Adding images to the log.

[RicardoRix]

Looking at this cookbook section.

http://en.doc.boardgamearena.com/BGA_St ... in_the_log

I think there should be a better in-built BGA framework for this.
I don't really understand it and looks like fat too many hoops to jump through for something that should be quite simple.

I've settled for <span'>s in game.php

[Een]

Yes, that's not really simple.

Here is an example of what I did for Terra Mystica which seems more straightforward to me:

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//Define the proper message
		$message = clienttranslate('${player_name} gets ${power_income} via Structures');
		if ($price > 0) {
			self::DbQuery("UPDATE player SET player_score = player_score - $price WHERE player_id = $player_id");
			$message = clienttranslate('${player_name} pays ${vp_price} and gets ${power_income} via Structures');
		}

// Notify
		self::notifyAllPlayers( "powerViaStructures", $message, array(
			'i18n' => array( ),
			'player_id' => $player_id,
			'player_name' => self::getUniqueValueFromDb( "SELECT player_name FROM player WHERE player_id = $player_id" ),
			'power_tokens' => $power_tokens,
			'vp_price' => self::getLogsVPAmount($price),
			'power_income' => self::getLogsPowerAmount($power_income),
			'newScore' => self::getUniqueValueFromDb( "SELECT player_score FROM player WHERE player_id = $player_id" ),
			'counters' => $this->getGameCounters(null),
		) );

With some functions to have the needed html added inside the substitution variable, such as:

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function getLogsPowerAmount( $amount ) 
{
		return "<div class='tmlogs_icon' title='Power'><div class='power_amount'>$amount</div></div>";
}

[RicardoRix]

Yes, this is pretty much what I've settled on. You're missing the css which I guess has an image-background.

I am thinking that the answer is just to separate out the 'message', and make sure you get something clean within the clienttranslate();

So you want nice pictures in the game log, what do you do? First idea that come to mind is to send html from php in notifications. This is bad idea for many reasons

Its bad architecture, ui elements leak into server now you have to manage ui in many places
If you decided to change something in ui in future version, old games reply and tutorials may not work, since they use stored notifications
When you read log preview for old games its unreadable (this is log before you enter the game reply, useful for troubleshooting or game analysis)
Its more data to transfer and store in db
Its nightmare for translators

[VanHlebar]

Just have to say this should be added to the Cook Book! I spent probably 3 days attempting to get this to work properly using the method listed in the Cook Book and just could not get it to work properly.

Found this thread today and got it working in just a few minutes!

Eric

[Een]

Just have to say this should be added to the Cook Book! I spent probably 3 days attempting to get this to work properly using the method listed in the Cook Book and just could not get it to work properly.

Found this thread today and got it working in just a few minutes!

Eric

Ok, done!
Btw, the cookbook has been created by developers (mainly Victoria_La), like all the studio documentation it's a wiki, don't hesitate to add to it and improve it.