Re: Global Wars...
  By: Jas Hud to Fzf on Sun Oct 02 2022 05:22 pm

 JH> so i took the default 2.7
 JH> i copied over my old old old old war.cfg

 JH> then i see your post and i go get the v3.x ibbs version
 JH> still works. https://i.imgur.com/VjovU9O.png

Your configuration works in version 3.0 because it **IS** a version 3.0 configuration file.

The same configuration file will also work in a 2.7 installation.  3.0 did not change the existing 59 configuration lines, it merely added to them.  The first 59 lines are the same between the two versions.  So 2.7 will read a 3.0 configuration file and just ignore the additional lines.

 JH> so martin just has an error in his config file.

It's a 2.7 configuration file.  He was complaining of only 59 lines of information in his config file and line 60 was all hyphens.  Here is the end of the options in the default 2.7 WAR.CFG.  Line numbers have been added and the text is chopped at column 65 so lines don't get wrapped:

57: 5     Bonus armies for occupying N. America
58: 2     Bonus armies for occupying S. America
59: P     Allow direct fortifications? (A/N/P)
60: -------------------------------------------------------------
61: DO NOT INSERT OR DELETE ANY LINES ABOVE THIS HORIZONTAL LINE!
62: PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN EDITING THIS FILE!
63:
64: Global War expects to find the values it is looking for on s
65: lines. Your registration number MUST be on LINE 1, your BBS 
66: on LINE 2, etc.  You must be very careful not to insert or d
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