Forum integration

[Hymn]

I'm working on an SMF mod, to allow gunz to semi-integrate into it. So far I've managed:

Dual Account Registration: When you register for the forums, it automatically registers you to the gunz server. (about 40% done, the actual script is working, but there is issues that will come around when the server is down, looking for suggestions on ways to prevent this from happening, best way would just be to shut down registration until the gunz server is up)

I'm also considering, instead of dual registration on the registration script, just make a page which parses all the account information from the mysql database (forums) and just asks for a password (since the passwords in forums are encrypted).

Stats: Levels, experience, bounty, characters, etc, can all be pulled and displayed on the forums if done correctly. I'm about 75% done with this, I've gotten an account name to parse from the server, the rest of it is easy as changing two variables.

Management menu: Haven't started on this, but I plan on making a page which allows you to edit your account directly, names, genders, etc.



I'm looking for suggestions, anything that you could pull from the database, any ideas? Also, I need someone to write a tcp/ip guide to mssql (I got mine working, miraculously) for this to be effective.

[MentaL]

[Nova]

Nice idea.

Best of luck!

[Domega]

For dual account registration a simple solution would be to put the user information in a file if Gunz server is down and on Matchserver startup register those.

[death4u2]

good luck i already have it.

[ThePhailure772]

http://legacygamers.net/spam-section/759-multikill.html

Did it a few months ago. Ez

[alfredao]

Wow, nice idea , :D

[Hymn]

http://legacygamers.net/spam-section/759-multikill.html

Did it a few months ago. Ez

Easy indeed, lacking features bro. Also, I'm 100% certain you don't have dual registration, so I'm assuming you have a box where they can enter their account name.

Also when I'm done I'll be releasing this as a forum mod package, instead of doing the whole "haha look what I did" thing.

[Guy]

The idea is very aged, and while it will work, I recommend forcing the users to enter their "Display Name" to be something different than that of their username, for security reasons.

Anyways, the best solution is to cache all registration data, and notify the user that the server appears to be down, on the event that the script fails to connect to the server database.

[ThePhailure772]

Easy indeed, lacking features bro. Also, I'm 100% certain you don't have dual registration, so I'm assuming you have a box where they can enter their account name.

Also when I'm done I'll be releasing this as a forum mod package, instead of doing the whole "haha look what I did" thing.

Dual-Registratrion -> SetRegIsterHook(), OnHook(), if(Down) SetCronJob(); done.

[wesman2232]

very nice idea, even better that its for SMF <3

[Guy]

Dual-Registratrion -> SetRegIsterHook(), OnHook(), if(Down) SetCronJob(); done.

1) There's an "l" in your "SetRegIsterHook()" statement, instead of an i.
2) Only you would think of turning a simple modification to the registration script, into a complicated series of hooks, requiring the use of cron.

[KillerStefan]

Nice stuff, Hymn!

[ThePhailure772]

1) There's an "l" in your "SetRegIsterHook()" statement, instead of an i.
2) Only you would think of turning a simple modification to the registration script, into a complicated series of hooks, requiring the use of cron.

The cron is for when the server is down, what you would do is add the account to a table under mysql and cron would check check every hour so (or not) if Gunz is up so it can put the queued accounts intro the database.

[Guy]

The cron is for when the server is down, what you would do is add the account to a table under mysql and cron would check check every hour so (or not) if Gunz is up so it can put the queued accounts intro the database.

It'd be easier to have the server daemon check for new files on load, rather than use cron; also, if the machine is hosted with MSSQL, odds are, you'll be on a Windows machine, in which case, Task Scheduler would be the wiser choice.

[ThePhailure772]

It'd be easier to have the server daemon check for new files on load, rather than use cron; also, if the machine is hosted with MSSQL, odds are, you'll be on a Windows machine, in which case, Task Scheduler would be the wiser choice.

That's true aswell there. Although, most people have a second host for web based areas. I was just saying cron because it's easier for people with cPanel access to understand.