- This article is satire, it doesn't represent reality and is designed to provide humor or entertainment.
Not to be confused with Tutorials, those are actually helpful.
This page documents overly simplified tutorials by Paradox19. You can use these methods but they're definitely not the best.
Disclaimers
- This page does not use proper Wiki Style, this is by design due to the satire nature of this article.
- You can use the methods outlined here to accomplish tasks, but they are not recommended
- This is way too many disclaimers for one page
Cloud variables for dummies
This does not cover cloud variables for groups.
Cloud variables are weird. They allow for communicating between sessions and persistent data.
Misconception(s)
"erm, im tryna make something that syncs between userspace and world space but the rate limits are gonna screw me over???"
Nope! The rate limits only apply to PERSISTENT data stores. Cloud variables are first synced between sessions, which have no rate limits, and THEN synced to the cloud for persistent data.
(Persistence: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: persistence refers to the characteristic of state of a system that outlives (persists more than) the process that created it) Basically, if something's persistent it's saved.
So as an example, my custom world loading indicator uses cloud variables but I don't have to worry about the rate limits there since my main goal isn't persistence - it's inter-session communication.
Okay let's get started with making a cloud variable
Basically, just send /createUserVar variable_space.variable type default_value variable_owner_unsafe variable_owner definition_owner to the Resonite bot. Of course, replace variable_space and variable with your variable name. Like: my_super_epic_app.Colour where my_super_epic_app is the namespace (basically the asset where this is used) and Colour is the variable.
type is the type for this variable, since cloud variables are statically typed. Don't screw this up else you'll need to recreate the variable. That's why they're statically typed.
default_value is the default value you want this variable to have when it is initialised for anyone.
The final stuff is the permission settings I usually recommend to people, if for SOME REASON you need to WRITE to a cloud variable in world space (you should never need to do this) then replace variable_owner with variable_owner_unsafe
"oops i need to change the permissions as i screwed up"
run /setUserVarPerms path action perm_type where path is your variable_space.variable, action is read, write OR list (you should never need to set list to anything other than definition_owner because idk) and perm_type is any of the perm types. The table below details the different permission types.
(use means to do the specified action, so read, write, or list)
| perm type | description | |
|---|---|---|
| Most restricted | definition_owner | only YOU (the person who made the variable) can use it |
| variable_owner | only the person who SET the value can use it in USERSPACE (this is what I recommend for WRITING) | |
| variable_owner_unsafe | only the person who SET the value can use it ANYWHERE (this is what I recommend for READING) | |
| Least restricted | anyone | anyone can use this for ANYONE (so not recommended) |
Wow! Does the regular cloud variable wiki need to be as complicated as it is?
"okay so im no longer using one so how do i delete it?"
First off, even if you're no longer using one, someone else might be with a fork of your project so expect something to break.
Anyway, just run: /deleteUserVar path and it'll be removed within half an hour