Multiplayer : Lobby enhancement

[openoliv]

Hi, I'm playing 0ad since some times. Really great game ! thanks to everbody involved !! GREAT work ! This said, I have a few bugs to report... let's start...

I'm on Linux (Arch)

Regarding the lobby, I think that a few enhancement could be nice :

• I'm not sure how the ranking works, but it could be nice to see its own ranking somewhere on the gui.
• Could be nice to be able to see the 10 (for e.g) last things said when we login, to help understand what's going on.
• Should it be possible to see all the games that are currntly running ?s

[Josh]

Thanks for the input! We've actually already fixed a number of these things in the latest development version.

In the next version:

1. There will be a number of ways in which ratings are more visible (userlist, game setup).
2. There will be an option to load a given number of past messages when joining the lobby.

But I don't quite understand your third point. Once a game has started, why would we still want to display it in the game list?

[openoliv]

Cool, waiting for the next release !

The idea is that we could see who is playing with whom, on what map etc...

After some time on the multiplayer we begin to know people and it's nice/intersting to see what they are doing and how it goes for them. And sometimes the lobby looks a bit empty, it could be nice to have some kind of information that some games are ongoing.

[scythetwirler]

I agree with the third point. It's nice to see who's where and playing who.

[Josh]

I'm going to close this as a duplicate of #2504 and #2448.

[scythetwirler]

In 15751:

Makes running games visible in the lobby. These will be colored in red. Refs #2463, #2448.

[scythetwirler]

In 15753:

Updates a comment forgotten in r15751. Refs #2463, #2448.

[scythetwirler]

In 15754:

Sorts games in gamesList by status, then name. Refs #2463, #2448.