FirstRun

The first run of the web application

The wep app is the front end currently being developed. All other front ends are currently not in development.

• create a launch config for the web server
  • create a new google 'web application' launch config
  • project is 'starcraft.webapp'
  • main class is 'com.google.gwt.dev.DevMode'
  • run build-in server on port 8888
  • GWT module is the 'StarCraftWebApp' from the 'starcraft.webapp' project
  • app engine is not set
  • the program arguments are filled in automatically
  • add '-Xmx512m -Ddebug' as VM args
• compile the web project with the GWT compiler
  • this step is optional, see http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/eclipse/docs/running_and_debugging_2_0.html
  • if there are no modifications done to the client code, it is faster to compile once - otherwise a compilation is done each time you refresh a browser tab
  • if you append '?gwt.codesvr=127.0.0.1:9997' to the URL, you will use the browser plugin
• launch the server
• open three tabs in Firefox
  • goto http://127.0.0.1:8888/starcraft.html?gwt.codesvr=127.0.0.1:9997 or http://127.0.0.1:8888/starcraft.html
• Initialization Phase
  • register a user in each tab, i.e. user1, user2 and user3
  • in one tab, create a game name, i.e. mygame
  • in the other tabs, select the new game (its almost invisble in the current color scheme) and double click, or press join
  • in all tabs, select a faction and select 'ready'

• Setup Phase
  • now, the main screen should be visible in all tabs
  • one of the player is active (green bar, other have a red one)
  • this player has to start by dragging one of his planets to the center of the screen into the drop field
  • a planet can be turned before it is placed, by right-clicking on it
  • the green bars indicate 'connector', red bars indicate 'no connector' on that side
  • if planets are placed so that two connectors are next to each other, a connection is placed automatically
  • after placing the planet, the player can optionally place the base on the planet
  • 'done' has to be pressed to finish the turn
  • if all planets and bases have been placed, the starting force has to be placed in the same way
  • remember to press 'done' to finish the turn

• Planning Phase
  • the first player can now start to place the first order token