Sending it with reset_armies works for the AI. The player is being rejected, so it must be the server. I even tried the old VersusAi type code to no avail.
That's my point with ubers sandbox. The AI will always be a pain and stuff happens at an annoying pace.
But we don't really care about stuff happening. We really just need a sandbox for playing with the ui. I agree that some people might want to play with things more and build faster, but the uber sandbox still isn't useless.
Reread all my posts please. I'm not talking about it from a modders point of view. I'm talking about it from its role as being a flexible platform for many groups of people. It does not achieve that brief. As a sandbox mode, it is a failure. E.g. when