Issues after SQL server outage

[Johnny Haywire]

OK, this is pretty weird. The forums were down yesterday and I played this map... sort of. I clicked on THIS map (with the preview map posted earlier) but THIS is the map I get... (TOTALLY different map, and has nothing to do with Tanks in Space.)

Spoiler

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Ideas?

Oh, second weirdness incident - I posted my score (as you can see on the screenshot) but it still says "not played" under the description. Go figure.

This topic has been split from a map thread http://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=21377.0

Mainly so Virgil can look into it on his return.

As an aside, yes, there was an SQL server (database) issue that has been resolved.

[GoodMorning]

Looks like saved metadata combined with (unavailable) map data.

The GUID of the map will not match that which you recorded a score for, so it's not unreasonable.

Does the map register as "downloaded" currently?

[Johnny Haywire]

Yes, it's showing that it's been downloaded. I get the big green "play" button.

But it's definitely NOT the map that's pictured. Nor is it the fun map that everyone else got to play. It's a totally different, not nearly as interesting, map.  :P

[chwooly]

I had the same problem yesterday and was not able to get into forums either (SMF error?). Today everything is working as it should. I think it had to do with an inability to connect to the server correctly

[knucracker]

If a map is wrong, then you can manually remove and redownload it.
"c:\Users\YOUR_USER\Documents\My Games\particlefleet\exchange\maps\"
That directory has sibdirectories broken up in groups of 100. Find the bothersome map file and remove it (while the game isn't running).

[Johnny Haywire]

OooOOooo! I started a forum post w/o even knowing it!

GoodMorning told me where to find the map, and when I deleted it and searched for it online I was able to find (and play) the correct map. And it was much better than the one I'd played  ;D

Thanks guys!