Dedicated Server Brick Saving

[Dilt]

SaveBricks is entirely clientside from what I understand, so that means it doesn't load for dedicated servers. Has anyone come up with a solution that I've missed?

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[Space Guy]

Look at the brick save format, then write a method to export one of those files serverside?

[Dilt]

Look at the brick save format, then write a method to export one of those files serverside?

That involves work. I was posting in hopes that I didn't have to do that, honestly... But, if nobody else already has, I have little other choice.

[Randy]

I'll do it if you want, it sounds fun.

[Falcondude]

Leave it to Randy to take on the tasks no-one else does 

[Ephialtes]

I did it for an old dedicated server I used to run, It'd do backups every hour and saved ownership of bricks which was quite useful.

[Dilt]

Yeah, but the trick is you're not posting the code for us lazy bums to leech off of :P

[Ephialtes]

I wouldn't want to rob Randy of his fun.

[laremere]

This would be greatly appreciated on my end too.




You know Ephi, if you actually told people what you already made, you'd save allot of people work :P

[Dilt]

He did, he told us just now. Doesn't mean he's going to release it though. :(

[laremere]

Eh, he just lets people redo work he already did.

[Dilt]

Oh well. It was worth a shot. Time to write up some ugly ContainerSearch script!

[Randy]

Here it is, tell me if you find any bugs.

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function dediSave(%name, %desc){
%path = "base/saves/" @ MissionInfo.saveName @ "/" @ %name @ ".bls";
%file = new FileObject();
%file.openForWrite(%path);
%file.writeLine("This is a Blockland save file.  You probably shouldn't modify it cause you'll screw it up.");
%file.writeLine("1"); // What does this mean?
%file.writeLine(%desc);
for(%i=0;%i<64;%i++){
%file.writeLine(getColorIDTable(%i));
}
%bricks = 0;
for(%i=0;%i<mainBrickGroup.getCount();%i++)
%bricks += mainBrickGroup.getObject(%i).getCount();
%file.writeLine("Linecount " @ %bricks);
for(%i=0;%i<mainBrickGroup.getCount();%i++){
%group = mainBrickGroup.getObject(%i);
for(%a=0;%a<%group.getCount();%a++){
%brick = %group.getObject(%a);
%print = (%brick.getDataBlock().subCategory $= "Prints") ? getPrintTexture(%brick.getPrintID()) : "NOPRINT"; // Possibly better way to check?
%file.writeLine(%brick.getDataBlock().uiName @ "\" " @ %brick.getPosition() SPC %brick.getAngleID() SPC %brick.isBasePlate() SPC %brick.getColorID() SPC %print SPC %brick.getColorFXID() SPC %brick.getShapeFXID());
if(isObject(%brick.audioEmitter)){
%file.writeLine("+-AUDIOEMITTER " @ %brick.audioEmitter.getProfileID().uiName @ "\" "); // Not sure if something else comes after the name
}
if(isObject(%brick.vehicleSpawnMarker)){
%file.writeLine("+-VEHICLE " @ %brick.vehicleSpawnMarker.uiName @ "\" " @ %brick.reColorVehicle);
}
if(isObject(%brick.emitter)){
%file.writeLine("+-EMITTER " @ %brick.emitter.emitter.uiName @ "\" " @ %brick.emitterDirection);
}
if(%brick.getLightID() >= 0){
%file.writeLine("+-LIGHT " @ %brick.getLightID().getDataBlock().uiName @ "\"");
}
if(isObject(%brick.item)){
%file.writeLine("+-ITEM " @ %brick.item.getDataBlock().uiName @ "\" " @ %brick.itemPosition SPC %brick.itemDirection SPC %brick.itemRespawnTime);
}
}
}
%file.close();
%file.delete();
}

[Dilt]

Thanks, Randy. Let's see how well she works out.

Edit: Perfectly. Combine this with serverDirectSaveFileLoad and everyone wins! Thanks again, Randy.

[laremere]

Thanks, but I'd much prefer that it saves ownership (hint hint ephi, Randy had his fun) that version would be so much more usefull for my tile town server I'm running.