Modders: Call to Arms!

@Skinney @Strathos

 

Not really a problem with modding but it would be great if we could edit doc.kag2d.com maybe that way we can add examples? As in downloadable examples, actual example mods, that would be great

 

Modding has big problem for me. You can't edit tiles or add your own. It's bad cause blob blocks look shitty, for example bad shadow system (accurate lighting), coins go through this blob block and corpses too. If you'll add ability to add tiles it'll be awesome. Or fix those problems which I said above

 

Description: Upon loading a mod, the following error occurs:

Code:

[17:35:37] Script filename conflict! ../Mods/TestPrint/TestPrint.as (requested TestPrint.as) (loading new script)

Then, the code in the script is not executed on the client.

If I were to guess, it seems like this only happens if you have original scripts in the mod; that is, scripts that don't overwrite ones in Base. When that occurs, it tries to look in Base for the scripts, but of course, they don't exist. This is probably related to the issue that occurs when you try to load a map outside of the Base folder.

Steps to Reproduce: To be honest, I'm not sure what exactly triggers the error, but try this: create a server with this mod (also linked below as TestPrint). Create an empty file named "test.test", and add it to the mapcycle list. Run the server , and join with a client. The first time it should work flawlessly; it conjures up a flat bedrock map, and prints out a line saying "THIS IS A PRINT STATEMENT" on the client, but not on the server. Then, exit KAG, re-launch it and re-join the server. The above error shows up, and the code is not run on the client. This is evinced by two things: the print statement doesn't print, and the world spritesheet and backgrounds aren't loaded, making the playing area completely invisible.

Example of Affected Mod: TestPrint (hosted on my web server)
For a larger example (almost never a good thing, but just in case), this is the mod I'm creating.

EDIT: For further reference, here's the thread I created about the problem.

 

I have a bunch of issues to share, so this will be the first of many unless someone else covers my issues. Now I'm not sure if this first issue is necessarily just modding related but here it goes:

Description: The file matcher does a half-ass job of matching the right files to the inputted name. Currently you have to be very careful what you name your mod files because if it contains a phrase from a file that already exists in the "Base" folder you will find that:
1.) either your new mod file won't load at all in-game or
2.) the similarly-named file that was in "Base" will pretty much be replaced by your new mod file
Steps to Reproduce: Simply create a file (.ogg/.png/.as/.whatever) and name it similarly to a file that already exists in the "Base" folder, and watch as the file matcher completely fails. There are multiple ways to fool the file matcher but one way (as you'll see in my example mod) is to name your new mod file with the name of an existing file in "Base" at the beginning of the name. So for example, knights play a sound called "SwordSlash.ogg". In the example mod, I made a file called "SwordSlashMostAnnoyingSound.ogg". Both names are clearly different yet instead of hearing jab and slash sound affects you hear Jim Carrey screaming if the mod is active.
Example of Affected Mod: Attached. Simply extract into the "Mods" folder. It's just one seemingly harmless sound but you'll hear it played a lot. Play as a knight and attack with the sword.

 

Description: This is actually a server issue. I've searched everywhere, and it's really weird. Anyway, posting here because I felt this was pretty strange:
Whenever I host a server (all 5 ports open, both router and firewall -it's worth mentioning I can open ports successfully on other games, like 11100 in Risk of Rain-) it separates in two possible outcomes, depending on if there are any different files from vanilla kag.
If I do not have mods, the server works perfectly. Anybody can connect without any issues.
However, adding a mod will cause a very strange behavior, which is that it will let the player who attempted to connect download the mods hosted in the server, load everything, and then deconnect. It seemed that, when failing to connect without downloading mods, the name of the person does not appear in console. Otherwise, it appears as if he successfully connected, needless to say, wrongfully.

Steps to Reproduce: This is where it gets tricky. Apparently no one else has this issue, so just... join #kag.modding, if I'm on tell me about this (I'm on alot), and just... ask anything you need.
Pretty annoying, I know, but it's a very "unique" issue, I guess. Can't reproduce this.
Edit: router is Livebox from Orange, if that helps.

Example of Affected Mod: N/A.

Again, I posted here because it seemed like a pretty major issue, half-related to mods. And I just need help on this.

 

@Chaosed0 This means you didn't activate the mod in mods.cfg.


e: looks like something else, sorry, I had the bug when not activating a mod.

 

No problem, but thanks for trying to help. I'm really not sure what's up - not sure if it's something completely specific to my mod, or specific to adding MapLoaders, or something else completely.

 

you guys need to update EULA because current version forbids modding at all, lol

you also need to decide whether or not you allow commercial mods

 

Description: The functions someMap.getMapName() and getMapInParenthesis() return empty strings in many cases, making them useless functions in most cases. In one of the KAG scripts I remember reading that someMap.getMapName() will only return the blank string ( "" ) on client. I'm honestly not too sure what the implications are except that I can't use that function in any of my scripts, except when I can mysteriously print the map names under certain hooks like "void LoadMap()".

These functions would be very useful in "BasePNGLoader.as" where we could load unique parallax backgrounds and tile textures for each map based on their map names. The alternative would be to run scripts in "mapcycle.cfg", but there are a couple of problems with this. Firstly, the scripts will only run when the game loads the next map based on the map cycle. This means you can't just type "/rcon /loadmap MyShittyMap.png" in console and expect the script specified in "mapcycle.cfg" to run. Secondly, I've only been able to reload the parallax backgrounds using the attached scripts. I've run into issues when trying to replace the tile textures using "someMap.CreateTileMap()" because it can't be called twice during the same match I think.

Steps to Reproduce: Just try to print the output of getMapName() or getMapInParenthesis() in a script and the game will most likely print nothing.

Example of Affected Mod: Attached in post. Extract it right into your "Mods" folder. When you get in-game type anything in the chat box and you should see "The name of the current map is: *insert map name here* " in red letters. The problem is that there won't be a map name inserted there even though I called the function "getMap().getMapName()".

 

This. I'm the only one who can join the server via 127.0.0.1.
Edit: when it has mods, if it doesn't anyone can join.

 

After rejoining a server after some abrupt disconnection you may get:

Code:

Script: Failed to call function 'Execute' (Code: -4)
Script: Error -4; State -7;

on any scripts that have been modified by the mod. Which may cause game breaking issues.
I doubt this could be an issue with my scripts, as I have had this problem with all my mods.