blockland-DLL-tools

Formerly located at https://gitlab.com/Queuenard/blockland-DLL

Blockland DLL list

List of Blockland DLL loaders and DLLs

Current Blockland version: r2033

Index

• Introduction
• Loaders and patched executables
• DLLs
• DLLs (v20)
• DLLs (abandoned)
• DLLs (archived)
• Libraries
• Libraries (old)
• Uncategorized

Introduction

Blockland DLLs can modify the game in ways not possible with add-ons and TorqueScript. They can be essentially add-ons on their own or resources for scripters to facilitate internal engine access. For example, how can I have a script detect if a player moves? Rather than polling every few milliseconds, a DLL can inject itself and trigger a TorqueScript callback whenever the engine detects a player movement.

I can't guarantee the safety of pre-compiled code or even of source code. Use at your own risk.

Patching Blockland

Blockland needs an entry in its import table to load external DLLs. While loaders (only one works now: RedBlocklandLoader.dll) provide a patched Blockland.exe, it is possible to generate your own:

• Using StudPE and adding RedBlocklandLoader.dll to the import table,

or

• Using BL-patcher.py, located in this repository, which was designed to imitate the same routines as StudPE and produce a near byte-for-byte match. You'll need the pefile python package, but no other documentation is provided at this time.

Loaders and patched executables

The loader is attached to the Blockland process and loads DLLs located in a certain folder. For both of the known public loaders, modules are loaded from the modules/ folder and executed immediately before the engine calls Sim::init.

Available version - the version of Blockland that is provided by this repository. Put simply, it's normally a base executable with the respective DLL loader attached inside the import table.

Compatible version - the version of Blockland for which the DLL works, provided the attached Blockland executable has the respective DLL in its import table. Note that some DLLs may work in higher Blockland versions than the version distributed in the respective project.

Name	URL	Available version	Compatible version	Notes
RedBlocklandLoader	https://gitlab.com/Redo0/redblocklandloader	r2012	r2033 ✓	Provides an older Blockland version, but the DLL continues to work on r2033 with a patched-executable.
RedBlocklandLoader (Eagle517)	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/redblocklandloader	r2033 ✓	r2033 ✓	3rd-party update for RedBlocklandLoader due to May 2020 game updates.
BlocklandLoader	https://github.com/qoh/BlocklandLoader	r1997	r2001	Not updated and no longer working: Torque function signatures changed in May 2020.

RedBlocklandLoader (Eagle517) is recommended and is currently maintained.

DLLs

Compatible version - the highest Blockland version with which the DLL works, as confirmed by my own tests or as claimed by the project owner.

Ready-to-install - whether a compiled DLL is provided and ready for end-user installation. This does not indicate whether it works with the current version of Blockland.

Name	URL	Compatible version	Ready-to-install	Description
AuthUnlock	https://gitlab.com/Redo0/authunlock	?	Yes ✓	Lets you join internet games in offline mode.
BinaryFileIO	https://github.com/Pah1023/BinaryFileIO	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Interact with files in binary mode using hexadecimal instead of strings
BLsql	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/blsql	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Interact with SQLite3 databses through TorqueScript
BlLua3	https://notabug.org/redo/bllua3	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Simple Lua interface for TorqueScript (experimental)
BLpython3	https://notabug.org/Queuenard/BLpython3	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Interface that can run Python scripts that interact with TorqueScript (experimental)
DataChunker Fix	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/datachunker-fix	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Fixes memory allocation bug. Particularly when many functions are defined.
Float Precision	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/float-precision	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Improves float precision in certain script scenarios
Ghost Buddy	https://notabug.org/Queuenard/GhostBuddy	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Disables brick ghosting and ghosts bricks in an alternative way
Ghost Limit Bypass	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/ghost-limit-bypass	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Increases ghosting speed by maintaining "fast packet" mode permanently.
Immediate Refocus	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/immediate-refocus	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Improves speed of switching focus back to Blockland's window
Move Handler	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/move-handler	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	A DLL that lets you see the moves of players and control the moves of AIPlayers.
Move Projectile	https://gitlab.com/Queuenard/move-projectile	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	A DLL that provides a TorqueScript callback for Projectile::processTick.
Network Priority	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/network-priority	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	A DLL that allows for control of ghosting priorities for ghostable objects through TorqueScript.
NoBrickTransitions	https://github.com/Electrk/NoBrickTransitions	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Removes the ugly white flash when planting bricks, the fade when changing a brick's color, and the fade when setting whether a brick is rendering.
NoFocus	https://gitlab.com/Redo0/nofocus	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Stops Blockland from grabbing the focus when starting or leaving a server. Older DLL, but confirmed working for r2033 as this DLL only interferes with external function calls.
No Sleep	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/no-sleep	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Stops Blockland from running slower in the background
Object Collision	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/object-collision	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	A DLL that provides a TorqueScript callback every time an object collides.
On-Game-Tick	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/on-game-tick/	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Adds a TorqueScript callback that gets called every tick
PackageAnyFunction	https://gitlab.com/Queuenard/packageanyfunction	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Lets you package or overwrite any function from TorqueScript.
Player Data Fields	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/player-data-fields	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Change datablock variables on individual Player objects
Projectile Curves	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/projectile-curves	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	A server- and client-sided implementation of curving projectiles. Particularly used on BCS servers. When used with a client, this allows for accurate projectile movements.
Precise Timer	https://gitlab.com/Queuenard/PreciseTimer	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	Track the execution time of TorqueScript code.
Precipitation	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/precipitation	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	A DLL that makes precipitation in Blockland collide with bricks that have raycasting on. This affects your client only.
Render Optimizations	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/render-optimizations	r2033 WIP	No	A work-in-progress DLL that increases overall 3D rendering performance
Selective Ghosting	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/selective-ghosting	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	A DLL that allows you to ghost individual objects to clients in Blockland.
Shapename Data	https://gitlab.com/Queuenard/shapename-data	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	A DLL that records shapename data in Torque variables. This can be used to record screenshot metadata.
Texture Bleed	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/texture-bleed	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	A DLL that modifies texture behavior with regards to edges
TraceBuddy	https://gitlab.com/Queuenard/TraceBuddy	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	A DLL that adds custom "trace2" function and dumps recent trace log to file, even if the server crashes.
Tracy	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/bl-tracy	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	A DLL that integrates Tracy for profiling TorqueScript
Wine Fix	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/wine-fix	r2033 ✓	Yes ✓	A DLL that modifies the console so it can work without wineconsole which was removed in Wine 5.18

DLLs (v20)

Name	URL	Compatible version	Ready-to-install	Description
PlayerShadows	https://gitlab.com/Redo0/playershadows	B4v21	Yes ✓	Enables shadows for players all the time
RenderDistance	https://gitlab.com/Redo0/renderdistance	B4v21	Yes ✓	Huge render distances in Blockland v20; Stops the game from crashing when rendering tons of terrain
BLShadowLib	https://github.com/vitawrap/BLShadowLib	B4v21	No	Allow shadows on bricks
BLTerBlendLib	https://github.com/vitawrap/BLTerBlendLib	B4v21	No	Fixes terrain lighting issue (pink slopes)

DLLs (abandoned)

DLLs that are abandoned and (likely or certainly) not working and no updated version exists.

Name	URL	Compatible version	Ready-to-install	Description
BlocklandJS	https://github.com/hatf0/blocklandjs	?	Yes ✓	(2018) BlocklandJS - a implementation of V8 in Blockland. Bad code included.
NoFov	https://gitlab.com/Redo0/nofov	?	Yes ✓	Prevents the server from setting your FOV

DLLs (archived)

DLLs that no longer fit in one of the categories above, but used to belong there

Name	URL	Compatible version	Ready-to-install	Description
BL-GhostLimitBypass	https://github.com/Pah1023/BL-GhostLimitBypass	?	No	?
BlocklandLua	https://github.com/qoh/BlocklandLua	?	Yes ✓	?
GhostLimitBypass	https://github.com/Visolator/Blockland---FastPacket-DLL	?	No	Sustains "fast packet" mode after clients have spawned.
PackageAnyFunction	https://gitlab.com/Redo0/packageanyfunction	r2005	Yes ✓	Lets you package or overwrite any function from TS.
PlayerCollisionDLL	https://github.com/Visolator/Blockland---PlayerCollisionDLL	?	No	Exposes Torquescript functions to change the typemask of a SimObject and therefore allows selective collision.
SelectiveGhostingDLL	https://github.com/Visolator/Blockland---SelectiveGhostingDLL	?	No	Exposes a function to Torquescript to change the net flags on a NetObject.
TraceEnabler	https://github.com/hatf0/TraceEnabler	r2033 ✓	No	A less laggy way to trace in TorqueScript. See "TraceBuddy" for something similar.

Libraries

Non-runnable libraries for developers

Name	URL	Description
libBLstructs	https://notabug.org/Queuenard/blockland-DLL-libBLstructs	Header-only library for Blockland DLL developers to handle known object layouts in memory
libTSfuncs	https://notabug.org/Queuenard/blockland-DLL-libTSfuncs	C++ library of small functions for Blockland DLL developers to deal with MinHook and common Torque engine interfaces
MinHook	https://notabug.org/Queuenard/blockland-DLL-MinHook	MinHook version typically used in Blockland DLL projects

Libraries (old)

Libraries that no longer work or have more recently updated versions

Name	URL	Description
TSFuncs	https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/tsfuncs	Library for easily making DLLs for Blockland

Uncategorized

https://github.com/bansheerubber/torquescript-interpreter

An in-progress TorqueScript interpreter. Not necessarily related to Blockland.

https://github.com/Pah1023/BL-Browser-CEF

BL-Browser, which allows displaying of web content on print bricks. I do not know whether this functions and there isn't much documentation.

https://gitlab.com/Eagle517/blockland-registry-tool

"A simple Windows program to configure Blockland's registry keys"

https://github.com/Electrk/dso.js

DSO decompiler for Blockland

https://github.com/Electrk/bl-decompiled

Blockland's default scripts decompiled

https://github.com/hatf0/PSGFY

Python DSO decompiler for Blockland (dead link)

https://notabug.org/Queuenard/ObjectTrace

Work in progress memory allocation/deallocation journal