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Can we still send links to games?
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:33 pm
by RyanHatesMilk
Hi, trying to organise a private game with friends after a short break and noticed the site has changed slightly. Is it no longer possible to send a direct link to the game to friends? I'm trying to get them to manually search for it, but it's proving more time consuming than I was expecting...
Games used to have a sort of landing page where people could join, but now it seems it jumps straight into the lobby with others unable to join.
Any suggestions? Am I missing something?
Re: Can we still send links to games?
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:41 pm
by sweetandcool
When they changed the default UI to the new point and click, they neglected to add functionality for joining games. So now if you try to follow a link it sends you to an empty map.
I presume they are working on fixing this.
Until then, I recommend going to account, settings, change default UI to dropdown. Then send a link and your friends should be able to join (provided that they too use the default UI).
Re: Can we still send links to games?
Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 8:29 am
by RyanHatesMilk
Thanks, that worked!
Hopefully this issue is fixed as I think it could put new players off. Appreciate your help and recommendation!
Re: Can we still send links to games?
Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 9:08 pm
by kestasjk
RyanHatesMilk wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 8:29 am
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:
If someone clicks that link they'll see the old board whether they're set to use the new UI or not, then the join links are at the bottom..
I need to make a way to join via the point and click UI directly though, but that'll involve redoing the game join logic via the API and adding a new interface to the point and click UI which I probably won't be able to get to this cycle since I think sorting out the NMR alert e-mails is more urgent.
As a temporary workaround to make it a bit more clear I've made the game name work as a link which will go to the join area on the legacy page:
Re: Can we still send links to games?
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2023 4:30 pm
by levidavidmurray
kestasjk wrote: ↑Sat May 06, 2023 9:08 pm
RyanHatesMilk wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 8:29 am
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, then the join links are at the bottom..
I need to make a way to join via the point and click UI directly though, but that'll involve redoing the game join logic via the API and adding a new interface to the point and click UI which I probably won't be able to get to this cycle since I think sorting out the NMR alert e-mails is more urgent.
As a temporary workaround to make it a bit more clear I've made the game name work as a link which will go to the join area on the legacy page:
Screenshot 2023-05-07 050826.jpg
But from my understanding, we can only invite players during the pre-game, no? How are we supposed to open that menu before the game actually starts?
All I see is a blank map with a lightbox modal saying
Pre-game: Game is waiting to start