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omar
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Arimaa Flash Client V2
« on: Sep 27th, 2007, 9:07am » |
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Hi everyone. I've been using all my Arimaa time lately to work on a new flash client. I've got most of it done. There are still a few things I need to add like take backs and adjourn which I've decided to postpone for now. It could also use some cosmetic improvements. The main things Im shooting for is to have a client that is more stable (doesn't crash on its own), works across more platforms and is less prone to disconnects. It is possible that if you are behind a firewall this version does not work for you since it uses a direct connection rather than HTTP.
So to try it out go to this page and select the first option in the list.
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/selectClient.cgi
Then when you launch a game window it should use the new client.
If it doesn't work for you please write to me through the Contact link on the Arimaa main page and provide the details of your setup; like OS, browser version, flash version, how it crashed, etc.
Also if you click in the top left corner of the flash client it toggles a debug window that shows the network activity. This might be useful in tracing problems.
Hope it works for everyone. Enjoy.
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #1 on: Sep 27th, 2007, 9:45am » |
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I noticed that you can't drag pieces, but rather must click on them and then on the destination. Is this permanent, or will dragging be possible in the final version?
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #2 on: Sep 27th, 2007, 10:14am » |
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Thanks for the work, Omar, I'll give it a look as soon as I can.
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #3 on: Sep 27th, 2007, 10:39am » |
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Yes, thank you.
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #4 on: Sep 27th, 2007, 4:38pm » |
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Seems to be working great here. Rather unexpectedly as the chat client doesn't want to. :}
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #5 on: Sep 27th, 2007, 6:49pm » |
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At the burrow with a Vista that won't allow download of the new flash, I get a flickering in the move and chat windows. This is like the flickering I get in the chat application. OK since the old app works OK. This is the only place I can read chat and game clocks.
At Hogwarts, using a 64-bit machine (Firefox fc5)that can't use flash and (illegally) remotely logging onto one of McGonnagle's 32-bit machines (Firefox fc5) with an old flash, I get flickering too. I used the old app, can't read chat or time, and crash the browser after 14 moves, but I can get a stable plan window. My only hope is to get the new flash onto the 32-bit machine.
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #6 on: Sep 27th, 2007, 7:19pm » |
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Don't really know anything about it other than seeing it mentioned in an article on the new version of Ubuntu coming out, but I wonder if there's any chance of getting the new player working with Gnash. The GNU open source flash player.
Janzert
EDIT: I found a windows standalone binary. Looks like Gnash still needs some more work for this to be a possibility.
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Isaac Grosof
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #7 on: Sep 27th, 2007, 8:13pm » |
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Omar:
1. Why is it a 'click the blue triangle'?
2. Add a feature to turn off the replay.
3. Add a feature to turn off sound.
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #8 on: Sep 27th, 2007, 10:08pm » |
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on Sep 27th, 2007, 9:45am, The_Jeh wrote:| I noticed that you can't drag pieces, but rather must click on them and then on the destination. Is this permanent, or will dragging be possible in the final version? |
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If you just hover over the piece the arrows should appear if the can move; then you can just click on a arrow and don't need to click on the piece first.
Haven't figured out how to do dragging yet in the new Flash. If there is anyone here experienced in Flash CS3 and wants to help, please let me know.
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #9 on: Sep 27th, 2007, 10:12pm » |
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on Sep 27th, 2007, 6:49pm, RonWeasley wrote:| My only hope is to get the new flash onto the 32-bit machine. |
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Yes, you definitely need the new Flash player. See if you download it on some other system and put it on a flash drive to get it to your computers.
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #10 on: Sep 27th, 2007, 10:20pm » |
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on Sep 27th, 2007, 8:13pm, 722caasi wrote:Omar:
1. Why is it a 'click the blue triangle'?
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1. It seems to work easier than dragging; especially on a laptop with a touch pad mouse.
2. The replay when you receive a move is necessary. I added a replay when you send the move, but actually it replays the move you sent after the server acknowledges receiving it. Thus if you thought you sent the move, but the server did not receive it then you won't see your move replayed (and you should try clicking on Send again). I thought this would be good way to let the user know if the move they thought they sent actually got registered. You can speed up the replay if you want. The S button.
3. It is there. The M button.
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #11 on: Sep 28th, 2007, 12:14am » |
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on Sep 27th, 2007, 6:49pm, RonWeasley wrote:| I used the old app, can't read chat or time, and crash the browser after 14 moves, but I can get a stable plan window. |
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On my linux machines someone told me how to fix the chat and the time: install gsfonts-x11 which makes Ghostscript fonts available to X11. But the old client still crashes after 14-20 moves.
I will look forward to testing out the new client!
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #12 on: Sep 28th, 2007, 5:44pm » |
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on Sep 27th, 2007, 10:20pm, omar wrote:
1. It seems to work easier than dragging; especially on a laptop with a touch pad mouse.
2. The replay when you receive a move is necessary. I added a replay when you send the move, but actually it replays the move you sent after the server acknowledges receiving it. Thus if you thought you sent the move, but the server did not receive it then you won't see your move replayed (and you should try clicking on Send again). I thought this would be good way to let the user know if the move they thought they sent actually got registered. You can speed up the replay if you want. The S button.
3. It is there. The M button.
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thanks for that omar.
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #13 on: Oct 1st, 2007, 7:26pm » |
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When I try to display a archived game, I can't seem to get the board to display vertically, only horizontally.
(north=left/right, not north=up/down).
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Re: Arimaa Flash Client V2
« Reply #14 on: Oct 1st, 2007, 9:10pm » |
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The 'V' button should cycle through the different views, at least it seems to work for me.
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