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General Discussion / Re: Anyone interested in learning how to make addons? (Google Classroom created)

« on: May 09, 2017, 01:43:37 AM »

i really don't like this. it's telling someone who's trying to get into a skill that if they don't know how to do it, they're too stupid to ever be capable of knowing how. it's not constructive and it's not useful. if someone doesn't know anything about a subject, they aren't even going to know how to ask questions about it. you can never know what you don't know, and you can't even guess at what pieces you might be missing if you don't have any point of reference. resources mean nothing if you don't know how or when they're useful to you, and you won't know how to find them if you don't even know what you're looking for.

in blockland, we have a unique situation where a lot of veteran players naturally pick up some rudimentary coding knowledge along the way, just from tinkering around with console commands or editing mods, and that definitely helps us here, but most people doing these things have no idea how this stuff is put together. if you're starting from square one like that, you really need something or someone to point you in the right direction just so you can get your feet on the ground and learn, if nothing else, just enough to know how to poke and comb your way deeper

Totally agree. I remember being told about a decade ago that I would never be able to code for this reason (and yes, they were wrong). It's a rather elitist position to take, and really harmful to those wanting to get into programming. It was around 4 or 5 years until I tried to get into programming again after being told that; because I believed it.

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General Discussion / Re: How to Alphabetize Add-on List?

« on: May 08, 2017, 09:11:36 PM »

I'm probably just gonna make a gamemode like you suggested.

Out of curiosity, what kind of gamemode are you thinking of? Feel free to link me to another forum post or PM me to avoid derailing this thread.

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General Discussion / Re: How to Alphabetize Add-on List?

« on: May 08, 2017, 09:09:52 PM »

Hmm, it still doesn't work :(
You know, I even tried echoing $CustomGui::AddonCount and nothing appeared in console :I

EDIT: !!!! I tried doing customGameGuiServer::populateAddonList(); and it looks like it DID reorganize the list, buuuuuuuuut when I restart the server everything is still completely randomly executed.

$CustomGui::AddonCount is not a thing. You are thinking of either $CustomGameGui::AddonCount or $CustomGameGuiServer::AddonCount.

When testing on a dedicated server, I had to manually invoke customGameGuiServer::populateAddonList(), too. $CustomGameGuiServer::AddonCount is not assigned any values until you populate the add-on list. It seems the dedicated server does not do this immediately after the server starts since it has no need to. Whenever the need arises for the add-on list to be populated, the script I posted should alphabetize it.

But if you really need to populate the add-on list when the server starts for one reason or another, you could just modify the script I posted. Just add

Code: [Select]

CustomGameGuiServer::populateAddonList();

to the last line of server.cs.

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General Discussion / Re: LoL Cinema 2017 - Powered by BL-Browser [IT'S BACK!]

« on: May 08, 2017, 07:29:27 PM »

I tried installing version 0.2.1 three times. Each time I got the error message flashing on my screen. I tried AWS_BindTexture() and AttachModule("AWSHook.dll"), but the functions were not found. I don't think it even loaded.

I then tried 0.2.0, which worked somewhat. The video would show. But there was not sound.

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General Discussion / Re: How to Alphabetize Add-on List?

« on: May 08, 2017, 05:26:31 PM »

You can execute client scripts fine, but it looks like the hook that this script is using is something that won't be called unless you visit the add-ons list when starting a game. Try executing this add-on and typing fixAddOnListSorting(); in the server's console and seeing if you have any luck.

That should not work. My original modified script references $CustomGameGui::AddonCount and $CustomGameGui::Addon[%i], while the old script references $CustomGameGuiServer::AddonCount and $CustomGameGuiServer::Addon[%i]. The new one should fix this problem though.

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General Discussion / Re: How to Alphabetize Add-on List?

« on: May 08, 2017, 05:23:01 PM »

It didn't, but I think its because I'm using BLG hosting- I can't execute client scripts cuz I can't launch the client.

I did not realize that. I figured it was for an older version of Blockland.

Anyway, I modified it again so that it will (hopefully) work for BLG hosting and the Blockland client. I tested it on a dedicated server, from which I had to manually invoke customGameGuiServer::populateAddonList. Everything should work fine. But if someone could test it on a BLG server and tell me the results, that would be much appreciated.

The download link: https://leopard.hosting/download.php?f=yvyss&name=Support_FixAddonSorting.zip

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General Discussion / Re: Should I host farming?

« on: May 08, 2017, 12:58:21 AM »

just add a tilled soil brick which costs more.

That doesn't make sense, though. Why not something that allows you to upgrade your tiling proficiency? That seems more realistic.

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General Discussion / Re: How to Alphabetize Add-on List?

« on: May 08, 2017, 12:55:20 AM »

I tried this and it didn't work :(

Alright. I fixed it: https://leopard.hosting/download.php?f=gbdvt&name=Support_FixAddonSorting.zip

It just had a couple minor problems. I tested it with all my preferred add-ons installed. It worked for me. Tell me if it works for you.

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General Discussion / Re: How to Alphabetize Add-on List?

« on: May 08, 2017, 12:31:38 AM »

Mine are always in alphabetical order. What client addon do you have? They may have an effect.

I tried it with a fresh install. Same thing.

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General Discussion / Re: How to Alphabetize Add-on List?

« on: May 08, 2017, 12:31:15 AM »

http://leopard.hosting/download.php?f=bsbhb&name=Support_FixAddonSorting.zip

Didn't work.

I think I may be able to fix it, though.

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General Discussion / Re: How to Alphabetize Add-on List?

« on: May 07, 2017, 04:01:38 AM »

Bump.

You got that link yet, Kyuande?

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General Discussion / Re: Blockland Forum Archive?

« on: May 06, 2017, 01:16:12 AM »

For what do you need an archive of the forum?

I don't need it for anything at the moment. Just figured it would be nice to have one.

If there's not one already, I'd consider doing it myself. Found an old 500 GB hard drive lying around earlier today, so I might see how much I can fit on there.

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Off Topic / Re: Can I sue my school?

« on: May 05, 2017, 05:03:30 PM »

I was about to post this. Like yeah, why didn't you not go to the school take a look at it before signing up for it?

Not to mention that he gave it a "second chance". What were you thinking, OP?

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General Discussion / Re: Blockland Forum Archive?

« on: May 05, 2017, 04:49:40 PM »

the internet wayback machine or whatever has some

I suppose that's something. However, I can't seem to access any of the actual forum posts. It seems to have mostly just archived the thread titles.

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General Discussion / Re: Favorite secrets in maps?

« on: May 05, 2017, 04:48:31 PM »

this horse is beat

And we will continue to beat it until we have reached levels of nostalgia that 90's kids Buzzfeed articles could only dream of.