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0003505Doomseeker[All Projects] Suggestionpublic2018-09-22 13:112018-10-27 22:54
ReporterZalewa 
Assigned ToZalewa 
PrioritynormalSeveritytweakReproducibilityN/A
StatusclosedResolutionfixed 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version1.1 
Target Version1.2Fixed in Version1.2 
Summary0003505: Allow to create offline game that starts into the title screen
DescriptionCreate Game box allows to create an offline game already, however possibilities to limit what arguments are passed from the box to the game are rather... limited. It is impossible to start a game into the title screen - the game will always start directly into the map.

User should be able to disable certain settings, thus allowing the game to start with minimal initial setup. Various games may have different requirements here, however some settings should be made optional. This will allow the user to leave it up to the game to decide what these settings should be.

The settings that need to be optional (and currently aren't) are: "game mode" and "skill".
Steps To Reproduce
Additional InformationIt would be great if Doomseeker could serve as a PWAD launcher where one only picks the PWADs and launches the game without any particular configuration. Being able to start into the title screen is an important part of that.
TagsNo tags attached.
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related to 0003480confirmed  Optional simplification of Create Game box 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2018-09-22 13:11ZalewaNew Issue
2018-09-22 13:11ZalewaStatusnew => assigned
2018-09-22 13:11ZalewaAssigned To => Zalewa
2018-09-22 13:12ZalewaRelationship addedrelated to 0003480
2018-09-22 13:13ZalewaRelationship addedrelated to 0003483
2018-09-22 13:17ZalewaDescription Updatedbug_revision_view_page.php?rev_id=11905#r11905
2018-09-22 13:42ZalewaNote Added: 0019632
2018-09-22 13:43ZalewaStatusassigned => needs review
2018-09-22 13:59ZalewaDescription Updatedbug_revision_view_page.php?rev_id=11906#r11906
2018-09-22 15:39WubTheCaptainRelationship replacedchild of 0003480
2018-09-22 16:01WubTheCaptainRelationship replacedrelated to 0003480
2018-09-22 17:44WubTheCaptainNote Added: 0019645
2018-09-23 07:46ZalewaStatusneeds review => needs testing
2018-09-27 03:13WubTheCaptainNote Added: 0019786
2018-09-27 03:13WubTheCaptainStatusneeds testing => needs review
2018-09-28 19:03ZalewaNote Added: 0019794
2018-09-28 19:04ZalewaNote Edited: 0019794bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=19794#r12033
2018-09-28 19:05ZalewaStatusneeds review => resolved
2018-09-28 19:05ZalewaFixed in Version => 1.2
2018-09-28 19:05ZalewaResolutionopen => fixed
2018-09-28 19:33ZalewaNote Edited: 0019794bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=19794#r12036
2018-10-01 04:03WubTheCaptainRelationship deletedrelated to 0003483
2018-10-27 22:54WubTheCaptainStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0019632)
Zalewa   
2018-09-22 13:42   
Resolved at least for Zandronum with these commits:

1.'https://bitbucket.org/Doomseeker/doomseeker/commits/d98a26168bf74cd110251cc202e33fc3d4cffa4b [^]'
2.'https://bitbucket.org/Doomseeker/doomseeker/commits/d5437a9d8006b79738be14aba19bb8c248ac45a7 [^]'
3.'https://bitbucket.org/Doomseeker/doomseeker/commits/5b97492c75e92193445a21dccb492628414c5251 [^]'
4.'https://bitbucket.org/Doomseeker/doomseeker/commits/5b1b0ceebaaca850e72386f298216bb1b0db44aa [^]'
(0019645)
WubTheCaptain   
2018-09-22 17:44   
Not related, but I would also nudge you towards an ancient ticket 0002204.
(0019786)
WubTheCaptain   
2018-09-27 03:13   
Not sure if I would've personally preferred there to be a checkbox or two radio buttons in "Doomseeker – Copy Text" (command line dialog) to switch between offline and online commands. The current approach takes more horizontal space in the Create Game dialog.

"Offline command line" and "Host command line" have the same tooltip. Is this intentional?

I don't really get it, though. The "Create Game" dialog only has one executable path, mostly independent of the Configuration menu. The default for Zandronum is /usr/bin/zandronum-server on my system, but obviously this won't work for offline play because that binary is headless. Clicking the button named "Default" next to the path also resets it to /usr/bin/zandronum-server.

In other words, I expected "offline command line" to use the client executable and "host command line" to use the server executable from configuration. That's not the case here, with additional mixed confusion what the purpose of "Executable" in Create Game now serves purpose for.

(Just as I wrote this, I noticed the "Executable" is a dropdown menu for both client and server executables from configuration. It's not user friendly though, after initial confusion.)

Besides that, Zandronum offline launches to title screen as you've wanted.
(0019794)
Zalewa   
2018-09-28 19:03   
(edited on: 2018-09-28 19:33)
Quote from Wub

Not sure if I would've personally preferred there to be a checkbox or two radio buttons in "Doomseeker – Copy Text" (command line dialog) to switch between offline and online commands. The current approach takes more horizontal space in the Create Game dialog.

[...]

I expected "offline command line" to use the client executable and "host command line" to use the server executable from configuration. That's not the case here, with additional mixed confusion what the purpose of "Executable" in Create Game now serves purpose for.


I was actually considering some radio button, check box or combo box that would switch between modes but couldn't think of anything that would fit the whole dialog box as it is in its current state. This further emphasizes the need to simplify this dialog box as described in 0003480 and more. I will add a point to that ticket about reworking the offline/server duality of the Create Game dialog.

Quote from Wub

"Offline command line" and "Host command line" have the same tooltip. Is this intentional?


No, that's certainly an oversight. Thanks. In the process of doing 0003480 this button may eventually be removed, but I've amended this tooltip regardless just in case:'https://bitbucket.org/Doomseeker/doomseeker/commits/1a55359fed00d2c35d6fd2aba1c436663175cbe8 [^]'

Quote from Wub

(Just as I wrote this, I noticed the "Executable" is a dropdown menu for both client and server executables from configuration. It's not user friendly though, after initial confusion.)


This is useful when you have Zandronum testing binaries installed as the drop down menu will list them too.

Quote from Wub

Besides that, Zandronum offline launches to title screen as you've wanted.


Since that's what this ticket was about, I'll mark it as resolved (I also checked Odamex and Chocolate Doom).