Multiplayer Game statistics PHP script

[sansanjuan]

Ich,
Nice work indeed!
-SSJ

[lch]

Well, yeah, this script was my very first and certainly most rewarding dom3-related programming experience so far. But it just so happens that just now I find the following switch in the Dom3 game help: Code:

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--statfile      Create a player info file after each turn (stats.txt)

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Was that always in there? That would have made the initial programming a little easier, I think.

Here's the easily parseable contents of one such stats.txt file: Code:

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Statistics for game 'Test' turn 45



Arcoscephale is computer controlled

Ermor played this turn

T'ien Ch'i didn't play this turn

C'tis played this turn

Agartha played this turn

Helheim played this turn

Niefelheim didn't play this turn

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The script now surpasses the functionality offered by this file. But to think that I could have just used this instead of reading from the file system and interpreting the results... and to think that I found the --scoresdump switch, but not this one... hehe

Maybe I will put this inside to be able to tell AI opponents and so on in a later version. This needs a rehaul, anyway.

[AStott]

Ich, thanks for this script. It's perfect for me. I did make one tweak that I thought I'd pass on as a feature suggestion.

I altered the script so that you can add an extra "player" parameter. When this is specified on the main page that lists all the games, it adds an extra column that indicates whether or not the specified player has a new turn available. The cell will be blank if that player is not in that particular game.

This is nice for when a player is in multiple games, because it means they can check whether or not they have a turn up without having to go and check each of the individual game pages.

I'd send you my code change, but frankly I kind of hacked it in, and I'm sure you'd implement it more cleanly than I.

[hunt11]

This makes checking out who has not played their turn, and how much time until the next turn starts makes checking the status of games really easy. Great job Ich

[lch]

AStott said:
I'd send you my code change, but frankly I kind of hacked it in, and I'm sure you'd implement it more cleanly than I.

Just tell me the URL where your version can be viewed, I think that's enough for me to understand what you're talking about.

[AStott]

I sent the link in a message to you.

[Gandalf Parker]

such a small file, why RAR it?

[lch]

Gandalf Parker said:
such a small file, why RAR it?

Basically, because it's more than one file.