Server to enforce "PingMapDisabled" setting on all clients about xportal HOT 6 CLOSED

I'm still releasing a new version that includes your request though, as I discovered the "nomap" option only after I already added the functionality :)

As per a90c734 XPortal will hide the ping button if either the "nomap" option is set, or the "PingMapDisabled" option is set on the server.

Aiming to release tonight or tomorrow.

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v1.2.5 is now live and includes these features :)

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You're a star! That's awesome news. Im going to be double sure and set the nomap feature on top of this mod anyway - that was a great tip!

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This makes perfect sense, and I have no idea why I didn't think of this in the first place :)

I found that other mods, for example PlantEverything, use a 3rd party library called "ServerSync" to achieve this behaviour. I've looked into how that works and have decided that I don't want to use it, because: 1. it doubles XPortal's filesize, 2. it's overkill for such a small feature (look at all of this stuff, omg), and 3. it overwrites the client config permanently every time you join a server with different settings.

So instead I'll have to refactor the ping functionality to become a server side feature, so that clients can "request" it. To hide the button, clients have to request the server's setting before opening their UI (or something to that extent).

Sounds feasible to me. I'll see what I can do!

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Did you know, by the way, there is a global setting you can set on the server which disables the use of maps? I'm not sure how you'd set it (I don't run a dedicated server), but it exists, and it's used in Valheim's code that determines what to do with the minimap.

What I am trying to get at, is: Does XPortal let you see the map despite this setting? Because the way it looks is that this does exactly what you're after.

Edit: I've tested this. If you type "nomap" in the console, it will disable the map entirely. This also disables XPortal's ping functionality. The ping button itself remains visible, but I could make it look for the "nomap" value to change that.

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Edit: I've tested this. If you type "nomap" in the console, it will disable the map entirely. This also disables XPortal's ping functionality. The ping button itself remains visible, but I could make it look for the "nomap" value to change that.

That's not a bad workaround, didn't think of that! Currently using a MapMod to disable the map but it appears that it just blocks the input for it. Because the ping form XPortal would bring up the map and it would still show the areas that were discovered by the player (opening up the chance to grab screenshots) so killing map server side hopefully remedies this.

Thanks heaps for pointing this out, should hopefully nip this minor issue in the bud - cheers

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