Options greyed out

[bleep69]

Hi,

Whenever I play, all the options are greyed out - I can't save, add time, etc...

Anyone know why this is so?

[Li Kao]

Some options are grayed out when you're using the applet instead of the webstart. In particular the score-estimator and file related functions. This is because java applets have less permissions.

But I see no reason why Add-Time should be grayed out.

[wms]

Add time is enable if all these are true:
* The game is not a tournament game
* You are a player in the game
* The game is not over

The code is very straightforward. One of those must not be the case if you are seeing it grayed out.

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    boolean canAddTime =
      (!cGame.gameType.isTournament() &&
       (cGame.getRole() != null) && (cGame.getRole().team != -1) &&
       !cGame.isOver());
    add1MinMI.setEnabled(canAddTime);
    add5MinMI.setEnabled(canAddTime);

[gaius]

Off-topic, but I have been wondering about this for a while: why is there no "add 1 period" option in byo-yomi? In a friendly blitz game, the addtime option can be nice, but you might not want to replenish all of your opponent's periods at once.

[wms]

Off-topic, but I have been wondering about this for a while: why is there no "add 1 period" option in byo-yomi? In a friendly blitz game, the addtime option can be nice, but you might not want to replenish all of your opponent's periods at once.

It just didn't seem a worthwhile option for me. I don't want the menus to grow huge, and the two current options - add a little time, or add a bunch - seem to me to be enough.

[stalkor]

since we're asking wms questions let me also ask one:)

when can we expect the next update for KGS? And are there new features coming with that update?

[wms]

since we're asking wms questions let me also ask one:)

when can we expect the next update for KGS? And are there new features coming with that update?

Don't know when it will be ready. Maybe a month. Maybe more.

Changes already done:

* Can't send messages to somebody who has censored you any more.
* Raised max connection limit from 2500 to 4000.
* Added admin chat that players in a game can see.
* Updated Bulgarian translation.
* Fixed bug in user graphs (web+client) where a user who shut off his
rank will have a non-moving graph (but the end date keeps changing).

And I'm also working on the system so advertisers can manage their own ads (right now they send me the ads, I put them up. They paypal me, I add the money to the database. It's a pain. I don't have many advertisers but it's still a pain).

So no huge user-visible changes but improvements.

[stalkor]

they seem like good improvements, especially the fact you need to up max connections to 4000 looks like KGS is growing which is a good sign:)

i hope that if you have time you can improve the buddysystem since the ASR league i run is handy for using the buddy system to see if players in the class they play in are online. Most of the people complain that they already have a lot of buddies and a lot of them tend to make a 2nd account to seperate the different lists. assigning colors to names in your buddy list or being able to make multiple buddylists should help a lot:)

[wms]

they seem like good improvements, especially the fact you need to up max connections to 4000 looks like KGS is growing which is a good sign:)

i hope that if you have time you can improve the buddysystem since the ASR league i run is handy for using the buddy system to see if players in the class they play in are online. Most of the people complain that they already have a lot of buddies and a lot of them tend to make a 2nd account to seperate the different lists. assigning colors to names in your buddy list or being able to make multiple buddylists should help a lot:)

I have been asked for the ability to put a note on each buddy. It's something I hope to get to some day. Would that do it for you?

[stalkor]

if the note is visible on the players list in the room then yes. colorcoding or making lists inside the buddylist would be even better as long as there is distinction in the players list it's all ok.

i'm not sure if the name "note" is viewed correctly by me, since i'm not a native english speaking person, i view note as an extra feature inside the user profile page (like a tab?), am i right about that?

[wms]

if the note is visible on the players list in the room then yes. colorcoding or making lists inside the buddylist would be even better as long as there is distinction in the players list it's all ok.

i'm not sure if the name "note" is viewed correctly by me, since i'm not a native english speaking person, i view note as an extra feature inside the user profile page (like a tab?), am i right about that?

No, it sounds like it won't help you. The note is for you, so you can remember why you made somebody a buddy. Other people won't be able to see it.

[Li Kao]

That feature would help me at least. Noting why I buddied/fanned someone or whose alternative account it is, is something I've wanted for a long time.

And please add some of the very easy to code features like time/rank-stamping chat messages.

[palapiku]

if the note is visible on the players list in the room then yes. colorcoding or making lists inside the buddylist would be even better as long as there is distinction in the players list it's all ok.

i'm not sure if the name "note" is viewed correctly by me, since i'm not a native english speaking person, i view note as an extra feature inside the user profile page (like a tab?), am i right about that?

No, it sounds like it won't help you. The note is for you, so you can remember why you made somebody a buddy. Other people won't be able to see it.

This sounds like a very useful feature in general - no need to limit it to buddies.

[stalkor]

if the note is visible on the players list in the room then yes. colorcoding or making lists inside the buddylist would be even better as long as there is distinction in the players list it's all ok.

i'm not sure if the name "note" is viewed correctly by me, since i'm not a native english speaking person, i view note as an extra feature inside the user profile page (like a tab?), am i right about that?

No, it sounds like it won't help you. The note is for you, so you can remember why you made somebody a buddy. Other people won't be able to see it.

it will help and it won't help.

every month when the league renews all (at the moment 300+) players have to unbuddy and rebuddy all their classmates (14 per class) so it would help to know which were your old classmates or you might forget and get confused.
It would also greatly help if it were possible to add more players in one time so i can format a string on the site for players to copy paste and be done in 1 go.
The many in one go adding is handy in a lot of cases like private rooms or private teaching games in which you want to add a lot of people at once.

[xed_over]

* Added admin chat that players in a game can see.

yea !!! (speaking as a TD who can now ask an Admin to relay messages to his players)