[conquest] Conquest TODO list :)

[Jon Trulson]

 	Dave, as per our discussion earlier - here is the current list of 
items I have been informally maintaining of things to do, implement, or 
wish/think about :)

 	I expect a patch that implements all of this within the next day 
or so.  Get busy! :)


- BUGS

   NONE :)

- improved configure support

   - detect when vital things are missing (bison, flex, glut.h, etc.)

   - add a BUILD REQUIREMENTS section somewhere - web page, README, build
     docs etc.

- GENERAL

   - local ship movement computation?  Big/trickey job. would require
     protocol change.

     - how to handle/sync orbiting, tow, etc...

   - observer support?

   - new server flag? NoKillTeam - determines whether a ship can
     set war with it's own team.

   - support for more teams.  would have to go hand in hand with items
     below.

   - split up common block

     - ship, user, game/admin common, planets, teams, etc.  Would
       require protocol changes.  Want to keep cqr's compatible as
       well.

       conversion to a new cmnblk format should be possible without
       losing existing data.

     - would allow more dynamic creation of games (for example adding a
       new team, increasing the number of ships, planets, etc).

     - allow definiton of new ship types/capabilities/limits?

   - provide 'game config' dir containing config files that specify
     things like number of ships allowed, planet definitions (for custom
     universes, etc) for a particular game.

   - provide seperate 'game data dir' like above containing common blocks,
     log locations, etc so a single binary installation could handle
     multiple games (rather than compiling a conquest for each game
     with a different --prefix= ).

     - perhaps game data location, etc defined in conquestrc file that
       can be specified on the conquest/conqoper/conquestd cmd line?

   - enable/disable client recording from within the game

   - allow user to go to the meta list from within the game (without
     restarting with the -m flag).

   - add more EXEC commands for operators to send to GOD - kill a ship(s),
     create robot(s), etc...

- IP restrictions?

   - how to handle telnet servers?

   - would need new 'client driver' common block, NUMSHIPS structures
     with IP, PID, interclient-event broadcast flags, etc.

   - IP config file, listing IP's and their limits

   - default server restriction of two ships (conquestrc configurable)
     per IP.

     - consider enabling/re-implementing the multiple ships per user stuff?


- OpenGL

   - add more 'animated activity' like the new explosion and NEB
     rendering in 8.1a+. Generalize to generic per-node animation lists
     using a new 'animation engine'.

   - individual textures for each planet

   - more flexible color specification for suns, etc rather than being
     limited to primary colors like red, blue, green, yellow etc.

   - texture-mapped HUD?

   - asynchronous server connection handling, so client isn't 'stuck'
     while establishing a connection to a server.

   - better UDP negotiation.  Option to enable/disable from within the
     game.

- PROTOCOL

   - add pads to those structures not having them?

   - for packets with strings, standardize string len (align 32b) -
     same for meta proto?  increase MOTD, etc...?

   - versioning improvment... use major == incompat, minor == compat...

   - revamp so there is eough info provided to the client to create the
     common block(s) from scratch, rather than relying on compiled-in
     definitions, sizes, names, etc.

- Blue Sky

   - different game types:

     - classic (like it is now)

     - deathmatch - free for all, or team.

     - Capture The Planet :)

   - wormholes, moving, stationary, uni or bidirectional?

   - 'Fast' flag... speeding up the game?  Faster regen/cooldown, bombing,
     beaming, speed, firing, etc?


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