#32 Automaticlly Roll The Die

[Anonymous]

When it is the next person turn and they do not have
any development cards (i.e. "soldier cards") the game
should automatically roll the die, and or at least notify
them that it is their turn (in addition to the little arrow).

Ideas for notification: How about displaying some
popup/message box notifying them that it is their turn.
It could have to option to roll, and/or to use their soldier
card ("Knight") if they have one, from the popup
message box. The screen could flash to notify them
that it is their turn, and/or beep; it might also have an
optional mute button, but the screen would still flash to
notify them. If the mute is implemented, there could
also be a mute override, if too much time elapses, to get
the person's attention.

What about an egg timer, after x seconds of inactivity
play would automatically move to the next player. They
could have say 10 seconds to roll or play the soldier
card, after the 10 seconds the computer would roll for
them. After 30 seconds of inactivity, the game could
give the player a hint, plus giving them time to respond,
before play is automatically passed to the next player.
The times could be customizable on the server.

P.S. Why are the Soldier Cards listed as Knights in this
online game?

Thanks for a great port!

email: mr_rick at juno.com

[Jeremy D. Monin]

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I've created a patch (vs 1.0.6) to implement auto-roll. There's no popup window, instead there's a countdown label above the Roll button.

<A href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1812254&group_id=103866&atid=636190">
Patch for # 1122804 Automatically Roll the Die</A>