Dodge warnings for JavaBowl

MickeX · Post by **MickeX** » Tue May 27, 2003 11:08 pm

Hi SkiJunkie!

I was thinkning that "dodge warnings" would be a nice addition for JavaBowl. Instead of being highlighted in blue, the squares that the player could take their next step to could be highlighted in different shades of red when they require a dodge. Darker red would be more difficult dodges.

It would simply be the equivalent of the shades of block dice coming up before actually attempting the block.

Maybe the blue highlights could also be complemented by some other shade of blue for stepping into an opponents TZ.

Nothing revolutionary, but then your client really rocks just as it it.

Micke

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Wed May 28, 2003 4:05 am

i love these feature request topics ^^

how about a sudden death OT option?

Indigo · Post by **Indigo** » Wed May 28, 2003 8:12 am

The trouble with dodge warnings is that it can potential result in a lot of annoying popups appearing every time you want to dodge.

However, maybe by setting an option in the ini file you can limit the checks to only "hard" dodges, e.g.

Confirm dodges for AG 2 or lower Yes/No

SkiJunkie · Post by **SkiJunkie** » Wed May 28, 2003 4:26 pm

There are dodge warnings right now but they are cursor based. I had trouble getting the highlight colors to change properly. One day I'll go back and take another look at that, but for now you get the following cursors when you mouse over a square.

----------------------------------------------------------------
36. Mouse Cursors
----------------------------------------------------------------
I've added mouse curor images to show what actions are available
on the field. Below is a list o the cursors and when they
will be displayed.

Ball cursor
-when placing the ball at kick off
-when giving a player the ball because of a touchback
-when passing the ball (including dump off)
-when handing off the ball and mousing over valid
hand off square

Pow Cursor
-when mousing over a valid block or blitz square

Skull Cursor
-when mousing over a valid foul square

White Footstep Cursor
-when mousing over a valid move or leap square and it will
NOT be a dodge or a GFI

Yellow Footstep Cursor
-when mousing over a valid move square and it
WILL be a GFI

Red Footstep Cursor
-when mousing over a valid move square and it
WILL be a dodge

Red and Yellow Footstep Cursor
-when mousing over a valid move square and it
WILL be a GFI AND a dodge

MickeX · Post by **MickeX** » Wed May 28, 2003 6:29 pm

SkiJunkie wrote:There are dodge warnings right now but they are cursor based. I had trouble getting the highlight colors to change properly. One day I'll go back and take another look at that, but for now you get the following cursors when you mouse over a square.

That's great, I missed that completely!

Seems I'll just have to learn to keep an eye on those cursor markers that keep confusing me...

Micke