Autopilot in Coopetition - Revision history

XeryusTC at 22:27, 26 August 2006

2006-08-26T22:27:34Z

E1ko: /* Handling of the Game Time */

2006-08-25T16:23:04Z

‎Handling of the Game Time

E1ko: /* Handling of the Game Time */

2006-08-25T16:20:47Z

‎Handling of the Game Time

E1ko at 16:18, 25 August 2006

2006-08-25T16:18:05Z

Brianetta: /* Client Counting */

2006-08-07T22:21:49Z

‎Client Counting

Brianetta: /* Handling the Companies and Players */

2006-08-07T22:10:46Z

‎Handling the Companies and Players

Mucht at 22:07, 7 August 2006

2006-08-07T22:07:44Z

Brianetta at 22:01, 7 August 2006

2006-08-07T22:01:37Z

Osai at 17:47, 6 August 2006

2006-08-06T17:47:59Z

Osai: added to research category

2006-08-06T17:46:13Z

added to research category

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−	[[Category:~~Research~~]]	+	[[Category:Coopetition]]

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 </pre>
 ''Brianetta says: Unfortunately, autopilot has no way of retreiving the date from the console.  It might be possible with network code, but that's a ''major'' re-write.''
-''Thanks to TrueLight we are informed about the new year vian console http://devs.openttd.org/~truelight/patches/?file=coop_date.patch''
+''Thanks to TrueLight we are informed about the new year via the console http://devs.openttd.org/~truelight/patches/?file=coop_date.patch''
 == Auto-Savegame ==

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 </pre>
 ''Brianetta says: Unfortunately, autopilot has no way of retreiving the date from the console.  It might be possible with network code, but that's a ''major'' re-write.''
 == Auto-Savegame ==
 If possible the game should be saved to a special folder where we can check all the data.

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 ''Brianetta says: This can be done, but will require a specially re-written autopilot.''
 == Handling the Companies and Players ==
-If the game is in progress, Autopilot should automatically pause the game when a player de-syncs or looses his connection. Actually OpenTTD can not restrict the company count to a special value.''Brianetta says: Yes, it can...'' But Autopilot could check if there are more then two companies in the game and delete the third company. And of course Autopilot should manage the player count, any fifth player should be kicked out immediately!
+If the game is in progress, Autopilot should automatically pause the game when a player de-syncs or looses his connection. Actually OpenTTD can not restrict the company count to a special value.''Brianetta says: Yes, it can...''; ''TrueLight says: max_company = 2 (supported not in 0.4.8, but in trunk)''But Autopilot could check if there are more then two companies in the game and delete the third company. And of course Autopilot should manage the player count, any fifth player should be kicked out immediately!
 <pre>
 Player 3 lost his connection. Game Paused.
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 If possible, there should be a counting of clients refering to the company. Since Coopetition is a 2vs2 game, the server should pause when there are less than 4 players on the player-companies.
 ''Brianetta says: This is possible, but has issues.  Clients joining the server will only be checked for team or company membership after a short delay.  Of course, when clients quit, autopilot can know immediately if they were in a company, because it can store that information.''
 == The progress ==
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 {{R&D_content|Easy Administration via Webinterface|[[User:Osai|Osai]]|wip|first version created|unclaimed|In progress|unclaimed|In progress| | }}
 [[Category:Research]]

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 ==Client Counting==
 If possible, there should be a counting of clients refering to the company. Since Coopetition is a 2vs2 game, the server should pause when there are less than 4 players on the player-companies.
+''Brianetta says: This is possible, but has issues.  Clients joining the server will only be checked for team or company membership after a short delay.  Of course, when clients quit, autopilot can know immediately if they were in a company, because it can store that information.''
 == The progress ==

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	I am not sure if Autopilot is able to interact with a Database yet. But it would be awesome to be able to configure the Autopilot via an easy-to-use Interface before the game starts! Some other great possibilities came with this thing, but I wont talk about them!		I am not sure if Autopilot is able to interact with a Database yet. But it would be awesome to be able to configure the Autopilot via an easy-to-use Interface before the game starts! Some other great possibilities came with this thing, but I wont talk about them!
	''Brianetta says: Not at the moment it isn't possible. Settings are kept in openttd.cfg, so what you really need is a web based editor for that. It's something I might work on.''		''Brianetta says: Not at the moment it isn't possible. Settings are kept in openttd.cfg, so what you really need is a web based editor for that. It's something I might work on.''
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		+	==Client Counting==
		+	If possible, there should be a counting of clients refering to the company. Since Coopetition is a 2vs2 game, the server should pause when there are less than 4 players on the player-companies.

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 Game Started - Good luck and enjoy your ride!
 </pre>
+''Brianetta says: This can be done, but will require a specially re-written autopilot.''
 == Handling the Companies and Players ==
 If the game is in progress, Autopilot should automatically pause the game when a player de-syncs or looses his connection. Actually OpenTTD can not restrict the company count to a special value. But Autopilot could check if there are more then two companies in the game and delete the third company. And of course Autopilot should manage the player count, any fifth player should be kicked out immediately!
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 Game continued.
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+''Brianetta says: Again, a rewrite is needed, but it's possible.''
 == Handling of the Game Time ==
 As we play always until 1.1.1968 (this date can maybe change too if we have clearer rules) game should be paused at this day by the Autopilot. All players should be announcend if another year is over by our lovely Autopilot to be informed when the last year starts.
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 The game is over - Congratulations to all Players
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+''Brianetta says: Unfortunately, autopilot has no way of retreiving the date from the console.  It might be possible with network code, but that's a ''major'' re-write.''
 == Auto-Savegame ==
 If possible the game should be saved to a special folder where we can check all the data.
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 Game successfully saved.
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+''Brianetta says: This is intended to be a feature of autopilot 2''
 == Easy Administration via Webinterface ==
 I am not sure if Autopilot is able to interact with a Database yet. But it would be awesome to be able to configure the Autopilot via an easy-to-use Interface before the game starts! Some other great possibilities came with this thing, but I wont talk about them!
+''Brianetta says: Not at the moment it isn't possible.  Settings are kept in openttd.cfg, so what you really need is a web based editor for that.  It's something I might work on.''

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:46, 6 August 2006
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	{{R&D_content\|Easy Administration via Webinterface\|[[User:Osai\|Osai]]\|wip\|first version created\|unclaimed\|In progress\|unclaimed\|In progress\| \| }}		{{R&D_content\|Easy Administration via Webinterface\|[[User:Osai\|Osai]]\|wip\|first version created\|unclaimed\|In progress\|unclaimed\|In progress\| \| }}
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		+	[[Category:Research]]