EntityOwner

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EntityOwner - Tracks ownership of placed constructions and deployables

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Calytic updated EntityOwner with a new update entry:

OnServerInitialized attempted fix

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Change the configuration option "useSubdirectory" to "true", create a directory called "owners" under oxide/data.

This is not possible unless you have FTP access to your server and are willing to change the mods yourself. It might take some time (if ever) for other community mods to support EntityOwner.

If you are comfortable making the changes and switching now, the only code you need to change is here:

Code:

-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- PLUGIN:GetOwner( buildingBlock )
-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Checks the owner of a specific building block in the Building Owners plugin
-- data.
-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function PLUGIN:GetOwner( buildingBlock )
    -- Setup the array to use to invoke the FindBlockData method from the
    -- BuildingOwners plugin.
    local arr = util.TableToArray( { buildingBlock } )
    util.ConvertAndSetOnArray( arr, 0, buildingBlock, UnityEngine.Object._type )    -- Get the owner id.
    local ownerID = plugins.CallHook( "FindEntityData", arr ) -- < -------- THIS
    -- Return the owner id.
    return ownerID
end

Code:

function PLUGIN:OnServerInitialized()
    -- Check if the CheckFoundationForOwner configuration value is set to true.
    -- If it is true we need the plugin `Building Owners`.
    if self.Config.Homes.CheckFoundationForOwner then
        -- The setting CheckFoundationForOwner is true, check if
        -- `Building Owners` is installed.
        if not plugins.Exists( "EntityOwner" ) then -- < -------- THIS
            -- The plugin isn't installed, print a message in the console and
            -- disable the owner check.
            print( "m-Teleportation: To limit Homes to only be set on foundations owned by the player the plugin `Entity Owner` is required!" )
            print( "                 The owner check has temporarily been disabled to prevent problems." )
            self.Config.Homes.CheckFoundationForOwner = false
        end
    end

 

It is near the bottom..

Code:

-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- PLUGIN:GetOwner( buildingBlock )
-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Checks the owner of a specific building block in the Building Owners plugin
-- data.
-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function PLUGIN:GetOwner( buildingBlock )
    -- Setup the array to use to invoke the FindBlockData method from the
    -- BuildingOwners plugin.
    local arr = util.TableToArray( { buildingBlock } )
    util.ConvertAndSetOnArray( arr, 0, buildingBlock, UnityEngine.Object._type )    -- Get the owner id.
    local ownerID = plugins.CallHook( "FindEntityData", arr )
    -- Return the owner id.
    return ownerID
end

 

Sorry - oversight on my part. Yes, without BuildingOwners installed then the ownership check would be skipped in teleportation..

Code:

function PLUGIN:OnServerInitialized()
    -- Check if the CheckFoundationForOwner configuration value is set to true.
    -- If it is true we need the plugin `Building Owners`.
    if self.Config.Homes.CheckFoundationForOwner then
        -- The setting CheckFoundationForOwner is true, check if
        -- `Building Owners` is installed.
        if not plugins.Exists( "EntityOwner" ) then
            -- The plugin isn't installed, print a message in the console and
            -- disable the owner check.
            print( "m-Teleportation: To limit Homes to only be set on foundations owned by the player the plugin `Entity Owner` is required!" )
            print( "                 The owner check has temporarily been disabled to prevent problems." )
            self.Config.Homes.CheckFoundationForOwner = false
        end
    end

 

No, it simply means that Teleportation needs to be changed in 2 places.
EntityOwner does not conflict with BuildingOwners and it may remain installed.

 

Read up.

Code:

-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- PLUGIN:GetOwner( buildingBlock )
-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Checks the owner of a specific building block in the Building Owners plugin
-- data.
-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function PLUGIN:GetOwner( buildingBlock )
    -- Setup the array to use to invoke the FindBlockData method from the
    -- BuildingOwners plugin.
    local arr = util.TableToArray( { buildingBlock } )
    util.ConvertAndSetOnArray( arr, 0, buildingBlock, UnityEngine.Object._type )    -- Get the owner id.
    local ownerID = plugins.CallHook( "FindEntityData", arr ) -- < -------- THIS
    -- Return the owner id.
    return ownerID
end

 

I appreciate your input but I don't think you looked at it closely enough. OwnerProfiles are only saved when something in them has changed. All OwnerProfiles are stored in separate files and can be loaded without loading every single file. The KnownPlayers list can be periodically cleared by checking Last Login < 2 weeks ago (or however long), this coming soon. The hooks only sets ownership on items placed by the player (not every entity in the world). And, I check OnGroundMissing and EntityDestroyed to clear out entities from profiles as they exit the game world.

Because I'm using separate files per player, there is a lot of flexibility when choosing which profiles to load/unload.

Also it is likely I will add whitelisting/blacklisting to the Entity saving to prevent the /own function from giving you ownership of entities you shouldn't really own. Currently the plugin only excludes owning other players.

I'm sure it can be tweaked to be more performant but generally it's pretty zippy and fault tolerant.

BoxLooters does well enough on its own IMHO. This mod only tracks the ownership of the original builder (the tool cupboard thing is simply an added value). It might be possible to use EntityOwner to make private chests/chest sharing, therein removing the need for box looters generally.

What's worse or missing? I didn't want to take over BuildingOwners because the way I save data was totally incompatible. This mod can run in parallel with BuildingOwners - no problem. That way people can safely upgrade without losing all their existing data or mod integrations.