[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Error message

[Christian Knoke <ChrisK@xxxxxxxx>]

Am Sonntag,  7. Oktober 2001 20:45 schrieb Raimar Falke:
> On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 07:48:31PM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > There is still a message
> >
> > Client: No reaction from server.
> >
> > in the chat window from time to time. This has been introduced
> > with recent protocol change.
>
> This is intended as an information to human users. Technically it
> means that the client has sent a request to the server and the server
> didn't answer it (except the two packets which are always send). To
> the non-technical it should mean that the key he just pressed didn't
> caused any action.
>
> It this useful? Is there a better message?
>

AFAICS these are sent when a land unit tries to move into
the ocean (or into anothers ZOC ?). Other cases? I think
the message should be explicit about what happened - then
it can be helpful; e.g. in net games, when the reaction
from the server is slow. - - we've had this question some
weeks ago.

You can also think of an optical signal when this happens,
e.g. highligthing of the unit, a red frame or something else.

Right now it looks like an error.

Christian

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