Subj : TWGS question
To   : Jas Hud
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Sun May 14 2023 04:25 pm

  Re: TWGS question
  By: Rob Swindell to Jas Hud on Sat May 13 2023 03:42 pm

 >   Re: TWGS question
 >   By: Jas Hud to Rob Swindell on Sat May 13 2023 03:40 pm
 >
 >  >   To: Rob Swindell
 >  >   Re: TWGS question
 >  >   By: Rob Swindell to Richard Vonzel on Sat May 13 2023 12:47 pm
 >
 >  >  >   Re: TWGS question
 >  >  >   By: Richard Vonzel to All on Sat May 13 2023 11:28 am
 >
 >  >  >  > Everyday the games in my TradeWars Game Server seem to disappear. I
 >
 >  >  >  > have
 >  >  >  > to create the games over all the time. Is there a reason that they
 >  >  >  > don't stay created?
 >
 >  >  > I (and I think many others) have the same problem. The registry key
 >  >  > disappears (often) when rebooting. I saved the registry key (using
 >  >  > regedit.exe likely) and just restore that when needed. It's a pain in
 >  >  > the ass and a pretty huge bug in this commercial software.
 >
 >  > here's a link to his contact info.
 >  > he still makes money on registrations so he should fix it. i looked for a
 >  > couple of mins on their forums and dont see any topics about settings
 >  > resetting.
 >
 >  > http://eisonline.classictw.com/contact/
 >
 > I just sent email to John describing the issue. I assume he already knew of
 > the problem since many TWGS players seem to be aware of it. I also found it
 > mentioned on the linked support forum as well (back 2016):
 > http://www.classictw.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=34975&p=248112
 >
 > The last release was over 10 years ago, so not holding out much hope for a
 > fix any time soon. :-(

This is the response I received from John:

Yes, I have seen this issue.  It has to do with changes in Windows to
deal with security.  But I run TWGS on Windows 10 without this issue.
The main fix seems to be to make sure that TWGS has full administrative
rights.  This is the key to whether or not it can write permanent
registry entries.

For a future fix, I am planning a new TWGS version that will remove all
dependence on the registry.  I will instead implement it so that it
doesn't require an install, you can just save it into a directory and
run it and it will be fully self-contained.  That will hopefully
future-proof it against these kinds of Windows changes moving forward.
I'm not sure when I'll be able to put out a new version, however, as I'm
very busy with other projects.
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