Air Assault on Crete "Retire" issues

[tallracer333]

I have been playing "Air Assault on Crete" on VASSAL, and for some reason I am now locked out from being able to "retire" from the Axis and switch to the Allies. It seems to have locked me into being Axis only. Since I am playing solitaire, I need to play both sides. I have gotten along fine until the Turn 6, and then it seemed to go haywire.

Can you point me as to where I might be able to find help?

Thanks,
Steve

[irishwulf]

Steve,
What happens when you try to retire? Is the button not there? Is 'Axis' the only available side listed?

-Seth

[tallracer333]

Well, for the first five turns, it let me toggle between the two players. But for some reason, now that I have reached Turn 6, it only lets me choose "Axis" and the "Allied" selection is no longer available in the drop-down box.

[irishwulf]

I don't ever play this way, so this is a shot in the dark, but did you at any point become an observer? Did you close the game at any point? Are you able to reproduce this behavior?

-Seth

[tallracer333]

Yeah, I think I might have clicked on "observer" by mistake. Once that happens, does it permanently prevent me from being a player again? Is there an "undo" for that?

[irishwulf]

There is a problem with the 'Become Observer' button in online games, and I thought perhaps it could be reproduced if you were to, say, 'Become Observer', save, quit, and reload the game. It was a long shot, and I can't personally reproduce this. Unfortunately I don't believe there is any way to unlock the other side - however, you _could_ try this:
1) Change your password while your game is open
2) Save the game
3) File -> Close Game
4) Change your password back to the original one
5) Load the saved game
6) You _may_ now be able to join as 'Allied' - but not 'Axis'. Join 'Allied'.
7) Retire, and click 'Join another side', '<observer>'
Save the game
9) Close the game
10) Change password to your new one
11) Load the save game
12) Both sides available? Maybe?

-Seth