Fixed a bug in serverconfig. Tweaked how the default connection screen is stored, to allow for server updates.

game/gamesrc/world/connection_screens.py

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #
 # This module holds textual connection screen definitions.  All global
 # string variables (only) in this module are read by Evennia and
-# assumed to define a Connection screen.
+# assumed to define a Connection screen. You can change which module is 
+# used with settings.CONNECTION_SCREEN_MODULE. 
 #
 # The names of the string variables doesn't matter (except they
 # shouldn't start with _), but each should hold a string defining a
@@ -13,16 +14,18 @@
 # either reboot or reload the server to make them available. 
 #
 
-from src.utils import utils 
+from src.commands.connection_screen import DEFAULT_SCREEN
 
-DEFAULT_SCREEN = \
+# from src.utils import utils
-"""{b=============================================================={n
+#
- Welcome to {gEvennia{n, version %s! 
+# CUSTOM_SCREEN = \
-
+# """{b=============================================================={n
- If you have an existing account, connect to it by typing:
+# Welcome to {gEvennia{n, version %s! 
-      {wconnect <email> <password>{n
+#
- If you need to create an account, type (without the <>'s):
+# If you have an existing account, connect to it by typing:
-      {wcreate \"<username>\" <email> <password>{n
+#      {wconnect <email> <password>{n
-
+# If you need to create an account, type (without the <>'s):
- Enter {whelp{n for more info. {wlook{n will re-load this screen.
+#      {wcreate \"<username>\" <email> <password>{n
-{b=============================================================={n""" % utils.get_evennia_version()
+#
+# Enter {whelp{n for more info. {wlook{n will re-load this screen.
+#{b=============================================================={n""" % utils.get_evennia_version()

src/commands/connection_screen.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#
+# This is Evennia's default connection screen. It is imported 
+# and run from game/gamesrc/world/connection_screens.py. 
+#
+
+from src.utils import utils 
+
+DEFAULT_SCREEN = \
+"""{b=============================================================={n
+ Welcome to {gEvennia{n, version %s! 
+
+ If you have an existing account, connect to it by typing:
+      {wconnect <email> <password>{n
+ If you need to create an account, type (without the <>'s):
+      {wcreate \"<username>\" <email> <password>{n
+
+ Enter {whelp{n for more info. {wlook{n will re-load this screen.
+{b=============================================================={n""" % utils.get_evennia_version()

src/server/initial_setup.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def create_config_values():
     """
     Creates the initial config values.
     """    
-    ServerConfig.objects.conf("default_home", "2")
+    ServerConfig.objects.conf("default_home", '2')
     ServerConfig.objects.conf("site_name", settings.SERVERNAME)
     ServerConfig.objects.conf("idle_timeout", settings.IDLE_TIMEOUT)
 
@@ -189,14 +189,14 @@ def handle_setup(last_step):
         create_objects,          
         create_channels,
         create_system_scripts,
-        import_MUX_help_files,
         start_game_time,
-        create_admin_media_links]
+        create_admin_media_links,
+        import_MUX_help_files]
 
     if not settings.IMPORT_MUX_HELP:
         # skip importing of the MUX helpfiles, they are 
         # not interesting except for developers.
-        del setup_queue[4]
+        del setup_queue[-1]
 
     #print " Initial setup: %s steps." % (len(setup_queue)) 
 

src/server/manager.py

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ class ServerConfigManager(models.Manager):
                 conf.delete()
         elif value != None:             
             conf = self.filter(db_key=key)
-            if not conf:                
+            if conf:
+                conf = conf[0]
+            else:
                 conf = self.model(db_key=key)            
             conf.value = value # this will pickle 
         else: