BLG (Unite) Development

[Scout31]

Uh, how the hell are they hosting a server in the first place?

UPnP. You're around 5 version behind.

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[Kalphiter]

UPnP. You're around 5 version behind.

If UPnP is used, then why tunnel it?

[Scout31]

If UPnP is used, then why tunnel it?

Last I checked, we can't open another port via UPnP.

[Kalphiter]

Last I checked, we can't open another port via UPnP.

What?

Just use the server's port.

[Scout31]

Doesn't the server use the servers port?

[Kalphiter]

Doesn't the server use the servers port?

Not the TCP port.

[Kalphiter]

The first attempt to upload the save will be done by directly connecting to the server through TCP. That's normally easy because when people port forward, they often select both TCP and UDP out of ignorance. In addition to that, Blockland port forwards through uPnP with both TCP and UDP. RemoteControl takes advantage of those mechanisms by listening TCP on the server's port.

[Scout31]

Oh, that's useful. Though we still need the glass server for scheduling and server tracking (and some of my future plans). All the scheduler does is delay the tunneling. Since the functionality is pretty much the same, why reinvent the wheel?

[Kalphiter]

What is scheduling?

[Scout31]

Dedicated Scheduler
Schedule events up to three weeks ahead of time. Examples of events are start server, stop server, reboot, load save, clear bricks, reset minigame, change map, along with custom events that can be added by add-ons.

[Kalphiter]

If you're using an external program to capture console output, why do you need a remote server to take care of other things?

[Scout31]

If you're using an external program to capture console output, why do you need a remote server to take care of other things?

The wrapper is optional. Some features are disabled when the wrapper is not present.

[Lugnut]

woah woah woah what the forget

you're saying blockland uses only the UDP port?
i must be missing something important here
PS scout what can i work on
kinda new to this git/social coding thing... uh. what's the todo list?

[Scout31]

PS scout what can i work on
kinda new to this git/social coding thing... uh. what's the todo list?

I haven't pushed my commits in almost all day, so what is there isn't the newest version.  Starting tomorrow, I'll be running the glass-server off of my server so that it will be accessible by others. You can just pull the latest version of the add-on and see if you can spot any bugs. If you think it's server related, tell me and I'll look in to it.

[DontCare4Free]

However, there's a ton of stuff out there already which uses the BL port on TCP.