RTB Development

[Chrono]

I've been looking into the RTB support files, and seen the switchboard stuff.

Looks pretty fancy. Would this be recommended to use when the public API comes around?

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[Ephialtes]

Yes, I'll write up some documentation on using it eventually as well as some sample code.

[Chrono]

Alright. I guess the thing I had planned can be held off till then.

I really don't want to write my own crap and have it break. I would rather use that switchboard stuff.

Edit:
I also laughed at these:

$RTB::Connection::Host        = "api.returntoblockland.com"; //> Type this into your browser, it rocks
   //If you remove this code it'll stop you getting barred by RTB! Please don't!

[Wedge]

$RTB::Connection::Host        = "api.returntoblockland.com"; //> Type this into your browser, it rocks

I think I found a new homepage!

[-Jetz-]

Ok, I started up Blockland, opened the mod manager, and my mods folder was completely empty. The groups I had created last night now said I have no add-ons in them. The groups file in the RTB config folder do have the add-ons listed. The add-ons themselves have an rtbInfo.txt in them.

[Ephialtes]

Yeah the whole "you have no mods" happens sometimes. Usually it fixes itself when you restart. Fixed in the next version.

RTB only counts an add-on as valid if it is within a .zip file, if it isn't then it's an "Unpackaged Add-On" and should appear in that group with a ? icon. It'd need a description.txt and a server/client.cs too.

[-Jetz-]

Yeah the whole "you have no mods" happens sometimes. Usually it fixes itself when you restart. Fixed in the next version.

RTB only counts an add-on as valid if it is within a .zip file, if it isn't then it's an "Unpackaged Add-On" and should appear in that group with a ? icon. It'd need a description.txt and a server/client.cs too.

The addons are packaged with everything they need to work, unless every one of my add-ons including the ones I had downloaded from RtB the night before. I haven't tried restarting, considering it was doing pretty much the same thing last night. I can wait until the next version.

[Ephialtes]

You can send me the add-on if you want and I'll see why it's being rejected.

[-Jetz-]

You can send me the add-on if you want and I'll see why it's being rejected.

It's not just one. RtB doesn't recognise any add-on in my add-ons folder. The mod list is completely blank, as is the groups list and apparantly the list of add-ons not sync'd by RtB. If I download one straight from RtB in game it will show up, but if I restart blockland, the list is empty once more. I tried it again just now on this school computer and the same thing happened so I don't think it's by chance. I can get a console log later on if it would be of any use.

[Ephialtes]

Yeah if you open blockland with -trace and send a console.log that'd help.

[-Jetz-]

Alright, I started blockland with trace, opened the mod manager, waited for a second, clicked the "Your Mods" button, then closed it and exited.

Edit: Oh sweet, reply 1000.

[Ephialtes]

Offending code (in RTBC_ModManager.cs):

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      %zip = getSubStr(%filepath,0,strPos(%filepath,"/description.txt"))@".zip";
strPos is case sensitive and a bunch of your files have a Description.txt - I can't remember if there's a stripos function but if there is then this is your solution:

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      %zip = getSubStr(%filepath,0,striPos(%filepath,"/description.txt"))@".zip";
Otherwise this:

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      %zip = getSubStr(%filepath,0,strPos(strlwr(%filepath),"/description.txt"))@".zip";

[-Jetz-]

Alright, I'll swap this out after school and see what happens.

[-Jetz-]

I put in that bit and it works now. Yay!

[Kalphiter]

Alright, I started blockland with trace, opened the mod manager, waited for a second, clicked the "Your Mods" button, then closed it and exited.

Edit: Oh sweet, reply 1000.

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Yeah if you open blockland with -trace and send a console.log that'd help.

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