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AO-devgroup / Attorney-Online-Client

This is the new client project based on the Qt framework
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Unicode, server-specific settings #7

Closed oldmud0 closed 8 years ago

oldmud0 commented 8 years ago

One of the biggest requirements for me to switch to this new client is Unicode support. I don't care if you have to fork the network protocol but it's critical to have at least UTF-8 support.

On top of that, server-specific settings would be neat. This would allow servers to bundle and push out custom characters, new emotes, and other images (UI?).

OmniTroid commented 8 years ago

Unicode support was added in 2.0.6, see http://tiny.cc/getao2

File transfer is not a part of the AO protocol and is not planned to be either. Look into themes for customization.

oldmud0 commented 8 years ago

So even if you forked the protocol, you wouldn't add it? You mean to say, just keep making server players download big 500 MB character zip files every time there's a little change or modification to the character roster?

This was one of the reasons my friends stopped playing AO altogether. The limitations of AO were easy to reach: new players had to download a huge character roster, no matter how easy I made the task, and then had to instruct them on how to install them; then, when there was a change to one of the characters, I would have to make the changes incremental (i.e. download big zip file #1 first, then update it with zip #2, and then some other changes with zip #3), and then remind everyone across all time zones to download the new characters/changes.

Then on top of that, you couldn't make a transcript out of everything said in-character. The closest thing there is to it was the "replays" system, but only I (the server owner) could access that since it was just a big log of raw packets.

Yes, such a feature demands security measures. But until a decent protocol gets developed to make way for new features that make the game more convenient and accessible, my friends and I still won't be playing AO in the near future.

OmniTroid commented 8 years ago

On transcripts: AO2's chatlog is copyable. Right-click->select everything->copy.

If you want a file transfer protocol, nobody is preventing you from forking and implementing it.

oldmud0 commented 8 years ago

You're right, nobody is. But time is. I'm still in high school, just waiting to be liberated into college where time management is looser and I can do projects with others rather than alone. Right now though, I can't be bothered to get my hands dirty on the code and help you out.