How do I get NTSL2 to work with telecoms?

[BurgerBB]

The guide on the wiki and the book in game doesn't really explain anything on how to run tcomm scripts, or rather how to get them working. It doesn't say what equipment is needed and what I should be running it on.

 

I've tried runnin tcomms code on a laptop but nothing work. I mean, I didn't expect it to work but the wiki nor the guide doesn't make it clear on how to do it.

 

[SierraKomodo]

I vaguely recall someone mentioning in OOC the other day that tcomms scripting was removed in Aurora

[geeves]

No, it still exists, but documentation is poor. The main stuff can only really be done in telecomms proper, on its computer.

[Screemers]

Yeah, I do run some basic scripts on Tcomms from time to time. You have to use the computer in Tcomms control room to upload them. You can load one script per channel, but sometime it broke and don't work for some magic reasons.

[BurgerBB]

I discovered last night that tcomm scripting is actually broken and doesn't accept any NTSL2 code. I implore other people here to try and and prove me wrong.

[geeves]

Now that you mention it, I did notice that every few rounds my scripts just doesn't compile, despite being reused from previous rounds where it worked. Might be something an intrepid (read: skilled unlike me) coder should look into.

[BurgerBB]

I looked at the code and it uses an interpreter not coded inside byond but rather some exec or dll file. The file probably doesn't run sometimes or something, I don't know.

[Skull132]

It uses an external service. I need to retool it to be a dynamic lib. It's possible that the service didn't boot properly yesterday when the server VM was restarted for updoots. Will check at some point today or tomorrow.

[BurgerBB]

Even when the service works, it does not work for telecoms.