This program patches out certain restrictions from a Blockland v21 r2033 executable.
Certain functions (like WebCom_PostServer() and fxDTSBrick::willCauseChainKill()) cannot be overwritten in vanilla Blockland. This program removes those.
Certain functions (like setMyBLID() and GameConnection::setPlayerName()) cannot be called in vanilla Blockland except from certain .dso files. This program removes those.
Certain functions (like secureCommandToClient() and ShapeBase::setShapeName()) have password arguments required to call them in vanilla Blockland. This program removes the checks, but does not change the arguments of the functions themselves!
For example, the first argument of secureCommandToClient() is the function password zbR4HmJcSY8hdRhr.
You do not have to call secureCommandToClient("zbR4HmJcSY8hdRhr", %client, ...); but you still have to put something there.
Instead, you can just leave it blank: secureCommandToClient("", %client, ...);
However, ShapeBase::setShapeName() is the lone exception to this. This is because the password is the last argument, rather than the first. This program makes this last password argument optional.
You do not have to call %player.setShapeName("My New Name", 8564862);
Instead, you can just call %player.setShapeName("My New Name");
In vanilla Blockland, you cannot modify fxDTSBrickData fields after the first client joins your server. This is done by unsetting certain flags on the datablock in the fxDTSBrickData::packData() method. This program removes that restriction by setting those flags instead.
This program also allows you to transmit those datablock changes to clients with transmitDataBlocks(). In vanilla Blockland, updates made to fxDTSBricKData datablocks cannot be retransmitted to clients due to the fxDTSBrickData::onStaticModified() method being overridden. This program fixes that by calling SimDataBlock::onStaticModified() in that method.
This program only works properly for Blockland v21 r2033! It does not check if the executable being patched is the correct version/revision or is even a copy of Blockland. Use at your own risk!
There are two ways to use this program: either as a typical console program, or as a command-line interface.
To use it normally, just drag an executable onto the program. Make sure it's a copy of Blockland v21 r2033!
You can also use it as a command-line program: BlocklandLiberator.exe path [-X] [-h]
-h or --help displays help.
-X or --cli makes the program behave as a command-line interface. Since the vast majority of users of this program will use Windows, it operates as a normal program by default, pausing after errors and certain messages. This option disables that and will simply display error/success messages and then immediately exit.
I wrote this as a single-file C program to make it as easy as possible to build. If you can't figure it out yourself, download a pre-built binary.