Pylos

[Hierophant]

I've started playing Pylos. Sometimes I see a ball on the very edge of the board. What does this mean? I don't see any reference to this in the instructions.

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J'ai commencé à jouer à Pylos. Occasionallement je vois une des boules complètement sur un coin de la planche de jeu. Qu'est-ce que ça indique? Je ne vois rien à ce sujet dans les instructions. Est-ce que c'est un bogue?

[Willie333b]

Probably there was a problem in your computer or a bug.

[Jest Phulin]

If it happens again, see if you can get a screenshot.

[Hierophant]

If it happens again, see if you can get a screenshot.

Will do!

[Hierophant]

Okay, I've just had it happen again. Here is the image:



After I make a move, it goes away.

[Jest Phulin]

I'm pretty sure this is a bug. I seem to remember seeing something similar in Reversi when "replay from this point" was rolled out.

OK, disclaimer -- I haven't programmed for BGA, so don't know if this is completely (or even remotely) accurate.

But, when a game loads into the browser, it has to load all of the graphics. The browser then moves the graphics around, just like a physical board. (Instead of the servers generating a complete photograph, it gives your browser all the pieces and tells it where to put the pieces.) Generally, the code is set up as "Here's image : now hide it." It appears there is a glitch in the "hide it" part. Most likely the code to hide it was only called at the beginning of the game, and not at each move. This works fine for real-time games, but causes phantom images with turn-based or replays. Pylos has been out since before turn-based and replay from a set point, so the original code didn't need to worry about it.

Long story short: Looks like a bug, is not part of gameplay, should not affect anything.

[Hierophant]

I didn't think it was affecting anything, I was just wondering if it meant anything. Probably not, I suppose.