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[Custodian]

Greetings, feudalists!

Forget about Global Chat!
There is only one true way to deliver a message!
Check your bows! Ravens are flying!

Video demonstration.


This mod is part of BasilMods bundle.
This mod requires BasilMod::Pack v3+ installed running on the server.

This version is a standalone version, i.e. you do not require actual "raven" inventory item, or paper & ink to write and send messages.
Standalone version does not support personal address book for the character.
Server admin defines whenever you can send messages to anyone, or only within your guild.

There is no feedback on successful or failed delivery. Once you send your raven, there is no guarantee, that your message will be delivered. Thugs can shutdown your raven and intercept/read your message. Life is Feudal.

This mod is intended to be used in RP/PvP situations and in conjunction with other mods, like diplomacy. For instance, if you are planning a siege, and enemy scouts are looking for the ravens to get through your plans, or if you are under siege and calling for the help.

Client-side installation and configuration

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No manual installation required. Once you join server which runs BasilMod::Pack, mod will be autoloaded.

Mod defines keyboard bind to create new message.
Default bind is "J".
You can change bind at game controls settings.

Server-side installation and configuration

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Find latest version here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t9z3yznf5w1s ... H1iKa?dl=0

Installation.

1. Download and place mod files into "BasilMod/ravens/" folder of server root. Dont miss the "client" folder.
2. Alter configuration at BasilMod/ravens/config.cs file.
3. Add this line to the end of your "main.cs" server script, or execute it in server console to load mod without server restart
   exec("BasilMod/ravens/ravens.cs");
   This line should be added after BasilMod::pack mod.
4. Play LiF.

Configuration.
Mod configuration is loaded from BasilMod/ravens/config.cs file. Available variable at config file:

• $BasilMod::Ravens::onlyGuildMembers = false;
  Limit destination players to your guild.
• $BasilMod::Ravens::pickTimeout = 300000;
  Timeout in seconds to pickup message from shutdown raven. If message is not readed, it will disappear.
• $BasilMod::Ravens::minMessageLength = 5;
  Minimal allowed message length.

[HolyCrusader]

Excellent mod - a great feature to add would be message flooding protection (people can just send a flood of ravens and they would have so many popups on the other person's screen)

[MacDante]

BRILLIANT!!! its WORKS !!! perfectly!

One question. When i turn on option RAVENS in GUILD ONLY, can GM still send ravens to all players ?

[Custodian]

Excellent mod - a great feature to add would be message flooding protection (people can just send a flood of ravens and they would have so many popups on the other person's screen)

As mentioned, this version does not require any inventory items for the messasge to be sended. Flood protection is not a subject for this standalone mod.

When i turn on option RAVENS in GUILD ONLY, can GM still send ravens to all players ?

No GM cannot do that. Will function will be added in next release.

[MacDante]

And Next one idea. Maeby is possibility add components to RAVEN, like one chicken.

You want send letter take chicken from coop and send him

You must have some chickens in backpack if you wan send letter from mountain far from own land:)

[Custodian]

And Next one idea.

As description states:

This version is a standalone version, i.e. you do not require actual "raven" inventory item, or paper & ink to write and send messages.

[Jjreed]

this isnt installing to people who long into my server did we do something wrong

[Cono]

JJreed,

Do you have BasilMod::Pack installed on the server, and do you have the clients installing BasilMod::Pack on their clients?

[Custodian]

Ravens mod updated. It now requires BasilMod::pack v4.

Changes:

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Now you can change BasilMods binds at Controls Menu

[MacDante]

Basil is any problem wit mod, after last patch i don't see any players in RAVEN dialog Window.

I had this bug on version of BasilMod (v4)
Now i use new BASILMOD (v5) and still is this same problem.

[Halvdal]

Same here...

[Custodian]

Basil is any problem wit mod, after last patch i don't see any players in RAVEN dialog Window.

Confirmed and fixed. Download new version from dropbox.
After update server should report "BasilMod::Ravens v2 loaded".

[MacDante]

TY

[Katrianna]

I'm not getting anything when I hit J, no one is getting any messages, nothing

[Custodian]

I'm not getting anything when I hit J, no one is getting any messages, nothing

Make sure that mod is installed correctly and loaded (is active) on server where you are playing.
Share your server and client logs with me.

[Katrianna]

MAIN.CS

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("BasilMod/motd/motd.cs");
("BasilMod/ravens/ravens.cs");

then in the mods folder /ravens
CONFIG.CS

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/*
   BasilMod::Ravens server configuration file
   2015 Basil Semuonov
*/

$BasilMod::Ravens::onlyGuildMembers = false;
$BasilMod::Ravens::pickTimeout = 300000;
$BasilMod::Ravens::minMessageLength = 30;

[Katrianna]

the only thing i changed was the 5 to 30 because you can't even type a sentence with only 5 letters available to a person.

[Custodian]

MAIN.CS

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("BasilMod/motd/motd.cs");
("BasilMod/ravens/ravens.cs");

You have error in your main.cs file. You missing "exec" function call when specifing mod path.
Also, as mod description states, you MUST have basilmod::pack installed and running on your server.

the only thing i changed was the 5 to 30 because you can't even type a sentence with only 5 letters available to a person.

5 is a MINIMUM length of a message. If message length is shorter than this number, it cannot be sended.

[RetroLogi]

I all, have a problem with this mod. When i launch exec("BasilMod/ravens/ravens.cs"); string into the consolle, they show me this error:
44160 Missing File: BasilMod/ravens/ravens.cs!

P.S. Mod is correctly installed!

[Custodian]

I all, have a problem with this mod. When i launch exec("BasilMod/ravens/ravens.cs"); string into the consolle, they show me this error:
44160 Missing File: BasilMod/ravens/ravens.cs!

This means mod file "BasilMod/ravens/ravens.cs.dso" is not installed at your server.

P.S. Mod is correctly installed!

No, it is not. You will not get such error, if mod is correctly installed.

[RetroLogi]

P.S. Mod is correctly installed!

No, it is not. You will not get such error, if mod is correctly installed.

Sure, i resolve! thx for all

[DopeyZero9]

P.S. Mod is correctly installed!

No, it is not. You will not get such error, if mod is correctly installed.

Sure, i resolve! thx for all

How did you go about resolving this issue?

Players on my server are having the same problem I'm guessing,

I have figured out how to use the "Ravens" mod but my players cannot, as it seems the exec fails to launch the script? however when I manually installed this mod onto my client-side I downloaded the file, unzipped into the basilmod folder in my game folder and it is named "Raven".

I then went onto the server and launched exec in the server command and it said "BasilMod Ravens v2 loaded" and then it works.

How do I fix this?

[Custodian]

I then went onto the server and launched exec in the server command and it said "BasilMod Ravens v2 loaded" and then it works.

adding exec line to main.cs, or manual execution of the mod at server console does not depend on your client installation.

How do I fix this?

You dont need to manually install anything on the client for the ravens mod. The only thing you need is BasilMod::Pack (basilmodloader.zip) installed on your LiF client.

Follow installation steps:
1) Make sure you have basilmod::pack installed and running on your server. If not, then:
1.1) Download and install BasilMod::Pack to your server
1.2) Add basilmod::pack exec line to the end of your main.cs file
2) Download and install BasilMod::Ravens to your server. (be aware, that mod contains serveral files and folders, and all of them should be placed to basilmod/ravens/ folder on your server.
3) Add basilmod::ravens exec line to the end of your main.cs file after basilmod::pack exec line.

When you load your LiF:Yo client, make sure that you have basilmod::pack version diplayed at the bottom-right corner. Join the server and server will load all the requirements for you. Goto your ingame control settings, and adjust a keyboard bind.

[DopeyZero9]

When you load your LiF:Yo client, make sure that you have basilmod::pack version diplayed at the bottom-right corner. Join the server and server will load all the requirements for you. Goto your ingame control settings, and adjust a keyboard bind.

Thank you for the reply, I have followed all of these steps accordingly and to detail.

- BasilMod:Pack was loaded onto my server, I run Gm Announcements and some others that you have made just fine. However, when using the Ravens Mod this is not the case. This is my main.cs line

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}
else
{
exec("scripts/root.cs");
exec("BasilMod/pack/pack.cs");
exec("BasilMod/ravens/ravens.cs");
exec("BasilMod/motd/motd.cs");
exec("BasilMod/MonumentProtection/MonumentProtection.cs");
exec("BasilMod/gmannounce/gmannounce.cs");
exec("BasilMod/steamfamilyaccess/steamfamilyaccess.cs");
}

And in my Server Files - Root Folder/basilmod/ravens - in this folder contains

Client Folder - Contents
ravens.cs.dso
ravens.gui.dso

2 other Files Named
config.cs
raven.cs.dso

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Everything seems to be in working order, any other ideas?

[Custodian]

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}
else
{
exec("scripts/root.cs");
exec("BasilMod/pack/pack.cs");
exec("BasilMod/ravens/ravens.cs");
exec("BasilMod/motd/motd.cs");
exec("BasilMod/MonumentProtection/MonumentProtection.cs");
exec("BasilMod/gmannounce/gmannounce.cs");
exec("BasilMod/steamfamilyaccess/steamfamilyaccess.cs");
}

First of all, all your mod exec lines are not added at the end of the file. You have added all lines before the "}" which is obviously not the end of the files.

2 other Files Named
config.cs
raven.cs.dso

File should be named as "ravens.cs.dso". You should not rename mod files.

If reverting file name back to original name would not help you, share you server log file with me.

[DopeyZero9]

File should be named as "ravens.cs.dso". You should not rename mod files.

If reverting file name back to original name would not help you, share you server log file with me.

Sorry Sir, I never renamed the file, this is what it was renamed when it was loaded onto the server. I will try this.

and sorry I thought under
exec- Pack was where I put the exec lines lol.

I'm new, please roast lightly.

[Hieve]

Excellent mod - a great feature to add would be message flooding protection (people can just send a flood of ravens and they would have so many popups on the other person's screen)

As mentioned, this version does not require any inventory items for the messasge to be sended. Flood protection is not a subject for this standalone mod.

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i got to push this, a flood protection would be really useful.
A small timeout between the messages would be really good to have(like you can only send messages every 30-60s)

[Helena]

Is there a possibility to change the mod , so that one have to have a chicken in the inventory to send a message? And After you sent the message the chicken dissappear

[Custodian]

Is there a possibility to change the mod , so that one have to have a chicken in the inventory to send a message? And After you sent the message the chicken dissappear

basilmod-ravens-t16554/#p67074

[RetroLogi]

You want send letter take chicken from coop and send him

I have similar idea, but more realistic. The ravens were thrown from the aviary to another aviary.
The mod is great now, but if you could change it so that the raven flew from coop to coop and messages were left inside, would be even better. Obviously there must be a chicken in the coop