Shadow - an RP mod that needs you! - Page 4

ZenX2

February 2009
611 Posts

if it's not broken, fix it.

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

ZenX2 posted:

if it's not broken, fix it.

I fail to see logic here. It is broken, but I can't figure out why.

(The project is kinda frozen for now. Prepare to hear more of it later, though!)

Post #123

16th November 2009

LordPikachu

August 2009
23 Posts

can't wait to see how this mod will look like when its 100% ;D

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

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Apparently I've been modifying the inventory. I wonder what changes I made :/

In other news, I'm probably moving the development version of Shadow to git, or at least another repository. This repo will then be used for the public releases.

[Files]
modified gamemode/blocks/inventory/init.lua
modified gamemode/blocks/property/load.lua
modified gamemode/blocks/property/property.lua

And as said in the release notes, I'm gonna move the development to another repository, most likely a Git repo. Partially the reason I want Git is because I won't need a remote repository for every single change, partially because it'll make it a tad harder for newbies to grab the source, then tell me it doesn't work. :D

(Also, the commit contains some edits to inventory files. Diff them yourselves, there's nothing that actually should change usability)

Edited:

Yes, that means I'm continuing work on Shadow.

Now worship me.

Edited:

Well, forget about git. It'd be totally awsome, except that it insists on creating a folder inside the folder I want to clone from the repository.

FFFUUUU-

Edited:

Unless...

Edited:

Holy shit, it actually worked

Edited:

Uhh, fuck that. the development is staying in this SVN repo :DD

masterj1337

November 2009
9 Posts

is there a server running this that i can join to see if i liek it

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

To be honest, I have no idea. I at least used to have access to a four-slot server I could quickly set up, but I'm not sure any more. Why don't you download the gamemode and play around a bit? There are only chat commands and no GUIs, so it'll be a bit hard, I guess...

mars7a

July 2009
1,448 Posts

What does the current gamemode have now?

masterj1337

November 2009
9 Posts

yeah what features and if i dl the gamemode how do i run it in single or multi

mogey5101

January 2009
114 Posts

Ill start running this once I talk this over.

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

mars7a posted:

What does the current gamemode have now?

I can't be bothered to tell you everything there is, but let's see...
-A module system that supports hotswappable modules
(Item system is a module, all basic chat commands are a module, the RP chat is a module)
-A class system, that doesn't work correctly IIRC
-Lots of other stuff.

A paste containing most of the features (That's a paste of all the most relevant commit logs)

masterj1337 posted:

yeah what features and if i dl the gamemode how do i run it in single or multi

To run it you simply pluck the gamemode in your gamemodes-folder (You DO know how to use SVN, right?) and start a server. Of course, it would be beneficial to check out the file gamemode/convars.lua, because it contains all the convars you'll be needing to configure the gamemode.

mogey5101 posted:

Ill start running this once I talk this over.

I fail to understand you.

talk over: speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion

Who are you discussing with, and about what? o_O

Edited:

Imported the new folder structure.
This revision is not numbered because Hitler.

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On the other hand, this commit is numbered because Hitler.
tl;dr: From now on checkout http://subversion.assembla.com/svn/shadow/trunk instead of the old url ( http://subversion.assembla.com/svn/shadow/ )

[Modified]
Folder structure. The repository is now divided in three categories: trunk, branches and tags. You want to checkout either the trunk, even though it can be unstable, or one of the tags (When some are committed, obviously) because tags should mostly be stable.

[Added]
Failure message in case you checkout the root folder and not trunk. You clearly have not read these logs in any case. :D

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[Tagged]
Tagged current HEAD with version number 1.2

The permanent checkout URL for this tag is
http://subversion.assembla.com/svn/shadow/tags/1.2

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And finally...

[Branched]
Branched my working copy under the working name "Photon"

The checkout URL for this tag is:
http://subversion.assembla.com/svn/s...ranches/photon

Enjoy. Or suffer, whichever you prefer.

Edited:

The one time I wanted to break automerge it didn't :D

Quoting the release logs:

.
tl;dr: From now on checkout http://subversion.assembla.com/svn/shadow/trunk instead of the old url ( http://subversion.assembla.com/svn/shadow/ )

mr g

January 2006
502 Posts

maddsci2k posted:

Then just disable it.

Here's what I'm interested in adding to the gamemode (probably as blocks, to keep it modular) in addition to working on the core:

Skills (Exp, Intelligence, Strength, etc...)
Weapons
Custom classes w/ custom models
Shop NPC's
Enemy NPC's w/ loot or rewards (money and/or exp)
Player groups/factions
Random item pick-ups
Containers (chests, etc.)
Dynamic player models depending on what they are wearing (For example: a player wearing a helmet would have a helmet model on his head)
RPG-style equipment system

More may follow... this is what I can think of right now. My use of the script extends beyond just a Roleplay script and into RPG territory with RP roots.

DarkRP - Borderlands edition

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

mr g posted:

DarkRP - Borderlands edition

Obviously you just read the thread and noticed that only items and containers from that list have actually been implemented :D

Edited:

Actually, just read the whole thread. It's only four pages

Edited:

Oh, just a suggestion

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

Code:

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<-PHOTON--
 |Rev 60|
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 v      |

Photon updates!

[Added]
Panicking functionality (Boy, Photon sure likes to panic!)
Interfaces: ExposeInterface to expose interfaces. The ironic thing is that I only wrapped the ExposeInterface-function, you have to expose RegisterInterface by yourself:

local RegisterInterface = ExposeInterface( "electron" ).RegisterInterface

!

[Panic?]
Yes.
Do(es) panic.
:D

Progress on the Photon-branch. Nothing in the trunk.

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

Code:

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<-PHOTON--
 |Rev 61|
--------->
 v      |

Completely panic-free!

[Added]
More interface functionality
Some parts of a module interface
Lots o' debug functions

[Modified]
Tweaked Panic and Critical. Panic now raises an error, which can result in a long chain of Panic messages, with every single one citing the last one.

[Files]
modified gamemode/cl_init.lua
modified gamemode/electron/load.lua
modified gamemode/init.lua
modified gamemode/shared.lua
added gamemode/electron/module.lua

Edited:

Uh oh, six posts in this thread by me without other ratings than Optimistic x2 O_O

Edited:

And a triple post, yay.

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

Err... Yay? My last post was apparently dumb. The agree probably means someone agrees on the Dumb-rating. :D

May a quadruple post be enough for now:

(Oh, BTW, the "logo" is in code-tags because there is no other tag allowing preformatted text with a monospace font :D)

Code:

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<-PHOTON--
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[Added]
Todo-list

[Modified]
Now it actually makes some sense to _load_ modules (Ask me for a module guide :P)

Edited:

Well, I could've just edited the last post >.<
Is there some way to remove a post?

Trivkz

April 2009
401 Posts

Just to stop u from making 5 posts ;) and to say that it looks good, keep up the good work :)

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

Thanks :DD (Hehe, how was the last post useful? :D)

Edited:

I typed in a long post but removed it :<

masterj1337

November 2009
9 Posts

trivkz posted:

just to stop u from making 5 posts ;) and to say that it looks good, keep up the good work :)

combo killer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

LordPikachu

August 2009
23 Posts

masterj1337 posted:

combo killer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Combo Breaker

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

Stop derailing my topic :<

masterj1337

November 2009
9 Posts

esa how would i put this on my hosted server and have it auto update instead of having to ftp everytime

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

To auto-update it, just set up a cron job on your server to update the gamemode every day or so. If that's not allowed, I suppose there's no way. (Except if the server has some kind of an auto-svn, in which case this gamemode could be added to that system)

And shadow is kinda outdated now that Polly stopped working on it and I'm creating the Photon-branch.

Edited:

That's my current development plan.
Wrote it last night :D

masterj1337

November 2009
9 Posts

is photon the same base just new name and different direction

EDIT:
scratch that i looked at the pic after

oO0Virus0Oo

April 2009
379 Posts

Ohh, this gamemode seems nice.
I am going to try it myself soon. :3

Nori

June 2008
1,479 Posts

esalaka posted:

lol

oO0Virus0Oo

April 2009
379 Posts

Nori posted:

lol

You took a look at the briefcase O:
"!INTRUDER ALERT! Nori is in the base!"

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

Nori posted:

lol

What's actually funny is that people are agreeing with you :D

Also, to one of the earlier responses, Photon has only a couple of utility functions from the trunk (Namely player.FindInSphere and ini parsing)

schumacher

June 2008
627 Posts

Nori posted:

lol

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

schumacher posted:

lol

lol

Now, more content in messages, please :)

Edited:

I actually made a wiki for Shadow and Photon :DD
http://shadow.kotsc.info/?page=index

Edited:

Refer to http://shadow.kotsc.info/?page=Bugs for current bugs in the wiki software (And report new ones if you find any!)

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

Code:

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<-PHOTON--
 |Rev 64|
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 v      |

It still doesn't work :<

[Todo]
Hooks, so that it _finally_ will work (Currently throws a stack overflow :P)

[Added]
Analyzing functionality (al.GraphFromTable() generates code that can be sent to GraphViz Dot)
Debug functions
The beginnings of a hook system
A central include file because of laziness ._. There *WILL* be modules, though!
The Photon base namespace. Read more about it in hook.lua

[Modified]
Mmm...

[Removed]
Too much to tell :D

What needs to be implemented? Tell me now! I approve of turning this into an ideas thread!

LordPikachu

August 2009
23 Posts

one question, there will be jobs like Gundealer and etc within this rp(i hope no gundealer or its optional to have it) :D, and how easy it will be to make other jobs?

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

No gundealer job. Creating new jobs is very simple: Just RP them.

No, seriously. I'm providing flags, but somebody else will have to code jobs if that's what you want :P

Edited:

Hmm, latespammers.

LordPikachu

August 2009
23 Posts

esalaka posted:

No gundealer job. Creating new jobs is very simple: Just RP them.

No, seriously. I'm providing flags, but somebody else will have to code jobs if that's what you want :P

Edited:

Hmm, latespammers.

seems good, how simple will be to implement new flags?

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

Most likely there'll be two versions.

V1: Easy flags

-- Name, description, loadout (There'll be a easy wrapper for loadout ), description.
-- The last argument should be true if the flag is restricted (ie. only admins and other privileged may give the flag)
FLAG_ID = photon.flags.create( "flagname", { { "weapon_mp5"} { "pistol", 50 } }, "description", true )

V2: "Hard" flags

local FLAG = {}
FLAG.Name = "flagname"
function FLAG:PlayerSpawn( ply ) -- Sorry for kinda stealing your shits, nori :P
   print "lol"                                 -- Should support hooks very much like the new CakeScript
end
FLAG_ID = photon.flags.register( FLAG )
FLAG = {} -- We won't be using the table any more :P

In both cases, FLAG_ID would be used to refer to the class from that point on (Eg. FLAG_BANANAS = photon.flags.register( FLAG ) would make FLAG_BANANAS refer to the flag. The actual flag ID will be a number stored in that variable.)

LordPikachu

August 2009
23 Posts

esalaka posted:

Most likely there'll be two versions.

V1: Easy flags

-- Name, description, loadout (There'll be a easy wrapper for loadout ), description.
-- The last argument should be true if the flag is restricted (ie. only admins and other privileged may give the flag)
FLAG_ID = photon.flags.create( "flagname", { { "weapon_mp5"} { "pistol", 50 } }, "description", true )

V2: "Hard" flags

local FLAG = {}
FLAG.Name = "flagname"
function FLAG:PlayerSpawn( ply ) -- Sorry for kinda stealing your shits, nori :P
   print "lol"                                 -- Should support hooks very much like the new CakeScript
end
FLAG_ID = photon.flags.register( FLAG )
FLAG = {} -- We won't be using the table any more :P

In both cases, FLAG_ID would be used to refer to the class from that point on (Eg. FLAG_BANANAS = photon.flags.register( FLAG ) would make FLAG_BANANAS refer to the flag. The actual flag ID will be a number stored in that variable.)

looks kinda easy and clean to use. and should give us multiple options to create things.

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

And now I'm dumb?

Edited:

You stole mah... Double post?

Edited:

Also, none of that is implemented yet. I'll be starting tomorrow. Or this week. :P

Freakie

April 2009
768 Posts

Now that I think of it, I've never actually seen any media of this. Care to provide?

esalaka

July 2007
1,894 Posts

I'm afraid you are asking for pictures of nothing. Unless you want to see the code, which is publicly available.

LordPikachu

August 2009
23 Posts

how can i say?

c-c-c-c-combo breaker

kiloy

April 2008
11 Posts

Is there a reccomended map for this or can i use any map?