Inactive [MECH] SignLink v1.24 - Show text on signs based on keys [2320]

Description

This plugin acts as a bridge between plugins and signs to easily display text on signs. Instead of entering commands, clicking the sign, or any other routine plugins could use, players can enter 'variables', key values starting (and ending) with %, to show information at that spot.

It also includes features no other plugin is needed for, such as custom text and ticker values you can set in values.yml. Signs are stored on file, they survive reloads and server restarts.

A simple video showing what it does:


See WIKI page for more information

Configuration

The linkedsigns.txt contains information of where signs are located. The values.yml sets the (standard) usable keys. If your ticker message does not 'flow' over all signs, add more spaces at the end or start of your message. This is simply how it works.

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Code:

# In here you can set default values for this plugin.
# The ticker property can be LEFT, RIGHT or NONE and sets the direction message is 'ticked'.
# tickerInterval sets the amount of ticks (1/20 of a second) are between the ticker update.
# The value is the thing to display or tick.
# To use colors in your text, use the § sign followed up by a value from 0 - F.
# Example: §cRed to display a red colored 'Red' message.
# You can find all color codes on the internet (they may use & there, ignore that!)
sign:
    ticker: NONE
    value: This is a regular message you can set and is updated only once.
test:
    tickerInterval: 3
    ticker: LEFT
    value: 'This is a test message being ticked from right to left. '

time and date formats

These can be set in the config.yml file:

You can find more help on the format on the internet, search for 'system date format'.

pauses

As for 1.o1 you can set ticker pauses. This example shows the test message, with a pause of 10 ticks (2 * 5) after each word.

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Code:

test:
    tickerInterval: 2
    ticker: LEFT
    pauseDelays: [5, 3, 2, 5, 8, 6, 7, 5, 6, 3, 6]
    pauseDurations: [5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5]
    value: 'This is a test message being ticked from right to left. '

Simply put: it ticks as long as the first delay, then pauses the duration, then goes to the next pause segment. This does not reset after ticking the full line, so try to use delays the length of the entire String. (or use none)

Permissions and commands

Use /togglesignupdate to turn sign updating on or off, just in case someone made a huge amount of updating signs that causes lag. Use /reloadsignlink to reload the values.yml.
Permission nodes (Bukkit permissions):

Code:

    signlink.addsign:
        description: Allows you to build signs containing variables
        default: op
    signlink.toggleupdate:
        description: Allows you to set if signs are being updated or not
        default: op
    signlink.reload:
        description: Allows you to reload the values.yml
        default: op

TODO
- Fix values.yml to allow multiple player-specific values (90% done)
- Commands to set variables and tickers
- Possible to set time and date formats

Plugins that use SignLink

TrainCarts (arrival signs)
WebAuctionPlus

Download

Download SignLink from GitHub
View the source code at GitHub

Changelog

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Lol, believe me, if your plugin works for me, It'll works with everyone else, ask rominos2 about it xD
Thanks for your quick response, I'll wait the next release

 

Ok updated it. Also added a few more improvements I had planned:
- /reloadsignlink command to reload the variables from values.yml
- A single % on the sign to denote the end of a lone over multiple signs
- Adding a color before a long line will colorize the entire line. (&a%test will show a long green test message)
- Fixed the bug @M4xwellou mentioned
- Made a 'somewhat understandable' sign coloring demo video in the meantime...now editing it

 

@bergerkiller

Works perfectly ! Thanks

 

Hi,
Wonderful plugin you have here! I do not know how you can improve it, I am deeply impressed. It could fit nicely in many themes. I will have to check this plugin out, I love sign plugins

 

The ticker is genius, I never would have thought of doing that

 

Thanks for the feedback.

 

Updated for craftbukkit #1185 and a little fix for combined-sign display

 

Lol and just as I downloaded the unstable version :"P

 

@DeathQueen it is pretty much the same though, only re-built it against the new craftbukkit and added three lines of code under Variable.removeLocation... xd

Still, it could optimize it. NoLagg CAUSED lag when I built it using 1124 and ran it in 1060...

 

Lol well, I don't deal with any non-RB's so #1185 is all I care about

 

I have a problem.
i write %test in a sign but the signs next to this sign will not linked.

Can someone help me?




After this:

 

You have to put %test on all lines.

 

i have put it on all lines *see 1. pic* or do you mean in all sign?

 

No, I couldn't see the pic sadly. It comes up as an error.

Oh now I can see it. Put a percent sign on the right side, not the left. I believe that may fix it,

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

i have try it but the bug will not fixed

 

Great job on this.

2 quick questions, How intensive is this, and are the hundreds of signs I have created with signcolors going to stay colored? (It also uses &1-9a-f and isnt editable or !scrolling!)

Thanks.

 

@Monstertke Yes, this plugin is external-coloring plugin friendly. The actual text on the sign is never changed, it is only made virtual. Every time you do sign.getLines it will return the actual line on the sign, %test. However, clients receive packets where %test is replaced by the value of this variable. This means: no disk usage, and chunks don't get changed 24/7 while the ticker runs. on top of that, it will only update the variable (send packets) to players nearby the sign, so not everyone in the world receives this flow of signupdate packets.

During every 'update call' it checks if the background text got changed by some other plugin, and if this is the case, update the virtual text. It is pretty complicated, but luckily it worked out.

So in short: SignLink does NOT alter the actual text on the signs, so nothing can get messed up. Got problems with SignLink? Disable it and you will see all signs left unchanged, since nothing got changed.

About the bug, not sure what it is, but it should simply display on all signs to the right if the first sign says %test. Do make sure you do the first sign lastly, or it won't register the other signs as potential linked signs. You can right-click the first sign and press done to do the same, or reload the server.

If this is not the actual bug I'll have to look into it in a few hours...kinda busy atm.

 

it's still bugged. I had try some things but it's will not fix.

ps: sry für bad english xD

 

@TheVnChecker wow my bad, it appears to be bugged here too. Let me update this in a bit...

 

yeah ok. i can wait ;D

 

Ok updated it all, fixing quite some bugs I encountered while debugging...seems 1185 caused more issues than I thought. Most were player-specific though. See the changelog for a nice list of freshly added features.

Player-specific values is still a bit failing unfortunately (YML keys get overwritten), don't use it yet since I'm going to change the syntax.

 

The Bug isn't fixed.
Maybe you can join my server and help me.

IP: nightly.minecraft.to

 

@TheVnChecker don't have time to play atm, heavily working on a WIKI page.
I guess if you tell me what you want to do, show me the values.yml (or part of it) you want to use, and explain how it fails, I can help you out at some point.

 

i want to do a 5sign long text but it's only 1sign long

here values.yml and linkedsigns.txt

 

@TheVnChecker I noticed the following in your linkedsigns.txt:

Code:

    "world" 75 49 -487 0 NONE
    "world" 75 49 -487 1 NONE
    "world" 75 49 -487 2 NONE
    "world" 75 49 -487 3 NONE

If you want to display the variable on multiple signs, use %test on the first sign and leave the signs to the right blank. It is also possible to use test% on the last sign. Use a single %, or % followed up by a space with some text, to denote the end of a Variable display ONLY if this is needed.

Code:

%test |    |    |
%test |    |    |
%test |    |    |
%test |    |    |

Also, if the line is not long enough, it will not display on all signs. In that case add spaces. (main page)

 

I have try to do your tutorial but they dont linked... Do you need a screen again or maybe a video?

 

The plugin don't load
This is what i get :S

Code:

2011-09-30 18:03:24 [SEVERE] Could not load 'plugins\SignLink.jar' in folder 'plugins':
java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
    at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:60)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:213)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager.java:136)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:138)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.reload(CraftServer.java:408)
    at org.bukkit.Bukkit.reload(Bukkit.java:173)
    at org.bukkit.command.defaults.ReloadCommand.execute(ReloadCommand.java:22)
    at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:163)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:353)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:349)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.b(MinecraftServer.java:499)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.h(MinecraftServer.java:478)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:374)
    at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:417)

 

Need to check this out again.

Sometimes when I hold the sign and click it blanks the sign I tried to edit other times it will function as expected.

 

Hey killer,

i have find a new bug, it's very important cause its the source of much laggs.

The sign's are registred in a file right? The Problem is: When you reload or restart your server then the plugin write doubleposts in the file. If you restart again then they do it again. Here the buggy "linkedsign.txt"

Ps: sry for bad english...

 

I'll update this in a few minutes or hours. Got to update MyWorlds first (spawn location and create fix for 1185)

EDIT

Um it appears to be related to NoLaggChunks...
If you encounter this weird edit issue and don't use the add-on, reply again please.

EDIT2

@TheVnChecker Added a simple check to see if a duplicate of the sign location is not already present. AFAIK there are no bugs when saving, it could be that bugs exist when creating signs in the game. Would love to update...but it's a bit too small to make people re-download it. I'll re-upload it as the same version. (uploaded)