[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Why can I not "take" another playerwithout reconnecting?

[Mike Kaufman <kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 09:33:42PM +0100, Gregory Berkolaiko wrote:
> The new pre-auth code has made switching between AI players unnecessarily 
> complicated.  Now I've got to:
> 1. Disconnect.
> 2. Reconnect.
> 3. Take the player.
> 4. toggle the player back to AI
> 
> This sucks.  Maybe there is a better way of doing it?  If there isn't, 
> there should be.  Suggestions:
> either have /observe command 
> or have /takeai command which doesn't toggle ai.

here's a patch which allows a player to take another player during a
running game without disconnecting first. The latter player cannot have any
previous connections (this will change later, but will do for now).

Note: attempting this with an old client on a new server will crash it,
hence the capability.

-mike

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