Poll

Should I release Autobuilder?

Yes.
No.

Author Topic: Should I release Autobuilder?  (Read 3972 times)

Autobuilder is a client-sided mod I wrote on June 11th, 2011. It allows one to create large structures that would be tedious to build by hand. For example, it enables me to make a circle of arbitrary size virtually instantaneously. "But Xalos, several other mods have been released that let us do the same thing!" Well yeah, but Autobuilder's power comes from the fact that it lets you add new structures to its collection. Tired of making a large number of structure with small variations in theme? Make a script and Autobuild it!

Now, this is all fine and dandy, but here comes the problem. Autobuilder lets you make structures that are hard to line up by eye quickly, or make structures that are irritating to build quickly, but it also lets you make your own structures. It also has the ability to "stream" a structure - that is, start building while the script is still working on the final parts. Put these together and what do you have? Instant spam!


I've been divided for a very long time now on whether or not I should release this mod, for the reasons detailed above. So I decided to instead put it to you to decide whether the benefits outweigh the detriments of such a mod.

So vote in the poll! Please, it's the only way to stave off the-- ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

So vote in the poll! Please, it's the only way to stave off the-- ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD
Made me laugh :P

i think it would be pretty cool to be able to make some good circles pretty quick for bases of structures and things of that nature, though i doubt, considering i can't script at all, people would be releasing a lot of scripts for structures, which is something that i also think would be pretty cool.

...the answer is obviously "yes" no matter whether the add-on sounds useful or not. Someone will always have a use.

...the answer is obviously "yes" no matter whether the add-on sounds useful or not. Someone will always have a use.

Hey, guys, I have an add-on that lets anyone crash a server instantly. Should I release it?

Hey, guys, I have an add-on that lets anyone crash a server instantly. Should I release it?
[sarcasm]Ogm i so ned dis to stop hoshtin mi server.[/sarcasm]

Hey, guys, I have an add-on that lets anyone crash a server instantly. Should I release it?
That's impossible.

That's impossible.
Not impossible, but it would likely never see the light of day for more than a few seconds.

technically any mod can be overabused to crash servers, but there's a lot of safeguards to prevent that from happening.

if you can program in a safeguard or notifier, telling admins that someone is using autobuilder, that would probably work. iirc default bricks-per-second is 10 so that could also be a safeguard.

OH and another thing: http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=161834.0

From a lack of images, this just sounds like a dumbed down version of build-bot. Incase we all forgot that was a thing.
I guess making circles would be pretty nifty, except you can also kinda already do that by saving a circular design of some size, then using build-bot to construct it anywhere.

Not impossible, but it would likely never see the light of day for more than a few seconds.
It's impossible to create a client-sided script that crashes servers.

OH and another thing: http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=161834.0

From a lack of images, this just sounds like a dumbed down version of build-bot. Incase we all forgot that was a thing.
I guess making circles would be pretty nifty, except you can also kinda already do that by saving a circular design of some size, then using build-bot to construct it anywhere.

Yeah, I'm kinda confused as to what this actually does.  At first it sounded like some sort of automatic city generator based on the whole "collection of large structures" and "lining up" thing, but then it just sounds like buildbot.

It's impossible to create a client-sided script that crashes servers.

What makes you think so? TGE's server is the most vulnerable thing since sliced bread.

What makes you think so? TGE's server is the most vulnerable thing since sliced bread.
Shh port, he's trying to prevent people from learning that their efforts to crash servers are not in vain.

...but then it just sounds like buildbot.

If your add-on did the same thing that this does, it would need an infinite number of .bls files to do it with.