Screen Won't Center on Capital at Turn Start with Tech Off

wc_sumpton

Using 2.7.15129 there is no centering. Game's start with the map located in the upper left corner. So instead of 'tech' or 'endTurnNoPU' nothing centers on the current players capitol.

Is the desired effect?

Cheers...

beelee

@wc_sumpton

Hi wc

Is that latest pre ? I'm still using 14962 and it works correctly.

Panther

@wc_sumpton
The same with 2.7.15064 . So it must have been introduced between 14962 and 15064.

wc_sumpton

@panther, @beelee, @Cernel

As of 2.7.15152, this still has not been addressed. I left a comment on the, still active, request #13241 about 2 weeks ago. Should a new bug/problem be open?

Cheers...

beelee

@wc_sumpton

Oh ? I hadn't been following. I thought it had been addressed. Evidently not.

I'd suggest giving frigoref a ping at the issue. He's been active lately.
Maybe @Panther has more information than I.

Panther

@beelee @wc_sumpton No sorry, I don't have any further insights.

TheDog

Apparently with
https://github.com/triplea-game/triplea/releases/tag/2.7.15494

Centering on 1st Capital now works, but I cannot make it happen.

There are some criteria what are they?
View> Lock Map UNTICKED
and ...

wc_sumpton

@TheDog

We have come full circle. If the map contains skippable 'first' steps, technology, politics, and that 'first' is turned off the map will not center. The only way to ensure that the map centers is to create a 'first' step that cannot be turned off. This is the 'hack' that @beelee and I discussed using "endTurn/endTurnNoPU" which @cernel took issue with.

So, centering again works but only on the players 'first' step. If the 'first' step can be turned off, then centering does not work.

2.7.15494 did not fix the problem, it just reverted back to the 'old' problem.

Cheers...

beelee

@wc_sumpton

yea your xml hack worked for centering but I believe you had to double post when playing by Forum or something. I don't remember exactly what it was.

Cernel

@wc_sumpton said:

@TheDog

We have come full circle. If the map contains skippable 'first' steps, technology, politics, and that 'first' is turned off the map will not center. The only way to ensure that the map centers is to create a 'first' step that cannot be turned off. This is the 'hack' that @beelee and I discussed using "endTurn/endTurnNoPU" which @cernel took issue with.

I'm not against hacking per se. I think it should be fine doing it that way until a proper way is available. (I hack stuff too if I'm not seeing any better ways.)

Eventually though, the "endTurn/endTurnNoPU" should better become a step which never causes any centring in my opinion. If that happens, the map-maker who used the hack (which I think is fine) should better just update their maps (removing the now useless steps). No big deal: it's just a visual thing.

wc_sumpton

@Cernel said:

I'm not against hacking per se.

LoL. Just pointing out this discussion which changed 'centering', that got broken, then reverted back to 'first' step only.

Cheers...