[Kde-games-devel] KPat Progress and Regressions

[Matthew Woehlke]

Parker Coates wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:57, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>> Parker Coates wrote:
>>> The animation actually starts much quicker, but now speeds up more
>>> slowly and hits a maximum speed. So it's both faster and slower than
>>> it was before. :) Again, the actual values are subject to change.
>> I guess I can see it a bit quicker to start with, but then it stays
>> slow. I guess the point is I preferred the quicker acceleration and
>> maximum speed.
> 
> There was no maximum speed before, so it didn't take long before the
> cards were traveling instantly from one pile to the other. I didn't
> care for this as it makes the motion much more difficult to follow.
> Even one intermediate frame makes the animation much easier to
> understand.

Right. You want to see what is happening. I don't care and prefer that 
the game ends faster.

> If you have suggestions for what you would consider the ideal timings,
> let us know.

IMO there was nothing wrong with the old timings :-).

>>>> Would it be unreasonable to offer an option for animation speed?
>>> For 4.4? Yes. :)
>>>
>>> For 4.5? Maybe. KPat doesn't have a configuration dialog, and Coolo
>>> has expressed some desire to keep it that way. We can really add any
>>> more settings to the Settings menu without it feeling much to crowded.
>> I was assuming it would go in the settings menu :-).
> 
> Sorry, it seems I dropped and apostrophe and a "t". Has anyone seen them? :P
> 
> I meant to say we *can't* add more settings without blah, blah, blah...

Ah. I did indeed parse that as "there is still some room in the settings 
menu". That said, if games move out, that would help offset adding a 
speed option. Or you could make Autodrop a submenu, with "[x] enable" 
and speed options. I guess they would need to be 'off', 'normal' and 
'accelerated'. Then leave the initial timing alone and just have 
'accelerated' remove the speed cap.

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