Command Signs!
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I have an idea for a new type of sign: Command signs.
These signs would, when clicked, hypothetically run console commands, so you do not have to tell a user to type something into the console whose effect cannot be saved. This can be useful for extremely high-level values, and tpt.etc... effects that would normally be impossible.
Implementation:
In sign, type
{d:!set whatever whatever whatever|I hope this gets into TPT!}
Command sign text would be green.
Before the | would be the command to run on click, after would be the text displayed.
I also have another idea so that tpt.etc... effects could be cleared easily from console or command sign:
!clear
This would reset all the values in the tpt superclass to defaults without having to restart.
Due to hacking possibilities, Lua scripts run from signs would run a popup, asking to confirm.
Edited 2 times by ncom86. Last: 3rd Dec 2013 -
This has been suggested MANY times on the forum before, and it came to the conclusion "no" because then people could hack each other....don't ask my how.
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It would be quite easy to "hack" someone if you were allowed to run Lua commands at will, however if you are only allowed to use the old "!" commands I don't see any way to do anything more than mildly annoying, especially if the user had to click the sign first so it couldn't be automatically repeated.
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This is different.
This problem of "hacking" could be easily fixed by adding a popup when clicking a command sign, it will ask if you really want to do that. You could add a new option in the settings that disables the popup.
Problem solved.
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It could still be a problem, even with a pop up; what happens when you run a malignant script that you think you can trust? Better would be to run it in a sandbox, with no os.execute and no modification of files. Creation (but not running) of new files could be allowed, though.
It would also be a good idea to display the source code before running.
Other than that, I've always love this idea.
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tpt.[etc] is scripting, it's part of the Lua global env.
