JBB: hotkey switch between "Icons" and "Posit

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Sun May 18, 2003 1:41 pm

A hotkey to change all Icons to Positon
("Thrower.Icon.GIF" to "T", in Game.)
Is there such a hotkey ?

not, the option "Nick's Icons". A Hotkey to change display in Game, like "N" for "Numbers". Ski, If not, add "P" for "Positions" Positions.INI should Look Like:

[AMAZON]
THROWER=T
CATCHER=C
BLITZER=Z
LINEWOMAN=L

[CHAOS]
WARRIOR=B
BEASTMAN=L

[CHAOS DWARF]
BLOCKER=B
HOBGOBLIN=L
BULL CENTAUR=Z

[DARK ELF]
THROWER=T
BLITZER=Z
WITCH ELF=B
LINEMAN=L

[DWARF]
BLITZER=Z
RUNNER=R
TROLL SLAYER=B
LONG BEARD=L

You get the Idea. (Z is the Hotkey for a BLITZ Action, B for BLOCK Action usw.) The "P" command would allow Players (noobs) to go like "Whats my Blitzer on this team? ->P ah, the Bull Centaurs are the Blizers".

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Sun May 18, 2003 2:15 pm

That doesn't always work though, cause if you look at skaven and were asked what the blitzers were, I am sure most would say storm vermin. Though on my team i nearly always blitz with my gutter runners.

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Sun May 18, 2003 2:48 pm

ähm ^^ still the storm vermis are the designated blitzers or not ? ^^
come on. looking at it from a TR 100 roster...

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Sun May 18, 2003 3:34 pm

yes but my point is that its not needed it might even cause some confusion

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Sun May 18, 2003 3:40 pm

It is HIGHLY NEEDED ! (for newbie players)

Normal View = Icons (pretty little things!

)
Advanced Players View = Numbers (wheres my dirty player?

)
Newbies = Positions (what is this one good for?

)

And trust me that would be a hell of a improvement for the newbie section!
Ski, make the Views availible via Mouse, as buttons. Hot keys are to "hidden". Ideally everythin is availiable both ways.

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Sun May 18, 2003 3:48 pm

I disagree i think newbies should learn the names of the players and calling centaurs blizters might just cause more confusion to them cause the chaos dwarfs don't have blitzers on the roster.

Advanced coaches shouldn't need the player numbers, its not exaxtly hard to keep track of where your players are and whats wrong with just putting the mouse over the player and looking at his skill list, number and everything else?

Oh and i hate playing with the icons anyway :p

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Sun May 18, 2003 6:28 pm

you can already switch between numbers and icons (permanent or tremporary). Same thing with positions would be really good. Positions.INI can be modified by everyones liking.

SkiJunkie · Post by **SkiJunkie** » Mon May 19, 2003 6:58 pm

Hmm...I'll put that on a todo list. You'd have to editor the positions.ini file however you want though. I'd just make "p" a toggle button like "n".

So Grum: Have you tried the images you can use with the circle icons for background? Just curious if anyone uses/ has tried using them.

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Mon May 19, 2003 7:09 pm

nah i stick with what i am used to, if it aint broke ;]

SkiJunkie · Post by **SkiJunkie** » Mon May 19, 2003 7:24 pm

Ahh, you are missing out. You can have all kinds of neat backgrounds to the circles. Like these for example:

And you can do it per race type in the positions.ini.

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Mon May 19, 2003 7:26 pm

oooo see now i dind't know about that

prob still use the gray ones though ;]

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Mon May 19, 2003 7:30 pm

though one problem seems to have come up with 5.7d, sometimes players disappear but it might be a problem with the proxy, its not happened to me personally though

SkiJunkie · Post by **SkiJunkie** » Mon May 19, 2003 7:37 pm

Yes this is a problem with the proxy. It is a problem with the proxy losing the connection with messages on the pipes. In a direct connect lost messages are less likely because there is no middle man. If a direct connect loses a connection all messages sent before the disconnect still reach the other computer. With the proxy, if the proxy loses the connection, there is a high probability that messages were on their way to the proxy at the time, and thus never reach the other computer. Thus when you reconnect there are messages lost.

Toby · Post by **Toby** » Mon May 19, 2003 9:29 pm

SkiJunkie wrote:Hmm...I'll put that on a todo list. You'd have to editor the positions.ini file however you want though. I'd just make "p" a toggle button like "n".

Excellent !!!

Have you already talked to Galak regarding the "Team Roster Tool" ?