Request of Two API Functions

[turbofandude 111]

To the LSPD:FR developers,

I'd like to request the ability to do two things via the LSPD:FR Mod API:

• Accept a callout
• Set the "available for calls" variable 

Both of these features would be put to immediate use in VocalDispatch and would really bring the vocal interaction full circle, in my opinion. I understand that, even if agreed upon, it wouldn't be immediate (or possibly, even soon), I just want to start the ball rolling, so to speak.

Thoughts/input everyone?

[AnIdioticMonkey 1]

37 minutes ago, turbofandude said:

To the LSPD:FR developers,

I'd like to request the ability to do two things via the LSPD:FR Mod API:

• Accept a callout
• Set the "available for calls" variable 

Both of these features would be put to immediate use in VocalDispatch and would really bring the vocal interaction full circle, in my opinion. I understand that, even if agreed upon, it wouldn't be immediate (or possibly, even soon), I just want to start the ball rolling, so to speak.

Thoughts/input everyone?

Definitely. Although issues could arise over some plugins randomly setting avaliable for calls to false or starting a random callout without telling you.

[LukeD 1858]

Personally I don't think either of those things should be extended to the API, they're internal mechanics. I understand your reason for wanting them but I can foresee it being a bad idea.

Although that being said I don't have any involvement in the coding of LSPDFR really, so I could easily be proven wrong.

[turbofandude 111]

Maybe force LSPD:FR to display some sort of notification that a plugin has accepted a callout/changed those on your behalf (so, an offending plugin could be easily found and removed)?

 

Or, perhaps you have to have to tell LSPDFR to allow that plugin to use those things.

Edited March 13, 2016 by turbofandude

[Albo1125 4550]

I think they're both great suggestions - plugins that 'abuse' this won't be downloaded much anyway as their reputation will plummet.

Having a notification saying your availability status changed would also be very useful.

[Cyan 4863]

These are really LSPDFR gameplay features.

I can see why you'd want to see them in the API, but the API wasn't really designed to modify LSPDFR's internal behavior (this is why we removed a lot of the function calls which were inadvertently exposed in the first version), it was designed to extend it and to use some of LSPDFR's behaviors in your own plugins.