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Undo button
Posted: 14 August 2025, 17:08
by rafaelpsmed
It will be nice to have undo button in TTR games
Re: Undo button
Posted: 14 August 2025, 18:31
by Meeplelowda
rafaelpsmed wrote: ↑14 August 2025, 17:08
It will be nice to have undo button in TTR games
This is a great summary that I can't improve upon written by a BGA developer about adding an undo function on BGA:
Kayvon wrote: ↑26 February 2024, 16:17
Leard wrote: ↑18 December 2023, 14:27
Why are the inclusion of undo buttons so random and sporadic over the games on here?
Undo needs to be implemented individually for every game. It's not a box you check to just make it happen. Furthermore, undo is tricky to implement correctly and very bug prone. As such, it's often avoided by game developers.
Leard wrote: ↑18 December 2023, 14:27Either commit to allowing rectons to be made, or ban them over the entire site unless a game specifically allows for it in the rules.
Wish granted?
Official BGA policy states that undo should be avoided in games.
"As a rule of thumb, on BGA we advise you to not undo moves. Undo are painful for opponents, in real world and online. Some players may also use Undo to 'test' situations while they should just think instead. In many cases, proposing an 'Undo' means also adding an extra step, which is not good for the game interface."
See
https://boardgamearena.com/doc/BGA_Undo_policy
Leard wrote: ↑18 December 2023, 14:27Since BGA seems to be going to allowing them, why doesn't this game have one?
In summary:
1) Undo isn't encouraged
2) And it's not trivial to implement
I developed Gaia Project and got a similar request. I don't want to volunteer a dozen hours to implement a feature that I don't feel is needed and may introduce tons of bugs.
Re: Undo button
Posted: 14 August 2025, 19:01
by thoun
For this specific game, you have a Confirm user preference, that's almost the same as an undo.
Re: Undo button
Posted: 17 August 2025, 04:56
by rafaelpsmed
Thks for the reply. I understand that it might be trick and/or unfair to implement this action but in some cases clicking in the wrong place might trick an action that you did not want to do, hence the suggestion for the undo button. But I thank you for the answer.
Re: Undo button
Posted: 17 August 2025, 07:46
by Meeplelowda
rafaelpsmed wrote: ↑17 August 2025, 04:56
but in some cases clicking in the wrong place might trick an action that you did not want to do
Yes, but you still have to confirm the action. Choosing the may be a mistake. Confirming the mistaken action is caused by going too fast or being inattentive.
Re: Undo button
Posted: 09 September 2025, 20:28
by MyHeroZero
Hi there, I am new to this game so forgive me if I am going over old territory-- I play on my phone and if I touch the wrong route by accident-- for example a tunnel route in Switzerland where I did not have enough tunnel cards-- it did not give me a confirm, and no way to de-select the route so I lose that turn. Is this by design?