Inactive [INFO/MISC] SpoutBroadcast v1.5.2 - Broadcast Timed Messages Directly On The Screen [Spout][1.1-R4]

SpoutBroadcast: Version: v1.5.2

SpoutBroadcast is a plugin that displays text in the SpoutCraft window. This text can be set in the configuration file and can be overridden at any point via command. The text in the configuration file supports colour codes and the commands support colour names defined in the configuration file.

Features:

• A configuration file to change the various options including colours and time delays.
• A file to store the messages and optionally their individual colours.
• Alternative messages can be set for players without Spoutcraft (sent via chat). Add 'messageAlt: This is an alternate message for non-spoutcraft users' without the quotes below each message in your messages file. This allows you to send an alternate message with formatting supported by your chat plugin to these users.
• A command to override the current text to broadcast important messages.
• A command to display a popup for one player with a message to get their attention.
• Supports permissions via Vault.
• Global Override - Override The Message For Everyone Until A Delay Is Over. Supports colours defined in the configuration file.

You can find all the SpoutBroadcast files here.


Installation And Configuration is here.

Demo Video:


Changelog: Version 1.5.2 (Minor Update)

• Updated to new event system and latest RB.

Version 1.5 Fix 1 (1.5.1)

• Fixed a small typo (comma instead of a full stop) preventing the Y position from being changed.

Version 1.5

• Improved support for people without Spoutcraft. Now supports sending an alternate broadcast message to people without Spoutcraft via chat.
• When using the command /sbroad player if that player does not have Spoutcraft they will receive the message via chat. You will also get a message saying that the player will not give you any notification as they do not have Spoutcraft.
• Now supports any permission plugin supported by Vault! Just grab the latest Vault version from here and put it in your plugins folder!

Version 1.4 Fix 2 (1.4.2)

• Two bugs pointed out by @microapple have been fixed (hopefully). Now when people connect there will not be a GenericLabel warning printed to the console and also they will be given the current message instead of "Your Text Here".
• Next update will include new features so thought I'd release this quick bug fix for now

Version 1.4 Fix 1 (1.4.1)

• Fixed lots of bugs (including a stack overflow) as a result of poor coding when I first started this plugin.
• Fixed other bugs introduced as a result.

Version 1.4

• Added basic none Spoutcraft functionality (if a player does not have Spoutcraft they will receive any broadcasts via chat but not colour support, yet).

Version 1.3 - API Release

• Added a basic API for the player override and the global override with doc explanation. Just import me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.API.* and create an instance of API.

Version 1.2

• Updated to use the new configuration system. Config files are the same (except a few new options).
• Added a configuration option to change the location of the broadcast label. The co-ordinates start from the upper left corner.
• Added a configuration option to use the default values just in case you mess up

Version 1.1 Fix 2 (1.1.2)

• Fixed a bug that could cause this plugin to interfere with other plugins that create a pop-up with buttons.

Version 1.1 Fix 1 (1.1.1)

• Fixed a bug that required PEX for it to work.

Version 1.1

• Now uses YAML configuration files.
• No longer requires the gson lib.
• More options to change the colour in more places e.g. now supports scheduled broadcast colours.
• Changed the way player override works. Now presents a popup with the message and an ok button. Once pressed the button alerts the sender that the player has acknowledged the message.
• Now supports permissions! PermissionsEx only at the moment due to favouritism (and I have no experience with others).
• Minor bug fixes.
• Possibly other things I've forgotten.

Version 1.0

• Released.

 

FIRST, ive always wanted to say that

also, does this require the client side mod of spout?

 

Second. This is a really awesome plugin.

 

If you mean SpoutCraft then yes. It requires SpoutCraft to be able to display the messages.

 

Hmm it doesnt work for me.
I tested it with RB of bukkit & spout + Latest dev build from bukkit + spout.
I always get this error message:

Code:

2011-10-09 03:02:44 [SEVERE] null
org.bukkit.command.CommandException: Unhandled exception executing command 'sbroad' in plugin SpoutBroadcast v1.1
    at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:42)
    at org.bukkit.command.SimpleCommandMap.dispatch(SimpleCommandMap.java:163)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.dispatchCommand(CraftServer.java:358)
    at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.handleCommand(NetServerHandler.java:757)
    at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.chat(NetServerHandler.java:722)
    at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.a(NetServerHandler.java:715)
    at net.minecraft.server.Packet3Chat.a(Packet3Chat.java:33)
    at net.minecraft.server.NetworkManager.b(NetworkManager.java:226)
    at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.a(NetServerHandler.java:92)
    at org.getspout.spout.SpoutNetServerHandler.a(SpoutNetServerHandler.java:500)
    at net.minecraft.server.NetworkListenThread.a(SourceFile:108)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.h(MinecraftServer.java:471)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:374)
    at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:417)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ru/tehkode/permissions/PermissionManager
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.onCommand(SpoutBroadcast.java:53)
    at org.bukkit.command.PluginCommand.execute(PluginCommand.java:40)
    ... 13 more

 

I think I may know what I've done wrong there just testing

EDIT: It's supposed to be usable without a permissions plugin. In that case OPs would be the only ones able to use the commands. However I made a slight error that caused a permissions plugin (PEX) to be required. Fixing and uploading new build
EDIT 2: Fixed and uploaded

 

Glad to see that error fixed I will put this on my server to test.

 

Approved

 

So if you lack Spoutcraft, you will not see these messages? Could this plugin be made to display the messages in the chat window if the player uses the regular Minecraft client?

 

No this plugin uses features in the Spoutcraft client that are not available in the vanilla client.

 

Does everyone on my server need to be using spoutcraft to see these broadcasts?

 

yes, all Users they`re want the SPOUT-Features (and Spoutbroadcast) need Spoutcraft

 

Ohh, that's a shame.. if it supported both spout and vanilla it would have been perfect but not many people trust spout.. they prefer the standard MC launcher... owell =(

 

You can't modify the screen on a vanilla client like such. People have no reason not to trust it over any other client mod they may be using. All of the Spout project source is on GitHub for everyone to see and anyone can look and see that it has nothing malicious in it.

 

I completely agree, i use spout craft my self.. but when i suggest to people they should use it they say nah they would rather stick with the vanilla client =/

 

I agree with one of the earlier posts, can you make it so if they arn't on spoutcraft, it just sends to the chat?

 

Errrr possibly I assume you mean just to the people without it? Otherwise it would get really annoying for everyone else who has it

 

yes

 

Code:

2011-12-18 20:12:27 [SEVERE] Could not load 'plugins\SpoutBroadcast.jar' in folder 'plugins':
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPluginLoader.loadPlugin(JavaPluginLoader.java:175)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugin(SimplePluginManager.java:215)
    at org.bukkit.plugin.SimplePluginManager.loadPlugins(SimplePluginManager.java:136)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.loadPlugins(CraftServer.java:151)
    at org.bukkit.craftbukkit.CraftServer.<init>(CraftServer.java:127)
    at net.minecraft.server.ServerConfigurationManager.<init>(ServerConfigurationManager.java:52)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.init(MinecraftServer.java:145)
    at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:399)
    at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:457)
Caused by: java.lang.StackOverflowError
    at java.util.AbstractMap.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.HashMap.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutFeatures.<init>(SpoutFeatures.java:26)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.<init>(SpoutBroadcast.java:27)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutFeatures.<init>(SpoutFeatures.java:31)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.<init>(SpoutBroadcast.java:27)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutFeatures.<init>(SpoutFeatures.java:31)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.<init>(SpoutBroadcast.java:27)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutFeatures.<init>(SpoutFeatures.java:31)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.<init>(SpoutBroadcast.java:27)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutFeatures.<init>(SpoutFeatures.java:31)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.<init>(SpoutBroadcast.java:27)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutFeatures.<init>(SpoutFeatures.java:31)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.<init>(SpoutBroadcast.java:27)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutFeatures.<init>(SpoutFeatures.java:31)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.<init>(SpoutBroadcast.java:27)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutFeatures.<init>(SpoutFeatures.java:31)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.<init>(SpoutBroadcast.java:27)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutFeatures.<init>(SpoutFeatures.java:31)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.<init>(SpoutBroadcast.java:27)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutFeatures.<init>(SpoutFeatures.java:31)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.<init>(SpoutBroadcast.java:27)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutFeatures.<init>(SpoutFeatures.java:31)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.<init>(SpoutBroadcast.java:27)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutFeatures.<init>(SpoutFeatures.java:31)
    at me.randomer679.SpoutBroadcast.SpoutBroadcast.<init>(SpoutBroadcast.java:27)
   ........

help?

 

Does this happen every time?
EDIT: Also which version?

Thank you for alerting me to this I forgot to test before releasing the update I have fixed this in the latest version that should have been approved on bukkitdev by the time you read this also the plugin may have accidentally used lots of cpu and memory before due to my poor coding skills at the time but thanks to this error I have fixed it

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

so.... onli one colour per message?

 

Thats a limitation of spout and spoutcraft

 

ok got it... thx for this awesome plugin

 

No problem thanx for saying thanx

 

That isn't really a limitation on our part. You could easily support color codes and allow users to customize the message with them.

 

There seams to be a bug in this plugin... Everytime a user logs in, the displayed text is "Your Text Here", and this message is displayed on the console: "GenericLabel belonging to SpoutBroadcast does not have a default size!". After the "Your Text Here", the plugin does cycle through *all* of the messages we placed in the messages.yml file.

Not sure what is causing this, but we love the plugin (a less obtrusive "Tips" method), and would love to have this fixed.

Thanks for the time you spent making this plugin!

 

How I only seem to be able to change the colour of all the text in a label?
EDIT: By the way he means each message can only be customized with one colour for example you can't make the text rainbow coloured

Oh right thanks for letting me know I'll have a look at that

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

I am really looking forward to putting this on my server, I will check it out now... and I know I may get some heat for this, but I LOVE that song in the background of the video. I completely describes the kids that I do not allow on my server

 

Haha he writes some weird songs but they are quite good and thanks let me know what you think!

Sorry I forgot all about this but I've just released a fix so please test the latest version and let me know if these have both been fixed

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

You know, i dont understand how to make Spout work?
I have Spout.jar in my plugins and i dont know what else to do? how to have spoutcraft CLIENT? how to install it??? im horrible with these things and my english not best possible