Some time ago, I asked the developers if TPT could have a remote interface like Telnet or D-Bus (->), and they said

TheWiseEyes:

Not a chance. That's sort of plain stupid.

and

TheWiseEyes:

It's stupid because TPT is designed to be a game, not a server app where you telnet in, attach to it and hope it works fine

Disappointed with these responses, I decided to make it on my own, since I think I won't be the only one that will like it.

After a long time, here is the first BETA of Remote Toy!
It's a Lua script that allows other programs to execute commands in TPT, by simply writing to a .txt file, and polling another one for response.
Please note that Remote means other programs but on the local machine, not on a remote one; actually it could be used via remote console protocols (like Telnet or SSH) or file transfer protocols (like FTP, SMB or Dropbox) if you already have a server for them and you can access/share the TPT folder with them.
It includes a Python 2.x program that acts both as an example and a fully working CLI (remember to edit it with a text editor and change the path to your TPT install folder).

Here's how it works: you put a command in remotetoy.input.txt, Remote Toy reads it and clears it, executes it, and puts its result in remotetoy.output.txt. The remotetoy.status.txt file contains a status string of these:

• ready: Remote Toy is ready to receive commands
• busy: the last command sent is being evaluated
• disabled: Remote Toy is disabled

WARNING: sending a wrong Lua command makes Remote Toy hang without warning, to make it work again disable then re-enable it.

To load it, you can:

• start it manually, with dofile("remotetoy.lua") in console
• start it from the autorun.lua file (with the same command above)
• use Cr15py's LUA Modloader

Once loaded, enable/disable it with the . (dot) key. When enabled it slows TPT a little, so if it's too slow for you, disable it when not needed.

There is a demo save here:


It is released under GNU GPL v3

Now the most important part: DOWNLOAD LINK
If you want to send feedback or report bugs, do it here or write me an email.

Yes it is. Just remember to put return in front of the command if you want the response back. Remote Toy acts as a one-command Lua function.

@MasterMind555 (View Post)
I didn't. If you mean

Lord-Spectre:

Cr15py's LUA Modloader

I was quoting its author.

@MasterMind555 (View Post)
I know, it's probably you that told me once...