[23-Oct-2007] Fog of war

Lingfish · Post by **Lingfish** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:59 am

Freestyle Improved
There was a well known loophole in freestyle games. If you were blocked from taking your turn because you ended the previous round, your opponents could wait until the last minute to play, shutting you out. Now the back-to-back turn block expires once the round is half over, so you'll still be able to play if your opponents wait.

I must take issue with this.

A. 12 hours is far too short a time frame...the whole point of a 24 hr clock is so you can log on once a day and play.
B. You cant just change game rules half way through play, one of my games has just been ruined because of this new implementation.

ueli · Post by **ueli** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:21 am

thx a lot for the time remaining indication on the my games page.

NOW CC IS PERFECT!

cheers
ueli

lackattack · Post by **lackattack** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:31 am

Lingfish wrote:I must take issue with this.

A. 12 hours is far too short a time frame...the whole point of a 24 hr clock is so you can log on once a day and play.
B. You cant just change game rules half way through play, one of my games has just been ruined because of this new implementation.

A. You should read the public consultation about the freestyle change here: http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27962

B. It would have been much more complicated to roll out for new games only

Elwar · Post by **Elwar** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:32 am

AndyDufresne wrote:
BladiN wrote:2007-10-24 14:44:45 - usandsam deployed 4 armies on ?

While I can see the country it doesn't say the name.

lackattack wrote:Fog Of War
According to Wikipedia, the fog of war is a term used to describe the level of ambiguity in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations. Now you can turn up the ambiguity in your Conquer Club games with this radical new game option! The fog of war masks enemy positions that are not adjacent to your forces (or your team's forces). It also masks territory and continent names in the log. Originally suggested by seraphesy back in Jan 2006. Enjoy!

--Andy

Pretty sure he was commenting on the enlarged bit.

wolfbear · Post by **wolfbear** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:34 am

thank you so much! i love it all, especially the "jump to next game" link. this is fantastic work!!

tals · Post by **tals** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:09 am

Best ever update - now shows time left for a turn - no more having to steam through games to see if i'm close to missing a turn.

Nice one!!

Tals

lackattack · Post by **lackattack** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:10 am

daveygodfrey wrote:Thanks for the update, but on the firefox, with colourblind on in the fog of war. the country has "undefined?". in IE it just has "?" which is fine but it's hard to see in firefox what the countries that i should be able to see actually has.

Try disabling greasemonkey.

rebelman · Post by **rebelman** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:50 am

As these are not adjacent are you unable to see countries you can bombard eg the planes in ph ?

Forza AZ · Post by **Forza AZ** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:53 am

sully800 wrote:The "Jump to next playable game" link will be awesome, especially for the crazy guys that play 100 at once.

Yes, this is very nice. 1 very small "complaint" about it. When you have a game which you finish in your turn, then the link to jump to the next game is not there. So in that case you have to go back to My Games first.

jumlah · Post by **jumlah** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:00 am

It is very difficult to see the difference between netural spaces and unknown spaces. I woud suggest you change the colour of one of them

Phobia · Post by **Phobia** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:20 am

What an update. Thanks lack

lackattack · Post by **lackattack** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:22 am

Forza AZ wrote:Yes, this is very nice. 1 very small "complaint" about it. When you have a game which you finish in your turn, then the link to jump to the next game is not there. So in that case you have to go back to My Games first.

Eh? The link should be there

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:23 am

i think that what happened was that he took his turn in his last ready game...so then, it just sends you back to the my games...but otherwise, its working for me at least.

loginius · Post by **loginius** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:31 am

great work.

When you play many games, the sort with time remaining is awesome ...

cena-rules · Post by **cena-rules** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:39 am

*high fives lack*

supurb

Forza AZ · Post by **Forza AZ** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:33 pm

s.xkitten wrote:i think that what happened was that he took his turn in his last ready game...so then, it just sends you back to the my games...but otherwise, its working for me at least.

Well, I couldn't find it. I had 2 turns today in which I won the game, but then I didn't see the link to go to the next game, and I did have more turns in other games.

juventino · Post by **juventino** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:46 pm

a great list of updates. It made my day. Well done

Snowpepsi · Post by **Snowpepsi** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:59 pm

Forza AZ wrote:
s.xkitten wrote:i think that what happened was that he took his turn in his last ready game...so then, it just sends you back to the my games...but otherwise, its working for me at least.

Well, I couldn't find it. I had 2 turns today in which I won the game, but then I didn't see the link to go to the next game, and I did have more turns in other games.

Happened to me too. No big deal though. I just clicked on the next game, just like I had to yesterday.

Snowpepsi · Post by **Snowpepsi** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:01 pm

I love all the changes. But I have to admit Fog of War scares me. :shock:

SecondChance · Post by **SecondChance** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:40 pm

just last week i was think how what a great idea that would be

Forza AZ · Post by **Forza AZ** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:46 pm

Snowpepsi wrote:
Forza AZ wrote:
s.xkitten wrote:i think that what happened was that he took his turn in his last ready game...so then, it just sends you back to the my games...but otherwise, its working for me at least.

Well, I couldn't find it. I had 2 turns today in which I won the game, but then I didn't see the link to go to the next game, and I did have more turns in other games.

Happened to me too. No big deal though. I just clicked on the next game, just like I had to yesterday.

Yes, it's no big deal. I just noticed it, that there was no link when you win a game in your turn. Just go back to My Games or click 1 of the games in your notifier and go on.

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:47 pm

Apparently you fucked with the order the games are. Is it in when they were started now?

mandalorian2298 · Post by **mandalorian2298** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:22 pm

Jump to the next game option is GREAT. =D>

I haven't tried Fog of War yet, but it sounds realy interesting.

I can't believe that, no matter how good this site gets, you guys still find a way to make it even more awsome. :shock:

Great job Lack!

Merlin840 · Post by **Merlin840** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:11 pm

* Sorry if this was already posted, I dont want to read through 9 pages to find out*

fog of war is great, but in the log where it says whats going on...I was attacked, but it doesnt say which territory was taken over.

It just says "username" attacked ? from ? from Merlin840.

could the first ? be changed to the territory that was hit?

Awesome updates guys.

fireheart · Post by **fireheart** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:49 pm

lackattack wrote:
Forza AZ wrote:Yes, this is very nice. 1 very small "complaint" about it. When you have a game which you finish in your turn, then the link to jump to the next game is not there. So in that case you have to go back to My Games first.

Eh? The link should be there

The game I won did not have the link to my next game. I did have to jump back to "my games" to get to the next game. Not a big deal, but if you want the link there, then it is not. I just thought you wanted to give us time to do our victory dance before we moved on to our other games.

[23-Oct-2007] Fog of war

woohoo!!

Re: updates

good work