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RTB Development
Ephialtes:
Favourite servers would fall under the umbrella of what RTB does (community services, effectively) but as mentioned before, it's very hard to implement something along these lines. In most games, there are dedicated servers with static IPs (presumably they pay for this) and a static IP makes favouriting a server really easy.
However with Blockland, you're operating with two possible variables - either the IP or the player's name. Both of these can often be subject to regular change, especially the IP because not many ISPs will give their residential customers a static ip. Furthermore, Blockland servers tend to change their themes quite regularly so you may favourite a CityRP one day and come back in a week to find the only thing in your list is "Freebuild, first here gets admin" and you think "wtf?"
I will look into the possibility of server-created infomaniac tips though, it'd be a good way to extend his usefulness.
Space Guy:
When setting a server as a favourite, use the RTB list to find the BL_ID associated with the player's name.
Loading the list of favourite servers looks up each ID you have on the RTB list to see if there's a server with their current name.
Ephialtes:
Sounds like a decent idea. I think it could probably fit in quite nicely with my plans to store user's controls and preferences on the RTB server, too.
Marcem:
--- Quote from: Ephialtes on November 20, 2009, 06:03:47 AM ---I'm a bit against any sort of idea that would further obscure the loading screen or general GUI space. Blockland started off with really clean, empty windows and minimal gui. Adding the infomaniac was arguably pushing that but I think he *kind of* fits in.
I'm planning to re-do the main menu for v4 to make it less obtrusive, I like the main menu much better without all the RTB links there if I were being honest.
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You should do something like steam, tell the user how to access RTB when the game starts up, and use an overlay.
Cody574:
--- Quote from: Ephialtes on November 20, 2009, 06:03:47 AM ---I'm planning to re-do the main menu for v4 to make it less obtrusive, I like the main menu much better without all the RTB links there if I were being honest.
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This is the reason I didn't install RTB when I first bought Blockland, I didn't like the messy menu. :cookieMonster: