From 2cccf877f55465932d50adf518d862bc1e2bb0fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: arcattack <arcattackmusic@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:59:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Console: Seats spinner replaces Add/Remove pilot in relay
 mode

Rows are capacity + per-seat defaults now -- joiners auto-populate them
live and launch trims to whoever is seated, so hand-managing rows is
busywork.  A Seats spinner (1-8) maintains the row count in relay mode;
Add pilot / Remove selected remain for mesh mode, where explicit
addresses matter.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 tools/btoperator.py | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/btoperator.py b/tools/btoperator.py
index d525586..98a1db3 100644
--- a/tools/btoperator.py
+++ b/tools/btoperator.py
@@ -283,11 +283,22 @@ class Operator(QMainWindow):
         self.table.verticalHeader().setVisible(True)
         rl.addWidget(self.table, 1)
         btns = QHBoxLayout()
-        add = QPushButton("Add pilot"); add.clicked.connect(self._add_pilot)
-        rem = QPushButton("Remove selected"); rem.clicked.connect(self._remove_pilot)
+        # RELAY mode (2026-07-22): rows are just CAPACITY + per-seat defaults
+        # -- joiners auto-populate them live and launch trims to whoever is
+        # seated, so hand add/remove is busywork.  A Seats spinner maintains
+        # the row count; Add/Remove stay for MESH mode (explicit addresses).
+        self.seats_label = QLabel("Seats:")
+        self.seats_spin = QSpinBox()
+        self.seats_spin.setRange(1, 8)
+        self.seats_spin.valueChanged.connect(self._set_seat_count)
+        self.add_btn = QPushButton("Add pilot")
+        self.add_btn.clicked.connect(self._add_pilot)
+        self.rem_btn = QPushButton("Remove selected")
+        self.rem_btn.clicked.connect(self._remove_pilot)
         self.export_btn = QPushButton("Export player scripts…")
         self.export_btn.clicked.connect(self._export_scripts)
-        btns.addWidget(add); btns.addWidget(rem)
+        btns.addWidget(self.seats_label); btns.addWidget(self.seats_spin)
+        btns.addWidget(self.add_btn); btns.addWidget(self.rem_btn)
         btns.addStretch(1); btns.addWidget(self.export_btn)
         rl.addLayout(btns)
         upper_l.addWidget(roster_box, 1)
@@ -462,8 +473,29 @@ class Operator(QMainWindow):
         for r, tag in enumerate(tags):
             self.table.item(r, 0).setText(tag)
 
+    def _set_seat_count(self, n):
+        if self.mode.currentIndex() != 0:
+            return
+        while self.table.rowCount() < n:
+            self._add_pilot()
+        while self.table.rowCount() > n:
+            self.table.removeRow(self.table.rowCount() - 1)
+        self._renumber_relay_tags()
+
+    def _apply_roster_controls_mode(self):
+        relay = self.mode.currentIndex() == 0
+        self.seats_label.setVisible(relay)
+        self.seats_spin.setVisible(relay)
+        self.add_btn.setVisible(not relay)
+        self.rem_btn.setVisible(not relay)
+        if relay:
+            self.seats_spin.blockSignals(True)
+            self.seats_spin.setValue(self.table.rowCount())
+            self.seats_spin.blockSignals(False)
+
     def _mode_changed(self, _index):
         relay = self.mode.currentIndex() == 0
+        self._apply_roster_controls_mode()
         for r in range(self.table.rowCount()):
             item = self.table.item(r, 0)
             flags = item.flags()
@@ -493,6 +525,7 @@ class Operator(QMainWindow):
         for i, p in enumerate(self.egg.pilots()):
             self._add_pilot_row(p, local=(relay and i == 0))
         self._renumber_relay_tags()
+        self._apply_roster_controls_mode()      # Seats spinner mirrors rows
         self.egg_label.setText(os.path.basename(self.egg_path))
 
     def _collect_egg(self):