[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Improved game starting version 6 [patch] [ready, IMO] (PR#1215)

[Jason Short <vze2zq63@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel Sjölie wrote:

> Den 2002-01-15 00:07:04 freeciv, %Y skrev Jason Short följande:
> > Daniel Sjölie wrote:
> > > On 2002-01-14 22:32:57, Per I. Mathisen wrote:

> > > > - the client attempts to connect to server immediately, and gives error
> > > > message (confusing). you need to find the "start game" button to start
> > > > the game (bad design). IMHO it should loop and try discretely to
> > > > start the server until it succeeds or times out.
> > Maybe I'm missing something, but connecting to a server and starting the 
> > game are not the same thing.  Normally you would (1) start a server (2) 
> > connect to it (3) set any options and (4) start the game.  The 
> > connection dialog aims at eliminating (1), (2), and part of (3), but not 
> > (4).
> > If we did auto-start after connecting, the code would generally be of no 
> > use in other cases - that is, we couldn't use it to control multiplayer 
> > servers, since we would have no handling of the pre-start case.
> Well, it might be a good idea to include a choice between multiplayer
> and singleplayer somewhere (probably in (3)), start the server at once
> if singleplayer is selected and display something like a dialog with
> "Waiting for players" and a "Start game" button...
Hmm, yes.  If a "start game immediately" checkbox is added to the 
autostart ("new game") dialog, it would be easier for new players to 
figure out.
Note you need to wait to start the game not just in a multiplayer game 
but in any game in which you wish to change the server options.
jason