Control bug in network game

[Imp]

Open Wesnoth, click on Multiplayer, select Host Networked Game. Host a game in that and have anybody (or nobody) join. Set a few players as AI, a few as localplayer.

The bug is in the control command - it is impossible to set a player to take control of a side controlled by the AI or by a localplayer. Commands that otherwise work perfectly in the MP server do weird things in the Network Game, so I suspect it's just a small bug - perhaps a mix-up with the control function and the leader renaming function.

You see, what does happen when we set "control 4 playername" is that it changes the leader's name. That is, the leader character and not the player name (which remains ai4 or anonymouslocalplayer4). What also happens is that control is wrested from ai4 or the local player, and once it's that player's turn, there is no way to continue the game as it is and we must quit.

[martenzo]

That's odd, I have done that too, works fine for me. You sure you uninstalled the previous version of Wesnoth? If yes, also delete all wesnoth related files that you can find. Then, reinstall.

[Imp]

Positive. In fact, it this is a fairly fresh reformat.

[Imp]

Okay, I just tried it on a fresh install on a second PC and there's still the same problems.

However, it did remind me of one very important fact that I'd neglected to mention:

The leaders' (the soldier, no the player) names do not change in the host's game, but in the games of everybody who joins (or, at least, the second player's). So the host would still see the Drake Flare named ai3, but the second player would see the soldier get renamed to PlayerName. Very odd.

[Blarumyrran]

maybe try :kick playername instead?

[Imp]

We can't kick ai or localplayer. Or, if we can, then those commands are also buggy in Network Games.