Mod update notifyer?

[jojoa1997]

Ok so i noticed in some mods in minecraft send you a message in chat when you join ex:

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There is a new version of optifine at www.bleck.co

Could there be a minetest.notify(reason or something, "message") so modders can tell the people using mods that there is an update. Also in the minetest.conf there should be a setting like notify = false/true

[PilzAdam]

There is minetest.log() or minetest.chat_send_all().

[rubenwardy]

The problem is not the notify, but rather the checking.

[Sokomine]

For a server, it might be pretty annoying if there'd be some mods who'd constantly tell that there are new versions available. Perhaps the Minetest Mod Database - which is already partly integrated into the game engine - could be used to check if newer versions where uploaded. I'm just afraid that people won't remember to manually generate and upload packages each time they change something small on a mod.

[jojoa1997]

The problem is not the notify, but rather the checking.

For a server, it might be pretty annoying if there'd be some mods who'd constantly tell that there are new versions available. Perhaps the Minetest Mod Database - which is already partly integrated into the game engine - could be used to check if newer versions where uploaded. I'm just afraid that people won't remember to manually generate and upload packages each time they change something small on a mod.

i would like to point out

Also in the minetest.conf there should be a setting like notify = false/true

[rubenwardy]

When I said checking, i meant download the latest version number from the internet, and checking again current.

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function minetest.notify(msg)
    if minetest.get_settingbool("notify") then
         minetest.chat_send_all(msg)
    end
end

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