[GL] Game Log 2.0

[Queen_Herpes]

Is this original suggestion simply to add a game log? Or is it about increasing the definitions within the game log? I think more definition is better, but can the system track the number of armies? Should this one be merged with the suggs about the game log in fog? Seems like they talk about basically the same thing. I support both: more definition in the game log overall, additional information in the fog log (no more "assaulted ? from ?".)

This suggestion is about a complete reworking of the game log system. Everything to do with logging should be re-coded from scratch.

And be replaced with...

[blakebowling]

Is this original suggestion simply to add a game log? Or is it about increasing the definitions within the game log? I think more definition is better, but can the system track the number of armies? Should this one be merged with the suggs about the game log in fog? Seems like they talk about basically the same thing. I support both: more definition in the game log overall, additional information in the fog log (no more "assaulted ? from ?".)

This suggestion is about a complete reworking of the game log system. Everything to do with logging should be re-coded from scratch.

And be replaced with...

A new system. Everything that you want to see in the new log should be in this thread.

[Super Nova]

I think it is a great idea, but when you play a game with fog of war then it would remove the fun.

Well, in fog of war, the game log says whether people are getting bonuses or not, but it says it when they actually get the troops. For this suggestion, the names of territories would be ????????, and so would the amount of troops.

Admittedly, this suggestion would change some of the dynamics of Fog of War; people would be able to see when someone has a bonus or not, but this wouldn't really matter for most of the time, since people would not be able to tell which bonuses other people have; only that they have one, which can fairly easily be determined anyway.

[Queen_Herpes]

got it. I'd like to see the foggy changes put into game log 2.0 as mentioned in a different thread. Perhaps merge?

[blakebowling]

got it. I'd like to see the foggy changes put into game log 2.0 as mentioned in a different thread. Perhaps merge?

if you can link me to the thread I'll be happy to merge it.

[Super Nova]

It looks like a lot of threads have been merged to this one; could someone come up with a summary of all the current ideas to modify the game log?

[blakebowling]

It looks like a lot of threads have been merged to this one; could someone come up with a summary of all the current ideas to modify the game log?

If someone were willing to do this, I will edit it into the first post.

[Queen_Herpes]

Here is one...I will try to find others later tonight:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=127529

[blakebowling]

Here is one...I will try to find others later tonight:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=127529

Merged

[Super Nova]

I have made a summary of the revisions for the game log in the first hundred posts. I've tried to give credit to the people who originally came up with the suggestions but please forgive me if I messed up. Also, I'm afraid all that code stuff on pages 4 and 5ish was a little over my head, so if I missed something there please let me know and I will edit the post.

Here are the revisions, along with questions and comments about them.
I have also included lack's current plans for updating the game log.

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[kabuki.mono]

I'd love to see in the game log what moves actually happened while I was away. Mainly because when one comes back and doesn't remember exactly how many troop s/he had it can get rather irritating where they went.
Huge yes to this in some sort of variation.
Or maybe an option so turn it on for the ones of us who do want to see what happened while we where away.

[vodean]

while we're at it here's an idea I had. sorry to clutter the forum

[ryanmaster]

If/When this gets implemented I would love to work on a add-on/script that could replay past games. For that, the most important thing, and the only thing I think is important when looking through game logs... is knowing what attacked what and how many troops were lost on each side. Knowing how many troops were advanced is nice, but not as important it is also a strategic option then and requires users to actually pay attention to the game

From the programming side, this should only be a little bit more code, depending on how the current system is written of course, but for the most part, it should be pretty straightforward.

As for the actual output in the game logs I think it should look something like...


USA<Player1> lost X while attacking Mexico<Player2> killing Y.
USA<Player1> lost X while conquering Mexico<Player2> killing Y.

Where X and Y are the Player's respective colors and <Player1>/<Player2> can be eliminated if the country is the color of the player as well.

[crustykev]

I didnt see this thread right in front of my face before I started a new one.
Here's the link.
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=158542

And here's the post I made in my now redundant thread

I am currently involved in a First Nations of the Americas game.
Like many games, it uses local names for territories.
In the case of the First nations game, many of these names are unfamiliar to me.

The First nations map is huge, and so its extremely difficult, just by reading the game log, and seeing unfamiliar territory names to know where other players are attacking.
e.g. "2011-11-26 22:20:34 - Ron D assaulted Muisca from Palenque and conquered it from crustykev"

So here's my suggestion.
By clicking a line in the game log, the attacking and defending territories become highlighted by boxes, using the same boxes that highlight the bonus cards held by a player when he is playing a set of cards.
Or.
By clicking a territory named in the game log, that territory becomes highlighted by a bonus card box.

[ender516]

That sounds like a good extension for BOB (which would likely happen before the site incorporated it).

EDIT: In fact, I think I will post this idea to the BOB thread. The ability to highlight territories is already there. The trick will be adding the functionality to the strings in the game log.