Do mods for 2.0 work Aswell with the redux version?

[LearningCoder]

Does anyone know of the mods from v2 work with the redux version? As I'm after buying license for redux

[KyleMassacre]

Yes they work but they need to be converted and their is a tutorial for it here somewhere on the boards

[LearningCoder]

Ok thank you, does v2 have any exploits or did they get taken out?

[KyleMassacre]

Im sure with anything php related you can bet on that since I dont think there is anything 100% secure. You just gotta watch user input. Im no security expert by any means so dont take my word for it and rule of thumb is and I think everyone here would agree is dont trust your userbase, there is always some schmuck that will try

[LearningCoder]

Ahhhhh ok, thanks for your help. I might just get the basic v2.0 and then work on taking out all major exploits then, through time work on taking all small ones out.

[KyleMassacre]

IMO, all exploits are MAJOR since 99.9% are used to eff up your game. From what ive heard "most" of them have been "fixed" but there is always a way around it

[LearningCoder]

Ohhh ok is thi on the redux version or the 2.0.3 one? Or both, and i know what you mean lol, i had a game before and i didnt know about exploits and someone took it apart lol :(

[Dominion]

You can make them work, but honestly if you read around it seems people have been having trouble with both the base engine, and converting even with the tutorial. I would suggest starting with mcc free (assuming you defiantly want mccodes), and looking at other options before buying anything.

[Paul Evans]

v2 mods can easily be converted to redux i made mods for v2 and redux converting them took 5 mins max

[radio_active]

find and replace

[Paul Evans]

Yes radio_active it's that simple

[ColdBlooded]

It is quite indeed, very simple.

[Dominion]

Well it does appear simply to be copy and paste people who have asked for help on the forum or in chat (I have not been as active in chat the last month or so) have had difficulty. Simply do a search on the engine.

One example of such threads include a poll –

http://makewebgames.io/showthread.php/39803-Redux-Installation-of-ne-Mods

So as I said before I would start with the free version if you’re going with mccodes. Also there is never any harm in shopping around. I would also recommend basic programming experience if you haven't already got any. This would mean starting with open source code, and making a more full decision later to ensure it's what you should be using to get your project where you want it.

Edited July 13, 2012 by Dominion

[Paul Evans]

http://makewebgames.io/showthread.php/39502-Tutorial-v2-0-3-v2-5-convertion?highlight=redux+convert Simple.

[Dominion]

http://makewebgames.io/showthread.php/39502-Tutorial-v2-0-3-v2-5-convertion?highlight=redux+convert Simple.

Doesn't change the fact new members of the forum, those who have paid their money to buy the engine, have had to ask for help converting both free mods, and fixing errors. I am not trying to be rude here. Just trying to show that your view is not shared by all. I have personally never tried it, only given some support to those who have asked.

[Paul Evans]

You have a right to your opinion Dominion, all scripts have their bugs and issues. Personally i find redux simple to install and convert mods, some people asked for help at the beginning to convert v1 to v2 so i can see the issues.

We just updated redux to fix a few bugs so anyone with redux please visit mccodes.com and download the newest version 2.5.6c.

[KyleMassacre]

Ithink its pretty simple as well even for a scrub like myself but sometimes I hit a snag and cant figure out dor the life of me what I possibly missed since I dont like to "find and replace" cause sometimes that little feature gets a little trigger happy and replaces stuff with something that it shouldnt so keep that in mind too. For example lets just say you want to convert over preferences for whatever reason you have, are you just going to find and replace preferences.php? Probably shouldnt since you have serveral actions, functions, or cases whatever you want to call them. If you do use find and replace I suggest the slow way. Heres an example to look out for:

echo '<a href="preferences.php?action=sigchange">Change Sig</a>

Would not be

	echo '<a href="'.gen_url('preferences',true).'"?action=sigchange>Change Sig</a>';

What it should be is

	echo '<a href="'.gen_url('preferences',true).'&action=sigchange">Change Sig</a>';

So make sure to change the "?action=action" to a "&action=action" and place that in between the '" at the end or vice versa "' <- kinda looks the same lol but its opposite haha

[Paul Evans]

yep that's right kyle, if people are so bothered by converting ill do it for them for a small fee if they want including installation.

[KyleMassacre]

I got a question though if you dont mind helping real quick, im trying to covert a mod over and in just one spot I cant figure out what im doing wrong cause it keeps popping up a critical error. I dont have any of the code on me cause im on my phone but any help is appreciated.

[Paul Evans]

if your a mcc customer please goto mccodes.com signin and send a ticket with more information in and i will be able to assist you further.

[KyleMassacre]

I was not aware that mcc honored the help of converting a v2 mod over to redux?

[ColdBlooded]

We do honor the support of converting v2.0.x mods to v2.5.x (Redux). Send in a suppor ticket asking for help and we will help you. Even over this forums so in future it can be a useful resource for someone else.

We are even honoring v2.x.x modules to be converted to v3.0.x - ATM, its dead easy! ..is all I'm going to say for now..

[Paul Evans]

Both of them are products of MCC so yes i will help you with any issues your having on this occasion and anyone else but after you do it once im sure you wouldn't need support again (NOTE: i will not convert it for you only supply information on how it's done and help you with any issues your having during the conversion)

[ColdBlooded]

Thank you for that assurance Paul. Your efforts are much appreciated.

[KyleMassacre]

alright i guess ill put in a ticket but i think it would be better to help over the forums so that other people wouldnt have to bother you for support of a stupid thing like this. then you can work on releasing that V3 ;)