IFDB can't play TADS 3 WebUI games

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IFDB can't play TADS 3 WebUI games #576

Open dfabulich opened 3 years ago

dfabulich commented 3 years ago

https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=pjvpa5u0sej5enyf

There's a "Play Online" button that takes you to https://ifdb.org/t3run?id=pjvpa5u0sej5enyf&storyfile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifarchive.org%2Fif-archive%2Fgames%2Ftads%2FFake_News_WebUI.t3

If you then click "Start the Game" you get an error message:

Sorry, but we're having trouble finding an available server to run this game. Please try again in a few minutes.

dougo commented 2 years ago

It might be good to remove these Play Online buttons for now. In particular, if a game has file downloads compiled for both Web play and not, there are two Play Online buttons on the page, but only one of them will work. Example: https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=x4vpxyzi4e07jr7p