donnrisk v1.1 Changes

June 17, 2005

Bug fixes
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- fixed exception causing traded in cards to never arrive & friends
- fixed watcher being eradicated
- player list display issues

Enhancements
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- Waiting for $player to place initial armies...
- -1 dice rolls
- Quit confirmation
- sufficient army input size
- In cards window Applet Window message covers buttons - consider using a Layout
- multiline label
- notification message box when it's your turn
- JavaScript close window confirmation
- coloured chat in messages for ease of reading (made two windows - one for game messages and one for chat)
- nonplayers can watch the game
- better input method for choosing armies for moving and attacking
- allow player to convert to passive computer and quit game without ending
game
- Missions Risk!
- forced card trade in at 6 card limit and real Risk card bonuses
- Fortify to any connected territory


April 7, 2005

Bug fixes
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- "null's turn" fixed
- player has been eradicated shows up more than once
- Persistent player death message box
- give back risk cards after player dies
- fixed player list drawing (something is still weird there, have to setBounds
on each label even when the panel has a GridLayout)
- applet disconnects without having to close the browser (stop() & destroy()
implemented)
- When player quits, that player sometimes gets two "Connection from server closed." messages
- Use Vector.removeElement() rather than Vector.remove() and check for java 1.1 compatibility on IE
- when 4/5 players, 2 orphaned territories (rewrite territory distribution method)
- clicking on labels for southern europe or indonesia works now

Enhancements
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- Applet version for easier online play
- Server supports multiple silmultaneous games which are distinguished by a unique string
- Dead players can quit game without affecting game
- Messages window auto scrolls
- Dynamic player numbers, all players click "Start Game" to begin
- Packaged as a JAR
- Some code optimisations and general cleanup
- private chat added. Syntax: +playerName+Private message
- Computer player different colour than other 6 colours (now magenta)
- Game information can be viewed via port 6040 (supports HTTP)
- scores saved in plain text on server
- MOve --> Fortify
- cancel not enabled for move mode?
- animated dice rolls