Automatic GUI downloading

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tony-0222:
Someone could create a mod like RTB called the GUI Safe.

People could submit their GUI's to the GUI Safe team and they could approve of it like the RTB team does with their add-ons.

Then there would be some kind of check when joining a server, if the GUI has been approved by the GUI Safe team it gets direct downloaded, but if it hasn't been approved it gives you a warning that GUI Safe has not approved it, and it may not be safe, and you get disconnected from the server. Basic GUIs are fine because they can be downloaded safely, but for more complex GUIs, someone should make a "GUI Safe" team/mod of some sort. This would pretty much fix the whole problem.. right?

Reinforcements:

--- Quote from: Ephialtes on October 10, 2012, 01:56:06 AM ---Yeah I think Headcrab and Chrono have demonstrated why it just wouldn't work to make it safe from a server downloading point of view but having it on RTB with a prompt to download and install (or a link in the chat or a message box for those who don't have RTB) is entirely possible and pretty trivial to implement I think. It'd definitely be the best option.

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This would work excellently!

Lamebro1:

--- Quote from: ¥ola on October 08, 2012, 09:33:53 PM ---All my support.
ALL of it.

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Ephialtes:
This is something you can "kind of" do already. If you submit it to RTB it'll be approved but Bargain Binned (just so it doesn't show up in the normal listings). You can then link to it in-game using the following Torque markup:

--- Code: ---<a:rtb-FILE_ID>Click here to download my file</a>

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That'll open up the RTB Mod Manager in-game and they can download it and it *should* work once they've finished the download. Obviously this won't work for non-rtb users so you'd need two links, or you can send a different message if %client.hasRTB is not 1.

This is just so you can get it working immediately, I don't know how long it'd take to make it an official feature of RTB.

Reinforcements:

--- Quote from: Ephialtes on October 10, 2012, 12:27:57 PM ---This is something you can "kind of" do already. If you submit it to RTB it'll be approved but Bargain Binned (just so it doesn't show up in the normal listings). You can then link to it in-game using the following Torque markup:

--- Code: ---<a:rtb-FILE_ID>Click here to download my file</a>

--- End code ---

That'll open up the RTB Mod Manager in-game and they can download it and it *should* work once they've finished the download. Obviously this won't work for non-rtb users so you'd need two links, or you can send a different message if %client.hasRTB is not 1.

This is just so you can get it working immediately, I don't know how long it'd take to make it an official feature of RTB.

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Sounds pretty good, but it would work best as something builtin to blockland that has a popup when you join a server or something. That way, people wouldn't have to go through the process of actually going to download it. It would work with non-RTB users too (lots of new players around here.) Still sounds pretty good though, I just want to make sure that it's extremely easily accessable to players. If it's too inconvenitent, some players might not do it and potentially lose critical functionality required by the server (Say it's an RPG or City RP where you need the GUI or something.)

Edit: You probably wouldn't want help, but I'm willing to help in any way I can to make this a reality. It would just make Blockland so much more incredibly awesome, since you would have the whole world of GUI's at your finger tips to give players better control instead of just "/" commands.

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