Inactive [MECH] CommandSigns v0.9 - Issue commands using signs [953]

Wait.. what I want to know is if I can go up to a sign, click it, and sell 20 iron for 1600 BOSEconomy money ( want to obtain the money) basically. I don't use iConomy or anything... hehe I am still sorta confused... not the smartest person in the world.

You can make that sort of a sign too.
[command]
$;265,20;0,-160
0

Once again, it requires ignoreSpacesAtEndOfLine to be true. However, remember that this is not a sign shop plugin. That you can do this at all is more of a side-effect of how cost signs are implemented. Sign shops implemented by costs signs will be fixed-cost, infinite-supply shops. If you need something different or more configurable, you should use a real sign shop plugin.

Nope, that is exactly what I want. Also, I am having trouble finding anything like this that works with BOSEconomy. I still dont understand completely how 20 iron ignot would give you 1600 coins from that command though... So $;(item no.),(item amont);(zero?),-1600

I will test and look at the help thingy again. Thansk a ton!

EDIT: Hmm... well I tried it out... and it did something! It took my iron by the 20's, but I got no money in return. Is this the iConomy version? I am using BOSEconomy

Agh I really want these signs working! Why wont it give me cash!

0.4.10 released.

My bad, Lanuk. I missed a couple of checks that wouldn't let anything work if you only had BOSEconomy installed. It's fixed now.

Can we add Redstone support? That would be EXTREMELY useful, kind of like xSigns

Before I spend the effort to add redstone support, I want to make sure it actually IS useful. Redstone support has two major limitations.

1. Commands run by redstone support will always be run by a fake user.
2. You will not be able to use placeholders (i.e. <NAME>).

Because of #1, redstone support is similar to always using /*. But can you imagine trying to use /* if you didn't have <NAME>? Right off hand, the only sorts of commands that I can think might be useful to put on such a sign would be weather control/time control commands, and I'm pretty sure Craftbook/Falsebook offer IC's to control both of those.

So, this is my request to everyone who has requested or thinks they might want redstone support: describe in detail how you would use it. If possible, state which plugins and which commands you would use on the signs (ignore space limitations for now; assume the signs are infinite length). If you understand the implications of the above two limitations, try to keep those in mind. If you don't, just tell me how you'd use it and I'll tell you if it'd be possible with redstone support.

can i ask why are thsose limitations?

Those limitations exist because player information is not propagated on redstone activation. In less technical terms, you can tell who pushes a button when the button is pushed, but if the button activates some redstone circuitry, you can't tell later who pushed the button. Further, it's possible that NO ONE pushed a button. Maybe you're running Craftbook/Falsebook and are using one of the automatic IC's. There is no player information in that case.

Those limitations are not simply my limitations. They're limitations due to how redstone works. I suppose it's possible that someone could create a plugin that sent player information through redstone circuitry, but it would likely raise more difficulties than it would solve. For example, if you placed a redstone torch, it would likely make sense for your player information to be "attached" to that torch. But what if your torch is part of a NOT gate? When someone presses a button and toggles your NOT gate, whose player information should be sent? And what about AND gates? You basically have three choices of possible player informations to send through an AND gate: the first AND argument, the second AND argument, and the player information attached to any of the torches in the gate.

I've thought a great deal about redstone support. If you look back, you can see that I wanted it too. However, I'm having a hard time coming up with plausible use-cases for such a feature given the limitations. It will also be more complicated to explain how (and why) redstone signs would work than it is with /*. Unless I get some compelling evidence that the feature actually WOULD be useful, I'm not going to do it.

Just say in the sign who you want to run the command. E.g. replace <NAME> with a username. no? I would like it to be able to message me/give items when I step on a pressure plate.

If a player steps into a cetian place, message (name), if catcus is ready for pickup (tell name). Probably other uses too

thanks for the explenation , is there any news about SRM ? can't wait!

0.5 released.

Finite-use signs are here. Just make a sign like normal, then use one of the enable commands to set how many uses it should have. A lot of code got changed in this one, so expect some bugs here and there. I tested a number of cases, but I'm sure some cases slipped through. If any errors get thrown or something just doesn't work like you think it should, let me know.

Some random notes about this update:

• If you did not have permission to create the sign, you cannot enable or disable it.
• When you disable a sign, it loses all uses.
• The enable and disable commands that take location parameters were specifically created for use by the console or by other command signs, but players can use them too.
• (Sign has uses & enable command specifies uses) = Sign has number of uses specified by the command.
• (Sign has uses & enable command does not specify uses) = No change.
• (Sign does not have uses & enable command specifies uses) = Sign has number of uses specified by the command.
• If you need to specify a world parameter but your world name is numeric, use "w:" on the front of it.
• If a cost prevents a sign from being run to completion, the number of uses does not decrease.
• When a sign runs out of uses, it is disabled so that you can come back and either take it down or re-enable it.

I'll be updating the User Guide a bit later. Haven't heard anything from Milton about the SignReadMore changes. If I don't hear anything by the end of the week, I'll release my own fork of SignReadMore with the API changes until Milton gets around to adding it.

Could you please stop the player from placing blocks when using the sign?

This mod is awesome. And that is the only problem I have with it.

I'd Love to see redstone support for this.

Awesome, thanks sooo much! So I know how to make people obtain currency for selling 20 iron... but I keep overcomplicating doing the opposite and selling currency to OBTAIN 20 iron. I confuse myself so much and it never works D:

Could you help me please :/

great updates [=
trying to do somethin here, maybe you can help ?
-a sign to let people add them selfs to a town.
1.sign :
[command]
/*town add <NAME>

2.i set the FakeUserName to Admin, and gave it '*' perms.
3.i manually changed towny's config the made Admin the mayor.
4.getting this error on consloe

Code:

12:16:11 [INFO] ? CommandSigns: &CommandSigns could not execute command "/town add yup8 ". Does command exist?
12:16:11 [INFO] ? CommandSigns: If so, perhaps you should give permission to &CommandSigns

is that Towny Problem? Like if the mayor is offline he can't add people?

p.s - what if the FakeUser is a real user? does it means he will use commands against his will ?

That would simply be:
$;-265,20;0,160
0

Selling 20 iron for 1600 currency.

What about the possibilty to let commands act like /*command but for a true person, like this:

Code:

[command]
¤NopeDK
/*command <arg>

And that would execute the given command with &CommandSigns permissions but acting like it was me that
wrote it. (for commands without a <player> argument)

Also, I keep running out of space on the signs 'cause of long commands and would like to know if a command could be made that linked two signs together so they would read on from one sign to another?

And I can't get @User and @group to work. I got - '*' permissions and in a group but whenever I do the @something and then a command it doesn't work. No console output. B766.

This is the important part. The name that you set for the fake user is only the display name. The fake user's real name is still &CommandSigns. This is why you can change the display name to something different and not have to change permissions. Permissions should be assigned to &CommandSigns, not to the fake user's display name. Similarly, the change to Towny's config should probably use &CommandSigns.

One way to think about is /nick. /nick doesn't change your real login name; it just changes the name that's displayed by the server. Similarly, changing the fake user's display name through the configuration file doesn't change the fake user's real name.

Almost. The negative doesn't go on the item id; it goes on the value. It also needs to go on the money's value.
$;265,20;0,-160
0

I'd love to, but it's not going to happen (at least, not any time soon). I don't check the permissions for any commands you use (except the commandSign permissions, of course). The plugin that provides the command is the one that checks permissions. When I send a command to another plugin to be evaluated, I have to tell it which user is executing the command. There is no API for telling the plugin "Hey, use this user's permissions, but let that user evaluate the command." As a workaround, I could temporarily assign the fake user's permissions to the user, but this causes its own set of problems.

What about the @user/@group. Is it just me that it ain't working for?
And what about the linking of signs?

Oops! Haha, that might confuse him.

That command would give 20 iron and take 1600 currency though, right?

So what he needs would be:
$;265,-20;0,160
0

I hope so, or I'll look like an even bigger idiot.

It'd nice to be able to set a finite-use sign that topped itself back up every time the plugin was reloaded, like every restart. Is that possible, Fluff?

0.5.1 released.

Indeed, it is not just you. @ was broken pretty badly. It's apparently been broken for a while. All fixed up now.

Yup, that's in there too.

In addition, I attempted to fix up the network code of the fake user. You might have noticed that output that would have been sent to the fake user due to a /* command was being sent to the player that used the sign. With this update, the player should no longer receive that output. Testing went fine but changing this code was a little messy, so if you notice any odd quirks due to using /* signs, let me know.

Just so we're clear, the $ directive is a cost. 265,-20 is saying that you want a negative cost (a gift) of 20 265's. Keep in mind that the $ directive was added for cost signs, and you should be okay. If you want the sign cost to be 5 of something, you put 5, not -5.

Possible, but unlikely. If you have a plugin that lets you run a script after a restart, you can enable the sign using /commandsign <uses> <x> <y> <z>. If a plugin does not exist that lets you run a script at restart, let me know. It'd be easy to make and so very useful.

To everyone that asks about more room on the sign or redstone support, I tend very strongly to ignore questions that have been answered earlier in the thread, especially if they can be answered by visiting the issue tracker. It wastes my time to repeat myself, which is ultimately bad for the users of the plugin because I have less development time. Don't take it personally; just visit the links in the OP. They're there for a reason: to keep you as informed as possible.

Yes, he wanted to know how to sell currency and obtain iron, and with -20, that will give him iron instead of taking it, sorry for the confusion.

-Hits face with palm- thanks

Thank you so much for fixing the group thing, my project is now finally functional, largely thanks to this plugin

Ooh, I take that back, I wasn't getting the iron.

So:

$;-265,20;0,1600 didn't work
$;265,20;0,1600 didn't work
$;265,20;0,-1600 didn't work

What do I do to get 20 iron for paying 1600? I am still so confused

The top one doesn't make sense; there is no such item as -265. The middle one takes 20 iron AND 1600 credits. The last one takes 20 iron and gives 1600 credits. To give 20 iron and take 1600 credits, just move the negatives around.
$;265,-20;0,1600

Ooh, thanks!

You seem like an awesome dev. Got any how-tos lol. I have never done Java really before, looks like it could be useful/complicated just by looking at the source. Does anyone know of any timers? Like teleport person to here, wait 5 seconds and teleport back? Also any ideas on Cleaning up the code on the sign (Not showing it to the users, because people in my server are trying to make their own... All over the place)

Sorry if was asked before :/

Thanks a bunch Fluff (Lolin' Username bro)