Coding AJAX-compatible GM scripts

[MR. Nate]

Do it! It's totally worth it to all of us who sit here and admire everyone's work!

[Ishiro]

I'm going through the code now making sure it does not over update too much. Colors still may be dropped from map inspect... have to wait and see. Being able to lose color blind options helps a bit.

[Ishiro]

Blah... starting over. Some of the paths I went down were wrong and resulted in a map that never updated during your turn. (Like, you attack 10v1 and win, but the map still shows 10 and 1 even while the action section has moved on to Advancement.)

Its probably going to be next week before I get something that works since I have to return to work tomorrow.

[Tyrion81]

Hmmm this has got me interested now.... I already started modifications to BOB to get things working with AJAX... I found testing a real pain in the ass though... Having to wait every time my turn came around sucks. (especially cuz i'm limited to my 4 games)

[Ishiro]

While some things need to wait for turns to test... here is a hint, posting a chat message to yourself in a non-team game goes through the ajax routines to update the chat log.

Starting over reworking the script from the ground up, I've got the clock and player stats working. Text map and map inspect are halfway there.

[yeti_c]

While some things need to wait for turns to test... here is a hint, posting a chat message to yourself in a non-team game goes through the ajax routines to update the chat log.

Starting over reworking the script from the ground up, I've got the clock and player stats working. Text map and map inspect are halfway there.

Nice work buddy - I'll leave it to you then...

C.

[mfontolan]

While some things need to wait for turns to test... here is a hint, posting a chat message to yourself in a non-team game goes through the ajax routines to update the chat log.
Starting over reworking the script from the ground up, I've got the clock and player stats working. Text map and map inspect are halfway there.

Well, I think you understand what I say before.
Is other way of thinking. You have to put all your necessary stuff at the start and then change using "handleResponse".
Ishiro, we are doing a double job. I will stop my development and help you if you want.

[RobinJ]

Just would like to say that even a scaled down version of BOB would be much appreciated if it makes things easier, like TR0Y's first script

[PerkinsRooster]

I concur. The only thing I really miss is the territory counter. And yes, I do know how to count myself.

[RobinJ]

I concur. The only thing I really miss is the territory counter. And yes, I do know how to count myself.

But, like me, you can't be bothered

[Aerial Attack]

If there were no BOB, you would count on your own - you would almost be forced to. The biggest problem is on non-standard maps, trying to figure out what bonuses people are actually earning. Sometimes you don't realize they have a 1 defending a 4+ bonus. At that point, it's almost always worth taking out. Of course, there are those of us who can't actually count properly (or try counting on Pearl Harbor or World 2.1).

[Herakilla]

i might get chewed out for saying this but the few times i have done some programming or what not and i got stuck i just started all over again, with nothing. starting from scratch

[chewyman]

First of all I just wanted to say thanks for working on this, I'm really looking forward to being able to use AJAX.

But I was wondering, why is this being made as a separate patch? Wouldn't it be easier to make it part of the website itself?

[jiminski]

I used to count all the troops up .. count cards, going back through all the game text.... without Bob i can;t see a way i could possibly play more than 20 games at a time.

GM is genius and if i had the knowledge i would be helping out with patches and scripts and cups of Tea.... but i am not that smart!

Thanks! email me if you want a cup of Tea.

[Ishiro]

The biggest problem has been that if I do a traditional function override for GM, the BOB functions execute 5 times per click. It slows down and breaks the functions that otherwise work. So I've been working on how to limit the execution of BOB functions. It ain't easy. Right now, the script works 100% if it is not your turn. Once it is your turn, the overexecution causes the map to stop updating, forcing you to exit and return to the game after every action. Unacceptable.

Still working on it...