6.1.0 - External Data Overhaul

Change Log:

Additions

• Added Pr and Dev workflows to lint and create documentation
• Added Datastore and PlayerData core modules for saving external data
• Added External core module for accessing read only external data
• Added /connect to connect to another multiplayer server
• Added auto station renaming based on the closest ore to the station
• Added player statistics which are tracked and synced across our servers
• Added quickbar saving to allow you to sync your quickbar across our servers
• Added alt-view and server ups syncing across our servers
• Added /save-data /preference and /set-preference to manage your player data
• Added data tab to readme which shows all your stats and your synced settings

Changes

• Updated luacheck to include Redmew and ExpGaming global variables
• Player colour and join message are now synced and dont require config edits
• Player tag and bonus is now synced across our servers
• Spelling corrections and whitespace changes across all files
• All uses for the Store core module have been updated to use Datastore core module
• Updated the doc comments for the Commands core module
• Gui top flow now accepts a boolean as an authenticator to allow/disallow regardless of the player
• Role assign and unassign events now include the role names rather than role objects
• Multiple optimisations have been made to the Roles core module
• Servers tab in the readme now shows a button to allow direct connection to the servers
• Changed discord alert format to show days and also removed colons after the titles
• Warning and report removals alerts now show the amount that was removed
• Getting the warnings for a player will list all warnings as well has who gave the warning
• Warnings now sync across our servers so a warning will not expire on reset
• Warp gui has been optimised when warps are updated, removed or added
• Event core now uses xpcall rather than pcall plus a success check
• Introduced better sandboxing for /interface and allowed for static modules to be added

Removals

• Removed Factorio-luachecrc as a sub module
• Removed Game.get_player_by_index as factorio bug is now resolved
• Removed over use of Game.get_player_from_any as it was being used for known data types
• Removed core module Store as Datastore can be used without syncing to the same effect

Bugfixs

• Chat commands with time delays now show to all players
• All code is now lua check compliant
• Fixed internal bug with command parsing spoted while using game.json_to_table
• Fixed role assignment and unassignment when the player has not yet joined the game
• Fixed bug with chat popups where names were treated as matching paterns
• Fixed game time showen in discord alerts, no longer shows 0h 0m for every alert
• Fixed /clear-inventory not working for offline players
• Fixed the ratio commond using global functions
• Player chat colour will now show as a lighter version of they player colour

For more details see commit: release/6.1.0