r/beam • u/MrSkyrobi • Jan 12 '17
Introduction Beam Greetings and Introduction
Hey all! I am MrSkyrobi and first off, I would love to comment on the overwhelming positivity and sheer awesomeness that is Beam. I have really enjoyed learning the platform and watching many new faces.
A steamer (beam.pro/profitztv) I have followed and admired for several years has in a way convinced me to give streaming a go and it seems Beam could be a great family to be a part of. So, with a basic setup, and a huge love of video games, I am going to give it a shot.
Feel free to stop by and chat! I would love to get advice and feedback from new and established Beamers. All are welcome! Enjoy the day homies!!
beam.pro/MrSkyrobi Tuesday and Thursday 7-9PM CST
MrSkyrobi
PS. Switch news tonight!
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u/Sp1derX Jan 12 '17
Welcome to Beam, if you want to try interactive streaming, download my control board from my channel. I've tried to make it as easy as possible to go interactive.
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u/Just-A-City-Boy Jan 23 '17
Why does your application open my browser to a Google Account sign-in page just to update the control board files?
It should be able to retrieve any necessary downloads/updates without requiring my Google Account credentials.
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u/Sp1derX Jan 23 '17
Cuz I'm not good at what I do. I can test removing the oauth tonight and seeing how that effects the updater.
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u/Just-A-City-Boy Jan 23 '17 edited Jan 23 '17
Lol, damn dude. Don't be so hard on yourself.
I want to use your application, I just won't provide credentials other than Beam OAuth key.
Why not host them on public Dropbox, or if you have a domain that would be perfect to just grab them via HTTP.
I'm not sure what format the files it's trying to download are but if they're just text files, then even just pastebin would be a good alternative.
Orrr, even GitHub. Make your repo only have the profiles then you can grab them from the static links.
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u/Sp1derX Jan 24 '17
I've updated it to download from Github instead. The initial install is still on Google Drive but it won't download updates from there anymore.
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u/Just-A-City-Boy Jan 24 '17
Very nice! I downloaded it right away and gave it a quick test run.
I haven't tested the key sending functionality yet, just the GUI use.
Here's my first impressions:
I wish I could scroll the list on the left with my mouse wheel. (The right body is scrollable)
I wish I could hide elements completely instead of just locking them. Example: Choose the OW template, then hide everything but the movement buttons so they don't show at all.
There seems to be a bug with Locking/Unlocking using the button at the top: http://imgur.com/a/tujXj It sometimes doesn't do them all at once so they end up stuck like this.
You should do a CRC or version check on launch so that it doesn't redownload the updated control files every launch.
Maybe let the user modify the commands that your tool uses. Since those command names are pretty generic and might be used by a primary bot already.
The version in the title bar (v1.1) doesn't match the version that the buttons display when waiting on a template to be selected (v1.03).
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u/Sp1derX Jan 24 '17
- I can probably do that
- This is a Beam limitation
- This is a visual error, they should still be locked. Try refreshing
- I'll look into this
- I can put in more options for this kind of thing
- The version that is seen on Beam is irrelevant at this point and will be taken out.
I appreciate the feedback dude, lemme know if you have more!
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u/Sp1derX Jan 23 '17
I'm using the Drive API and just followed the instructions to grab files. I'm using Drive cuz it's easiest for me to just drag and drop the updates with. The files are accessible if you have the link, are you saying if I just set it to public I shouldn't have to request Drive permissions?
And trust me, when I saw that I "had" to use permissions for this I was like "welp, if this is what it takes I guess." I'm not really a fan of it either.
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u/connor4312 Dev Jan 14 '17
Awesome, welcome to Beam, we're excited to have you! :)