Hey guys,

 

I'm working on a mod which does a total overhaul of the GUI system for general player info (health, hunger, the hotbar and so on).

I've set it up so the entire mod is configurable, with just under 100 options to you can specify exactly where every widget should appear, when and if it should render and so on. I've also added a load of "widgets" with useful bits of info on (For example, coordinates, gamemode etc)

 

Now, as the GUI is rendered constantly and can be altered later, I had an idea; I want to send a packet from the server to the client when the player joins, which sets the client's config to match the servers. That way, a server can design the layout how they like, and clients automatically have the layout pre-configured, per server, with no effort required on the players part.

 

My question is; what is the best way to actually set this system up? I can send the packet with the info from the server to the client, but would I need a new "temporary config" class or can I just write it directly to the existing config? Is there maybe another issue I've overlooked somewhere?

 

Thanks

The way I'd do it is this:

 

Look for the config, if it's not there, request it from the server.  Server sends the config, client saves it.

 

Now read the file and set up the GUI.

 

Also, you can totally read and write NBT files instead of text files if you want to, and NBTs can be serialized and sent via packets super easy.  They're a little trickier for people to edit, but NBTexplorer is readily available for all operating systems.