Is there a way to force a player to retire from a game, or drop an absentee player from a game, in the interest of replacing them with another player to avoid having to end a game there? I’ve not seen anything in Vassal’s code that would allow you to “eject” a player from a game, but I thought I’d ask.
No, not in 3.x
From: Kard kcminn@gmail.com
To: messages@vassalengine.org
Sent: Thu, July 12, 2012 11:32:47 AM
Subject: [messages] [Module Design] Forced Rtire
Is there a way to force a player to retire from a game, or drop an
absentee player from a game, in the interest of replacing them with
another player to avoid having to end a game there? I’ve not seen
anything in Vassal’s code that would allow you to “eject” a player from a game,
but I thought I’d ask.
Read this topic online here:
https://forum.vassalengine.org/t/forced-rtire/5094/1
This might be something to consider as a feature for future versions as well - maybe something only available to the “moderating” player. I’ve also had a couple of games where multiple players were left high-n-dry when one of them suddenly vanished.
Not much you can do about vanishing players but if you have a chance before they run away, ask them to change sides to Observer before they leave. That will open their side up.