Freeciv

[Lachu]

I'm not a C hardcoder, but i would like to know what you think about this replay solution:
- We save replay file name, number of records stored in it, long of file and hash of file[0:long] .
- Any replay file have stored information about last save game attached to that replay.
- If player loads old save, then we compare save file name and file name stored in replay file. We can also only check replay file long. If the information are different, we create new replay file.
- All replay files can included any other replay file at top. We can have tree, where parent can have many children.

Replay file should have many stream(different for different data) or maybe events may be ordered chronological ?

Probably we need central databases to stored replay/game data?? If yes, we have way to display all game tree(with many universe) in replay feature. We have also way to export/import all game files. Idea with database are dirty, but maybe is good.

This maybe was first think, what I send to rt. I hope may solution will be good(and simple).

[Guest]

It's should be moved to contribution.

[book]

The problem with implementing a replay feature is finding the
right balance between including "useful" information in the replay,
and preventing the space requirements from spiralling out of
control.

Anyway if you have a patch or would like to discuss the design,
the bug tracker would be a better place to do so. Also check for
previous tickets, chances are someone has already thought of
your idea and may have posted some useful information about
the implementation.

[guest]

I hope you figure out how to make replays work. It would be a great addition to the game.

[Munk]

[guest]

I didn't know freeciv could do that (obviously!). Actually, I mean a replay to be watched in the client, like WC3 replays, for example. But thinking again, this can be pretty boring. Perhaps some more graphics, like those from Age of Empires, showing technologies, units, population, etc... could be more useful and would give the same information as a replay but in a much more compact way.

[Guest]

This feature are using log file? It's very bad way of course, but it can be sufficient for many people.

[Gorillaz]

But, how will I know if is a settler, worker, destroyer or a troop?

[markm]

Use a graphics format that permits per-pixel comments/fields so each pixel when clicked on can reference the specific portion of the specific savefile that led to inclusion of that pixel?

-MarkM-

[Munk]

[book]

Client side replay could be implemented by having the server
store extra data at the end of each turn. This data would be a
summary of the turn, for example a simplified representation of
the map (like the above image), and a set of data points about
some player attributes (e.g. population, science, gold, etc.) that
can later be assembled into a graph. At then end of a game,
clients could request this information from the server, and make
the graphs/animated images/etc in an approriate gui element.

[Gorillaz]

When will you add add the traderoutes lines (like warclient) to the freeciv client, c'mon that will make easier the game!

[book]

Ok ok... I'll make the patch. The thing is though, since it is a
feature I'm not sure it will be allowed into 2.1 (only bugfixes). I
guess I could spin the description as a "bugfix for the interface".

[markm]

Yeah but suppose not only that that works but you get exp for it? I'm not sure we want veteran spindoctors working on bugfixes (except to the spindoctor-tech code of course)...

-MarkM-

[book]