[patch] Quit and Resign options

[colorblind]

http://teake.home.fmf.nl/temp/quitAndRe ... ions.patch



Are you sick and tired of people leaving games without self-destructing? Well I was! That's why I've written this patch, and it does the following:

• When you're the sole active player of a team that has units left, you cannot quit the game without resigning.
• Instead, a dialog (see the image above) comes up when you hit SHIFT-ESC. From that dialog you can either:
  • Resign and quit (the user quits and the units self-d instantly)
  • Resign (user remains in the game, units self-d instantly)
  • Give away everything to another team and remain in the game as a spectator
  • Be a sissy and leavy without resigning (which might be usefull if you still have allies left).
• If your team is dead or when your a spectator, you can instantly leave with SHIFT-ESC

Get the patch, apply it, compile, and tell me you if like it .

:edit:
I forgot to mention that the the patch adds two files (a header and a source file). The VS7/8 projects files won't be updated by the patch, as I do not have those suites. So you'll have to add them manually.

:edit2:
The VS8 project file will be updated now (thanks to patmo), the VS7 not. And I also corrected some blatent errors in the patch ...

:update:
There's now an extra 'quit' option, and the units self-d instantly instead of 5 seconds after the 'resign' command.

[submarine]

cool, sounds like a nice and useful addition :)

[Comp1337]

its cool, however, you should turn resign (when in teamgames) to give to random ally. Teammates selfdestructing when they leave is a pain in the ass.

[AF]

Maybe you should work with jouninkomiko on the new GUI

[Comp1337]

Maybe you should work with jouninkomiko on the new GUI

Fresh meat
(I shouldn't have said that, should i)

[cyclerboy]

if you just type .take you will get all of your allies units if they have left

[Forboding Angel]

but they will self destruct...

I think that if the player just resigns they should be given to a random teammate, however if it is left so that the other team gets them then maybe ppl won't be so quick to resign

[Egarwaen]

I think that if the player just resigns they should be given to a random teammate, however if it is left so that the other team gets them then maybe ppl won't be so quick to resign

Or even better - split the units between the player's remaining teammates. That way one teammate doesn't suddenly have to start working with a whole bunch of new stuff.

[Comp1337]

but they will self destruct...

I think that if the player just resigns they should be given to a random teammate, however if it is left so that the other team gets them then maybe ppl won't be so quick to resign

Wont have any effect.. The noobs who selfdestruct aren't interested in the outcome of the game. They just act like asses and leave. Your suggestion would imo make it worse. The horror of half my defenceline suddenly firing on the other half.

(i havent seen this emoticon here before... )

[Forboding Angel]

wasn't a suggestion, it was just me musing.

[NOiZE]

Looks great!


I hope they implent it.

[zwzsg]

What's wrong with leaving the unit of the leaving player on the game until their teammate type .take?

If such a menu appear, people hurry to leave will just click the first choice. Which is the worse.

[NOiZE]

This solution is more clear to new players IMO

Also in 1v1's it's really annoying if the other player leaves and you don't noticed it. Then you play along for 10 minutes or something and then you realise he just left...

[Deathblane]

Done that before. It was a good game as well but the 10 minutes of inactivity from when my (2) allies left killed me off.

This is definately a good idea, though (if it's not to hard to code) wouldn't it be better to disallow the 'self-d and leave' option if you've still got an ally left?

[Zenka]

Yey! I would love to see this in the next release.

I think you should still be able to resign when you have allies allive.
Though there is strategicly no reason to do it.
(but would we disable tech 2 with +2 metal and empty storage?)

[Licho]

Good stuff :)

[patmo98]

The VS7/8 projects files won't be updated by the patch.

Here is a copy of the VS8 patch. Sorry my internet space is down.

Code: Select all

Index: rts.vcproj
===================================================================
--- rts.vcproj	(revision 1362)
+++ rts.vcproj	(working copy)
@@ -458,6 +458,14 @@
 					>
 				</File>
 				<File
+					RelativePath="..\..\Game\UI\QuitBox.cpp"
+					>
+				</File>
+				<File
+					RelativePath="..\..\Game\UI\QuitBox.h"
+					>
+				</File>
+				<File
 					RelativePath="..\..\Game\Ui\ResourceBar.cpp"
 					>
 				</File>

[colorblind]

Thanks for the feedback guys.

About the case when your ally is still alive: in all fairness, a player should be able to quit the game then (because, as said, allies can .take). However, you can give all your units to your ally via my new menu. And because some players may not know that you can .take, I think my current solution is best.
But it doesn't matter much.

And thank you Patmo, I'll append your patch to mine.

[Spectre]

I hate it when my enemy self-ds.... I want to kill his base even when he leaves...

[genblood]

Good solution to the problem. I hope it makes it in the next release.