fix the URL of the Thunderstore.io API call to get BepInExPack (fixes #665)

[a-sala7]

Edit:
For a temporary manual fix until this PR is merged and the image is updated, please check @erNail's comment here
#666 (comment)

[alx377]

Checked that this works.

[corbin-lounsbury]

I have nothing meaningful to contribute other than to point out this is the "PR of the Beast" (#666) :P

[ivanv]

I had the same error. If I make a manual adjustment in docker container, according to the uploaded patch, the problem is solved.

[a-sala7]

I had the same error. If I make a manual adjustment in docker container, according to the uploaded patch, the problem is solved.

Yes, full transparency; I had an error when trying to build the docker image, but I figured it either needed some configuration or had something to do with the fact that I'm on windows, and I was too lazy to troubleshoot that for a URL change😄

So I just docker exec'd into the container and edited bepinex updater with vim and restarted the container and boom, it worked.

The bepinex updater can be found in /usr/local/bin if you need to do this change temporarily until the image is updated with the fix.

[Kiaos]

Yea i changed the url to https://thunderstore.io/api/experimental/package/denikson/BepInExPack_Valheim/ using vim and now my server works again.

[Kiaos]

After changing this in my own server it worked. So this is the solution..

[andrewshpyh]

Guys, can You push this commit to prod? I`m using CasaOS to run the server, changed link via nano, but still server stuck on this error, even after restarts of container\server.

[corbin-lounsbury]

Guys, can You push this commit to prod? I`m using CasaOS to run the server, changed link via nano, but still server stuck on this error, even after restarts of container\server.

As a workaround, you could pull the repo down locally, make the changes, and run docker build. It would give you a working version until the main repo is updated. All you would need to do is switch the image source.

[michaelmurfy]

Tested and this works.

[dvudd]

I've also tested this and it works.

[TheStig022]

Please tell me in more detail how I can change the address? I can’t get access to BepInEx updater

UPD.
I figured it out, all I had to do was google a little and with 0 knowledge everything worked out :)

[Seanzuwu]

Please tell me in more detail how I can change the address? I can’t get access to BepInEx updater

UPD. I figured it out, all I had to do was google a little and with 0 knowledge everything worked out :)

Can you please point me in the right direction? I'm struggling to figure this out, thanks.

UPD: I also fixed this myself, hurrah!

[Tronceon]

I apparently can't google as I can't locate the updater file to modify. Any clues to get me down the right path?

[Seanzuwu]

I apparently can't google as I can't locate the updater file to modify. Any clues to get me down the right path?

Hello!

The file is located in - usr/local/bin

then use vim or whatever you have installed to edit the file, if you don't have vim installed on the container you can

apt-get update
apt-get install vim

[Tronceon]

I apparently can't google as I can't locate the updater file to modify. Any clues to get me down the right path?

Hello!

The file is located in - usr/local/bin

then use vim or whatever you have installed to edit the file, if you don't have vim installed on the container you can

apt-get update apt-get install vim

Thank you for that info... I, in my true noob self, was looking for the container files within my portainer install images instead of running the container console.....

Works like a charm now.

[greentailkitsune]

It works. BepInExPack moved to new address https://thunderstore.io/api/experimental/package/denikson/BepInExPack_Valheim/

tested

[Kiaos]

is the maintainer gone or is he waiting till ashelands?

[Klastic]

lgtm

[erNail]

Can confirm that this fix works.
For anyone looking for a workaround until this Pull Request is merged:

1. Find the name/ID of your running valheim-server docker container

   docker ps

2. Enter the filesystem of the running valheim-server docker container

   docker exec -it <VALHEIM_SERVER_CONTAINER_ID> /bin/bash

3. Open the file usr/local/bin/bepinex-updater:

   vi /usr/local/bin/bepinex-updater

4. Replace https://valheim.thunderstore.io/api/experimental/package/denikson/BepInExPack_Valheim/ with https://thunderstore.io/api/experimental/package/denikson/BepInExPack_Valheim/

5. Wait until the docker container tries to access the BepInEx URL again (I am not sure if this happens with the file change, or in regular interval)

[a-sala7]

Thanks a lot @erNail, been wanting to write that but I was too lazy to be honest 😄

I'd like to add a bit of clarification on 4 and 5.

4. To edit the url for utter vi/vim noobs such as myself, to fix the url you're gonna want to move the cursor to stand right before the "valheim" word and press D and then W twice (short for "delete word") to remove "valheim" and the dot from the url. Then write :wq and enter to save your changes.
5. You'll just have to restart the container with docker restart <VALHEIM_SERVER_CONTAINER_ID>, for me the container simply sat idle and didn't do anything forever after encountering the bepinex url error.

Happy gaming

[russwe]

https://github.com/users/russwe/packages/container/valheim-server-docker

If you just need to pull a container and be done. More than happy to MR some of the changes/tweaks back if desired, and quite happy to shut mine down once the fix is in ^_^

[aCursedComrade]

Bumping for attention, can confirm this PR fixes the bepinex-updater issue

[clarkent86]

Also confirming it works!

I built this and pushed it to my docker hub if anyone wants to use it: clarkent86/valheim-server

[Mathiasduc]

Can a reviewer have a quick look at this PR ?

[Mathiasduc]

Can a reviewer have a quick look at this PR ?

Does anybody beside @lloesche have review/merge rights ?
Is this a solo project ?

[Gyrofalcon]

Im trying to change the url in bepinex-updater, and get
Apr 12 17:12:46 supervisord: valheim-server DEBUG - [157] - Valheim Server is not yet downloaded - waiting
2024-04-12 17:12:49,842 INFO success: valheim-server entered RUNNING state, process has stayed up for > than 10 seconds (startsecs)
Apr 12 17:12:49 supervisord: valheim-updater valheim-server: started
Apr 12 17:12:53 supervisord: valheim-server DEBUG - [157] - Valheim Server is not yet downloaded - waiting

The last line repeats it self. The server can't be seen in the server list.
If I update my container and setting BEPINEX to false, all is good.

Any suggestion?

Edit 17th of April. After much head scratching, my linux bistro didn't want to play with me anymore, so I had to scrap the VM and set up everything from zero. Very happy I have backups and documentation on my build, so it was a bit easier this time around. Now the edit works, and so do BepinEx.

[NickDJM]

Can confirm this solved me issue

[Kiaos]

I see him committing stuff on other things Not sure he cares about this project. He needs another reviewer incase something happens to him.

[lloesche]

@a-sala7 thank you for your PR!

Hey all, sorry for the late reply. I haven't played Valheim in over a year, so rarely check here. There are four other collaborators with commit access on this repo, but I guess they're in the same boat.

I'm open to adding additional active collaborators. Let me know if you have a good understanding of the components this repo is made up of (Docker, Go, Python, Bash) and I'll add you.

Again sorry for the delay.

[a-sala7]

@lloesche of course man it's totally understandable, no worries.
I'd honestly offer to join but I'm absolutely abysmal at the black magic that is Bash and "meh" at Go. 😂
Best of luck and thanks again for this image.

[Mathiasduc]

Thanks 👍