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Ramblings

Timer formats:

  • "~SSS" or "~MM:SS" When the summ will be up (in-game time).
  • "=SSS" The summ's calculated cooldown at the moment of recording.
  • "<SSS" How many seconds are left.

Features:

  • Able to change the recording delay.
  • (WIP) Able to change the timer format.
  • (WIP) Able to change whether we can assume Insp = Cosmic.

Choices

  • Why no Electron? \

    • Electron or CEF (Chromium Embedded Framework) are too heavy, at least for my poor machine.
    • Also, Electron forwards only mousemove events ("mouseenter" and "mouseleave"). We are interested in other input events (e.g. mouse and key presses).
      If we need to create the behavior we want, we need to use native system calls and hooks. So, why not use a more native-y language/framework like Java/Swing/JNA or C#/WPF or even C/ImGui?

  • Why Java + JNA?
    Honestly, a C#/WPF app would be better: Smaller in size, better mental model (feels more like HTML/React), and easier access to system APIs. I am just more comfortable with Java.

  • Why Java Swing?
    Was hoping to convert it to a standalone app using GraalVM's native-image or whatever.

Other possibilities/features

These two require being able to programamtically type ingame.

  • Mimic pinging teammates (their portrait, ult, and items)

    • Champion: "{championName} - Alive" and "{championName} - Respawning in {deathTimer}"
    • Ult: "{championName} - Ult?"
    • Item: "{championName} - {itemName}?"

  • Quick All Chat wheel*, you right click a portrait and it shows you a set of quick replies. *Similar to the Quick Emote or Quick Ping wheels: A radial popup menu shows up when right click a champ's portrait.

    • "Nice cannon, {championName}"

Syncing timers between teammates

Using a free public MQTT broker (e.g. Eclipse's or HiveMQ's).

MQTT topic: We could use {gameId}-blue and {gameId}-red, simple but not good enough since anyone can access and modify this info. We need something more secure and specific to each game/team.
The topic can be the lobby's chat session key, obvio.

Typing in the Game Client

For example, sending flash timers to the team chat.

This won't work:

Apparently, the Game Client uses its own clipboard system, so we can't simply write to the system clipboard and let the user Control+V.

// SEE https://gist.github.com/felipegodoyf/d6ba01a8452d2b88d4fe5344eeb50101
// KAITO: Add to App or Utils
public void typeToLeagueChat(String str) {
    // Hit {ENTER}
    // Type str
    // Hit {ENTER}
}

Questions / Problems

  • Do all League Game Clients have the same aspect ratio?
    • KAITO: Probably not. We should support the (automatic) resizing and (manual) repositioning of the Super Scoreboard.