Looking for beta testers for a base-layout tool site
Hi,
I'm in the early stages of developing a base-layout tool website: www.cnctaopt.com. It is kind like what cncopt.com does at the moment, but doesn't use Flash. It has the basic functionalities and more will be added soon.
I've put this new site together as I'm getting rather annoyed at Chrome forcing me to reload the cncopt.com page with Flash enabled. As some of you know, Chrome, Firefox and a few other browsers are phasing out support for Flash soon.
Could some of you tested it for me, please.
You will need to install the Tampermonkey script, github.com/zbluebugz/CnC-TA-Opt, first and then play a game. While in the game, select a base and choose "CnCTAOpt" button.
Any bugs/issues found or suggestions, please list them on github.com ...
Thanks.
I'm in the early stages of developing a base-layout tool website: www.cnctaopt.com. It is kind like what cncopt.com does at the moment, but doesn't use Flash. It has the basic functionalities and more will be added soon.
I've put this new site together as I'm getting rather annoyed at Chrome forcing me to reload the cncopt.com page with Flash enabled. As some of you know, Chrome, Firefox and a few other browsers are phasing out support for Flash soon.
Could some of you tested it for me, please.
You will need to install the Tampermonkey script, github.com/zbluebugz/CnC-TA-Opt, first and then play a game. While in the game, select a base and choose "CnCTAOpt" button.
Any bugs/issues found or suggestions, please list them on github.com ...
Thanks.
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Thank you and please keep up the good work, I really hope that you continue to work to improve the site and that it doesn't become un-maintained like CNC-Opt.
I've been playing a bit with it, a few suggestions:
please change the max amount of buildings to 40, since that is the max any base can have
please make the NOD background logo a lot lighter, for better visibility
please make it possible, like in the old cncopt, to hover the mouse over a field and type the letter of the building you want to add, in stead of having to click on every field in your cncopt
http://prntscr.com/oylhef in your cncopt FA buildings become invisible, is it possible to have them visible?
http://prntscr.com/oylpp2 is it possible to add a quick link button?
What I missed in the old cncopts is the possibility to copy the coords of the camp into the cncopt, if that could be added, that would be an enormous improvement
Though I do agree about the NOD logo, it is significantly darker than the GDI logo. I also agree that the ability to place buildings by simply typing the letter would be a good feature to add.
The problem regarding the invisible Forgotten defense units only applies when you change a scanned Forgotten layout into one of the factions (GDI or NOD). The reason that some of the units turn invisible in this case is that there is no equivalent GDI or NOD unit for those Forgotten units. The only options you really have in that situation are:
1) Make them invisible (current option)
2) Leave the Forgotten unit there (but that would likely cause some confusion)
3) Add a place holder image in those locations (something like a red X or a circle with a line through it)
4) Just delete those Forgotten units when you switch the layout faction (but that could cause technical or functional problems).
There is no "quick link button" like what CNC-Opt has but you do have the equivalent functionality. If you scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, there is a place where you can generate links in several formats.
I am unsure exactly what you mean by "possibility to copy coords of the camp into the cncopt" but I think you mean adding the coords of the camp you scanned as the name of the base layout. If my understanding of what you meant is correct, then that functionality is already included. If you look directly under the base layout grid there is an input box where you can add a base name (or coords in your use case) to the layout.
I hope that helps.
Background logos:
- I'll upload a lighter version of the logos
Adding buildings via mouse hover + keyboard letter:
- Will have a look at seeing how this could be done.
- ATM, you can select more than one cell and press a letter to add X amount of the same units. Also, raise/lower those unit's levels (this functionality is sometimes a little bit buggy).
Copy coords:
- I'll add this feature request
- CnCTAOpt's link button to include the coords in the URL
- CnCTAOpt site to display & remember the coords
Invisible Forgotten defense units:
- I'll have a look at clearing out the incompatible cells completely.
Limit to max 40 building units:
- I'll look at the option to allow the user to enable the limit to be locked in.
Quick links:
- Feature is there - simply scroll down the page ...
I've updated the github page accordingly.
However, I would like to make one suggestion when it comes to copying the layout coords. If you are going to add the layout coords to the url you might want to consider adding either the world number (would be shorter) or possibly the world name (would be easier to read, ex. "Firestorm ???","Wrath ???", etc.) to the url also. That way anyone who is given the link would know what world the coords are associated with. Players that manage a large numbers of layout links across multiple worlds, would likely find having this information embedded in the link itself to be very useful.
Also, I had a little bit of spare time so I did a some digging for you. I am not really a programmer but I think that the code below might be what you are looking for.
For world number --> ClientLib.Data.MainData.GetInstance().get_Server().get_WorldId();
For world name --> ClientLib.Data.MainData.GetInstance().get_Server().get_Name();
I hope that helps
I've updated the Tampermonkey script and the cnctaopt.com website code to handle the world id and name details. Also, the "Create link to base layout" button's code has been tweaked to resolved a few minor hiccups/bugs.