Blockland Glass Development

[MoltenKitten]

I don't think it needs chatting considering we have steam for that

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[Scout31]

Not all users have Steam, however.

[MoltenKitten]

Not all users have Steam, however.

In which we have multiple other alternatives to use: Discord, Teamspeak, Skype, etc

[Shift Kitty]

I'm against a "join anyway" because then it's just a recommended mod, which you can tell them to get in the welcome message or whatever.

Although, just tossing it in the welcome message isn't as convenient as an in-game download. And when they manually download it from the welcome message, most people will have to restart before being able to use it.

How about a middle-ground? Still continue with the forced add-ons. However, also include an option to prompt clients to download optional add-ons.

[jes00]

I've found that a bunch of people never read the welcome message.

[Scout31]

I've found that a bunch of people never read the welcome message.

Yeah, that's a valid point.

Alright, I'll implement that. I'd be working on this stuff actively and probably would have come out with a testable release by now, but I'm currently out of town and just with my laptop, so I've been focusing on site stuff.

[Ipquarx]

I just updated my Blockland Glass addon, and got this



Not sure what's goin oonnnnn

[Sp0nge80b]

Where do I put playertypes?
I do see them in server mods (?), so do I put it there?

[Scout31]

I just updated my Blockland Glass addon, and got this

Not sure what's goin oonnnnn

The required fonts are downloaded from a repository if they're missing, I'm assuming that they need a restart to take effect. I'm going to reuse the downloads gui again to show the download progress on those, and then have a restart. The feedback message is only for Alpha users, anyway.

So far I have a lot of the backend systems done, but not necessarily the interfaces to interact with the user. A lot of things just happen automatically now when they should really wait for the user to prompt them. Nothing harmful of course, just a lot of resource downloading. I'll start taking a stab at all the guis this week.

Where do I put playertypes?
I do see them in server mods (?), so do I put it there?

That works for now. Everything will be moved around when they're imported to the new system since we're restructuring everything.

[Greek2me]

Thanks for adding the change logs. It makes the update UI a little better.

[Scout31]

Some great progress on the new site. The back-end api is working, add-on uploads are in, and I've taken a stab at the review system. I'm going to switch over to focus on the add-on now, however.

Thanks for adding the change logs. It makes the update UI a little better.

That's been in forever, it was out for about a week because of a bug but that's it.

[Greek2me]

The most recent alpha prevents me from starting a server. It appears that my GameConnection object gets deleted, and the UI remains on the "CONNECTION ACCEPTED" message.

[Scout31]

Alpha 5

Hopefully the last alpha.

• Fixed what Greek2Me said right there ^
• Reworked the download gui; it's now multi-purpose
• Required add-ons now displayed in download gui

Basically, right now there's a lot of stuff that's 75% there. The back-end systems all work, what's left is just making it user accessible and easy to use. Here's what's left to do before beta/rc:

• Make the required clients actually download
• Tell the server what clients the user has
• Make the resource downloads (fonts, support_updater, support_preferences) not automatic, use the gui instead
• Support for passwords in preferences
• Fix managing required clients on the server preferences end
• Do some testing with server updates screen

A lot of just tying loose ends.

[Hawt]

The most recent alpha prevents me from starting a server. It appears that my GameConnection object gets deleted, and the UI remains on the "CONNECTION ACCEPTED" message.

oh wtf blockland glass caused that?

[Kyuande]

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