Deck Generation Code

[Accountancy]

This sounds awesome, I'm glad to see that the decks will be getting better again soon!
@jendave: I didn't realise the old deck generators used old code, keep up the good work

[Doublestrike]

Attached is a picture for a possible layout of the deck option selectors for the quick start game option. Instead of clicking through dialog after dialog, it could (should) be easily accomplished in one place (see pic) for any color, any combination, any number of opponents.

This leads to two questions:
1 - Any problems with this idea? I'll do it myself eventually if there are no objections. If no problems, then

2 - Can the refactoring of the deck generation take this flexibility into account? That is, decks of any count and combination of colors. From a quick skim of the code it looks like most of the groundwork is in place. Once again, I'd be happy to eventually do myself if it's too much work now.

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As a side note, this layout could be easily extended to add a preferences area which balances the breakdown of each deck, addressing @Accountancy's post on the first page.

[Sloth]

Attached is a picture for a possible layout of the deck option selectors for the quick start game option. Instead of clicking through dialog after dialog, it could (should) be easily accomplished in one place (see pic) for any color, any combination, any number of opponents.

This leads to two questions:
1 - Any problems with this idea? I'll do it myself eventually if there are no objections. If no problems, then

2 - Can the refactoring of the deck generation take this flexibility into account? That is, decks of any count and combination of colors. From a quick skim of the code it looks like most of the groundwork is in place. Once again, I'd be happy to eventually do myself if it's too much work now.

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As a side note, this layout could be easily extended to add a preferences area which balances the breakdown of each deck, addressing @Accountancy's post on the first page.

Something like this would be a good start. To keep the features we have, a button for adding 1-4 random colors would be nice.

[Doublestrike]

To keep the features we have, a button for adding 1-4 random colors would be nice.

Nice! Easy, I'll just throw in a "randomize" button for each player that randomly checks a selection of boxes. Could even be a dropdown with "1 random color", "2 random colors", etc.

[jendave]

To keep the features we have, a button for adding 1-4 random colors would be nice.

Nice! Easy, I'll just throw in a "randomize" button for each player that randomly checks a selection of boxes. Could even be a dropdown with "1 random color", "2 random colors", etc.

Sounds good. I like the drop down idea. I have not had time to work on the deck generator, so feel free hack away.

Dave

[Rob Cashwalker]

I would've done selection lists if I knew how back then... I'd request that you still keep the Human and AI selections as separate dialogs, because both players may not be doing generated decks, or even the same kind of generator.

Design challenge - make all the available choices dynamic.. The dialog stays up as you select the choice for "2 color deck", then the other deck choices slide down, with the color choices appearing in-between.
Easy Way Out - Put the deck formats on top and the choices on the bottom.