Auto Refresh Customization

by **thejackofhearts** on Mon Sep 25, 2006 3:57 pm

Official Suggestion wrote:Concise description:
Allow users to customize the instances when they use auto refresh

Specifics/Details:
All times // Off
Casual Freestyle // Speed Freestyle // All Casual // All Speed // Only Custom Selected Games (link to select games)
Set time between refresh : 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 seconds
Refresh Action Selections: Yes // No

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
Less complaints about "Auto-refresh messed up my game!!" or "Why doesn't this auto-refresh?"

Mod Note: All suggestions that would be solved by this suggestion, including ones simply about auto refresh, have been merged here and should continue to be merged here since there are many customizations available.

by **reverend_kyle** on Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:17 pm

I was thinking.. I wonder where jack got this idea.

by **Herakilla** on Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:24 pm

reverend_kyle wrote:I was thinking.. I wonder where jack got this idea.

me 2 isnt it wierd?

by **reverend_kyle** on Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:28 pm

Herakilla wrote:
reverend_kyle wrote:I was thinking.. I wonder where jack got this idea.

me 2 isnt it wierd?

We just think to much alike...

maybe we should get married.

by **Machiavelli** on Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:55 pm

I thought it was opposite's that attracted?

by **reverend_kyle** on Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:59 pm

SHUT UP MACH YOUR RUINING MY ONE CHANCE AT REAL LOVE

by **P Gizzle** on Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:02 pm

so a 1970s football logo and a greek godess are getting married? and i thought i had seen everything..... :roll:

by **tals** on Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:57 am

Nice idea if it can be done

by **reverend_kyle** on Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:53 am

its been implemented on another site.. so Ifigure its doable.

by **lackattack** on Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:12 am

This will be done when we launch speed games in 2007.

by **P Gizzle** on Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:29 am

when in 2007? sorry, i just have to know. im like a hyper kid at christmas

by **MeDeFe** on Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:54 am

I think you just got the date right, gizzle

by **ZawBanjito** on Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:58 am

How often would this refresh be done? I'm just wondering, since I guess lack's already come up with a system, but after every roll of the dice seems a bit unnecessary, don't it?

by **lackattack** on Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:27 am

Probably every 10 secs. you will be able to watch other people play without hitting refresh. it will be quick, powered by ajax technology

by **superkarn** on Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:03 am

If you're gonna use ajax, there's no need for the whole page to refresh, just certain sections of the page. This would make the game chat closer to "live"

ps i've use the Live Chat. Definitely not as good as "live" game chat would be.

by **desau13** on Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:19 pm

Hey Lack --

You're probably already aware of this, but I'll just throw this out there.

When you're working on this, I'd suggest you take a look at comet / "reverse ajax". I tried to use it (I'm using DWR for my AJAX in LandGrab), but DWR's reverse ajax was still beta and didn't work very well when I was doing the realtime board. Currently LandGrab uses ajax with a 5 second poll. I tried to keep the packet size as small as possible, but it's still a noticeable bandwidth chunk when 20 users are all watching a realtime board. Hence, when you're doing this for CC, I'd strongly recommend not using a poll method .. I think comet / reverse ajax should be fairly stable by 2007.

Just my $ .02

-d

by **bigredv3** on Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:49 am

Official Suggestion wrote:Concise description:
Allow users to customize the instances when they use auto refresh

Specifics/Details:
All times // Off
Casual Freestyle // Speed Freestyle // All Casual // All Speed // Only Custom Selected Games (link to select games)

How this will benefit the site and/or other comments:
Less complaints about "Auto-refresh messed up my game!!" or "Why doesn't this auto-refresh?"