@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This program comes without any warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable l
* Fast HTML Canvas map with only players who moved recently
* Fast HTML Canvas map with only players who moved recently
* No mods are required--Uses Python and PHP (generator.py detects border chunks by setting a flag color as the bgcolor; distinguishes empty chunks from locked database [retries if locked])
* No mods are required--Uses Python and PHP (generator.py detects border chunks by setting a flag color as the bgcolor; distinguishes empty chunks from locked database [retries if locked])
* generator.py can loop forever (to keeps certain runtime data to reduce drive reads & writes):
* generator.py can loop forever (to keeps certain runtime data to reduce drive reads & writes):
```
```perl
sudo python generator.py
sudo python generator.py
#or run as user that has read & write priveleges to $HOME/chunkymap and your website's minetest folder (or website root if installing chunkymap.php there)
#or run as user that has read & write priveleges to $HOME/chunkymap and your website's minetest folder (or website root if installing chunkymap.php there)
#or to get back to it later with screen -r, instead install screen command (or tmux may work) then run:
#or to get back to it later with screen -r, instead install screen command (or tmux may work) then run:
* to maintain stability of your text editor, save the file, close it, then move/copy it to the directory (or save it as something else then rename it to signals.txt).
* to maintain stability of your text editor, save the file, close it, then move/copy it to the directory (or save it as something else then rename it to signals.txt).
REM cd to the minetest-chunkymap or minetest-chunkymap-master folder you unzipped
REM cd to the minetest-chunkymap or minetest-chunkymap-master folder you unzipped
echo refresh_map_enable:False > signals.txt
echo refresh_map_enable:False > signals.txt
echo loop_enable:False > signals.txt
echo loop_enable:False > signals.txt
```
```
* list of signals:
* list of signals:
```
```YAML
loop_enable:True
loop_enable:True
loop_enable:False
loop_enable:False
#verbose_enable is false for looped (default) mode and true for non-looped mode
#verbose_enable is false for looped (default) mode and true for non-looped mode
@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ This should be hard to corrupt since id is used as the indexer for the players d
* games_path, mods_path, players_path, and other subdirectories of the major ones should not be stored in minetestmeta.yml, since otherwise the values may deviate from the parent directories when the parent directories change.
* games_path, mods_path, players_path, and other subdirectories of the major ones should not be stored in minetestmeta.yml, since otherwise the values may deviate from the parent directories when the parent directories change.
To avoid this problem, instead derive the paths from the parent paths using your favorite language such as in the following examples:
To avoid this problem, instead derive the paths from the parent paths using your favorite language such as in the following examples:
* IF you are using a distro such as Ubuntu 14.04 where first line of /etc/crontab is "m h dom mon dow user command" then if you want regular refresh of map then run:
* IF you are using a distro such as Ubuntu 14.04 where first line of /etc/crontab is "m h dom mon dow user command" then if you want regular refresh of map then run:
(otherwise first edit the script to fit your crontab then)
(otherwise first edit the script to fit your crontab then)
(if you are not using /var/www/html/minetest/chunkymapdata, edit chunkymap-cronjob script to use the correct directory, then)
(if you are not using /var/www/html/minetest/chunkymapdata, edit chunkymap-cronjob script to use the correct directory, then)
then switch user to the one that will run minetestserver
then switch user to the one that will run minetestserver
(since install-chunkymap-on-ubuntu.sh DOES replace "/home/owner" with current user's home [replace-with-current-user.py, which is automatically called by install, will change /home/owner to current user's directory in each script that install copies to $HOME/chunkymap])
(since install-chunkymap-on-ubuntu.sh DOES replace "/home/owner" with current user's home [replace-with-current-user.py, which is automatically called by install, will change /home/owner to current user's directory in each script that install copies to $HOME/chunkymap])
then go to Terminal and run:
then go to Terminal and run:
```
```perl
minetestserver
minetestserver
```
```
then when it is finished loading, press Ctrl C then run:
then when it is finished loading, press Ctrl C then run:
* Rename viewchunkymap.php so it won't be overwritten on update if you want to modify it (or anything you want) then make a link to it on your website or share the link some other way.
* Rename viewchunkymap.php so it won't be overwritten on update if you want to modify it (or anything you want) then make a link to it on your website or share the link some other way.
```
```perl
# The commands below will work if you are using the web installer, or have done mv minetest-chunkymap-master "$HOME/Downloads/minetest-chunkymap" (and if you are using /var/www/html/minetest -- otherwise change that below)
# The commands below will work if you are using the web installer, or have done mv minetest-chunkymap-master "$HOME/Downloads/minetest-chunkymap" (and if you are using /var/www/html/minetest -- otherwise change that below)
# * use of e.clientX e.clientY where line contains neither + or - (should use some kind of modifiers for scroll and canvas position such as in get_relative_mouse_point method)