New Stuff...New Command

ducatiwannabe · Post by **ducatiwannabe** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:42 pm

Perhaps there could be a /watchfor command

Example: /watchfor "Spazzy Mcgee"

It would tell me when he is online and where.

Spazzy McGee · Post by **Spazzy McGee** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:53 pm

hey yeah, nice idea. but it would have to check the server often, and this could cause lagage i suppose. but it would be great kust to do a /watchfor "ducatiwannabe" and it tells me which server and port they are on if i want to talk or something. or to just watch for when friends come on to play against.

The Knights Who Say Ni · Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:00 am

sounds good to me you could use Ips as well because people change there names -- although this does seem a little pointless

^nightmare^ · Post by **^nightmare^** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:11 am

...or you could minimize bzflag, go to http://my.bzflag.org and do a search for the player, and see what server he is on

The Knights Who Say Ni · Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:17 am

yer but thats to hard to open a browser go to the link (type or search or favs) then search when you could just type/find "username" and it would do it

(im not lazy

dont look at me like that... lol)

Post by **L4m3r** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:42 am

DW, this would be VERY easy to do with a plugin I think. I'll add it to my list.

ducatiwannabe · Post by **ducatiwannabe** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:47 am

^nightmare^, that site isn't always correct.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:18 am

a server dosn't have any knowledge of other servers, so how would it or a plugin runing on it KNOW what server somone else is on.

the only way to do it is to use some central system like the list server and my.bzflag.org to track clients. But as you say it's not allways current, because we don't require clients to tell the list server where they are going to.

what you are asking for is the same thing that others ask for in a "friends" list.

It requires the global registration system that just started being used. Once the system is enhanced things like this become easyer.

Winny · Post by **Winny** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:30 am

I like the idea....

but I guess ya...we'll have to wait...

A Meteorite · Post by **A Meteorite** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 2:37 am

JeffM2501
Wouldn't it still be possible besides the fact the data may be up to 5 minutes old?

I would still like it.

EDIT: You say clients don't need to tell the listserver, but bzfs does. As soon as the plugin sees someone on the current players list after doing that command at one server (only works if you stay at the server) it notifies you at what server they are at. Of course, for this to work at multiple servers would need some BZFlag (and listserver) mods.

1veedo · Post by **1veedo** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:27 am

The Knights Who Say Ni wrote:yer but thats to hard to open a browser go to the link (type or search or favs) then search when you could just type/find "username" and it would do it

Just run bzflag in another X server. xinit -- :1

A Meteorite · Post by **A Meteorite** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:34 am

1veedo wrote:
The Knights Who Say Ni wrote:yer but thats to hard to open a browser go to the link (type or search or favs) then search when you could just type/find "username" and it would do it
Just run bzflag in another X server. xinit -- :1

*cough* He uses Windows *cough*

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:32 am

A Meteorite
yes but that is the same as going to the website.

also bzfs dosn't tell the list server who signs on and off, the stats page polls all the servers, that's why it's not as accurate as it could be.

you could make a plugin that did basicly what a web page did, but it would not be any more accurate.