New In Game Chat - In Progress.

[National Rail]

So far this is the best I can really show of it, since it's not going to be released yet:


There won't be many rules when it's first released but there will be some rules such as no spamming, mostly the basics but apart from that it will be free.

And before you ask, yes this is going through a PHP server. It's real what you're seeing.

/discuss

What do you guys think of this?

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[honytawk]

This is the biggest feature I miss from RTB.

So I am glad someone is working on it.


Also, IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat.
So you are calling it a Internet Relay Chat Chat.
Just like to point that out.

[National Rail]

I thought IRC meant just what it stood for, it relays chat via the internet?

If not I can change the title, thanks for the support.

[Flowey]

Give it a name such as bIRC or something similar.

[Kyuande]

I think it's called Anarchy Chat. Doesn't need a different weird name.

[Tendon]

I think it's awesome.

The big thing about RTB's chat was that it gave you a list of almost everyone playing Blockland.  And you could pm any of them.  So if a server implodes while the host is away on another server, you can just, PM him to tell him about it.

[honytawk]

Also, it would be cool if you could make a browser version too, since it is in PHP.
That way we can check from our phones if anyone needed us because of the server.

[National Rail]

Also, it would be cool if you could make a browser version too, since it is in PHP.
That way we can check from our phones if anyone needed us because of the server.

This is actually one hell of an idea, I think we could make this work.

[Kyuande]

Also, it would be cool if you could make a browser version too, since it is in PHP.
That way we can check from our phones if anyone needed us because of the server.

The problem is, this will only work correctly if you logged into Blockland on the same IP Nevermind

Basically how it works, you sign in with your current username, the server checks and sees if your IP matches with your username, if it works auth is success. I'm not sure how this will be possible without screwing something up if you log in via browser/phone on a different IP/name.

[Drydess]

The problem is, this will only work correctly if you logged into Blockland on the same IP

Basically how it works, you sign in with your current username, the server checks and sees if your IP matches with your username, if it works auth is success. I'm not sure how this will be possible without screwing something up if you log in via browser/phone on a different IP/name.

or you could use temporary guest accounts that sends a request to any online mods/admins to be in the irc

[Conan]

maybe on first login, provide an automatically generated user and password that can be used to subsequently log in if the server detects an ip change or if they want to login on browser.

[National Rail]

maybe on first login, provide an automatically generated user and password that can be used to subsequently log in if the server detects an ip change or if they want to login on browser.

This idea seems quite interesting, perhaps it gives you a short code that you put into your browser to confirm it's you?

[Kyuande]

This idea seems quite interesting, perhaps it gives you a short code that you put into your browser to confirm it's you?

Yeah, I would do this.

Server gives you a hash for your account (you can get a new one if you want, and the old one expires), you put the hash in the browser and it logs in as you, regardless of your IP

[Conan]

i mean it more in the sense of giving you a password you can always use to login. maybe the username should automatically be your BLID. the password would be stored in a text file upon generation in the blockland folder, and it would warn users that it made it and that they should keep it safe elsewhere

its not an extremely secure method since a server running eval could allow eval users to extract said password file, but usually hosts running eval would know that this security hole exists, and move the password out beforehand.

[National Rail]

Alright the first beta is out, go to the add-ons section if you want to try it out.

It probably won't be long before somebody manages to spoil it though.