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torstenson
Joined: 24 Aug 04 Posts: 2
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Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:43 pm Post subject: Feature Request: Choosing Player Colours |
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Hi,
Your online Wallenstein implementation is terrific, but I did think of one small improvement you might consider making (if you run out of better ideas and are bored):
Allow players to select their colour.
When I play face-to-face, I always choose the same colour, if possible because it helps me to remember which units are mine. In a game like Wallenstein which has historical connections and themed player roles, I also learn to identify with a particular warlord, and associate other roles with particular players. Maybe I'm just wierd!
Anyway, I'm not sure how difficult it would be to implement this feature, but this is how I would try doing it:
In each player's user profile, allow them to rank the available colours (this same ranking could also be used for Bus -- assuming it has colours; I've never played it).
When the game starts, the system can automatically assign colours to the players by placing them in a random order, and then have them in turn "draft" their marker colour based on their specified preferences. The highest-ranked colour that has not yet been chosen by another player is assigned to the player. If more than one player wants a particular colour, then they may not get what they want, but this is no different than in face-to-face games.
With this approach, players only need to set their preferred colours once, not for each game. Also -- if players don't care what colour they get, they can just not bother to assign a ranking (or rank colours equally) in their profile. They'll then be assigned a colour randomly from those remaining after those with preferences take their picks. |
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HighwayStar
Joined: 09 Apr 04 Posts: 69
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:29 am Post subject: Color Choices |
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Great idea! We should all be able to pick our own color. I could be red on my screen, but green on someone else's so he/she could be red also. They'd be some other color on my screen. That way, we could always be the color we want on our screens, which is all that really matters.
Even better, would be to allow each player to assign all the colors for his/her screen. That way you could order the colors based on the score. It'd make multiple games easier...
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Adversarian
Joined: 11 Sep 06 Posts: 3
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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I was going to add this as a request as well. Make is so you can choose your own player color. The site could handle people choosing the same color by displaying it correctly for the current player.
Thanks,
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Bkruppa
Joined: 08 Nov 05 Posts: 241
Location: Fremont, Ca, USA
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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If we're picking colors I would like periwinkle! |
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Omnipotentus
Joined: 21 Sep 06 Posts: 8
Location: near Stuttgart, Germany
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:46 am Post subject: Re: Color Choices |
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HighwayStar wrote: | Great idea! We should all be able to pick our own color. I could be red on my screen, but green on someone else's so he/she could be red also. They'd be some other color on my screen. That way, we could always be the color we want on our screens, which is all that really matters.
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I dont second ths statement for the following reasons.
- When discussing about the game, this could lead to confusion.
- Different colors on different screens would also not be too easy to
implement technically.
But the suggestion to be able to rank the colors and based on that, you get one would be great. But i would prefer this feature to be completely automatic to avoid further delay in starting the game.
I would implement the following algorithm:
First, the highest ranked colors of the players are assigned. If a conflict arises, the computer picks one player at random who gets the color.
Then the second highest ranked colors of the players, who have no color yet are assigned and computer resolves conflict if necessary and so on until all players get a color.
highest ranked color = the highest ranked color appearing in the game. So if someone chooses blue as highest ranked color and this color is not available in that particular game, his next color counts. _________________ For more board games, visit www.brettspielwelt.de (A german board game site with complete translation to english and even an english community) |
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mrbass
Joined: 05 Apr 06 Posts: 182
Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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The way you describe it Omnipotentus is exactly how Sea3D implements it for Settlers of Catan online. |
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DangerMouse
Joined: 31 Mar 04 Posts: 13
Location: Warwick, RI
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Feature Request: Choosing Player Colours |
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torstenson wrote: |
Allow players to select their colour.
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I've pushed for this in the past also (for all games), to no avail.
I think the reasoning was that discussion of the game would be confusing since players often refer to each other by color. I would think that once this change was implemented players would be smart enough to refer to each other by name instead.
http://www.spielbyweb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=267 |
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freduk
Joined: 18 Jan 06 Posts: 433
Location: Bristol, UK
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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personally, I'd rather the developers spent their time bringing us new games... |
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HappyProle SBW Developer
Joined: 28 Oct 05 Posts: 409
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Me too. |
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RyanMC SBW Developer
Joined: 13 Sep 05 Posts: 344
Location: Draper, UT USA
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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HappyProle wrote: | Me too. |
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Omnipotentus
Joined: 21 Sep 06 Posts: 8
Location: near Stuttgart, Germany
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah bringing new games is way cooler
but being able to be my favorite color is also not too bad either _________________ For more board games, visit www.brettspielwelt.de (A german board game site with complete translation to english and even an english community) |
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