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by kestasjk
Tue May 16, 2023 12:38 am
Forum: Development
Topic: World 901
Replies: 7
Views: 126

World 901

Hi all, I peruse the diplomacy subreddit every now and one comment related to World 901 and how it's a good variant but there's not enough places to play it. Do people here think it would be good to add World 901, or are there any other non-gimmicky variants (that will last etc) that we should add i...
by kestasjk
Sat May 06, 2023 9:08 pm
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: Can we still send links to games?
Replies: 3
Views: 412

Re: Can we still send links to games?

Thanks, that worked! Hopefully this issue is fixed as I think it could put new players off. Appreciate your help and recommendation! You can also copy this link here: Screenshot 2023-05-07 045938.jpg If someone clicks that link they'll see the old board whether they're set to use the new UI or not,...
by kestasjk
Sat May 06, 2023 8:44 pm
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: White screens
Replies: 3
Views: 252

Re: White screens

Hi, sweetandcool noticed that it was happening when supporting a move into a coastal area. Turns out when an invalid order is submitted it will only set the order up to the invalid part, so incomplete move orders were being submitted, and the point and click UI doesn't seem to be able to handle inco...
by kestasjk
Wed May 03, 2023 10:48 am
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: White screens
Replies: 3
Views: 252

Re: White screens

Sorry I mean to fix this asap but this monthly dev cycle something else came up that I had to put hobby time to instead :( Maybe I'll be able to do some webDip work this weekend otherwise it'll have to wait for next month
by kestasjk
Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:10 am
Forum: New Games
Topic: New game for new players.
Replies: 8
Views: 190

Re: New game for new players.

OogsBoogs wrote:
Sun Apr 23, 2023 3:25 pm
Yeah, that didn't work either and I am fresh out of ideas
Those links both work for me :o
by kestasjk
Mon Apr 24, 2023 12:09 am
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: Bot games crashing - can't cancel
Replies: 9
Views: 237

Re: Bot games crashing - can't cancel

Hmm, can't see either of those games now?
by kestasjk
Thu Apr 20, 2023 1:06 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Changing names?
Replies: 9
Views: 277

Re: Changing names?

YOu can change your username but only via a request in the mod forum where it tracks how many usernames you've changed etc. You can imagine if people could just hop around their username freely it would be quite confusing and there'd be potential for abuse e.g. mimicking others, changing after stabb...
by kestasjk
Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:08 am
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: Possible effects of the new UI on playing style
Replies: 6
Views: 1264

Re: Possible effects of the new UI on playing style

Heheh that'd be interesting to see if people play different on the new UI. Note that you can and always will* be able to use the drop-down UI by going to Account > Settings and choosing the drop-down UI. You can also choose to drop back to it temporarily via the drop-down UI link in the info area in...
by kestasjk
Fri Apr 14, 2023 4:44 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Thank You
Replies: 17
Views: 651

Re: Thank You

I don't mind myself, but I know plenty of people didn't like PPSC and I'm sure the change was well thought out. Sum of squares seems fairly similar anyway, and this wouldn't be high on the todo list since I know there'll be disagreement however the scoring works
by kestasjk
Tue Apr 11, 2023 9:04 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Could we add bots to variant maps?
Replies: 5
Views: 1086

Re: Could we add bots to variant maps?

Developments in the last two years are that we now run the bots on our own hardware, and understand them a bit better (unfortunately not as much as I'd like.. but watch this space). Something that's quite interesting about the bot development process is that making a perfect Diplomacy bot actually d...
by kestasjk
Mon Apr 10, 2023 7:16 am
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: Incorrect "NMR" warning emails
Replies: 4
Views: 189

Re: Incorrect "NMR" warning emails

Thanks for the feedback: It's a new feature that'll get built into a more general notifications page with settings about what you want to receive (so you'l be able to sign up for SMS notifications when you're about to NMR, something that I'll definitely be enabling), but it looks like there's a bug ...
by kestasjk
Sun Apr 09, 2023 4:24 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Sandbox and point and click improvements
Replies: 9
Views: 668

Re: Sandbox and point and click improvements

Hmm.. when I do it with my old games I just click the button in the bottom left and the press pops up, what happens for you?
by kestasjk
Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:01 am
Forum: Diplomacy Advice
Topic: Where is game ID listed?
Replies: 3
Views: 197

Re: Where is game ID listed?

I am in a paused game where the person who requested the pause is back but a different player disappeared over a week ago. Since the game is paused he can't civil disorder nor be reached to unpause. I would like to reach out to a mod to ask for advice but the need help page says to include a game I...
by kestasjk
Fri Apr 07, 2023 12:42 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Reliabilty rating recovery
Replies: 8
Views: 346

Re: Reliabilty rating recovery

That's true.. I guess the counter-argument is would you rather play someone who missed 10 turns out of 100 or 10 turns out of 50 (over the same time period); for me I'd consider both just as unreliable, the person playing 100 games shouldn't be considered twice as reliable because they're playing in...
by kestasjk
Fri Apr 07, 2023 12:19 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Sandbox and point and click improvements
Replies: 9
Views: 668

Re: Sandbox improvements, settings page, testers needed

Looks like we had some activity on the staging site and no-one reported any issues so I've deployed those changes and will keep an eye on it. Really like the sandbox map.. I feel like I could make variants point and click pretty easily, though I'm interested if it works well on mobile etc as it has ...
by kestasjk
Thu Apr 06, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: Unread messages indicator in webpage title
Replies: 7
Views: 233

Re: Unread messages indicator in webpage title

I've removed that from the staging version, not sure what it means it's something to do with phpBB notifications, and sorted out the avatars messing the spacing up at the top
by kestasjk
Wed Apr 05, 2023 11:00 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Reliabilty rating recovery
Replies: 8
Views: 346

Re: Reliabilty rating recovery

If you check your profile page it'll break it down for you. There's a small component that's proportional to the number of turns you played, but for most people the main part will be a fixed penalty for each turn missed. I think that's a fair way to do it, because the other players in the game with ...
by kestasjk
Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:38 am
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: Unable to close sandbox game, and therefore unable to play bot games
Replies: 9
Views: 337

Re: Unable to close sandbox game, and therefore unable to play bot games

Oh wait the drop-down isn't working either? Can you give me the game ID so I can have a look?

The point and click UI should work now, but I thought the drop down UI already was
by kestasjk
Wed Apr 05, 2023 1:12 am
Forum: Feedback/Bug Reports
Topic: Unable to close sandbox game, and therefore unable to play bot games
Replies: 9
Views: 337

Re: Unable to close sandbox game, and therefore unable to play bot games

Can you try via https://staging.webdiplomacy.net/ ? I think I've fixed all the bugs etc I just want to give it some time on the staging site before deploying the fixes in case there are any issues that affect existing games.

Let me know if you have any issues.
by kestasjk
Tue Apr 04, 2023 7:38 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Reliabilty rating recovery
Replies: 8
Views: 346

Re: Reliabilty rating recovery

As the missed turn goes past the month threshold it'll contribute negatively less, and then once it's older than a year it'll disappear