question on joining game Online: "Start Game" button?

Merry Jolkar · #1 April 25th, 2004, 05:17 PM

When I join a game Online, I am given the option to "Start Game". If I do this, does it actually advance the game, disabling other players from joining? I would have thought this was the host's job. What is the function of this button?
Thanks, Merry

Norfleet · #2 April 25th, 2004, 06:19 PM

That's exactly what it does. Never push this button, unless you're supposed to. If you don't know whether you should push it, you shouldn't.

Gandalf Parker · #3 April 25th, 2004, 06:35 PM

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Originally posted by Merry Jolkar:
When I join a game Online, I am given the option to "Start Game". If I do this, does it actually advance the game, disabling other players from joining? I would have thought this was the host's job. What is the function of this button?

It can be set to be not there for anyone but the host but thats up to the host to do when they start the server.

Norfleet · #4 April 25th, 2004, 07:06 PM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
It can be set to be not there for anyone but the host but thats up to the host to do when they start the server.

That's not really a doable thing on Mosehansen, where most of the games will probably be at, so you'll just have to hope nobody presses the button prematurely, or the game is borked and has to be restarted as a result. Basically, never-push-this-button.

Merry Jolkar · #5 April 25th, 2004, 07:36 PM

Thanks, Gandalf. How does the host disable this button? And, what is its function??

Gandalf Parker · #6 April 25th, 2004, 08:01 PM

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Originally posted by Norfleet:

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
It can be set to be not there for anyone but the host but thats up to the host to do when they start the server.

That's not really a doable thing on Mosehansen,

Really? Seems doable to me. I guess he just hasnt set it up that way.

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where most of the games will probably be at,

I havent seen much indication of that yet.

Gandalf Parker · #7 April 25th, 2004, 08:08 PM

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Originally posted by Merry Jolkar:
Thanks, Gandalf. How does the host disable this button? And, what is its function??

It is to start the game. In a game between friends it just makes it easy to have the Last person start off the game.

Turning it off in is the comman_line_switches.txt in the docs directory.

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 --noclientstart Clients cannot start the game during Choose Participants

A host for a large game could include that in the startup. Then after everyone has selected they would hit the start or restart the server with fewer functions. Its alittle hrder to do on an automated system like the web-page one.

Norfleet · #8 April 25th, 2004, 10:04 PM

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:

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Originally posted by Norfleet:

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
It can be set to be not there for anyone but the host but thats up to the host to do when they start the server.

That's not really a doable thing on Mosehansen,
Really? Seems doable to me. I guess he just hasnt set it up that way.

--noclientstart wouldn't work, because then NOBODY could start the game, including the creator, since the "host" of the game is a Linux console server with nobody to press "Start Game" on. I suppose you could kill the process after doing sign-in, and restart it again WITHOUT the switch so that the game could be started....

[ April 25, 2004, 21:05: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

Gandalf Parker · #9 April 26th, 2004, 12:09 AM

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Originally posted by Norfleet:
I suppose you could kill the process after doing sign-in, and restart it again WITHOUT the switch so that the game could be started....

I would probably set it up for the maker of the game to be able to hit a button and restart the host with a game-start set of commands and a quit. Then restart the script again in minimum mode.