Myth II 1.8.0 Public Beta

[vinylrake]

some players don't remember the name of a map at ALL but will remember it when they see it, so in that case the search isn't helpful at all. (it IS great for most searches just useless in this scenario)

technically it's true that if you don't remember enough of a map's name to search on it then it doesn't really make a difference what order the list is sorted in or even if it's sorted at all, but from a user interface perspective unless the attribute the list is sorted on is widely known (I couldn't begin to tell you which plugs have the most meshes) then an alpha sort makes a lot more sense than sorted in order of which plugin has the most meshes.

just my 2 cents, but if the attribute being sorted by isn't part of the item list it will appear to be just a random jumble of plugin names.

also, ordering plugins by most maps isn't the same as the most played or the most likely to be played. Lots of great map/plugins have only one or two maps and some dogs have 7-8+ meshes so i am wondering why sorting them in this order is perceived to be a good thing.

if there were a poll asking which sort order players preferred i would create several dummy accounts just so i could vote for alpha.

[MindBrain]

Look no ones said to take out the search box, just make the list alphabetical as well. Oh yea put the unit trading back where it was too

[Flick42]

Not sure if this has been reported yet, I did not read whole thread. In multiplayer game, in unit trade window scroll count buttons work if I press a little left of them, pic shows it. Im using win7.

[Platinum]

Sorry if this has been reported, but watching games played with 1.8 patch with Myth 1.7.2 causes film to go OOS. The film I was watching was KOTM and the flavor bar at the top just displayed (Normal) and there were no flags on the actual map.

[Pyro]

KotM did not exist in 1.7.2, so it will not work in anything older than 1.8.0.

MindBrain, I know no one said to remove the search box. I don't think you understood what I said. Maybe if I say it differently... Trouble finding plugins? The search filter can help you for now. (As in, if the list gets changed, it still won't help with the current beta so use the search filter.) No need to keep repeating yourself. You already made 4 posts about it, when one was enough to get the point across. I never said the current sorting was best, and like I said I complained about it before the beta was out.

If others want to state whether they like the current way or not, is fine of course, but repeating is not needed.

[GodzFire]

Well I agree with Mind personally, and I can grab a few other people who feel the same way and have them post here.

[MindBrain]

Allright. Hey uh you all probably know about this suggestion, but I just wanted to mention it again cause it's real simple but good. And that is when you're hosting a game if there could be a notification sound that plays when someone joins, something not annoying sounding, somewhat subdued. Often I might be hosting and waiting and browsing webpages with myth in the background, I forget it's there for who knows 5 or 10 mins and I come back to it and people had joined waited to play then left.

You might say well I should just pay attention to the window, well the server isn't super populated nowadays and sometimes it takes a while to find a game so can be easy to miss when someone joins...


EDIT:
If you want to do this option with extra style points. Make the notification sound a Taunt sound from a random unit, so if someone joins you might hear a archer taunt or a dorf or zerk or something, man that would be hilarious

[Phex]

Really great work, I am impressed!

Two comments:

• The Strg+g-status is not being saved between games. (Windows)
• Is it possible to allow the new zoom feature during a game by means of a plugin? If not, could you consider to allow it as a host option?

[punkUser]

[*] Is it possible to allow the new zoom feature during a game by means of a plugin? If not, could you consider to allow it as a host option?[/list]

Not currently but this has been discussed - i.e. the ability for map/plugin authors to make it available. There is some debate though since it gives folks with more modern machines (i.e. that support extended zoom) a potentially significant advantage.

[GodzFire]

I can see all the really competitive players complain that it would give players an advantage/disadvantage.

However what about this:
- Make it an option for Single Player/COOP only, where rank doesn't count
or
- Make it a host option (the problem with this is if there is one or two people who don't want the extra zoom, for whatever reason but everyone else does they could get kicked. It's another way to be segregated)

[GodzFire]

Allright. Hey uh you all probably know about this suggestion, but I just wanted to mention it again cause it's real simple but good. And that is when you're hosting a game if there could be a notification sound that plays when someone joins, something not annoying sounding, somewhat subdued. Often I might be hosting and waiting and browsing webpages with myth in the background, I forget it's there for who knows 5 or 10 mins and I come back to it and people had joined waited to play then left.

You might say well I should just pay attention to the window, well the server isn't super populated nowadays and sometimes it takes a while to find a game so can be easy to miss when someone joins...


EDIT:
If you want to do this option with extra style points. Make the notification sound a Taunt sound from a random unit, so if someone joins you might hear a archer taunt or a dorf or zerk or something, man that would be hilarious

Because 1.8 is essentially feature locked, this would have to be something for 1.8.1, unless it's something very easy for the devs to code, which I don't think is the case.

[Platinum]

Just curious if this would be possible with the myth engine or not, I'm guessing not since all new graphics and animations would have to be rendered, but imagine being able to see at eye level of your units, looking straight out ahead of you and seeing everything like you were on the battlefield. It would only really work as a novelty idea, not really any competitive edge to be gained, but I just think seeing Myth depicted in various aspects would be incredible.

[GHOST®]

Just curious if this would be possible with the myth engine or not, I'm guessing not since all new graphics and animations would have to be rendered, but imagine being able to see at eye level of your units, looking straight out ahead of you and seeing everything like you were on the battlefield. It would only really work as a novelty idea, not really any competitive edge to be gained, but I just think seeing Myth depicted in various aspects would be incredible.

Dunno, can see pretty deep into the field of play if you ask me. ;op
:: points to right half of screenshot off in the distance ::
http://hl.udogs.net/files/Uploads/%20Us ... .50.50.jpg

[GHOST®]

Q?

Is there a purpose to the Tools tag in the local folder ?? And is it still needed for whatever its intended purpose was ??

Chaos will not run (error) unless the Tools tag is deleted first and i seem to recall hearing/reading it was no longer of use ??

[Melekor]

The tools file is used to prevent fear and loathing from running at the same time. Chaos is doing the wrong check. I mentioned this to TZ before (http://tain.totalcodex.net/forum/viewto ... ols#p54040) but he might need some more prodding to fix it ;)