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I personally believe that minor bugfixes are just as important as adding new content, but from the responses I see on the forums, most people seem to disagree. If every small issue in the game gets fixed alongside the big ones, then the final result is a smooth, consistent game with no pesky flaws or annoyances.Akalamanaia wrote: Good job, though i don't see why it needed to be done as i never noticed it..
Need one say more?Graphite wrote:I personally believe that minor bugfixes are just as important as adding new content, but from the responses I see on the forums, most people seem to disagree. If every small issue in the game gets fixed alongside the big ones, then the final result is a smooth, consistent game with no pesky flaws or annoyances.Akalamanaia wrote: Good job, though i don't see why it needed to be done as i never noticed it..
Something must be wrong with your eyes. Or your monitor.Akalamanaia wrote:Good job, though i don't see why it needed to be done as i never noticed it..
and i doubt anyone casually playing is going to either..
'So is the X in your avatar!Mr. X wrote:Now we have someting to brag about!
'The 'X' is in the middle now!
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<DaleStan> Can anyone explan why this hasn't been committed yet? http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?t=22243
<Bjarni> yeah
<Bjarni> the planets aren't in the right position for committing patches from the forum
<peter1138> because it may or may not be correct ;p
<Prof_Frink> peter1138: check it then
<Prof_Frink> you can use it as an excuse not to do newstations
<Bjarni> no, don't do that
<peter1138> i have
<Bjarni> the planets aren't in the right position to even look at diffs from the forum
<Bjarni> they are all orbiting the sun, which makes forum diffs very evil
<belugas> planets all orbiting the sun... you're right... It is Soooo bad
<Tron> DaleStan: it "solves" the problem in a totally wrong way, plus the style is incorrect
<Bjarni> see
<Bjarni> it's evil
<Tron> and that webfreak guy should better shut up
<DaleStan> Well, then, what's the right way?
<Tron> i didn't even bother to look at the problem any closer
<Tron> but pretending the char is one less wide than it is, isn't a valid solutionWell... is it a bug? Yes. Does this patch completely fix it? Yes. Is it elegant? No.DaleStan wrote:Well, I went and made a nuisance of myself on IRC, and:So, now you have your answer, webfreak: Both style and solution are incorrect. The former should be easy to fix, but the latter is more difficult.Code: Select all
<Tron> but pretending the char is one less wide than it is, isn't a valid solution
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// kludge. needs recoding to OpenTTD standardIn public, yes. On these forums, no, you don't.webfreakz.nl wrote:Why should I shut up? And I won't. We live in a free 'country' with rights of free speak
Sorry to say, but OpenTTD development happens on IRC mainly, the forums are secondary. So, good you showed up on IRC, webfreakz.webfreakz.nl wrote: Let Tron first be active at the forum and then we'll talk later...
We have to much messy code. If a bug is really critical, we might fix it in such a way for later rewrite. But for a minor bug like this, the cost of a messy fix doesn't outweigh the gain. Besides, in practice, anything scheduled to be "corrected in the future" will remain pending for way too long...richk67 wrote: You can then search for all bits marked "kludge" to correct them in the future.
I suspect that Tron was responding to when you said "Devs: Just merge this one, and don't complain about stuff, just do it....". Ordering the devs about wont make you many friends.webfreakz.nl wrote:Why should I shut up?
Free speech doesn't apply with private forums. What can and can't be said here is up to Orudge.webfreakz.nl wrote:And I won't. We live in a free 'country' with rights of free speak so...
Once you are active in the development of OpenTTD you can complain about its slow pace until then: don't.webfreakz.nl wrote:Let Tron first be active at the forum and then we'll talk later...
The problem with IRC is nothing gets logged to the outside world, you can't read stuff said last week.matthijs wrote:Sorry to say, but OpenTTD development happens on IRC mainly, the forums are secondary. So, good you showed up on IRC, webfreakz.webfreakz.nl wrote: Let Tron first be active at the forum and then we'll talk later...
We have to much messy code. If a bug is really critical, we might fix it in such a way for later rewrite. But for a minor bug like this, the cost of a messy fix doesn't outweigh the gain. Besides, in practice, anything scheduled to be "corrected in the future" will remain pending for way too long...richk67 wrote: You can then search for all bits marked "kludge" to correct them in the future.
DevIant, can you explain why this fix works? Maybe we can help you finding a better solution for this problem. Also, stop by on IRC sometime
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