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help pls - trying to invite to a new game

#1 Post by Pander Beers » Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:58 pm

i'm having a silly issue. i cannot figure out how to send people my game to join

i've made a private game with a password - i sent my friends the link, and they get the gray "pre-game" view with no way to join
am i missing something obvious?

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Re: help pls - trying to invite to a new game

#2 Post by Jamiet99uk » Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:57 am

Pander Beers wrote:
Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:58 pm
i'm having a silly issue. i cannot figure out how to send people my game to join

i've made a private game with a password - i sent my friends the link, and they get the gray "pre-game" view with no way to join
am i missing something obvious?
I'll check for you if you like?

Send me a PM with the link but not the password?
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Re: help pls - trying to invite to a new game

#3 Post by Pander Beers » Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:17 am

I think the issue was that I am unfamiliar of a best practice to share a game link to people for an anonymous private game. I tried to send them the game link I had, but it just opened the game up in a pregame state, and my friends couldn't join. Then, I said just go to my profile, but the game didn't show there because it was anonymous. They had to go to the new game list and search for my game there.

Is there a better way to send invites to games?

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Re: help pls - trying to invite to a new game

#4 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:01 am

Pander Beers wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:17 am
I think the issue was that I am unfamiliar of a best practice to share a game link to people for an anonymous private game. I tried to send them the game link I had, but it just opened the game up in a pregame state, and my friends couldn't join. Then, I said just go to my profile, but the game didn't show there because it was anonymous. They had to go to the new game list and search for my game there.

Is there a better way to send invites to games?
Just copy-paste the URL.
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Re: help pls - trying to invite to a new game

#5 Post by UnknownHero » Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:32 pm

I think this may be a new issue arising from the new interface.

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Re: help pls - trying to invite to a new game

#6 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:17 pm

Games in the new interface still have an address bar. You can still get the game ID the same as always.
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Re: help pls - trying to invite to a new game

#7 Post by JECE » Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:22 pm

UnknownHero wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:32 pm
I think this may be a new issue arising from the new interface.
I was going to say that this sounds like an old issue with the new interface, since it sounds like something that I've read on the Forum before.

If so, a workaround would be to ask all players to switch to the "Dropdown menus" "Default map UI" under Account --> Settings, then share the URL for the game in question. Note that each game has a two different URL's for the two different user interfaces, so copy the URL after you make the switch in settings.
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Re: help pls - trying to invite to a new game

#8 Post by Pander Beers » Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:36 am

JECE wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:22 pm
UnknownHero wrote:
Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:32 pm
I think this may be a new issue arising from the new interface.
I was going to say that this sounds like an old issue with the new interface, since it sounds like something that I've read on the Forum before.

If so, a workaround would be to ask all players to switch to the "Dropdown menus" "Default map UI" under Account --> Settings, then share the URL for the game in question. Note that each game has a two different URL's for the two different user interfaces, so copy the URL after you make the switch in settings.
I think this is it. Thank you

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