💬 TALK - Only GCA related

[FrutyX]

A talk issue, suitable for GCA development.

Sometimes, you just have a simple question, or you want to suggest something, but it isn't completely up to create a whole new Issue, this is the right place to talk about it.

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Archived talk Issues

• inconsistency in simulator percentage Expedition #161
• Simulator Expedition improvement and Turma talk #156
• Want to help #174
• Open sourcing the simulator? #175
• revamp messages #317
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[FrutyX]

@GramThanos , @GreatApo

There is no point in making a feature request, because I know (98%) that this will never be implement, the reason is simple - too much work, you have your own real life and you are not getting paid enough (heh).

I found the fan made avatars in files, well, a long time ago.

At first, I thought to myself that it's a shame they are not used (as far as I know), so a small fun thing would be, to add them via the addon and you can change your in-game avatar for these, of course you'll be the only one to see that, the opponent will see only Gladiatus default costume. This would be the easiest solution to use them.

Then I got a better idea, but the amount of work for this is insane. Back in the day, where GCA development was most active, this would be maybe possible, but now? I don't know, the motivation and time... I don't blame you.

So the second idea was all about Global Arena, what if we added these custom avatars (costumes) as tier rewards? For completing achievements, like "Win 50 fights to unlock this costume" or "Spend XX/XXX time in top 3 to unlock this costume".

There is still the problem, that you'll be the only one to see them, but, I don't know the capabilities of Global Arena, it could be possible to see the costumes, but only in Global Arena, the implementation is kinda difficult.

A database (MySQL?) would be needed to save the unlocked costumes for each player and then show them in the Global Arena, hard, not impossible (guessing).

In the end, even if they were unlockable as tier rewards, only for you to be visible, it would be still nice, even without the database thing, it's still a lot of work.

I wanted to share with you this, even when I know, that this is not possible.

[GreatApo]

@GramThanos , @GreatApo

There is no point in making a feature request, because I know (98%) that this will never be implement, the reason is simple - too much work, you have your own real life and you are not getting paid enough (heh).

I found the fan made avatars in files, well, a long time ago.

At first, I thought to myself that it's a shame they are not used (as far as I know), so a small fun thing would be, to add them via the addon and you can change your in-game avatar for these, of course you'll be the only one to see that, the opponent will see only Gladiatus default costume. This would be the easiest solution to use them.

Then I got a better idea, but the amount of work for this is insane. Back in the day, where GCA development was most active, this would be maybe possible, but now? I don't know, the motivation and time... I don't blame you.

So the second idea was all about Global Arena, what if we added these custom avatars (costumes) as tier rewards? For completing achievements, like "Win 50 fights to unlock this costume" or "Spend XX/XXX time in top 3 to unlock this costume".

There is still the problem, that you'll be the only one to see them, but, I don't know the capabilities of Global Arena, it could be possible to see the costumes, but only in Global Arena, the implementation is kinda difficult.

A database (MySQL?) would be needed to save the unlocked costumes for each player and then show them in the Global Arena, hard, not impossible (guessing).

In the end, even if they were unlockable as tier rewards, only for you to be visible, it would be still nice, even without the database thing, it's still a lot of work.

I wanted to share with you this, even when I know, that this is not possible.

Make a feature request 😂
We used to save image urls in player's description but the problem was that that could be exploited, and it takes a lot of work to replace the images in all locations

[FrutyX]

the problem was that that could be exploited

Oh, good then we have a cybersecurity expert, right? I wouldn't mind hearing his opinion too.

And I don't think we need to create another feature request, that will hang here for years, and never be addressed, if you wanted to do this, the info is right here.

[GramThanos]

Regarding the custom avatars, I liked a lot the initial idea by the old gladiatus tool addon, which allowed you to load different images for both guilds and players. It was really hard applying it everywhere, though the addon structure was not so advance back then. From my point of view the main problem is that it is a very nice way to recover the IP address of other players. This is also one of the reasons why I don't like the idea of auto loading images in messages and parsing links in private messages. In such cases you need a proxy server to hide the client's IP (just like google is doing on your emails or github on external images).

Regarding global arena, at some point if GameForge does not care to implement new features, why should I spend 10 hours coding for them when I can spend 100 and recreate a spin off game? I see more and more people requesting from our addon to develop features that GameForge should develop.

[FrutyX]

@GramThanos
An interesting point of view, sadly, it is true.

There is a fine line between "for Gameforge" and "for the addon", it's a matter of perspective, I do see a conflict in this, GCA was made for Gladiatus, but you created the addon, you added all those features, you made it, are you coding for them? Like I've said, there is a conflict I cannot solve.

Gameforge does not listen to their players, so what is the next place they'll go? You know the answer, it's the only option left.

My whole goal was to use these avatars, but unfortunately, I don't see a easy way to use them.

Once we know Gladiatus is gonna truly end, you can prepare your spinoff thingy, I wanna see that :D.

[GreatApo]

The only easy solution to custom avatars is supporting only predefined pictures which are saved in the addon.

[GramThanos]

You can also allow trusted 3rd party sources (e.g. imgur) or image as a text (e.g. in base64 format). The later will be tricky in validating its sanity.

[SleepingShadow-bit]

I can't find the feature request for "Custom market prices" and i hope i am right here in the talk thread.
Is it possible to add an "On / Off" switch here?
It is possible that someone would like to have this switched on every now and then without having to rewrite their specific buttons

[FrutyX]

• Custom market sell prices #166

[SleepingShadow-bit]

Hi there,

following feature "https://github.com/DinoDevs/GladiatusCrazyAddon/blob/master/documentation/features/Documentation%20Market.md#toggle-button-changing-sell-price-always-to-1-gold"
I think the ON / OFF button label is incorrect.
"Activate special sales modes" would be better.

ON = 1G / Auto / Value and the new custom market prices

Ask for clarification or whether I should create a feature request

[SleepingShadow-bit]

Hey Guys,

https://github.com/DinoDevs/GladiatusCrazyAddon/blob/master/documentation/features/Documentation%20Reports.md#load-each-reports-reward
We have here the same "problem" as with #279

[FrutyX]

@SleepingShadow-bit create a new issue for that with a detailed explanation.

[SleepingShadow-bit]

Done.

The new version is available on chrome. Thank you guys for your work =)

[SleepingShadow-bit]

https://github.com/DinoDevs/GladiatusCrazyAddon/blob/master/documentation/features/Documentation%20Global.md#show-forgesmelt-timer-indicator

Do you also have the problem that the link does not lead to the desired post?
Did I do something wrong in the documentary?

[GreatApo]

https://github.com/DinoDevs/GladiatusCrazyAddon/blob/master/documentation/features/Documentation%20Global.md#show-forgesmelt-timer-indicator

Do you also have the problem that the link does not lead to the desired post? Did I do something wrong in the documentary?

The # in a link scrolls the page at the element with the target ID, however, when the images are loading the resulting scroll height is wrong... I would say this is a browser bug/issue.

[SleepingShadow-bit]

@GreatApo
Should the documentation be adapted to the beta or only stable version?

Otherwise I will create a beta version that will be added afterwards

[GreatApo]

@GreatApo Should the documentation be adapted to the beta or only stable version?

Otherwise I will create a beta version that will be added afterwards

I think the most efficient would be to follow the beta/development version to make it easier and simpler to maintain. Generally we add or improve features so it shouldn't be a huge problem if there are additional stuff in there.
Btw, don't spend time updating the existing images if there are small changes like the quality colors...

[SleepingShadow-bit]

My edit costs less time than your fabulous programming =)

[FrutyX]

And meanwhile @GramThanos:

"They'll just do everything for me"

🤣 🤣

[GramThanos]

So many emails... I can't even keep up...

[FrutyX]

Bruh, https://en.gladiatus-tools.com has been down since the new year (I think), now, during the costume event...

I hope he'll revive it, I remember when I was writing an email to Skars to revive his page, and he replied and revived the page :D. I don't know about Michalus tho.

[SleepingShadow-bit]

Bruh, https://en.gladiatus-tools.com has been down since the new year (I think), now, during the costume event...

I hope he'll revive it, I remember when I was writing an email to Skars to revive his page, and he replied and revived the page :D. I don't know about Michalus tho.

On Discord from Michalus:
Planned to fix it today, but still in car. Fixing tools will have to wait till tomorrow. Sorry

[FrutyX]

Oh, great, thanks for letting me know.

[SleepingShadow-bit]

Do you play gladiatus with the gca addon on your mobile phone (browser Kiwi https://kiwibrowser.com/ )?

Because, some buttons do not work.
If the add-on is not programmed for the mobile version, please ignore my question

[FrutyX]

There are features broken on phones, GCA never mentioned anywhere that it does support phones.

There are too many variables on phones (OS version, browser and it's version etc. etc.). Supporting cross platform would be insanity, it's just my opinion, but you don't want to rewrite half of GCA, just because it doesn't work on phones. Unless you have a team of people experienced with mobile development.

There is a reason, why extensions are not possible to use on Google Chrome mobile and you have to use browsers like Yandex or Kiwi.

[SleepingShadow-bit]

GCA never mentioned anywhere that it does support phones.

Never said otherwise =) just a question, i am noob about programming =)
And thx for explaining =)

[FrutyX]

Oh, I have noticed that he is an... interesting guy :D.

[GreatApo]

Oh, I have noticed that he is an... interesting guy :D.

He is just a bit fed up with Gladiatus and we both have more important stuff that we should be doing

[FrutyX]

Ah, that's fine and understandable, actually, sometimes I had a Thanos mood when it comes to Gladiatus, but that's just a mood, there has been done too much work and effort into GCA to just let it burn.

If only Gameforge was thinking the same way, but it's just a company that wants (or needs) money in the end.

[GramThanos]

I told Apo to shut down the project (and the rest of them) months ago. I expressed my opinion multiple times.

I love the community we set up during the years, but we choose the wrong game and company to do so.

[FrutyX]

Well, honestly, I am glad Apo did not listen.

However when it comes to communities and games... they can often change anyway, I think it's because the state of the world - trends, and then some die (some pretty quickly), new ones come, nothing lasts forever.

[FrutyX]

And also, when Apo seriously decides to burn it, I will not argue him, we'll lit the candle together.

[GreatApo]

Gameforge is doing what they believe is good for them, and if I was onboard I may have done the same. I am not going to argue on that over a 12y old game. But as Fruty said, we have done too much to just shut it down. Now, if these merges need us to rewrite the whole addon... Fruty pass me the candle hahaha.

[FrutyX]

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[FrutyX]

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[FrutyX]

Obviously I am just trolling Thanos, surely, SURELY nothing will be broken :).

[FrutyX]

And they want to merge servers... if the new ones are not upgraded, it's gonna bloody die.

[FrutyX]

I know this was very far from being needed... but I brought to life the GitHub Wiki page.

Take a look Thanos, take a look at the fruits of your work.

[GramThanos]

I have to rewrite the troubleshooting:P

[SleepingShadow-bit]

Looks good. Thanks @FrutyX

[FrutyX]

I have to rewrite the troubleshooting:P

[GramThanos]

I have to rewrite the troubleshooting:P

Whaaat? There are some more tricks that you can do to fix problems.

[FrutyX]

If it's an enhancement, well, then sure.

[FrutyX]

Eh, boys? My nice plans got kinda wrecked.

I wanted to set up GitHub discussions, however when I try to set them up, it gives me an 404 error.

So my guess is, that I don't have the permissions for it, or they are disabled in the repo settings (you need to enable it).

I simply wanted and want to keep Issues issues, and Talk talk, GitHub has many interesting features and options, and since Apo some time ago stated me as the project Administrator, I still feel some responsibility for it, so I am improving it and I want to customize those discussions just simply for GCA.

[GramThanos]

I enabled them, let me know if you have any problem.

[FrutyX]

Thanks Thanos <3

[FrutyX]

let me know if you have any problem.

I think I do, unfortunately, there must be something extra permission settings. I was playing with it in my own repo, and now for example, I can see I cannot even edit the categories, sorry to bother you :D, thought I'm gonna do all myself, unfortunately I am limited.

[FrutyX]

Or perhaps I won't be needing them (if there are any), so we can keep it simple and you do it.

Remove categories:

• Ideas (we keep feature requests in issues)
• Polls (not needed)
• Show and tell (not needed)

[GramThanos]

I promoted you 2 to maintainers. @FrutyX @SleepingShadow-bit
I guess now you have more rights.

[FrutyX]

Ah, I now have what I needed, thank you @GramThanos ❤️ .

@SleepingShadow-bit careful 😆.

[FrutyX]

It's time to say this issue goodbye, from now on, please continue in #389 (GCA related talk).

#390 for general talk.

Closing.

[SleepingShadow-bit]

@SleepingShadow-bit careful 😆.

Oooh shit xD