Code Revision Number

[W4rl0ck]

Hi,

I have seen a code revision number in the private server database. It would be nice if this number would be exposed to the sandbox, to make it possible to recognize a new code upload in game. (to reset caches, compare cpu usage and stuff like that)

Thanks

   W4rl0ck

[Dissi]

I'd love to see how high I've racked up this number.

Since we got the following things:

• Game.gcl
• Game.resources
• Game.cpu

It might be interesting to bundle the "user" side of the scripts in Game.user

• Game.user.gcl - Old Game.gcl
• Game.user.resources - Old Game.resources
• Game.user.cpu - Old Game.cpu
• Game.user.name
• Game.user.tickOfBirth ( if available )
• Game.user.power (missing in resources, if it's added there that's fine too)
• Game.user.code
• revision
• activationTick

This would consolidate the loose dangeling bits a littlebit.

 

 

[XyzzyPrime]

Add Game.user.respawn (last tick the user was respawned)

It would give you how long this colony had been alive (instead of Member since length)

 

[tedivm]

You can get the same results with grunt.

http://docs.screeps.com/contributed/advanced_grunt.html#Automatic-Versioning

[W4rl0ck]

yeah I'm currently using the webpack defines plugin ( https://webpack.js.org/plugins/define-plugin/ ) but having the information directly from the game object would also make it possible to track changes done in the ingame editor.

[dragoonreas]

I monitor when require.timestamp changes to keep track of how long it's been since my last code commit.

I found out about it when looking through the engine code recently. You can see where it's set here:

https://github.com/screeps/engine/blob/master/src/game/game.js#L484

I haven't seen it mentioned in these forums or on the Screeps Slack, so I don't think many people know about it.

 

I'd love to have Dissi's suggestion implemented though, since I don't know the actual commit number I'm up to.