Waiting Games Listing and Player Limit Function

Add a "Waiting Games" listing in addition to "Active Games" and "Archived Games." Waiting games will be games that were created with a start time. The Waiting Games list will show the normal info, # of bases, #of pills, map name, etc. In addition, it will show the time left until the game starts. Once the game starts, its then listed under the Active Games list.

Also, sometimes when you start a game you would really like to play a 1x1 or say you just want some nice 2x2 action. It would be nice to have an option when creating a new game if you can set the max # of people that can join.

Geuis

Also, sometimes when you start a game you would really like to play a 1x1 or say you just want some nice 2x2 action. It would be nice to have an option when creating a new game if you can set the max # of people that can join.

1.13 introduced the -maxplayers server option which specified the max number of players allowed on the server.

Thats cool. Wonder why I've never noticed it. Is the option to limit number of players in the actual winbolo interface? Or is it only an option through the command line prompt for the winbolods server?

It's an option through the command line for the dedicated server. Sj's game creator also now supports it :) Suicidjkys game creator can be found at http://www.monarch.net/users/suicidjky/gamecreator.html Below is the help from command prompt...

Usage:
WinBoloDS -map <Filename> -port <Port> -gametype <GameType> -mines <Mines> -ai <
AiType> -delay <Delay> -limit <Limit> -tracker <Tracker> -password <Password>

<Filename> - Path and file name of the map file to open (-inbuilt can be used

instead of -map to enable inbuilt map Everard Island)
<Port> - Port to run the server on
<GameType> - Specifies the game type: "Open" or "Tournament" or "Strict"

Optional
<Mines> - Specifies allowing hidden mines: "yes" for allow,
"no" for disallow (on if not specified)
<AiType> - Specifies allowing brains. Valid values are "no" for
disallowing, "yes" for allowing and "yesAdv" for giving
them an advantage. (disallowed if not specified)
<Delay> - Specifies the start delay (in seconds) (none if not specified)
<Limit> - Specifies the game time limit (in minutes)
"-1" for no time limit (none if not specified)
<Password> - Game Password (none if not specified)
<tracker> - address:port of the internet tracker to notify

-quiet - No screen input or output (silent mode)
-noinput - No keyboard input
-addr - Specify a different address to use if avaliable
-nowinbolonet - Do not participate in winbolo.net game tracking
-logfile - Write all output to file instead of console.
-maxplayers - Specifies the maximum number of players that can be on this
server.