because i'm breeding projects goerg, i use assay bloodlines a lot. i often have to compare every possible combination of 30 or more dragons against each other. i have a spreadsheet that spits out a list of which ids i need to compare against which, and tediously move my way down it.
i've found ways of making this easier (mainly by using firefox's long undo history for text fields to rapidly cycle through the same list) but honestly this is silly.
the site should be able to handle this repetitive task for me.
the goal here is to remove tedium on the player's part, not to make the actual server process any faster; that is, the list would still be examined sequentially as it is right now when i manually paste scores of IDs in myself. not concurrently. i say this to make it clear i'm not asking for the process behind assay bloodlines to work any differently, only for some streamlining in how players input dragons.
i propose a new feature (or perhaps two, depends how you look on it) for assay bloodlines:
three new buttons: "import text", "import tabs", and "view cached test".
import text allows players to paste (from their device's clipboard) a list of IDs. let's just assume the input field is safeguarded to a) reject any input that is not an arabic numeral, and b) have an arbitrary max size. because of course it will.
there are two functions under "import text": all dragons mode, and two lists mode.
all dragons mode takes one list (that's one text input field), and compares every ID in the list against every other ID in that list. great for checking whether the intended first generation of your new breeding project contains any relatives who are going to make the next generations really awkward.
two lists mode takes two lists (that's two text input fields), and compares all IDs in list 1 against all IDs in list 2. great for comparing potential new acquisitions against dragons already in your breeding project.
lists don't have to be long. you could theoretically only put one ID in one of the lists in two-lists mode.
import tabs works similarly to "all dragons mode" in the import text feature, except it doesn't take a text input but instead a list of tabs in your lair.
i think an interface similar to the select gene system on the AH would be the way to go here. present the player with a list of all their tabs, and let them select whichever ones they want to assay.
would a "two lists" mode be useful for this too? unsure. tbh i originally concieved of this as a way to get the site to generate a list of IDs, as text, from a given tab or lsit of tabs, so you could save it for later use and then i realised that's silly, just cut out the middleman and have it assay the tabs. maybe it could have both features? assay OR just pull IDs?
in either case, the results would appear after a period of time, either displaying "hooray! none of these dragons are related!" or a list of related dragons with pictures, thus:
view cached test will simply bring up a modal displaying whatever the results were for the previous test, including the full list(s) of IDs or tabs compared.
i primarily concieve of this cache as benefitting those who mistakenly close the tab after initiating the test, or who need a reminder of what they were doing yesterday, rather than any kind of vital long-term data storage. so, each player only gets one cache, which is over-written every time a new test is performed.
i think it's reasonable for the cache for these batch tests to be retained even if a player uses assay bloodlines the old way, by manually inputting two IDs and clicking "check".
yeah. i think that's everything.
i've found ways of making this easier (mainly by using firefox's long undo history for text fields to rapidly cycle through the same list) but honestly this is silly.
the site should be able to handle this repetitive task for me.
the goal here is to remove tedium on the player's part, not to make the actual server process any faster; that is, the list would still be examined sequentially as it is right now when i manually paste scores of IDs in myself. not concurrently. i say this to make it clear i'm not asking for the process behind assay bloodlines to work any differently, only for some streamlining in how players input dragons.
i propose a new feature (or perhaps two, depends how you look on it) for assay bloodlines:
three new buttons: "import text", "import tabs", and "view cached test".
import text allows players to paste (from their device's clipboard) a list of IDs. let's just assume the input field is safeguarded to a) reject any input that is not an arabic numeral, and b) have an arbitrary max size. because of course it will.
Quote:
You may compare multiple dragons by pasting a list of ID numbers from your device's clipboard.
This may take some time. The results of this test will be cached, over-writing your previous cached test.
This may take some time. The results of this test will be cached, over-writing your previous cached test.
there are two functions under "import text": all dragons mode, and two lists mode.
all dragons mode takes one list (that's one text input field), and compares every ID in the list against every other ID in that list. great for checking whether the intended first generation of your new breeding project contains any relatives who are going to make the next generations really awkward.
two lists mode takes two lists (that's two text input fields), and compares all IDs in list 1 against all IDs in list 2. great for comparing potential new acquisitions against dragons already in your breeding project.
lists don't have to be long. you could theoretically only put one ID in one of the lists in two-lists mode.
import tabs works similarly to "all dragons mode" in the import text feature, except it doesn't take a text input but instead a list of tabs in your lair.
Quote:
This widget automatically compares the breeding compatibility of all dragons within your selected tab(s).
This may take some time. The results of this test will be cached, over-writing your previous cached test.
This may take some time. The results of this test will be cached, over-writing your previous cached test.
i think an interface similar to the select gene system on the AH would be the way to go here. present the player with a list of all their tabs, and let them select whichever ones they want to assay.
would a "two lists" mode be useful for this too? unsure. tbh i originally concieved of this as a way to get the site to generate a list of IDs, as text, from a given tab or lsit of tabs, so you could save it for later use and then i realised that's silly, just cut out the middleman and have it assay the tabs. maybe it could have both features? assay OR just pull IDs?
in either case, the results would appear after a period of time, either displaying "hooray! none of these dragons are related!" or a list of related dragons with pictures, thus:
Quote:
Compared 43 dragons
the following dragons are too closely related to breed:
The results of this test have now been cached. Performing another test will over-write this cache.
the following dragons are too closely related to breed:
The results of this test have now been cached. Performing another test will over-write this cache.
view cached test will simply bring up a modal displaying whatever the results were for the previous test, including the full list(s) of IDs or tabs compared.
i primarily concieve of this cache as benefitting those who mistakenly close the tab after initiating the test, or who need a reminder of what they were doing yesterday, rather than any kind of vital long-term data storage. so, each player only gets one cache, which is over-written every time a new test is performed.
i think it's reasonable for the cache for these batch tests to be retained even if a player uses assay bloodlines the old way, by manually inputting two IDs and clicking "check".
yeah. i think that's everything.
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