From: Stefan F. <ste...@we...> - 2010-07-06 21:26:38
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Jim & Chris, thanks for your comments. Seems that the preferences for pbem and ftf players differ substantially here. I am an example of the latter species and I currently save frequently during ftf play (even if I had no problem so far), which is a little annoying and would still require some replaying. Options in the my.properties will be available: save.recovery.active to activate/deactivate save.recovery.filepath=18xx_autosave.rails to change filename/path information A possible solution for the conflicting "defaults" are predefined configuration files for ftf and pbem plays. Maybe even asking for the preferred configuration on the first startup? Stefan PS: I assume that you currently have the working directory of Rails set to the dropbox folder? Is the 18xx.log file also generated there? In principle this would leak information to other players as well. On the other hand the autosave file would allow an easy synch as you only have to restore the game from that file. Maybe one should consider dropbox as a possible "poor man" solution for online play? On Tuesday 06 July 2010 01:25:28 Jim Black wrote: > Stefan wrote: > > I added a simple autosave and game recovery mechanism. ... > > The current defaults activate autosave and > > stores a 18xx_autosave.rails file in the current working directory. > > Auto-saving files to the current-working directory is problematic for pbem > games, where players inevitably open the pbem game from a shared dropbox > folder. > > When autosave files appear by magic, it reveals all temporary/session-level > analysis to other players, in real time (by constantly saving temp-files in > the dropbox). > > For this reason, I think it's a pretty undesirable feature (unless Rails > can become more clever about distinguishing shared/game folders, from > personal/config folders, which it doesn't do well imho) .... > > regards, > - jim > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint > What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? > Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first > _______________________________________________ > Rails-devel mailing list > Rai...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rails-devel |