IRC Mod for Minetest ==================== Introduction ------------ This mod is just a glue between IRC and Minetest. It provides two-way communication between the in-game chat, and an arbitrary IRC channel. The forum topic is at https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3905 Installing ---------- Quick one line install for Linux: cd && git clone --recursive https://github.com/kaeza/minetest-irc.git irc Please change `` to fit your installation of Minetest. For more information, see [the wiki](http://wiki.minetest.net/Installing_mods). The IRC mod's git repository uses submodules, therefore you will have to run `git submodule init` when first installing the mod (unless you used `--recursive` as above), and `git submodule update` every time that a submodule is updated. These steps can be combined into `git submodule update --init`. You'll need to install LuaSocket. You can do so with your package manager on many distributions, for example: # # On Arch Linux: # pacman -S lua51-socket # # On Debian/Ubuntu: # apt-get install lua-socket Settings -------- All settings are changed in `minetest.conf`. If any of these settings are not set, the default value is used. * `irc.server` (string) The address of the IRC server to connect to. * `irc.channel` (string) The IRC channel to join. * `irc.interval` (number, default 2.0) This prevents the server from flooding. It should be at least 2.0 but can be higher. After four messages this much time must pass between folowing messages. * `irc.nick` (string) Nickname the server uses when it connects to IRC. * `irc.password` (string, default nil) Password to use when connecting to the server. * `irc.NSPass` (string, default nil) NickServ password. Don't set this if you use SASL authentication. * `irc.sasl.pass` (string, default nil) SASL password, same as nickserv password. You should use this instead of NickServ authentication if the server supports it. * `irc.sasl.user` (string, default `irc.nick`) The SASL username. This should normaly be set to your NickServ account name. * `irc.debug` (boolean, default false) Whether to output debug information. * `irc.disable_auto_connect` (boolean, default false) If false, the bot is connected by default. If true, a player with the 'irc_admin' privilege has to use the /irc_connect command to connect to the server. * `irc.disable_auto_join` (boolean, default false) If false, players join the channel automatically upon entering the game. If true, each user must manually use the /join command to join the channel. In any case, the players may use the /part command to opt-out of being in the channel. * `irc.send_join_part` (boolean, default true) Determines whether to send player join and part messages to the channel. Usage ----- Once the game is connected to the IRC channel, chatting in-game will send messages to the channel, and will be visible by anyone. Also, messages sent to the channel will be visible in-game. Messages that begin with `[off]` from in-game or IRC are not sent to the other side. This mod also adds a few chat commands: * `/irc_msg ` Sends a private message to a IRC user. * `/join` Join the IRC chat. * `/part` Part the IRC chat. * `/irc_connect` Connect the bot manually to the IRC network. * `/irc_disconnect` Disconnect the bot manually from the IRC network (this does not shutdown the game). * `/irc_reconnect` Equivilant to `/irc_disconnect` followed by `/irc_connect`. You can also send private messages from IRC to in-game players. To do so, you must send a private message to the bot (set with the `irc.nick` option above), in the following format: @playername message For example, if there's a player named `mtuser`, you can send him/her a private message from IRC with: /msg server_nick @mtuser Hello! To avoid possible misunderstandings (since all in-game players use the same IRC user to converse with you), the "proxy" user will reject any private messages that are not in that format, and will send back a nice reminder as a private message. The bot also supports some basic commands, which are invoked by sending a private message to it. Use `!list` to get a list of commands, and `!help ` to get help about a specific command. Thanks ------ I'd like to thank the users who supported this mod both on the Minetest Forums and on the #minetest channel. In no particular order: 0gb.us, ShadowNinja, Shaun/kizeren, RAPHAEL, DARGON, Calinou, Exio, vortexlabs/mrtux, marveidemanis, marktraceur, jmf/john\_minetest, sdzen/Muadtralk, VanessaE, PilzAdam, sfan5, celeron55, KikaRz, OldCoder, RealBadAngel, and all the people who commented in the forum topic. Thanks to you all! License ------- Copyright © 2012-2013 Diego Martínez See LICENSE.txt for licensing information. The files in the irc directory are part of the LuaIRC project. See irc/LICENSE.txt for licensing information.