omochao

omochao is a simple (and quite hacky) Discord bot slash Node.js app that wraps around an SRB2Kart server in order to read and write from it.

features

• chat between a server and multiple discord channels
• post some basic info and a few error reports to discord
• auto reboot the server if it crashes
• log to a file, timestamp all entries (yay)
• server console is still somewhat accessible if needed

requirements

• Node.js
• Tmux

how-to & instalation

• set up an application and a bot. if you don't know how, you can follow this tutorial until step 2. make sure to save that token
• make sure you're using an up-to-date node version (here's some help). clone/download this repo, run npm install
• load the included printchat.lua file in your server. feel free to redistribute, modify, repack, or anything else you'd like to do with it
• create a new file named config.json, copy the contents of config.template.json in it and modify it as per your needs

if you ever need to access your server's console, you can do so by attaching the srb2kart Tmux session (tmux attach -t srb2kart). be aware though that the way this app manages to send messages to the server is by (ab)using the send-keys command. if someone sends a message while the server is running their message will be inputted to the console as if you were typing it.

the config file

the config file is a simple JSON file. let's go over what each field does:

• srb2
  • executable set the srb2kart executable location. if you've installed it through apt, leave it as it is
  • port the port which the server will listen
  • advertise should this server be advertised on the Master Server?
  • addonsfolder the location of your addons folder. omochao will load all your files in alphabetical order. if you need to load files in different order, put them under some folders so that they're loaded in a certain order (i have three folders, a_first, main, z_last)
  • srb2mode if true, checks for SRB2 login messages (which doesn't do the "player has joined, player has renames to" thing)
  • showMapChange if true, prints a message whenever a new map is loaded
• discord
  • token app token goes here. if you've followed the guide I left in the how-to section, put here the token you copied on step 1
  • channelIds omochao will write to and read from these channels
  • errorChannelId if there's a nasty error, omochao will print some details in this channel. you should use a channel that's only visible to your server's staff
• messages customize omochao's messages. you'll see some messages that include a $1 and maybe a $2, those are the parts omochao will replace with the actual values. make sure to put them if the examples include them, or else the app will fail spectacularly
  • playing omochao's bot will set this as their Discord presence.
  • booting printed when omochao boots
  • firstBoot printed on the first boot
  • boot if the server reboots for whatever reason, this message will be printed. consider tagging someone here
  • pingEverone if someone types @everyone while in-game, it will be replaced by this. good place for a bit of tomfoolery
  • serverShutdown printed when the server shuts down. consider tagging someone
  • joinedGame whenever someone joins
  • leftGame whenever someone leaves
• logLocation logfiles will be created in this location

wait how does this work

omochao works by running the srb2kart server through a Tmux session. in order to be able to read from the console, omochao stores the console's output to /tmp/srb2kartoutput. in order to write to it, it uses Tmux's send-keys command.

i want to see it in action

join the server i host, MauroKart 64 (mainly spanish-speaking, though most of us are good at english).

contributing

feel free to send PRs and request features. if you're aware of any possible security holes (i'm sure there's a few lying around) please let me know asap so I can push a fix.

contact me at daibutsu#5089 or shoot me an email to lucas@placeholder.com.ar