[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #19942] Continue to allow client-started network games in S2_4?

[anonymous]

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #19942 (project freeciv):

>> Ugh, but then what do we do about "Start Scenario Game"? You want all four
options. And the same for "Load Saved Game".

Maybe just some small CheckBox ("Host Network Game") on start page ? 

___

Reply to this item at:

  

___
  Message sent via/by Gna!
  http://gna.org/


___
Freeciv-dev mailing list
Freeciv-dev@gna.org
https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev

[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #19942] Continue to allow client-started network games in S2_4?

[Jacob Nevins]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #19942 (project freeciv):

> Stability. Forked server goes down with the client, and (usually 
> at release time) server itself is much more stable than client.
True, and I've updated the FAQ
 to make that
point.

Nevertheless, perhaps there's still something to be said for making it easier
for casual LAN players to start a quick game where the risk/annoyance of
losing it perhaps isn't so great. (I suppose a "quick game" is rare
.)

___

Reply to this item at:

  

___
  Message sent via/by Gna!
  http://gna.org/


___
Freeciv-dev mailing list
Freeciv-dev@gna.org
https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev

[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #19942] Continue to allow client-started network games in S2_4?

[Marko Lindqvist]

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #19942 (project freeciv):

> LAN games at least there's no good reason not to do so. 

Stability. Forked server goes down with the client, and (usually at release
time) server itself is much more stable than client.

___

Reply to this item at:

  

___
  Message sent via/by Gna!
  http://gna.org/


___
Freeciv-dev mailing list
Freeciv-dev@gna.org
https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev

[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #19942] Continue to allow client-started network games in S2_4?

[Jacob Nevins]

Update of bug #19942 (project freeciv):

 Summary: Continue to allow client-started network games in
S2_4 => Continue to allow client-started network games in S2_4?

___

Follow-up Comment #1:

Ugh, but then what do we do about "Start Scenario Game"? You want all four
options. And the same for "Load Saved Game".

Perhaps we instead need the option of a pre-pre-game screen where you can
decide whether it's a network game, whether to tell the metaserver, which
scenario/savefile to use, etc. Need to handle this carefully or it will become
confusing; perhaps it's a popup dialog before the pregame screen rather than
yet another screen.

We could still have a "just start the game already" button which starts a
single-player game. Loading an existing single-player game should be easy too.
And ideally the tutorial should be easy to reach.

___

Reply to this item at:

  

___
  Message sent via/by Gna!
  http://gna.org/


___
Freeciv-dev mailing list
Freeciv-dev@gna.org
https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev

[Freeciv-Dev] [bug #19942] Continue to allow client-started network games in S2_4

[Jacob Nevins]

URL:
  

 Summary: Continue to allow client-started network games in
S2_4
 Project: Freeciv
Submitted by: jtn
Submitted on: Sun Jul 15 11:31:28 2012
Category: client
Severity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - Normal
  Status: None
 Assigned to: None
Originator Email: 
 Open/Closed: Open
 Release: 
 Discussion Lock: Any
Operating System: None
 Planned Release: 

___

Details:

>From 2.4, we're taking away the ability to start network games (even LAN
games) in the client (as of bug #18530), the rationale being that
single-player games should not be opening up listening sockets on public
interfaces.

However, we know that people do start multiplayer games this way, and for LAN
games at least there's no good reason not to do so. (Internet games are
problematic due to NAT/firewalls, not that starting from the client makes much
difference.)

Probably we should provide two buttons instead of the single "Start New
Game":
* "Start Single Player Game": current S2_4 behaviour
* "Host Network Game": old S2_3 behaviour (eventually with some extra UI,
e.g., "tell the metaserver about it"?)




___

Reply to this item at:

  

___
  Message sent via/by Gna!
  http://gna.org/


___
Freeciv-dev mailing list
Freeciv-dev@gna.org
https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev