| Re: Duelling with Dropbox |
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I vouch for the convenience and speed. Learnt a lot from gible in the 2 duels. Thanks 
Addendum :
The batch file doesn't necessarily kill other open stars games. It must be something to do with not using "running multiple instances" of stars.
As I am unable to normally open *.m* files by simply opening them (linking them to starsjrc4.exe does not stick..), so I use a batch file. (.txt file renamed to a .bat file)
D:\Stars\starsjrc4.exe ****.m*
and add this to stars.ini file, under the [MISC] section.
defaultpassword=*******
Running the "taskkill" WILL close all stars file, so save your other games before you execute it.
Finally one player can leave the host to autogen.
However if you inadvertently alt-tab onto the host, the autogen gets turned off.
I used to "save and submit"(Ctrl+A) the turn and continue going through the turn, while waiting for gible to finish his starting turns.
When the other player submits the turn, you get a small dropbox pop saying "***.x*" file has been added. That should be your indication to check up on the host file if it doesn't autogen.
Works quite well for a speedy 2400-25.
Edit
Oh do be careful about dumping planet reports etc. They are accessible to both players.
Deleted files can be undeleted from the dropbox website, so you might want to 'purge' your deleted .p files, if you do generate them by mistake.
Frankly, you won't really need to do it. You have to trust each other when you are playing this way.
If you don't, well, you can password protect the host file so that only one person can generate the turn.
Gible, once you reach your 8gb bonus referral cap, replace the link with this please 
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTIwNzk5MjcwOQ
[Updated on: Sun, 20 February 2011 23:21]
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