6JRC4. Any suggestions?

Thanks for helping a beginner out.

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Re: Race Passwords

Fri, 02 September 2011 02:38

BeeKeeper

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To password protect your race file the method I would use is:

1. Start a new Stars! game.
2. Click on Next in the first window which opens - leave all the default settings as they are unless you want to actually create a new game at the same time.
3. Right click on the blue diamond on the first entry on the list of players which will appear next.
4. From the drop down menu select Custom Race/Open.
5. Browse to your race file and click OK.
This will take you back to the list of players. Right click on the top blue diamond again but this time select Edit Race...
6. In the window which opens, the third box from the top will be blank and you can enter a password for your race here.
7. Click Finish.
8. You will be prompted to re-enter your race password and save the race file. Use the same name for the file as there is a bug in Stars! if you try and alter the name of your race file - so leave this unchanged. Otherwise the re-named file will be reported as corrupt. If you want to change the race name you will have to create the race from scratch again, but this time with the new name you want to use.

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Re: Race Passwords

Fri, 02 September 2011 06:24

Void

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realitybend wrote on Thu, 01 September 2011 21:58

I can't seem so figure out how to password protect race files. I believe it used to ask me after creating a race, but now it doesn't. I'm using 2.6JRC4. Any suggestions?

You only have to enter the password in once per session of Stars, so if you keep Stars running and open password-protected files, you should need to enter the password in the first time, but not the subsequent times. At least, that's been my experience.

Cheers,
Void

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Re: Race Passwords

Fri, 02 September 2011 07:31

BeeKeeper

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If you add "DefaultPassWord=XYZ" in the [Misc] section of your Stars.ini file, where XYZ is the password for your race file, you will not be prompted for the password at all.

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Re: Race Passwords

Fri, 02 September 2011 16:06

m.a@stars

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realitybend wrote on Fri, 02 September 2011 06:58

I can't seem so figure out how to password protect race files. I believe it used to ask me after creating a race, but now it doesn't. I'm using 2.6JRC4.

If you mean when you create the race, there's no prompt. It's just an option located under the race name(s) in the 1st tab of the race creation process. You can add a password to a racefile previously created by editing and saving it. Work at computer

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Re: Race Passwords

Fri, 02 September 2011 16:10

m.a@stars

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BeeKeeper wrote on Fri, 02 September 2011 08:38

Use the same name for the file as there is a bug in Stars! if you try and alter the name of your race file - so leave this unchanged. Otherwise the re-named file will be reported as corrupt. If you want to change the race name you will have to create the race from scratch again, but this time with the new name you want to use.

You seem to be mixing things a bit. It's not the file's name that triggers the bug, only the race's name. Shocked

Also, there's a workaround of sorts for the "racename corruption bug": you can change the race's name to something longer without a hitch. To shorten the name, OTOH, needs to be done one letter at a time between changes and saves/reloads. Whip

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Re: Race Passwords

Fri, 02 September 2011 17:03

BeeKeeper

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m.a@stars wrote on Fri, 02 September 2011 21:10

You seem to be mixing things a bit. It's not the file's name that triggers the bug, only the race's name. Shocked

Thanks for the clarification. I experienced this bug a while ago and had forgotton it was the race name which was the problem. My unreliable memory has been playing tricks again.

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Re: Race Passwords

Sun, 04 September 2011 11:53

realitybend

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Thanks to all of you for the help!

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Re: Race Passwords

Mon, 19 September 2011 10:52

Void

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m.a@stars wrote on Fri, 02 September 2011 13:10

Didn't know that! I'd always just created a new race from scratch, making sure I got my race's name right before continuing on.

Good to know!

Cheers,
Void

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