What command activates addons in a dedicated server?

[Block1zilla]

Yeah, what command activates a specific addon in a dedicated server

[Ad Bot]

[Kalphiter]

You mean to execute an add-on?

This step if you just added or updated the add-on:

Code: [Select]

discoverFile("add-ons/addon_name/server.cs");
Then:

Code: [Select]

exec("add-ons/addon_name/server.cs");

[Block1zilla]

sorry, not working.
Its a weapon. Its musket,
so what commands?
I tried

weapon_musket

musket

weapon_musket.zip

musket.zip

[Kalphiter]

weapon_musket would be its name, however for anything that has datablocks -- weapons, vehicles, items, projectiles and particles -- you need to do this last:

Code: [Select]

transmitDatablocks();This updates datablocks for clients; sorry for forgetting that.

[Kalphiter]

Let me be clearer with the need for "discoverFile": if the file was there when the server was started, or if it wasn't changed since the server started, you don't need to use "discoverFile".

[Block1zilla]

Could you post the commands that it would need?
Like so I could copy/paste 'em

[Kalphiter]

Could you post the commands that it would need?
Like so I could copy/paste 'em

Situational (read above):

Code: [Select]

discoverFile("add-ons/weapon_musket.zip");
Always needed:

Code: [Select]

exec("add-ons/weapon_musket/server.cs");
transmitDatablocks();

I made a mistake with discoverFile a few posts up, excuse me for that. "Discovering" the file tells Blockland to treat the files of the ZIP as if it were a folder, and also to update them if the ZIP if they were changed.

[Dglider]

Thanks Kalphiter!

This will make fine tuning addons alot easier.

[Kalphiter]

Thanks Kalphiter!

This will make fine tuning addons alot easier.

Another trick you should know is the "journal" argument for execution. It's done by adding a 1 in the "exec" function. By using it, you can update functions and variables without any functions in the script actually running. I'll also demonstrate how it works with code.

Code: [Select]

$lolvariable = 9001;
function lolfunction()
{
    echo("noodles");
}

lolfunction();

Code: [Select]

exec("thefile.cs");
$lolvariables is set to 9001
The function "lolfunction" will be changed if it's different
"noodles" is printed

Code: [Select]

exec("thefile.cs", 1);$lolvariables is set to 9001
The function "lolfunction" will be changed if it's different
"noodles" is not printed

[Cnaibedoge]

You mean to execute an add-on?
This step if you just added or updated the add-on:

Code: [Select]

discoverFile("add-ons/addon_name/server.cs");

dammit thanks, Kalph, I didn't even know that existed.

[ThinkInvisible]

dammit thanks, Kalph, I didn't even know that existed.

there's also

Code: [Select]

setModPaths(getModPaths();which will essentially do discoverFile for every add-on it can find

useful if you're enabling/changing a lot of add-ons at once (or are just lazy)

[Kalphiter]

Code: [Select]

setModPaths(getModPaths();

Missed a parenthesis );

[Kamutog]

I tried doing this on some bricks, in the console it said they executed but I didn't see them in the brick menu!
It did enable though.

[Acerblock]

I tried doing this on some bricks, in the console it said they executed but I didn't see them in the brick menu!
It did enable though.

Some add-ons don't work when exec'd manually like that.

[Kamutog]

Some add-ons don't work when exec'd manually like that.

It was Brick_InvertedCorners im guessing that doesnt work :/