Just wanted to put down in pixels my list of features -- priortized. Created October 20,2003, Updated March 31, 2004.

Took many of these ideas from wbn forum posts, especially this one started by UD.
Comments can be found or posted on wbn:
Nice page listing bolo vs winbolo by Oscar, and an old (2000) comparison by Bolo vets.

Prevent speed bug cheat. - Included in 1.14.

Fix lgm-radar error - if far enough away from landed lgm, your radar points into mine field (maybe radar sees map as sphere?).

Enemy boats don't temporarly disappear when shot at sea.

Ignore pending messages option (ignore alliance spam, base trade spam, etc).

Fix of pill/tank being "physically solid around the edges" (as documented by Kax).

Have landed lgm able to move to edge of blocks that it lands on (similar to bolo - and makes logical sense)

Player-locked icon next to Player name.

Ignore player option.

Increase tree growth rate to match bolo (wbn post).

Pill firing range to match bolo (move in 1 square) by Oscar.

Fix case of messages to match bolo by Oscar.

Message-hotkeys to assign a key (F1 etc) to a customizable text to allies/near/all players (borg option in short-term).

Ignore player option (possible if player list is moved onto game window from menu).

Ability to set mouse buttons/wheel in keys (Underdog's suggestion to use for gun sight), could be borg.

Shareware paid icon in wbn (may be hard to see how few pay but encouraging payment is a good thing).

Player-is-quitting text before quit message, to distinqish net splits ("fi is quitting. fi has quit") - Included in 1.14.

Ability to highlight/select player names/full addresses from player menu, so they can be copied to other applications.

Have player list show up on right side of game window (avoid using drop-down menu) (seen in screenshot somewhere).

Server additions:

Autospawn map option.

Random-map option from text map file.

Restart-on-win option (same map).

Quit-on-leave option if 1 pill/base has been taken and all players leave game.

Admin-password option and admin-listening-port option for: Lock, Unlock, Quit & Message-to-players - used remotely.

Kicking and baning of players/ports remotly.

Client skins:

Changing message-bar repositioning and seperation from map window.

Changing and repositing client modules (message bar, lgm function buttons, map, health).

Client port to Mac OSX.

Game locked shows on wbn. - Included in 1.14 (wbn).

Assign a number to each non-wbn player to assist with log viewing.

Add top recent games to player profile page.

Add game summaries to WBN games showing teams, winners, summary (Fermat has a good example).

Add to WBN events the pill and base number (i.e. Player x just captured neutral base 4).

Custom pre-set message keys (i.e. F1 sends "lock the game!" to all players).

Map overview (like Namik).

Messages summary (like Namik).

Ability to set mouse button/wheel in keys (see above).

Filtering of network messages (so that they can be disabled in clinet but summarized in borg message window - to remove repeat or certain types of messages).

Tracking of which players have locked (and sets all players locked when client locked).

SVG Winbolo! (Scalable Vector Graphics using XML) - no more 2x and 4x only! (and yes it's only for the web, but lets think outside the box)

Server modules/expansion packs - ability to customize various elements for special mod games (and shown as such on tracker/wbn).

Examples: crazy-fast tree growth; mine-less; always-angry pills; ice terran; speed bolo. (and yes, there will always be "classic" bolo for those who don't want to see changes).

Sheeps home | IRC | Sheepbot | WBB | Gameshots | Skins

This is a free web site provided by www.winbolo.us