[patch] Quit and Resign options

colorblind · Post by **colorblind** » 29 May 2006, 14:22

I've made some changes:

* There's an extra 'quit' option
* When resigning units self-d instantly

Patch & screenshot are updated.

zwzsg · Post by **zwzsg** » 29 May 2006, 17:31

colorblind wrote:* When resigning units self-d instantly

I don't think I'd want that. I prefer when units are left for the first teammate to type .take

colorblind · Post by **colorblind** » 29 May 2006, 17:49

Then you can simply use the button "Quit". That will do the same as SHIFT-ESC does now (i.e. it leaves your units intact while you quit the game).

I know, I know, reading and undestanding forum posts can be hard sometimes ...

Post by **jcnossen** » 29 May 2006, 21:36

I applied the patch...
The quit button didn't seem to have any code though...

The vs8 patch was a bit broken (apart from the incorrect paths), so I added the files myself. I can't actually compile spring with vs8, but it should be ok.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 29 May 2006, 23:14

On occasion I need to quit Spring and I can't see what's going on. For instance, my display has screwed up. I can't always select something in a box. Surely I'm not the only one who's experienced this. Maybe this could come up when you push ESC, while shift-ESC would just do...whatever.

Egarwaen · Post by **Egarwaen** » 30 May 2006, 06:29

Caydr wrote:Maybe this could come up when you push ESC, while shift-ESC would just do...whatever.

Isn't ESC bound to "stop trying to issue a command"?

Zenka · Post by **Zenka** » 30 May 2006, 09:25

Quitting Spring must be bound to shift+Esc.
I use Esc a lot in game, just to get my hands free of whatever I was doing.

Why don't you use alt+f4 for emergency quitting?

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 30 May 2006, 09:53

Caydr wrote:On occasion I need to quit Spring and I can't see what's going on. For instance, my display has screwed up. I can't always select something in a box. Surely I'm not the only one who's experienced this. Maybe this could come up when you push ESC, while shift-ESC would just do...whatever.

alt f4?
ctrl-shift-esc?

colorblind · Post by **colorblind** » 30 May 2006, 12:13

jcnossen wrote:I applied the patch...
The quit button didn't seem to have any code though...

Thanks for applying it! And you're right ... I forgot to add another OR for the quitBox in the first IF

. Your fix does the trick also though.
And sorry for the incorrect VS8 project file patch; perhaps I'll just leave those out next time.

espylaub · Post by **espylaub** » 30 May 2006, 12:41

On a more general note, I think there needs to be a really annoying message when an ally drops. How many times has one of your allies dropped and you didn't notice until 20 minutes later when it's too late?

Just as a side note.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 30 May 2006, 15:15

espylaub wrote:On a more general note, I think there needs to be a really annoying message when an ally drops. How many times has one of your allies dropped and you didn't notice until 20 minutes later when it's too late?

Just as a side note.

TVO could probably do this. It'd be a very simple change, comparable to the new custom death messages.

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[patch] Quit and Resign options