RTB Development

[Kalphiter]

I like cloud.
Kids love clouds.

Kids love cinnamon toast crunch, too.

[Ad Bot]

[ShadowZero]

I got to go with Blockland Connect or Blockland Plus or Blockland Server.

[JimJam]

I got to go with Blockland Connect or Blockland Plus or Blockland Server.

Blockland Server...wtf?

[laremere]

Kids love cinnamon toast crunch, too.

Blockland Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

BCTC.

That could work.

[Ephialtes]

Got the basic interface for RTB Connect working, and it's logging in and performing presence broadcasting and roster population which is all good. The next thing is getting friend invites (sending/receiving/approving/denying) to work which may require more server mods!

There's also a pain-in-the-ass problem of getting users and groups to be sorted alphabetically in the friend list, but I have a wonderfully hacky plan for that.

[Jaydee]

Is there something we can do to improve the private add-ons system? Its annoying I keep copy-pasting ID's in the access list. Can we just have a check list of access or something? Just a suggestion.

[Ephialtes]

The private mods system is kind of a hack at the moment. I never intended for RTB to have that sort of functionality and as such the db structure/code structure and interface doesn't tango too well with what private mods require. It's definitely going to be re-done at a later point but because there's so much core work to be done, any usability changes & suggestions are slightly taking a back seat until I'm less busy.

[Bushido]

as far as names go, i vote for blockland connect or blockland++



not just blockland+. one plus is for pussies.



brickbug isn't bad either though, so-

brickbug++?

[Ephialtes]

I'm not keen on the idea of pluses, it just sounds tacky as an add-on name. Can you imagine if someone made a deathmatch add-on called "Minigame++" or something? It just wouldn't work.

Right now I'm leaning towards Cloud since it has the opportunity for some nice cloud vector art, and I dig nice cloud vector art.

[Wizard]

I'm not keen on the idea of pluses, it just sounds tacky as an add-on name. Can you imagine if someone made a deathmatch add-on called "Minigame++" or something? It just wouldn't work.

There was a deathmatch add-on called "Minigame++" and it worked until v10 or something. Unless you knew that and used that example on purpose.

[Space Guy]

The private mods system is kind of a hack at the moment. I never intended for RTB to have that sort of functionality and as such the db structure/code structure and interface doesn't tango too well with what private mods require. It's definitely going to be re-done at a later point but because there's so much core work to be done, any usability changes & suggestions are slightly taking a back seat until I'm less busy.

Private mods seem to need approved by moderators before they can be updated through the normal system.

[Ephialtes]

Yeah that's another unfortunate issue. Shouldn't be hard to correct, I will take a look when I get home tonight.

[Jellypuddle]

Friend list epic win :D

[Tom]

I don't like the idea of "Cloud" because it doesn't really make it any more descriptive.

Theres lots of cool logo possibilities with "Blockland Connect", like something base off the windows LAN icon.

[Ephialtes]

Theres lots of cool logo possibilities with "Blockland Connect", like something base off the windows LAN icon.

Windows is the epitome of uncoolness. It's about as hip as a hip replacement.

The idea of Cloud is that it's abstract - names don't have to reflect the function of something, it just becomes a problem when a name reflects a function or concept that has nothing to do with the thing being named.

@Space Guy: Fixed the updating private files problem.