A possible new feature for the next BYOND version

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Nov 17 2003, 5:43 am
Well, it does say "BYOND Q&A: Discuss, query, and request features for BYOND." So...

Maybe you could have an option that pops up a dialog box every time someone tries to log in to your game. It could say something like "[user] would like to join your game. Do they have permission?" Yes/No

Something like that would stop people inviting idiots I don't want in my games.
Nov 17 2003, 5:56 am
Something like that would stop people inviting idiots I don't want in my games.

Just pager ban the person and they can't join your game. And besides if you are given a dialog box for every time some tries to enter the offending person could just rapidly enter and exit and flood you with requests.
Nov 17 2003, 8:00 am
 
var/client/HOST
 
client
 New()
  ..()
  if(lowertext(ckey) == "easty")  //Put whatever key you wan't here.  
                       //If you wan't to find anyone who 
                       //is hosting the game, do a forum search, 
                       //there are a few nice procs posted somewhere.

   HOST = src
  else
   if(HOST)
    switch(alert(HOST, "Would you like to allow [src] to join the game?", "Allow [src]?", "Yes", "No"))
     if("No")
      src << "Sorry, you have not been allowed in the game."
      del src


I would add in some sort of banned list with this as well... actually, this would drive me nuts, so I probably wouldn't do it at all.
Nov 17 2003, 8:28 am
In response to Theodis
Theodis wrote:
Just pager ban the person and they can't join your game. And besides if you are given a dialog box for every time some tries to enter the offending person could just rapidly enter and exit and flood you with requests.

Well, if you banned them once, the window wouldn't come up again. Hopefully.
Nov 19 2003, 7:00 am
Can't you already do this if you host the game in any other mode than Trusted? I know when I hosted in another mode it would always ask me if the other person should be allowed in, but I guess it may just have something to do with the save files.

*shrug*

~Neo~
Nov 19 2003, 9:48 am
In response to NeoHaxor
Yes, I believe your thinking of

"Allow access to Whatever.sav?"
Nov 19 2003, 10:08 am
Easty wrote:
Maybe you could have an option that pops up a dialog box every time someone tries to log in to your game. It could say something like "[user] would like to join your game. Do they have permission?" Yes/No

This is doable now. I don't have time to write up some example code but this could be done very cleanly with an HTML interface and the use of either client/New() or a custom login mob.

Lummox JR
Nov 20 2003, 11:56 am
In response to Easty
Easty wrote:
Theodis wrote:
Just pager ban the person and they can't join your game. And besides if you are given a dialog box for every time some tries to enter the offending person could just rapidly enter and exit and flood you with requests.

Well, if you banned them once, the window wouldn't come up again. Hopefully.

And then you're back where you started: using pager-ban to get rid of undesireables.