On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 09:09:44PM -0700, Rich Hansen wrote: > Yeah, forgot to update inlcmds.c. You should have a patch for this > now. Command is "MINIDRAFT". Command is now DRAFT following IRC discussion. > Still have to do something about players who enter mid-draft, > however. I didn't address that (yet). I've tested that, they appear with INL_DRAFT_OFF, and since GU_INL_DRAFT is set the inl_draft_update() brings them into the pool. > I can certainly imagine cases where it would be necessary. Certain > players may use the draft time inappropriately otherwise (to discuss > strategy or assign roles, say). The above is certainly true, however. > If they need to talk things over, we should supply them with a command > to suspend the draft (pausedraft?). I'll put that on my mental to-do list. I'd rather not have the draft timed at all. We already rely on the captain, and let them drive the other processes to completion (race selection, trades, game time selection, start). > > Well, if they are transwarping to the pool the draft isn't over, and > > they can be chosen by the up captain even while they are moving. > > True. I suppose the captain should be reading; there is a message to > all when a player joins. The captain will also see the transwarping ship streaking across the galactic. -- James Cameron mailto:quozl at us.netrek.org http://quozl.netrek.org/