Author Topic: saveBricks(); (Read 1966 times)

sonic_knx · February 25, 2020, 01:06:19 PM

Howdy folks, been a while. I'm modernizing a bit of code in a mod and I'm stumped on saveBricks(); and where it went after RTB. Is there a modern equivalent or is my best bet re-utilizing old code to bring the function back from the dead?

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	if(!$Server::Dedicated) {
		SaveBricks_FileName.setValue("save");
		SaveBricks_Description.setValue("Autosave");
		SaveBricks_ExtendedInfo.setValue(1);
		SaveBricks_Ownership.setValue(1);
		SaveBricks_Save();
		eval(MessageBoxYesNoDlg.yesCallback);
		canvas.popDialog(MessageBoxYesNoDlg);
	} else {
		saveBricks("Autosave", 1, 1);
	}

Any suggestions are very much appreciated!

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Conan · February 25, 2020, 04:01:15 PM

what exactly are you trying to achieve? if you want a modern autosaver, you can get visolator's off of a blockland addon archive (bl.kenko.dev is best) or maybe blockland glass

also if you want quicker/more consistent modding help, join BCC Content Creators, a discord where a lot of the active addon makers help each other and hang out. Used to be named Blockland Content Creators but got namechanged to BCC Content Creators since its not a discord exclusive to blockland really.

sonic_knx · February 25, 2020, 04:26:43 PM

Thanks Conan. I may stop by the disc after my kid's soccer game later. I keep getting a line saying invalid function on savebricks(); in our dedicated. We were trying to fix something last night which we accomplished, but when we relaunched we came to realize nobody's properties saved ownership with the built-in autosave, no matter what we tried.

I've been going through just about every file in the archive.org backup of RTB v4.05 and I can't find anything as to where this function is. The download is located here fwiw: https://web.archive.org/web/20131213065802/http://returntoblockland.com/download.php

Like I said, I'll probably stop by later because we're all kinda scratching our heads here. Thanks!

PhantOS · February 25, 2020, 04:34:36 PM

i dont think there's actually a save bricks function server sided. on dedicated you have to use a mod that manually writes a save file

The Brighter Dark · February 25, 2020, 05:00:02 PM

Where ever that code came from might of been running some other mod along with it that had a savebricks(); func. If y'all are trying to run an autosaver for a gamemode or something you can use or reference this.

Conan · February 25, 2020, 10:36:39 PM

Quote from: PhantOS on February 25, 2020, 04:34:36 PM

i dont think there's actually a save bricks function server sided. on dedicated you have to use a mod that manually writes a save file

this. when you host locally (aka via start game > host internet game) you�re saving via client code. you�ll have to install visolators autosaver or something like that if you want autosaving on dedicated servers.

sonic_knx · February 26, 2020, 03:54:24 PM

Thank you guys so much. After a lot of fun it works properly. Cheers!

Swollow · February 28, 2020, 08:13:09 PM

https://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=323936.0
theres some crazy save functionality in this