[shamefur dispray]

While I agree the instructions to install this plugin was unnecessarily vague, it is manageable to get most of it figured out if you're very familiar with linux/mysql. I have the same issues as everyone else though. Sprays are getting added to the database but do not display in the barebones webpage despite it saying there are 74 sprays from the last 7 days.

It would be a kind gesture if those who know how to get this working would chime in. I know the OP was last active on the 17th of this very month. Surely he is aware so many people are struggling with his release, I will try to contact him via PM for assistance just in case he is not. Hopefully we can get some clarification on why this is only getting so far before hitting a brick wall.

I'll be sure to post any info I receive in this thread to help others.

[shamefur dispray]

Sorry folks, Geit was online yesterday but chose not to answer my questions in PM regarding everyones issues. I contacted the other person mentioned as an author of this plugin Dark Immortal but they have not been on since I sent them a message so maybe there is still a chance at getting this resolved still.

[Darkimmortal]

When I get a chance I'll do a quick diff of what was released here vs what I have working

[Darkimmortal]

Yeah as expected the released build here is vastly different...

http://pastebin.com/TNFxAKmN

My frontend code is also hugely different but it's tied into XenForo as well as internal systems in my community so would take too much work to share.

Of course if nothing is appearing/being converted it's worth checking if vtfconv, imagemagick, etc. is actually working...

[Horsedick]

Thanks Dark - but I really think this whole thing needs to be looked at for perhaps a different way. Even with this sprays.php change in code I don't think something is right. Are there any alternatives to this I wonder?

[shamefur dispray]

Thank you for getting back with us Dark Immortal. I have verified that both vtfconv and imagemagick are working on my system. For those of you wondering how to verify this you can verify imagemagick by saving this as a php file then browsing too it.

PHP Code:

<?php
exec("mogrify",$out);
echo "<pre>"; print_r($out); echo "</pre>";
?>

If it outputs an array with info regarding imagemagick's mogrify command then it's installed and working.

As for testing vtfconv I simply typed

vtfconv

from my shell and was greeted with

VTFConv - Converts VTF files to multiple PNGs
Usage: vtfconv <file>

So those are working. I'm still not seeing any sprays showing up and my 'player_sprays' folder which acts as the OUTDIR there is nothing in that folder at all and my log.txt is essentially blank.

I know in sprays.php the FORMAT is defined as "gif" though vtfconv says it does PNG. Maybe this is the issue?

[Smarmy]

So is this dead in the water or?

[rtk]

Can this be used with multiple gameservers ?

[Horsedick]

Originally Posted by rtk Can this be used with multiple gameservers ?

yeah if it works but it doesn't work

[friagram]

This works fine, you just need to manage the backend on your own.

vtfconv will NOT convert everything for you.

Do this:

VTFLib v1.3.2 Full - Nem (use VTFCMD) if you want quality, go png, if you want animations, go GIF.
Edit the backend to use the format you changed.
Set up backend scripts to copy the NEW sprays (use a copy/sync tool to do this, or a script) from your gameserver to a directory, and hit them with vftcmd.
Push the converted sprays to your webserver (rsync/ssh is best, but you could ftp, or do it all on the webserver, or whatever)

Multiple gameservers work fine.