Give servers the ability to auto download known safe mods or non-script mods when a client joins

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Give servers the ability to auto download known safe mods or non-script mods when a client joins #257

Open ASpoonPlaysGames opened 2 years ago

ASpoonPlaysGames commented 2 years ago

Currently making a mod required on client basically dooms it to never have a playerbase, this would allow for more complicated mods that do not require the client to have the mod before joining. Eg. models, maps, textures, etc.

GeckoEidechse commented 2 years ago

I assume you mean

Give clients the ability to auto download known safe mods or non-script mods when joining a server that requires it

In which case, this is planned via integration with r2modman though there's no known timeline yet. We first need proper support for Northstar from the r2modman side.

LATE EDIT: r2modman sucks so we're doing it in Northstar directly :>

Alystrasz commented 2 years ago

We first need proper support for Northstar from the r2modman side.

How is this issue linked with r2modman? Client can already tell which mods a server requires to be able to join, and we already have a unified platform for all mods (Thunderstore); all we'd need is a way to validate mods as "safe" before they're available for download.

(am I missing something? 😄)

GeckoEidechse commented 2 years ago

From what I know, Northstar would tell r2modman to actually download the mods. Or at least that was my impression, I'm not involved at all with that part of the project ^^"

Alystrasz commented 2 years ago

Oh, so mods downloading would be handled by r2modman? I only thought of it as a mod manager (just like Viper), which mod downloading feature would be temporary, while game client cannot do the job by itself (yet) :)

GeckoEidechse commented 2 years ago

I only thought of it as a mod manager

That part it does for sure.

As I said I'm not sure about the auto-download when joining a server that requires a mod. To my knowledge it would also be done through r2modman as said before.

Either way, auto-downloading safe mods required by a server upon joining is planned one way or another :P

BigSpice commented 2 years ago

🥲

Alystrasz commented 2 years ago

@BigSpice if you have some comments about this feature, please put them in here: https://github.com/R2Northstar/NorthstarMasterServer/pull/87 😃

BigSpice commented 2 years ago

Ty 👍🏿 @Alystrasz

BigSpice commented 2 years ago

Wtf, it doesent show up on desktop

Alystrasz commented 2 years ago

Nah, I had to open the URL directly, don't know why

GeckoEidechse commented 1 year ago

Being worked on in