[INFO] LoginMessage v0.8.1 - Custom messages for login, command, death events and more! [1.2.5-R2.0]

Could you add something like a IP lookup to say: Welcome [Username] from the UK or USA? I could use that.

I would add that, but unfortunately Bukkit doesn't have a getIP() method yet. But I see what you're saying.

Great, hopefully when they add it, I will love to see that feature with your plugin!

As they added the method getIP(), will it be added to this plugin?

I believe it hasen't been added to bukkit yet only craftbukkit

They just added some sort of getIP thing

@toi Yeah, I just saw that.. It's just a question of time when they add it to Bukkit though..

Yes, unfortunately it has not been implemented yet... However, the next update will have iConomy support, the location thingy, and a new, separate message to be broadcasted when someone logs in (otherwise the country thing won't be of much use, because the player knows what country they're in ).

Any way I could get the source for this? I have never coded a plugin, but I would like to try.

Heh, I don't know if you should use my code as a role-model (kind of messy in there)... But I too look at source code on github and decompile .jar's for reference. I've learned a lot from it. I don't have a github account, but I use a program called jd-gui to take apart .jar files.

Also, you should probably read this to get started.

Phew, that scared me. I thought all our plugins were gone, but they just got moved. ^_^;

It appears we have getAddress(a.k.a. getIP) implemented into Bukkit now, so I'm working on the latest version of LoginMessage. I'm really at a loss though. Can anyone more experienced give me some advice here? Is there some kind of Java class I'm looking for that can convert an IP address into its country?

As for everything else... Well, I think the broadcast message is near completion. I still haven't tried iConomy yet. If you guys want, I'll put out a quick update by tonight, but it won't yet have the IP thing.

I actually looked into adding IP-to-country as a feature in rMotD back on HMod. There's a java package floating around on the internet that'll do it, but I decided against it, since it would add so much size to the package for a niche feature. I'll look it up later. Maybe you could use it. :3

*goes to re implement IP for rTriggers now*

I just did. Is it "InetAddressLocator"? I would use it, too, but like you said, it adds size. Still would appreciate help, as I am clueless. D:

Concerning the IP/Country location --- what's wrong with the hMod plugin, GeoJoin , that ryan9104 made? He just has to convert it over to bukkit...

I see... Well, GeoJoin uses MaxMind. But if there is already a plugin out there that does that, I don't want to steal the author's work (not literally steal; I don't want take his idea).

Yeah, it was InetAddressLocator. The other (actually more important) reason I didn't do it was because I had no reliable way of going from HMod's string version of IP to the InetAddress class (I didn't feel like checking how the constructor worked). Fortunately, Bukkit just hands you the InetSocketAddress, which contains the InetAddress.

I'm also not restricted by the guilt of 'stealing,' quite as much, as this specific feature was requested waaay back when. :3 *implements*

<-- That's how sad I am.

Anyways. I think (emphasis on think) everything in the plugin is working, it just doesn't have the IP thing... I'll add it in, but I'll try not to be too much like GeoJoin. GeoJoin also has cities and states, zip codes, latitude and longitude, etc., and I'll just keep it at countries. Sounds good? ^_^

I don't mean that I have no qualms of stealing an idea. :c *clarifies* Someone (Scribbles2) actually requested that I add this feature to rMotD last month back when I first added IP address support, so I'm not taking cues/stealing ideas so much as fulfilling a feature request. :3

GeoJoin's certainly a lot more detailed than what InetAddressLocator allows me/us, though. =p Going with Locales and Countries, here.

You filthy little...

Anyways, yeah, I should probably get working on that update... It's almost done. If anyone sees this before I get the IP thingy working, can anyone tell me what they'd like better with the broadcast message? Either:
A. Everyone but the person who just logged in gets the broadcast message, or...
B. Everyone gets the broadcast message when someone logs in, including the person who triggered the message.

I personally prefer B, but I'd like to see what you guys think. Edit: I'm just going to give you an option.

Edit: @Reil: BTW, the previous post was meant as a joke. I knew what you meant.

Iconomy 2.0b is out you should be able to build in iconomy support for the lmsg now.

Code:

C:\Users\Rallerbabz\Desktop\Bukkit>java -Xms1024M -Xmx1024M -jar craftbukkit-0.0
.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
2011-01-15 13:28:22 [INFO] Starting minecraft server version Beta 1.2_01
2011-01-15 13:28:22 [INFO] Loading properties
2011-01-15 13:28:22 [INFO] Starting Minecraft server on *:25565
2011-01-15 13:28:22 [INFO] Preparing level "world"
2011-01-15 13:28:22 [INFO] Preparing start region
Preparing spawn area: 32%
Preparing spawn area: 61%
2011-01-15 13:28:25 [INFO] [General] version [1.4] (Demi) loaded
2011-01-15 13:28:25 [INFO] [Guardian] version [1.2] (Helmet) loaded
15-01-2011 13:28:25 org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager loadPlugins
SEVERE: Could not load plugins\LoginMessage.jar in plugins: null
org.bukkit.plugin.InvalidPluginException
        at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.j
ava:82)
        at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugin(SimplePluginManager.
java:115)
        at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager
.java:80)
        at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:37)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.e(MinecraftServer.java:153)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.c(MinecraftServer.java:140)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.d(MinecraftServer.java:104)
        at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:177)
        at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:512)
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: com.tahkeh.bukkit.loginmessage.Login
Message.<init>(org.bukkit.plugin.PluginLoader, org.bukkit.Server, org.bukkit.plu
gin.PluginDescriptionFile, java.io.File, java.io.File, java.lang.ClassLoader)
        at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Class.getConstructor(Unknown Source)
        at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.j
ava:78)
        ... 8 more
2011-01-15 13:28:25 [INFO] Done! For help, type "help" or "?"

they changed the constructor for plugins, he will have to update

Oh, right, sorry. I'll fix that today, and come out with those shiny features I was talking about, except maybe the country and locale features. I can't get that to work, but today I'll see if I can.

Is there plans to bring this to bukkit?

It is in Bukkit, silly!

It just doesn't work yet, because of the recent Bukkit update (plugin constructor changed), but I will have an update later today.

I think I have the country and locale working, but the country just shows up as "**" right now. I don't know if it's because I'm the server host, or what... My brother got the same message, but we are on the same network, after all.

Oops, sorry, haha. I know close to nothing. I run a server just for me and five friends. I have no idea what I'm doing but I did manage to get a few plugins running.

Updated to v0.2, working with latest Craftbukkit. Has the broadcast message function now, and iConomy balance. It does have the country variable, but it doesn't work yet. It just shows two asterisks like I posted above. I will fix that as soon as me and Reil can figure it out.

Thanks for updating Tahkeh. Could you put it on your todo to put the LoginMessage.properties under /plugins/loginmessage to go with the new standards. Makes everything nice and clean.

You mean yourserverfoldernamehere/LoginMessage/LoginMessage.properties? I hope that's the case, because I just made a little miniature update for that. It seemed to work fine, but tell me if there are any errors as usual.

Edit for clarification: LoginMessage now creates a new folder.