TASClient (latest version available here)

Satirik · Post by **Satirik** » 23 Nov 2007, 15:04

clumsy_culhane wrote:yea i have same problem, i load TASclient up, then after about 5-10 seconds (it has logged into the server by this stage) it uses loads of cpu, so much i cant do anything, for around 1- 2 mins. After this its fine.. its just annoying to have your computer freeze up for 2 mins evrytime you open tasclient....

you don't have your problem with the "official" lobby ?

clumsy_culhane · Post by **clumsy_culhane** » 24 Nov 2007, 01:10

um i have being using your lobby ever since like two weeks after i dled and installed spring. It only started happening recently, i dont know which version

TradeMark · Post by **TradeMark** » 24 Nov 2007, 13:00

add a button like this:

thanks

Satirik · Post by **Satirik** » 24 Nov 2007, 14:31

TradeMark wrote:add a button like this:

thanks

you mean like the one already in the menu at the end ?

Satirik · Post by **Satirik** » 24 Nov 2007, 14:32

clumsy_culhane wrote:um i have being using your lobby ever since like two weeks after i dled and installed spring. It only started happening recently, i dont know which version

maybe because you have too much maps and not enough ram ?

TradeMark · Post by **TradeMark** » 24 Nov 2007, 14:48

Satirik wrote:
TradeMark wrote:add a button like this:

thanks
you mean like the one already in the menu at the end ?

I cant see any ring buttons there, only way to ring is to type /ring
or can i be using older version, how is that possible... shouldnt i be unable to connect then?

tombom · Post by **tombom** » 24 Nov 2007, 14:50

It was added by Satirik.

TradeMark · Post by **TradeMark** » 24 Nov 2007, 17:44

Now i downloaded that newest, it had that button, thanks :)

But, could you put that battle screen button there where it was, im used to click it just once, now i need to click twice + move mouse/aim the correct selection, its kinda frustrating.

Or even better: put battle screen into a separate window (so i can click it from my taskbar), ive always wanted that

ZellSF · Post by **ZellSF** » 24 Nov 2007, 18:15

TradeMark wrote:Now i downloaded that newest, it had that button, thanks :)

But, could you put that battle screen button there where it was, im used to click it just once, now i need to click twice + move mouse/aim the correct selection, its kinda frustrating.

Or even better: put battle screen into a separate window (so i can click it from my taskbar), ive always wanted that

There already is an option for that, and it is in the TASClient included in the installer too, and has been for a few Spring versions.

LordMatt · Post by **LordMatt** » 24 Nov 2007, 18:24

Oo I thought that was the default.

TradeMark · Post by **TradeMark** » 24 Nov 2007, 19:25

Oh there was that already :D nice.

Got new idea: when trying to join another battle room when you are already in some battle room it should ask "do you want to exit current battle room and join to this room?", would be nice.

ZellSF · Post by **ZellSF** » 24 Nov 2007, 23:47

Since I seem to recall me complaining about the interface and people saying they didn't find anything wrong with it, here's what's wrong with it:

Yes I don't know how to use thumbnails.

Edit: also, look at screenshot 1 & 2, notice that the "link colour" isn't consistent (nor choosable, which is a pity too). I'm going to guess battle chat has the same issue as main chat with the colours... TASClient doesn't maximize to full screen on high resolutions, another problem. Nor does it detect the taskbar properly if the taskbar is placed on the top, and in some cases you end up getting TASClient's titlebar behind the taskbar, not very good.

And that's just the worst of the issues...

Only way TASClient looks remotely nice is if you use the default Windows XP theme, and I'm going to guess a whole lot of people don't.

Edit 2: Small correction, tabs do respect windows colours, the 3D Objects colour. Toolbar respects Window text colour, and so does all other buttons. So really all other buttons except the tab bar and tabs elsewhere are broken.

AF · Post by AF » 25 Nov 2007, 02:27

There's also the mass of issues with drawing components too close or too far apart or even trying to draw them ontop of each other or on the window border.

Satirik · Post by **Satirik** » 25 Nov 2007, 02:35

ZellSF wrote: ...

it's open source just go ahead :) anyway i planned to add a form to choose text colors, and i'll try to fix some of these problems

AF · Post by AF » 25 Nov 2007, 02:39

Satirik wrote:
ZellSF wrote: ...
it's open source just go ahead :) anyway i planned to add a form to choose text colors

Satirik, betalord, altaric, iamacup, zenka.

If you know anybody else who has managed to build TASClient please go ahead and add their name to the list. It's not quite the same as a php project or spring itself.

IIRC altaric tried to add in a font chooser setup and failed miserably, kept saying that delphi was making the fonts looked horrific.

Satirik · Post by **Satirik** » 25 Nov 2007, 02:42

AF wrote:
Satirik wrote:
ZellSF wrote: ...
it's open source just go ahead :) anyway i planned to add a form to choose text colors
Satirik, betalord, altaric, iamacup, zenka.

If you know anybody else who has managed to build TASClient please go ahead and add their name to the list. It's not quite the same as a php project or spring itself.

IIRC altaric tried to add in a font chooser setup and failed miserably, kept saying that delphi was making the fonts looked horrific.

didn't i ask you to not post again here ?

ZellSF · Post by **ZellSF** » 25 Nov 2007, 02:47

Satirik wrote:
ZellSF wrote: ...
it's open source just go ahead :) anyway i planned to add a form to choose text colors, and i'll try to fix some of these problems

Well. I don't know how to code in delphi, or anything for that matter, so no. I just posted because I've heard people claim there were no interface issues in TASClient, which imo, you'd have to be a bit insane to claim.

It would be great if you could make them be right though.

Satirik · Post by **Satirik** » 25 Nov 2007, 02:55

there is no problem when you are not a fashion victim spending your time (actually losing your time) by skinning windows and all the stuff you can :)

but most of theses graphical issues can be fixed, i'll add a vista dectect to disable the title bar like for wine (you can disable them manually by adding -wine to tasclient.exe), and i found a solution to fix the font problem of vista (making some component going out of the forms), the rest is a matter of colors pictures and choice

edit : and i didn't know anything about delphi before updating this lobby ... so that's not an excuse :)

ZellSF · Post by **ZellSF** » 25 Nov 2007, 03:34

Satirik wrote:there is no problem when you are not a fashion victim spending your time (actually losing your time) by skinning windows and all the stuff you can :)

Uh? A simple colour change is hardly being a fashion victim.

clumsy_culhane · Post by **clumsy_culhane** » 25 Nov 2007, 04:33

Satirik wrote:
clumsy_culhane wrote:um i have being using your lobby ever since like two weeks after i dled and installed spring. It only started happening recently, i dont know which version
maybe because you have too much maps and not enough ram ?

it shouldnt be lack of RAM, i have 4 gb (recently updated my specs :D)
its proably just too many maps ..

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