Forum Message | City: | Crown Point, Indiana  | | Personal Data: | Male, born: May 22 1966 | | Membership | 18years 178days ago. | | Last Login | 11years 331days ago. | | Last Move | 17years 320days ago. | Ogrebait is currently  | Send a mail to Ogrebait |
| Message header | Area/Game: | Wooden Ships & Iron Men | | 1Topic: | How to play | | Subject: | [WS&IM][RULES] Alternatives to handling missing players. | | Posted by: | Ogrebait  - 18years 19days ago. |
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| Message text I imagine there are some other players who share my frustration when someone drops out of a game and all further play becomes frozen. I know the automove function is supposed to take care of this, but that part of the program doesn't seem to be working consistently.
This being the case, I'm wondering if there is a better way to handle the situation that wouldn't involve a lot of additional programming. Here are my two suggestions:
1) after a given period of time (say 1-2 weeks), the missing player's ships "auto-surrender" and the game moves on with the remaining players.
2) after a given period of time, the missing player's ships are allowed to fire, or be fired upon, in their last position (perhaps simulating some mishap on the ship that has immobilized it). This would continue until until the game ends or the ships are eliminated. If possible, the programming could allow for the missing player to rejoin the game and move his own ships.
Any thoughts? I would particularly appreciate any input from someone who is involved on the programming side of this side as to whether the above suggestions are feasible.
Thanks! |
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