It now follows very simple rules:
0 - Fatal, user should know about this
1 - Error, but we are recovering
2 - Warning, wrong but okay if you don't know
3 - Info, information you might care about
4 -
5 - Debug #1 - High level debug messages
6 - Debug #2 - Low level debug messages
7 - Trace information
The code mixed up "client has quit but we already told everyone"
with "client lost connection, handle this".
Split up those two signals:
- CLIENT_QUIT means we told everyone and the connection is now dead
- CONNECTION_LIST means we should tell everyone we lost a client
Split the updating in a "static" version that only needs to be called when a new map is loaded or some settings are changed, and a "dynamic" version that updates everything that changes regularly such as the current game date or the number of spectators.
The GUI now more clearly shows some basic information about the
server you joined, your client name (and the ability to change it),
and what players are in which company.
It also contains useful buttons to press to join companies, chat
with other people, and for admins to kick/ban people.
Additionally, renamed "advertised" to "visibility"; this has to
do with future additions, but also because it is more clear in
wording.
The original idea was that people could find a server they could
talk in their native language on. This isn't really used in that
way. There are several reasons for removing this:
- the client also sends his "language" to the server, but nothing
is doing anything with this.
- flags are a bad way to represent languages, and over the years
we had several (rightfully) complaints about this.
- most servers have their language set to "All", and prefix the
servername with the language it is about. This is a much more
efficient way to do the same.
All in all, this feature should go back to the drawing board.
Maybe it could work in another form, but this form is not it.
Use status >= STATUS_AUTHORIZED as the state criteria for all cases
where updates about other clients are sent.
This avoids the case where a client is informed that another client
has joined but not informed when it later quits, resulting in
stale entries in the client list window.
Strictly seen, there are "N" people -waiting- in front of you
in the queue, but it is nicer to show "N + 1" for the person that
is currently downloading the map. Avoids it showing:
"0 clients in front of you". That just feels a bit off.
SendError() notifies all clients of the disconnect. This calls
CloseConnection() at the end, which also notified the clients
of the disconnect. Really no need to do it twice.
The status NETWORK_RECV_STATUS_SERVER_ERROR is only set by
SendError(), so in case that is the status, don't let
ClientConnection() send another notification.
This is a much better location for this button, as you send
money from one company to another company, not from player
to player.
This is based on work done by JGRPP in:
f820543391
and surrounding commits, which took the work from estys:
https://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?p=1183311#p1183311
We did modify it to fix several bugs and clean up the code while
here anyway.
The callback was removed, as it meant a modified client could
prevent anyone from seeing money was transfered. The message
is now generated in the command itself, making that impossible.
This commit adds the missing feature of allowing the server owner to
provide a reason for kicking/banning a client, which the client sees in
a pop-up window after being kicked. The implementation extends the
network protocol by adding a new network action called
NETWORK_ACTION_KICKED that is capable of having an error string, unlike
the other network error packages. Additionally, the kick function
broadcasts a message to all clients about the kicked client and the
reason for the kick.
If the game was started loading a savegame or scenario, auto-restart will load a new random map.
This is inconsistent with the case in which a heightmap was loaded, as in that case the heightmap is kept as a basis for a new game.
This proposal solves this heterogeneity be considering the originally loaded resource shall be kept, hence savegames & scenarios shall be reloaded
rubidium42
Patric Stout
William Davis
Jonathan G Rennison
Pavel Stupnikov
Charles Pigott
glx
Bjarni Thor
Berbe
S. D. Cloudt
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