[ bzflag-Patches-439410 ] Feature Enhancements -- ooh, unnecessary

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Patches item #439410, was opened at 2001-07-07 22:28
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Status: Open
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Priority: 4
Submitted By: Colin Bayer (vogon_jeltz)
Assigned to: Colin Bayer (vogon_jeltz)
Summary: Feature Enhancements -- ooh, unnecessary

Initial Comment:
I've written a patch providing some minor feature
enhancements:

	- color radar for shots (even shockwaves, 			lasers)
	- sorted scoreboard (descending by score)

Hey, the code's messy, but it works...

BTW, it's diffed against the latest CVS.

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>Comment By: Tim Riker (timriker)
Date: 2001-07-11 04:25

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applied the score sort,

please split out the others on SF as we discussed.

Thanx for the work!

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Comment By: Colin Bayer (vogon_jeltz)
Date: 2001-07-11 01:19

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I've uploaded the patches as separate features (as Tim Riker
requested).  If they don't work, well, download the
batched-up patches... I used the old cut & paste method to
put together the feature patches.

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Comment By: Colin Bayer (vogon_jeltz)
Date: 2001-07-11 00:54

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Alright!  I've got another patch for the tankers out there
-- this one displays the flag that each player has right
next to their callsign on the scoreboard.

This one's split apart from the previous patches, so feel
free to install it on top of the last three.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2001-07-09 16:26

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Hehe...

(today, /me is too lazy to sign in)

My patch allows flags under floating buildings, too.  It
iteratively searches down from the user's z-position to the
ground, searching for the first building under the user. 
Along with a mod in the server's inBuilding function, it'll
place the flag in the proper spot on the first intervening
building.

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Comment By: Jeremiah (cobraa1)
Date: 2001-07-09 16:19

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Kewl; I allowed flags underneath floating buildings, and 
you allow them on top.  We are making progress.  I look 
forward to future modifications.

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Comment By: Tim Riker (timriker)
Date: 2001-07-08 22:20

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Please divide your patches into separate feature. They are
MUCH more likely to be in the next release if you submit
them that way.

Each feature should be a separate patch entry and if it
depends on other patches that should be stated in the
description.

Thank you for the submissions!

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Comment By: Colin Bayer (vogon_jeltz)
Date: 2001-07-08 18:39

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I accidentally uncommented a buggy block of code.  Open
src/bzflag/LocalPlayer.cxx, look in doUpdate(), and look for
my comment about the code not working.  The block right
after that comment should be commented out.

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Comment By: Colin Bayer (vogon_jeltz)
Date: 2001-07-08 18:31

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Hold onto your hats!  In part 2 of my tweaks, I left in a
stupid code laziness that I hadn't seen.  Players could grab
flags on the ground if they were 2,000 feet in the air.
(Thanks go to Chris Schoeneman for putting this in...) 
Well, it's fixed now.  In addition, I modified the
flag-landing-point code to be more robust -- it no longer
lets flags fall through buildings suspended in the air.

Anywho, here 'tis.  Same install procedure holds true as for
patch #2.

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Comment By: Colin Bayer (vogon_jeltz)
Date: 2001-07-08 16:46

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Some more unnecessary tweaks:

- Flags can be on buildings (ooh... probably the holy grail
of BZFlag patches)  Only patched clients'll pick up
building-ed flags.  Only patched servers'll allow
building-ed flags.  (Note to server admins: if you run a 
server with these patches, put a note in the welcome
message)

- Drop laggy players.  Pass the option '-lagdrop <n>' to
bzfs, where n is the number of warnings to be given to laggy
players, and it'll work.

Next up on my list: keep flags from falling through
buildings with z > 0.

Anyway, this is a cumulative patch, so you have to unpatch
any trees with the version 1 patch (with patch -p0 -R)
before patching with this version.

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