How do I register maps on plasma server?

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 08 Mar 2012, 02:22

It's quite irritating that plasma server doesn't automagically register maps uploaded and updated on springfiles, but in the interest of building a bridge and getting over it, how do I register maps on plasma server?

MidKnight · Post by **MidKnight** » 08 Mar 2012, 05:09

I thought it grabbed maps from whoever's using zklobby and uploaded them from there. Dunno for sure, though.

Licho · Post by **Licho** » 08 Mar 2012, 05:26

Start zklobby or upload to springfiles. Both methods work. ZKL is faster to do it.

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 08 Mar 2012, 06:43

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 08 Mar 2012, 07:36

I have run zkl several times and it is not picking up these maps.

Licho · Post by **Licho** » 08 Mar 2012, 13:38

Move them out of maps, then move copy them (must copy not move) back to maps while ZKL is running, it will scan them, go to settings->show log to see the outcome.

Sometimes faulty lua prevents maps from being processed.

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 08 Mar 2012, 13:50

Well, they are blueprint:

http://pastebin.com/g6wJs45Q

Basically when parsing mapoptions your checker wizbang thingy is crapping itself because mapoptions is empty (because I'm not using any of the mapoptions stuff). It should see a nil value and move on, not shit the bed.

Licho · Post by **Licho** » 08 Mar 2012, 14:52

It actually appears to be map/unitsync issue..
unitsync returns error code..

Exact call is this

if (!NativeMethods.GetMapInfoEx(mapName, ref mapInfo, mapInfoVersion)) throw new UnitSyncException("Error getting map information.");

Simply put, no map information can be extracted from your maps.

Licho · Post by **Licho** » 08 Mar 2012, 14:57

Its one unitsync call that extracts all this information from the map:

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    [Serializable]
    [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
    public struct MapInfo
    {
        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
        public string description;
        public int tidalStrength;
        public int gravity;
        public float maxMetal;
        public int extractorRadius;
        public int minWind;
        public int maxWind;
        public int width;
        public int height;
        public int posCount;

        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 16, ArraySubType = UnmanagedType.Struct)]
        public StartPos[] positions;

        [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
        public string author;
    }

And it fails. So I cannot work around it i need other fields too like author, description etc..

koshi · Post by **koshi** » 08 Mar 2012, 15:00

Just fyi: GetMapInfoEx has been deprecated for a while now

Licho · Post by **Licho** » 08 Mar 2012, 18:07

It meansits not guaranteed to work or what? What should be used instead?
GetMapInfoExEx ?

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 08 Mar 2012, 21:00

Licho, this is using vanilla blueprint. It is most definitely an issue on whatever is being used to scan the maps.

Come on man! I just had a huge release and none of the included maps can be played on the host !

Please tell me you can understand my frustration

abma · Post by **abma** » 08 Mar 2012, 22:33

@Licho:

the plan is to add GetMapInfoCount.. but this isn't implemented yet. (currently there are the GetMap* functions like GetMapGravity), see http://springrts.com/mantis/view.php?id=2315

edit: docstring for GetInfoMapSize seems to be wrong:
http://springrts.com/mantis/view.php?id=2996

Licho · Post by **Licho** » 09 Mar 2012, 00:23

FA out of 6 000 registered maps or so only your recent ones have problem.

Problem clearly is not in the ZKL code i can control - its problem directly in unitsync function, which in turn uses lua.

The message unitsync sends is

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Unitsync error: internal_GetMapInfo: error = 2, mapconfig/mapinfo/10_dawn.lua, [string "mapconfig/mapinfo/10_dawn.lua"]:5: attempt to call field 'GetMapOptions' (a nil value)

Check the line 5 in 10_dawn.lua and fix it for this calls to work.

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 09 Mar 2012, 01:36

Licho, out of your 6000 registered maps, NONE of them are blueprint maps.

The problem is in the code registering the maps.

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if (Spring.GetMapOptions().timeofday ~= "dawn") then
	return
end

That is line 5.

Moreover, mapoptions is empty, so none of this shit is even being called (tested with the mapoptions in and same error results).

Apparently you don't know what blueprint is. Soon, most if not all new maps will be using it: https://github.com/jk3064/Map-Blueprint

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 09 Mar 2012, 01:39

http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=27788

smoth · Post by **smoth** » 09 Mar 2012, 01:51

gante uses it IIRC, does it have problems in zkl?

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 09 Mar 2012, 02:07

No, but yours is quite modified. What I'm using is straight up blueprint.

Forboding Angel · Post by **Forboding Angel** » 09 Mar 2012, 08:05

*I'm annoyed.*

Licho · Post by **Licho** » 09 Mar 2012, 12:33

So what is this blueprint and where is this code?

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if (Spring.GetMapOptions().timeofday ~= "dawn") then
   return
end

Looks its lua so it should be easilyl modifiable..

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