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GMCS v2 2008-04-26 22:06:16

I followed a new approach for GMCS for MCN: Instead of many dots everywhere, I use much more javascript. That will cause people who don't have state-of-the-art browsers or don't have javascript activated not to be able to use it, but I believe the better handling is worth it. Click on the map picture of some map already in the DB, like Gladiators to test it.

You can add an icon by double-clicking on the map and you can use the mouse wheel to switch through the symbols to display.

I need to find a better way to handle identity, I can't really access the session variables from the popup window smiley for :(

panschk 5 comments

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panschk at 2008-04-26 22:17:22

I think that it wouldn't be much work to use this stuff in BWMN as well.

I think about allowing people to have a "private" view of the GMCS, where only people who enter the correct password can view and add symbols. That could be used to discuss strategy before a clan-war or something like that. Do you think any real broodwar players would use such a feature?

spinesheath at 2008-04-26 22:26:39

before a cw, you usually meet up in a channel. And once you actually plan something before you play a game, you usually know the map well enough to be able to talk about it without having to tell the other one where exactly this or that is.

spinesheath at 2008-04-26 22:32:45

What is the
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doing below the map pic in GMCS?

- Add a "hide GMCs" option, sometimes you want to see a bigger pic of a map without all that stuff in the way.

- symbols should be located in a dropdown-list; when you can only see a single one it's kinda hard to choose if you don't already know what you want.

- for the download links in the map threads: When you hover for a while over one of the three symbols, a "tooltip" should appear saying "melee", "obs", "pic". It's not all that hard to figure out, but sure would be nice thing.

panschk at 2008-04-26 22:46:16

I didn't see the ; ), my resolution is too low smiley for :) thanks

There needs to be some tag to do that hovering-text-display stuff. I always thought that would be the "alt" attribute, but that is only in IE.

If you want the map pic only, there is still a download next to the map download. But some hide/show switch is a good idea I think.