requesturlasgamefile?

[12171217]

Does anybody know how to use it?

I've got the parameters, but I have no clue how to use it.

Otherwise, is there a way to save a file to the images folder on the client using savestring?

And if not, can somebody give the NPCServer read/write access to a certain folder on Testbed so I can experiment?

[fowlplay4]

In theory this should work, but it doesn't.

PHP Code:

function urltest() {
  temp.url = "http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/images/misc/vbulletin3_logo_white.gif";
  temp.req = requesturlasgamefile(temp.url, "levels/images/vbulletin3_logo_white.gif", 0);
  this.catchevent(temp.req, "onReceiveData", "onFileTransferred");
}

function onFileTransferred(obj) {
  echo(extractfilename(obj.file) SPC "received. (" @ obj.fulldata.length() @ " bytes)");
} 


But you can also try the redirect option in the Folder Configuration.

I.e:

NPC Code:

---

redirect onlineimages/*.png http://www.example.com/images/

---

[coreys]

ooo, I did not know you could do that in folder config

[12171217]

Originally Posted by fowlplay4

In theory this should work, but it doesn't.

PHP Code:

function urltest() {
  temp.url = "http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/images/misc/vbulletin3_logo_white.gif";
  temp.req = requesturlasgamefile(temp.url, "levels/images/vbulletin3_logo_white.gif", 0);
  this.catchevent(temp.req, "onReceiveData", "onFileTransferred");
}

function onFileTransferred(obj) {
  echo(extractfilename(obj.file) SPC "received. (" @ obj.fulldata.length() @ " bytes)");
} 


But you can also try the redirect option in the Folder Configuration.

I.e:

NPC Code:

---

redirect onlineimages/*.png http://www.example.com/images/

---

And what does the former do? Does it add it to the server, or is it sent to the client, is it called on the client? Does the NPCServer need read/write access to the directory?

[Admins]

These things only work in v6.
For the redirect-feature you still need to upload the files to the server (for file-modification-time-check) but the client will download them from a website.
With requesturlasgamefile() you can download a file from a webserver and treat it like it has been downloaded from the server. I've just seen that there is a bug though, normally it requires 4 parameters, will fix it in the next version.

The main reason for these functions is to take stress away from the server, e.g. it could be possible to download Graal.exe from the website instead from the game server so that not hundreds of people download a new Graal version at once and slow down the server.

[Darklux]

Originally Posted by Stefan

These things only work in v6.
For the redirect-feature you still need to upload the files to the server (for file-modification-time-check) but the client will download them from a website.
With requesturlasgamefile() you can download a file from a webserver and treat it like it has been downloaded from the server. I've just seen that there is a bug though, normally it requires 4 parameters, will fix it in the next version.

Uploading the file anyways is a bit unhandy, could a md5 hash be attached to the command?

[12171217]

Originally Posted by Stefan

These things only work in v6.
For the redirect-feature you still need to upload the files to the server (for file-modification-time-check) but the client will download them from a website.
With requesturlasgamefile() you can download a file from a webserver and treat it like it has been downloaded from the server. I've just seen that there is a bug though, normally it requires 4 parameters, will fix it in the next version.

The main reason for these functions is to take stress away from the server, e.g. it could be possible to download Graal.exe from the website instead from the game server so that not hundreds of people download a new Graal version at once and slow down the server.

Thanks. How about savestring? Can I use that to save an image on the client?

[coreys]

Originally Posted by 12171217

Thanks. How about savestring? Can I use that to save an image on the client?

I wouldn't think so, since it will be saving it as ASCII data instead of binary data (I'm pretty sure).

[Loriel]

Originally Posted by coreys

I wouldn't think so, since it will be saving it as ASCII data instead of binary data (I'm pretty sure).

What is the difference? \n?

[12171217]

There is no difference. I can generate my image via script perfectly fine, and use savestring to save it. Only problem is, it's in the scriptfiles folder.

[coreys]

Originally Posted by Loriel

What is the difference? \n?

I guess depends on how it chooses to encode the text, but it seems it works.

[Admins]

savestring() is saving as binary, not ASCII.
Normally files saved to the scriptfiles folder should work fine as in-game image.

[calani]

Originally Posted by Stefan

Normally files saved to the scriptfiles folder should work fine as in-game image.

They do and have for awhile.

Pretty handy, actually. Custom graphics generated via script. Think: seasonal images.
Would be nice to have photoshop-like features added, however, or something like ImageMagick for Perl.

[12171217]

Really? O_o..

I had images in scriptfiles and they refused to display on the client..

[fowlplay4]

Originally Posted by 12171217

Really? O_o..

I had images in scriptfiles and they refused to display on the client..

Same here, I declare shenanigans.