[Freeciv-Dev] Re: new connect dialog (ver 2) (PR#1911)

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 09:35:39AM +0000, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > > somebody tell me how to do this. Or provide some code. I'm uncertain how.
> > > Are we guaranteed to have"localhost" as a connecting address?
> 
> We should always get 127.0.0.1 from the local computer, unless it is
> misconfigured.
> 
> That used to be a freeciv FAQ from linux people, BTW. They couldn't
> connect to the server at localhost, because they hadn't configured
> localhost. Since most linux distributions now have decent network
> installation and setup programs and people don't have to do it by hand, I
> haven't heard that one in a long while.
> 
> > > > Don't kill the server. That would be seriously annoying.
> > Problem is, there is a game running, consuming ressources (CPU, MEM,
> > Traffic), and the user might not be aware of this. If she quits Freeciv,
> > the game stops anyway.
> 
> Does it? It doesn't need to, and it shouldn't.

Nice idea, yes. But you'll end up with a running (and used) civserver
without a controlling terminal or connection.

Of course you can think of civclient's ability to control several
civserver processes, the user jumping from one game to another,
all games with several remote players connected to your machine ...

But I think this is beyond Mike's patch. And I'm not sure this is
a good idea. I'd rather think, *if* the user wants to host a second
game, she should start another civclient.

> > She should be warned, strikingly.
> 
> Against cutting her internet connection, yes.

That's getting expensive in Germany and other countries with time fees.

> "You are still server for the game you left. It will continue until all
> players have left or timed out. If you cut your connection to the
> internet, the game will be aborted."

Ok for me. What about this: If the user disconnects from the local game,
*and* there are other human players active, then the civserver continues,
the connect popop *doesn't* appear (civclient shows intro gif), and you
have a menue item "Game" -> "Rejoin local game", which does exactly this. 

Or: The popup appears, but is restricted to join the local game, and gives
an informative message (like yours above or mine (from the last post) or
both).

Also the user needs to be updated whether the game is still running (all
players have disconnected, or the game has ended).

> Yours
> Per

Christian

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