[23-Oct-2007] Fog of war

by **Gamefreakguy** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:48 pm

Ehh I don't mean to complain because it all sounds great, but I just have a lil complaint. :roll:

It's really confusing now when your name is not in bold on your turn, it would be great if this was put back to normal.

by **Twill** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:50 pm

Hmmmm, Fog of War Battle Royale anyone?

And any bug reports should go in the suggestions and bug reports forum

by **KingOfGods** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:50 pm

The update looks great. Thanks Lack.

by **sully800** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:50 pm

WOW

great update. I didn't think we were so close on Fog of War!! I'm excited!

Just imagine Fog of War with 5 opponents equally matched to you. Each game is a new surprise and always interesting (at least that's how I imagine it!!)

by **sully800** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:53 pm

The "Jump to next playable game" link will be awesome, especially for the crazy guys that play 100 at once.

But yeah, your name is no longer bolded when its your turn. And there appears to be some table formatting issues on the My Games screen, but I'm sure that will get sorted out.

by **Night Strike** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:58 pm

I have a feeling BOB doesn't like Fog of War too much.

Also, the games need to show armies after they're finished. It would be nice if they showed for spectators also, but I can understand how that would be abused.

by **lackattack** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:01 pm

sully800 wrote:And there appears to be some table formatting issues on the My Games screen, but I'm sure that will get sorted out.

Please explain, Sully ...

Night Strike wrote:Also, the games need to show armies after they're finished.

I was just thinking the same thing

by **JerenYun** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:04 pm

Great updates, Lack. BOB doesn't seem to feel good after them, but I'm sure a beer or two will fix him/me back up.

by **jako** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:06 pm

great update, really interested in fog of war, but i missed the bolding of ur name when its ur turn. :cry:

by **Gold Knight** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:08 pm

I love how the games are sorted by time remaining, been waiting for that update for a while...

I'd say you do a bad job Lack, but it would be a lie. :wink:

by **Night Strike** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:09 pm

lackattack wrote:
sully800 wrote:And there appears to be some table formatting issues on the My Games screen, but I'm sure that will get sorted out.

Please explain, Sully ...

Night Strike wrote:Also, the games need to show armies after they're finished.

I was just thinking the same thing

Along with that, the game log should show it as well.

by **rebelman** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:10 pm

Night Strike wrote:It would be nice if they showed for spectators also, but I can understand how that would be abused.

Yeah I miss being able to look at other people's games, I'm always a far better player in games I'm not playing in. :lol:

But all I can see is ? as this game shows.

fp fighting a cook in fog

by **thelolpolice** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:11 pm

zomg so confusing D:

by **slash1890** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:15 pm

I miss my name being nice and bold and special when I log in and see I have games to play.

by **rebelman** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:17 pm

lackattack wrote:Fog Of War
According to Wikipedia, the fog of war is a term used to describe the level of ambiguity in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations. Now you can turn up the ambiguity in your Conquer Club games with this radical new game option! The fog of war masks enemy positions that are not adjacent to your forces (or your team's forces). It also masks territory and continent names in the log. Originally suggested by seraphesy back in Jan 2006. Enjoy!

Can someone clarify is this going to be automatic in all games now as I don't see an option to include / not include it under either start a game or game finder.

by **ddoggphx** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:18 pm

lackattack wrote:My Games Sorted
The Active Games tab now lists time remaining and sorts the games in that order, with the games where it's your turn on top. No more scrolling and guessing for the most urgent game to play!

YES!! I've been waiting for something like this. Looks great.

Speed Games Improved
We've received quite a lot of feedback that 5 minutes isn't enough time when you eliminate someone and have a mid-turn cash-in. So the round/turn will now be extended by 2.5 minutes after each elimination in a speed game. If that's still not enough we'll consider lengthening it even more in the future.

Excellent.

We also got rid of that annoying "please don't click refresh so often" popup and fixed an issue where the auto-refresh can mess up your dropdown menu selection. Auto-refresh will no longer occur when a game dropdown menu is in focus.

So very happy about this. I lost a game last night where I had great placement, had the guy on the run and was putting one army on a section to try and secure an area, and the dropdown refresh caused me to put all 12 of my armies there. I got beat. I am very grateful you addressed that issue so quickly...it's gotten me a couple of times now.

by **Night Strike** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:19 pm

rebelman wrote:
lackattack wrote:Fog Of War
According to Wikipedia, the fog of war is a term used to describe the level of ambiguity in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations. Now you can turn up the ambiguity in your Conquer Club games with this radical new game option! The fog of war masks enemy positions that are not adjacent to your forces (or your team's forces). It also masks territory and continent names in the log. Originally suggested by seraphesy back in Jan 2006. Enjoy!

Can someone clarify is this going to be automatic in all games now as I don't see an option to include / not include it under either start a game or game finder.

Then you aren't paying attention. It asks: Fog of War: No Yes After forts and before joinability.

by **idansimpson** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:20 pm

These are great changes! Nice work, Conquer Club!!!

by **jako** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:23 pm

i really think u need to bring back the bolding of ur name when its ur turn. i totally missed a game that was my turn after glancing through my active game list.

i just looked over my games page 3 times before i realized that the very first game on my list was waiting for my turn.

this will easily make people forget if ur use to the bold name thing.

plz bring it back!!!!!!!!!