ive had problems with moves coming out differently than i thought i had set within the first few moves with england and i have played with others that have said the same thing. i dont think all of us screwing up so frequently with the same country in the same range of turns is coincidental. there may be some problem here.

for me it has always involved convoys. i dont recall what others said

check your finalized orders. This happens sometimes to me (not in convoys though), and it's usually because you accidentally chose the wrong option and finalized without checking.

Sevastopol to Gulf of Bothnia?

I seem to recall that one from face-to-face...

Seriously, I am as sure as I can be that I ordered Edi to convoy to Norway. Also I have had this problem before, and I have spoken to other players that had the same error. There has to be something wrong here. Kestas, can you please have a look into the code, or see if this is reproducable?

You have to make sure you select something like the following:

The army at Edinburgh move to Norway via convoy.
AND
The fleet at Norwegian Sea convoy from Edinburgh to Norway.

In the order history, it seems you specified London instead, probably accidentally. A Edi-Lon was a theoretically possible move (because you could have had North Sea convoy from Edi-Lon), but obviously it didn't happen. So it's possible you just misclicked.

The solution to this is to make absolutely sure that all of the orders are replicated exactly between the army and the convoying fleets. e.g, if you're going from Liverpool to Spain:

The army at Liverpool move to Spain via convoy.
The fleet at Irish Sea convoy from Liverpool to Spain.
The fleet at Mid-Atlantic Ocean convoy from Liverpool to Spain.

As you can see, in all cases it says Liverpool first, then Spain second... you have to make sure that's the case.

I have played England a lot, including doing that convoy a lot, and I have never had any problems. It's just a matter of checking that your orders are consistent, and it's most certainly not the fault of the system.

Robbenklopper; before any code looks at the orders data entered into the form it's logged using this code, exactly as it comes in and before any order related code has had a chance to even read it, much less change it in strange ways:
http://www.phpdiplomacy.net/doc/phpDoc/__filesource/fsource_Board_Orders_boardordersorderinterface.php.html#a239

I even checked the time when the log was last modified against the access logs, to see if the file had been altered at a time when you weren't online, but nope it's a direct match

I don't know what else I can do, the logs are clear as crystal, and according to the logs all is functioning as should be.

Here are the complete logs for the order set you entered:
Array
(
[925445] => Array
(
[type] => Move
)

[925444] => Array
(
[type] => Move
)

[925443] => Array
(
[type] => Support move
)

)


Array
(
[925445] => Array
(
[type] => Move
[toTerr] => 0
)

[925444] => Array
(
[type] => Move
[toTerr] => 0
)

[925443] => Array
(
[type] => Convoy
[toTerr] => 0
)

)


Array
(
[925445] => Array
(
[type] => Move
[toTerr] => London
)

[925444] => Array
(
[type] => Move
[toTerr] => London
)

[925443] => Array
(
[type] => Convoy
[toTerr] => Norway
)

)


Array
(
[925445] => Array
(
[type] => Move
[toTerr] => London
)

[925444] => Array
(
[type] => Move
[toTerr] => London
)

[925443] => Array
(
[type] => Convoy
[toTerr] => Norway
)

)

There are a few things I've noticed about inputting orders. Let's say I put in a move, and keep that box highlighted, then try to scroll down. The box will scroll down, rather than the screen. Sometimes this is blatant, and I'm not sure why the screen doesn't scroll. Other times it's tricky, and if I wasn't paying attention, I'd miss it.

One thing I do sometimes is to write down my orders on a piece of paper, and then hold it up next to the screen and verify that each move is exactly as I intended it to be. The paper is my way of "knowing" I did it write, because I never write something I didn't mean to. (Well, I shouldn't say never... but that's another story.)

Then, once I have all my orders input, I finalize them, and compare that to the paper. If everything's a go, then I leave it be. Otherwise I unfinalize and fix. Maybe it was the system. Maybe it was you.

The only way I can think of to make sure this never happens again would be to have anyone who plays England take screenshots of their moves as they're about to finalize them and if something wrong happens, to show it. Sure it takes a lot of time, and so forth, but what else can you do? (This last part was slightly tongue in cheek of course... :-)

"The paper is my way of "knowing" I did it write, because I never write something I didn't mean to."

Can anyone else spot what's so funny about this sentence? :)

I think he meant that he had done it written.

Tricky things, past participles.

Honestly, it seems like things like this are more likely to happen for England, not because of some glitch but because as an island power England is more likely to be entering complex moves involving convoys which are easier to screw up (since you have to very carefully coordinate all of the moves).