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Anyone who has been active on the main forums in the last few days must surely have already heard the news.

I'm not going to comment on why and how, but the short version is that Bukkit is almost certainly not getting passed this.

Consequently, the future of BukkitDev is very uncertain. Even if the legal matters were resolved tomorrow there isn't really anybody left to deal with file submissions anyway. There's no indication about how long the site will stay up and what will happen to the files.

Anyway, while I will continue updating and developing my plugins you will need to look for updates somewhere else, namely the wiki. I will be updating this wiki in the next few days to facilitate better communication (forums, email, etc.) and adding any documentation that's missing.

I will also, of course, be looking into porting the plugins over to whichever API emerges from the ashes!

GUI Creator

This is the successor to Admin GUI, featuring a simpler config but offering more powerful customisation!

How it works

Each screen is divided into ten rows, each having four columns (by default). Controls can be placed into any of these cells, and can span multiple rows and columns. It's also possible to set the exact x, y, width, and height values if needed. See the tutorial for more information.

Video overview

Tutorial

Available controls

buttons
text boxes
checkboxes
radio buttons
textures (for images)
sliders
gradients
labels
spacers
link buttons

Requirements

SpoutPlugin
Spoutcraft

Both of these can be downloaded here

Config

open_screen: set this to the id of a screen to have that screen automatically open when the GUI does
make_player_skins: set this to no to stop the plugin creating skins when players join the server

The rest of the config is used to change the default colours of things. Each value must be a string in the format r,g,b or r,g,b,a. Note that you can override these colours on any particular control.

Commands

/reload_gui_creator or /rgc: this will refresh the layout files if they have been changed since the plugin was started. The new screens will be visible the next time the GUI is opened
/open_screen or /os: this is an alternative to pressing the C key; use on its own to open the GUI like normal; use with a screen id to open the GUI directly to that screen

Permissions

gui_creator.can_open_gui - controls whether the user can access the GUI. Default is false.
gui_creator.can_reload_screens - controls whether the user can reload the screen files. Default is false.

Mac users

I've been informed that Macs have a very unfriendly behaviour of treating remote folders like local folders and creating hidden files on them. This has been causing the problems that I've seen come up a few times where the plugin is trying to read this hidden file.

I've fixed this from 1.6.7 but it you don't want to update, or you're seeing problems with other plugins, there are a couple of things you can do. One is to delete the file .DS_Store from any remote folders that are giving you trouble. Second is to follow the instructions here and stop the behaviour altogether.

Issues

there are a couple of controls that are hard-coded in Spout so resizing them won't work as intended (mainly check_box and radio_button)
this plugin is intended to be run full-screen, with GUI scale set to auto (see the previous point)

Like this and want to show appreciation? Send any unwanted TF2 items my way! id: coldandtired

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Posted Feb 16, 2012
@Darkhand81 That's what I was worried about. Seems it will have to wait for the new Spout to be possible.

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#320 Posted Feb 15, 2012

@coldandtired

Testing url_button:

2012-02-15 22:42:13 [WARNING] Failed to handle packet: java.awt.HeadlessException: 
No X11 DISPLAY variable was set, but this program performed an operation which requires it.
java.awt.HeadlessException: 
No X11 DISPLAY variable was set, but this program performed an operation which requires it.
	at java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop(Unknown Source)
	at me.coldandtired.GUI_Creator.GUI_URLbutton.onButtonClick(GUI_URLbutton.java:37)
	at org.getspout.spoutapi.packet.PacketControlAction.run(PacketControlAction.java:113)
	at org.getspout.spout.packet.CustomPacket.handle(CustomPacket.java:125)
	at net.minecraft.server.NetworkManager.b(NetworkManager.java:226)
	at net.minecraft.server.NetServerHandler.a(NetServerHandler.java:100)
	at org.getspout.spout.SpoutNetServerHandler.a(SpoutNetServerHandler.java:552)
	at net.minecraft.server.NetworkListenThread.a(NetworkListenThread.java:78)
	at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.w(MinecraftServer.java:537)
	at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.run(MinecraftServer.java:435)
	at net.minecraft.server.ThreadServerApplication.run(SourceFile:465)

Looks like it's trying to open the browser on the server, not the client. Glancing through the Javadocs, I'm not so sure Spout has any means of opening a web browser on the client side? :(

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https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Public/BUKKIT/GUI_Helper_CREATOR/Gui%20Helper%20Creator_newinterface_control.png?w=a9644323

I will do a complete overhaul of the interface

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
How do you hope see the interface of my software

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
@matthieu614

config.yml

combo_box_color: r,g,b(,a)

combo_box

mode: online_players

mode: offline_players

text_color: (r,g,b,a)

hover_color: (r,g,b,a)

skin_texture: string

slider

skin_texture: string

text_box

skin_texture: string

password_box: yes|no

texture

name: string

I'm pretty doubtful about url_button so I'll wait for some tests.

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
Could we have an example of the syntax with all the additions since 1.5? Because his is hot to follow all her :)

thank you

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@Darkhand81 Hmmm. Just realised I tested it on my PC with a local server running so there's a pretty high chance it won't work properly :(

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
url_button will be a fantastic addition! 'Click here to go to our forums', etc. Awesome!!!

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
1.5.3 is up - direct link

Changes

Added a new control - url_button to link to web pages
Functions the same as the link_button but the link_to key must be a webpage address surrounded by quotes. E.g. link_to: "www.google.com"
If there is no info key set the tooltip will be the address.
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Posted Feb 15, 2012
@morizukiHere's an example with both
- type: texture row: 1 row_span: 4 name: tex - type: text_box row: 1 col: 2 skin_texture: tex password_box: yes

When the player finishes typing a player's name in the text_box (about half a second after) the texture will update to show the picture of the player in the text_box (if it exists).
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Posted Feb 15, 2012
@coldandtired

oh god thank you XDDD

Help
- in password_box what do I put? yes? or *?
- can you give us a tutorial for the Skins?

another suggestion if you can..

Suggestion
-Putting a URL and can be clicked and open up a browser and go to that link..?

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@matthieu614

yeah but there's something wrong with the xauth spout like having going to the spawnpoint instead on the last place where you logoff..

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Posted Feb 15, 2012
1.5.2 is up - direct link

Changes

Updated to Bukkit 1.1-R4
labels with ^gc_player_money^ now show only two decimal places
Added text_color and hover_color keys to combo_box
Added password_box key to text_box
Use this to replace the text with *
This doesn't offer any protection other than hiding the text from the screen!
Added name key to texture
Added skin_texture key to combo_box, slider, and text_box
Use like this skin_texture: name, where name is the name key of a texture
Some optimizations

It's now possible to show any player's skin in any texture.

The skin file is created when the player joins (all players, not only Spoutcraft players) so get a player to logout if you want his skin, or grab the pic from somewhere else and place it in the Skins\ folder.

The skin to show is taken from the selected value of the combo_box or slider, and the text of the text_box. The slider and combo_box don't need to be mode: online_players or offline_players so you can add as many player names as you want (just admins, for example).

In the texture control, mode: skin still works as before, but if the control has a name key it will be overridden by any other controls that are sending the player picture. If you want to use any player picture you don't need the mode key.
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There is already an interface to xauth , called xauth Spout can find it here : http://forums.spout.org/threads/misc-info-xauthspout-1-0-provide-a-spout-gui-for-xauth-spn644-cb1-0-1-r1.666/

I hope it will help

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for my xAuth :D and changing old password to new one..

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Coldandtired do you see my MP ?

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Posted Feb 14, 2012
@Darkhand81 https://github.com/SpoutDev/Spout/issues/1602

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@morizuki Do you mean like a password box? Why would you need to use that for?

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@Darkhand81 It used to be that way but the new method of trapping the key doesn't support it. I'll put up a ticket on the tracker and see if it could be added.

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whenever they type in the text_box let say..
I type bukkit, but instead of bukkit it will be display into ******..
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Created

Dec 31, 2011
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