Re: [Rails-devel] Usage patterns for game history window

[Phil D. <de...@gm...>]

I'd agree with Steve, I've been thinking for a while that a 'restart
game from here' and then just clicking 'next action' or something
similar would be a great learning experience for replaying games and
trying out scenarios

(especially after Steve's brutal 1830 victory he just scored over us :p)

On 16 August 2010 20:18, Steve Undy <ste...@gm...> wrote:
> I see it as useful for analyzing a game after completion, including playing
> "what-if" scenarios.
>
> Steve Undy
> st...@ro...
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Stefan Frey <ste...@we...> wrote:
>>
>> I am little guessing about the usage of the new game report/history
>> window:
>> As it is very easy to navigate to past actions of the game, I wonder what
>> the
>> user intentions will be:
>>
>> Will the main use be a possible return to a previous state of the game
>> (for
>> example during a ftf game an action was skipped wrongly or a player was
>> allowed a take back)?
>> In that case it make sense to keep the other windows fully activated and
>> responsive to user actions.
>>
>> After adding the ability to comment the following use case might occur
>> frequently in pbem:
>> Going back to one action, add a comment and return to the end of action
>> stack.
>>
>> Or maybe it will be more a tool for analyzing the crucial situations after
>> the
>> game has finished?
>>
>> The reason is that for the two latter use cases it would be better to
>> disable
>> the game windows to user actions to avoid deleting the game history
>> unintentionally, preventing a return to the latest game state.
>> Then there should be a button/menu item (maybe in the Main GameStatus
>> Window
>> under Moderator) that allows to restart the game at the selected point in
>> history. (=> Replay from here).
>>
>> Stefan
>>
>>
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