Please improve option switching on headless server

[tomreyn]

Currently, option switching on a headless server hwne you control and setup the game, is rather unintuitive and not user friendly.

When the client changes an option to a new value, client and server need to synch whether the value you selected on the client is available on the server, too. If it is not, then the value is forcefully reverted to the last successful match between client and server. This switching back and forth is not easy to handle and not very nice to use.

I assume the best way to fix this would involve synching client + server options before the custom game menu is displayed, then only display those options which are available on both client and server. This is probably easier said than done...

This topic has been previously discussed.

[softcoder]

Ok obviously there needs to be a lot of thought and work done in this area, but for now (for the release coming shortly) I have changed the timing when settings are sent back and forth to give more time for users to change settings. Likewise I added the ability for the admin user to reload the last headless server game settings (the file is different from the one saved in the custom game menu).

Thanks

[tomreyn]

Thanks for improving the timing, I think it's good enough for a first stable release with the headless feature now.
Being able to reload last games' settings on a headless server, too, is very useful and much appreciated.

As you already pointed out, it would be nice to reconsider the approach for synchronizing availability information on game data between headless server and controlling client (and presenting the results to the controlling user) in the future.