Pbl dependencies?

[Gwledig]

I have been exporing DATAURI to embed images in MP games to avoid players joining seeing blank units etc. I have given up on this as DATAURI doesn't work for most WML apart from [option]image= due to conflicting way the commas are interpreted for comma-separated lists of images in places like image= and overlays=

So after adding in some special graphics to my MP mod, I am wondering if I can force the add-on to be downloaded for players joining a MP game, I am testing the following in PBL file:

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dependencies=Conquest+ Space/Ranged

ie the dependency is the name of the add-on itself...

I know the addon-server will show dependencies when installing an add-on, does anyone see a problem declaring a dependency in this way and should this be a reliable way to force the addon to be downloaded? The addon is 1.98 MB there are only 30 PNG images added so hopefully not too demanding on resources for players joining games....

[Ravana]

Spaces are not allowed in addon paths, so it cant be correct dependency id.

[Gwledig]

I was wondering that, the name= is actually -

title="Conquest+ Space/Ranged"
type="map_pack"

there is no ID= in the PBL or main.cfg, do I just need a unique ID like

ID="conquest_plus_space"

then declare this in dependencies="conquest_plus_space"

or does the dependencies= need to be the root directory/folder of the mod? e.g. "Conquestplus_space"

?

[Ravana]

Addon id is its folder name.

[Gwledig]

ah not seen this anywhere in PBL etc... but do you need this e.g. ID="Conquestplus_space" (this is root folder) declared in main or plb files?

[Ravana]

Dependency works as suggestion to user that he should also install another addon.

[Gwledig]

Ah
you don't need to put anything in PBL the dependencies= is only for the addon-server to prompt user to install other required add-ons in the actual add-on interface, to force DL of the add-on within the game lobby, i.e player must install the scenario themselves you have to add some things into [multiplayer] to declare require-scenario and optionally the version number required e.g.

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[multiplayer]
id=Conquest+_Ysk
name=_"Conquest+ Space Ysk REQUIRES DOWNLOAD"
description=_ "Conquest+ Space/Ranged: Ysk! Defeat your opponents in this Risk-inspired game. 
Factions used: Imperium, Eldor, Chaoz, Zygons, Pioneers.
For 2-6 players"
map_data="{~add-ons/Conquestplus_space/maps/ysk.map}"
require_scenario="yes"
addon_min_version="3.9.8"

[octalot]

There's a specific set of keys for a self-dependency:

• [era]'s require_era,
• [multiplayer]'s require_scenario,
• [modification]'s require_modification (probably works for [resource] too)
• multiplayer [campaign]'s require_campaign

(I see you've just posted this, but thought I might as well post the whole list)