Board Game Arena

Hi,

I'm not sure this the right forum. I understand this feature is in beta. I use it a lot during development, because it cuts down much of the time required to start a game, compared to the regular method of opening multiple windows, inviting a player, and clicking several buttons in both windows.

1. When choosing the "hotseat" option, a popup appears asking you to enter a name. It would be really helpful if the name field was auto-focused, and save me from clicking it. It would also be nice to be allowed to enter 1-character names. I think the minimum is 0.
2. When a game starts, and the hotseat player goes first, there is a Javascript error. The stack trace:

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   Uncaught TypeError: can't access property "style" of null
       giveHotseatFocusTo https://en.1.studio.boardgamearena.com:8083/data/themereleases/201006-1727/js/modules/layer/ly_studio.js:2
       checkHotseatFocus https://en.1.studio.boardgamearena.com:8083/data/themereleases/201006-1727/js/modules/layer/ly_studio.js:2
       hitch Dojo
   

Have you used the "Express Start" feature in BGA Studio?

What does "Express Start" do? I clicked it and it thought I want to start a game with 1 player, and gave an error.

Essentially it's everything you need in 1-click.
Choose more than 1 player...?

It's the way to quickly start a game and the developer plays as all the players. You can click the little right arrow next to each players name.

So first I need to invite people (without waiting for them to confirm), and then click it?

No, just click the button.

You have to setup the max number of players on the table, then click express start. It will start a game with the max numbers of players set, and you'll be able to switch player through an arrow icon in the player panel.

Hope it helps!

Thanks, it's working now. Not sure why I got that error before.
This is much smoother than the "hotseat" approach! Consider still looking into my comments about that in the future.

I'm still getting this hotseat error from time to time. Is it possible to fix it?
Am I doing something wrong that I'm seeing it?
It's in ly_studio.js:27239 hotseat_mask isn't found, so the style call fails.

salty-horse wrote: ↑10 April 2022, 17:26 I'm still getting this hotseat error from time to time. Is it possible to fix it?
Am I doing something wrong that I'm seeing it?
It's in ly_studio.js:27239

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var i = window.frames['hotseat_iframe_' + this.hotseat_focus].contentDocument.getElementById('hotseat_mask');
e.style(i, 'display', 'block')

hotseat_mask isn't found, so the style call fails.

You mean you have hotseat errors while using Express Start?