cblanc/sws_gathers

NSL Gathers App

ENSL Gathers App

Status

A realtime micro web service to organise gathers for ENSL.org

Design Goals

1. Create a nice place where the NS2 community can assemble and have fun

2. Create an efficient, easy-to-use and flexible system to create NS2 gathers

3. Support the modern web and basic usability expectactions (e.g. realtime, phone and tablet friendly)

That's it

Requirements

• node.js > 6.0

• MongoDB

Run in development

npm install # Install deps

npm run watch # Compile and watch frontend assets

RANDOM_USER=true npm run dev # Run dev server, loading yourself as a random user
# or
FIXED_USER=989 npm run dev # Run dev server, loading yourself as any user with the specified id

Run in production

npm install # Install deps

npm start_production # Compile assets and run in production

License

MIT Licensed

sws_gathers's Issues

Ensl Gather Archiving

• Open endpoint on ensl.org to create finished gathers
• Post to endpoint when gathers are completed

Fix word wrapping in messages box

Player with the most votes should not get first pick

Pasting URL in chatbox creates link

http://www.ensl.org/topics/1496?page=2#post_19498

Occasional voting bug

Captain voting completed but state stuck on election for 10 seconds

Use a darker theme

Add emoticons in chat

Add button to expand all gatherer attributes

Pull Bans

• Retrieve ban data from /users API
• Disconnect banned users

Updated gatherer attributes show up immediately on gather

Add timestamp for when gather is completed

Regather / Remove Gatherer Voting

Sometimes gathers can get stuck on AFK gatherers.

Add voting system to remove a gatherer requiring a sizeable number of votes (e.g. at least 6 votes?)

Sorting players on alternate attributes

http://www.ensl.org/topics/1496?page=2#post_19496

Prioritised socket updates

Prioritise updates on sockets that causes changes in app states. Should make the app feel faster

Up regather threshold to 8

Steam Integration

• Embed steam client
• Create steam bots in production + staging

Concatenate & minify js and css frontend assets

Show server information after vote completes

Show people which server to connect right after vote ends (not only after team picked)

Ordering of Team Selection by Captains

Force a picking order where marines pick first

Hive integration

Pull stats from hive.naturalselection2.com

Select lifeform preferences from icons

Embedded images & videos in chat

Admin Tools

• Modify Messages
• Remove Gatherer
• Disconnect users

Ability to disconnect users

Add ability for admins to disconnect users

Implement changeable styles (solarized dark & light)

Stop gather music when voted for captain

Display number of times a player has captained

Need a smoother transition for when gathers complete

At the moment, current gather disappears and previous gather pops up below in an instant

Create link to gather rules

Separate marine and alien comm as an option

http://www.ensl.org/topics/1496?page=2#post_19495

Show lifeform icons on selected team members

2 Map, Server & Captain Votes

2 votes for each gatherer

Add gather completion in <title>

Cut down 2 minute election timer

Reduce expiration time on voting if gather has re-transitioned into election with votes pre-casted

Option to hide some menus like online users

Server link currently boots ns2, instead of linking to server

npm start fails

Installed MongoDB and Node.js 0.12

Here's what happens when I try npm start:

Andrews-iMac:sws_gathers andrewkrigline$ npm start

> [email protected] start /Users/andrewkrigline/Projects/02.Self/11.NS2/sws_gathers
> npm run compile && node --harmony index.js


> [email protected] compile /Users/andrewkrigline/Projects/02.Self/11.NS2/sws_gathers
> node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js

[10:57:06] Using gulpfile ~/Projects/02.Self/11.NS2/sws_gathers/gulpfile.js
[10:57:06] Starting 'compile'...
[10:57:07] Finished 'compile' after 724 ms
[10:57:07] Starting 'default'...
[10:57:07] Finished 'default' after 13 μs
Listening on port 8000

/Users/andrewkrigline/Projects/02.Self/11.NS2/sws_gathers/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/server.js:228
        process.nextTick(function() { throw err; })
                                            ^
Error: connect ECONNREFUSED
    at exports._errnoException (util.js:746:11)
    at TCPConnectWrap.afterConnect [as oncomplete] (net.js:1010:19)

npm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0
npm ERR! argv "/Users/andrewkrigline/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin/node" "/Users/andrewkrigline/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v0.12.7
npm ERR! npm  v2.11.3
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! [email protected] start: `npm run compile && node --harmony index.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the [email protected] start script 'npm run compile && node --harmony index.js'.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the sws_gathers package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     npm run compile && node --harmony index.js
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls sws_gathers
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/andrewkrigline/Projects/02.Self/11.NS2/sws_gathers/npm-debug.log

Here's DebugLog:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/Users/andrewkrigline/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin/node',
1 verbose cli   '/Users/andrewkrigline/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin/npm',
1 verbose cli   'start' ]
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info prestart [email protected]
6 info start [email protected]
7 verbose unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 info [email protected] Failed to exec start script
9 verbose stack Error: [email protected] start: `npm run compile && node --harmony index.js`
9 verbose stack Exit status 1
9 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/Users/andrewkrigline/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:213:16)
9 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:110:17)
9 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Users/andrewkrigline/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:24:14)
9 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
9 verbose stack     at maybeClose (child_process.js:1015:16)
9 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1087:5)
10 verbose pkgid [email protected]
11 verbose cwd /Users/andrewkrigline/Projects/02.Self/11.NS2/sws_gathers
12 error Darwin 14.5.0
13 error argv "/Users/andrewkrigline/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin/node" "/Users/andrewkrigline/.nvm/versions/node/v0.12.7/bin/npm" "start"
14 error node v0.12.7
15 error npm  v2.11.3
16 error code ELIFECYCLE
17 error [email protected] start: `npm run compile && node --harmony index.js`
17 error Exit status 1
18 error Failed at the [email protected] start script 'npm run compile && node --harmony index.js'.
18 error This is most likely a problem with the sws_gathers package,
18 error not with npm itself.
18 error Tell the author that this fails on your system:
18 error     npm run compile && node --harmony index.js
18 error You can get their info via:
18 error     npm owner ls sws_gathers
18 error There is likely additional logging output above.
19 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

Gatherer Profiles

Enable gatherer profile integration

• Lifeform selection
• Commander preference
• Steam notice settings
• Twitch stream

Create a 2 step confirm button for team selection

For captain team selection?

1. Clicks button -> Confirm?
2. Second click confirms pick

Option to confirm times out after 10 seconds

Add notifications panel

To keep track of:

• Joiners / leavers of gather
• Changing state of gather
• Voting
• Joiners / leavers of app?

Show availability

Show online / offline status
Online = User connected and gathers app in focus
Away = User connected, but gathers app is no longer in focus
Offline = User disconnected

Tidy up log output

Makes reading and searching logs much easier

Vote counts for non-gatherers

Show state of current vote counts for people not joined on the gather

Election timeout is not being cancelled properly when captain voting state is exited

Make mute button more noticeable when gathers music is playing

Order map and server voting menus by votes

Show who's voted for captain in election state

Pasting URL in chatbox creates link

http://www.ensl.org/topics/1496?page=2#post_19498

Gather Music / Sounds

• Add sound preferences
• Find somewhere to store mp3s

Cooldown for leaving gathers

Implement 2 minute cooldown for leaving gather