CODE IDEAS:
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- separate client and gui further, allowing for other guis, etc.
? javax.swing gui
- improve code readability, *commenting*; break up 80+ character lines, etc.
BoardView1.java:
- Board buffer should be slightly larger, to contain whole hexes, and only
scroll in whole hex units
- More server validation of client data
- Both Server and Compute are getting WAY overcrowded. We need to re-factor.
- The following rules in BMRr interrupt the resolution of a unit's movement or
attacks to immediately allow a player to react. We may need to add special
phases to handle these actions.
-- avoiding skid collisions
-- revealing hidden units to make point blank shots
-- stepping out of a domino effects chain
-- target displacement hex after a failed DFA attack
-- many other things the server auto-picks right now...
-- ammo dumping and RAC unjamming during the end-of-turn phase
RULES/DISPLAY STUFF TO DO, OR AT LEAST TO CONSIDER:
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general:
- In Mech Selection dialog, implement an "advanced filters and sorts" pane
mechs:
-- Find out how to get M$ .exe to allow UTF-8 encoding.
-- handle "slotless" equipment
-- enforce ammo loading restrictions
initiative:
- might show whole initiative sequence somewhere
movement:
- remaining todos in pavement skidding
weapon attacks:
? option to step through roll by roll
- warn player when weapon fire will negate a Solo Attack
physical attacks:
- dfa should violate stacking, charging should not
displacement issues:
- domino effect: mechs with movement available can roll to step out of the way
infantry:
- implement the following special rules:
-- VTOL movement
-- Underwater movement
-- Torpedoes
- implement BattleArmor units as their special rules are implemented
(e.g. VTOL for Sylph, Underwater movement and torpedoes for Undine).
- allow Fa Shih to lay minefields
- allow players to configure Fa Shih mine loads
buildings:
- Test all of my assumptions.
- Where do I put the attacker when it charges or DFAs a building?!?
- Do multihex buildings absorb damage charges within the building?
- When a unit is displaced through a building, do we handle it like normal
movement through a wall?
- Buildings need to roll for basements.
-- Roll when first unit enters.
-- Basement collapse drops floor of hex, but not surface or ceiling.
-- Building collapse drops Meks and Tanks into basement.
- Meks and Infantry can be on a non-ground building floor.
- Meks and Tanks that exceed the Building's current CF collapse building.
- Bridges can be targeted and collapse like buildings, but provide no cover.
TacOps "Taking Control"
- Page 216 of TacOps describes the process of "taking control" of units.
Implement this.
FUTURE VERSION PLANS:
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- any remaining level 1 or 2 rules without bugs
- level 3!
- AeroSpace fighter strafing & bombing
Forward Error Correction:
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Ranselix on the irc.evilnet.net#megamek IRC said to look at the following
pages to learn about a way to guard against bit errors on transmissions:
- http://www.eccpage.com/
- http://www.ka9q.net/code/fec
