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@ -4,9 +4,39 @@ This is a fork of the
[axfive-matrix-dicebot](https://gitlab.com/Taywee/axfive-matrix-dicebot)
with basic support for the Chronicles of Darkness 2E Storytelling
System, with future plans to extend the codebase further to support
variables and perhaps character sheet management. It also contains
various fixes, uses the Matrix SDK for connectivity, and has a Docker
image.
variables and perhaps character sheet management.
## Features
`matrix-dicebot` is a basic dice rolling bot. It currently has the
following features:
* Rolling arbitrary dice expressions (e.g. 1d4, 1d20+5, 1d8+1d6, etc).
* Rolling dice pools for the Chronicles of Darkness 2E Storytelling
System.
* Works in encrypted or unencrypted Matrix rooms.
## Building and Installation
The easiest way to install matrix-dicebot is to clone this repository
and run `cargo install`. Precompiled executables are not yet
available.
Building the project requires:
* Rust 1.45.0 or higher.
* OpenSSL/LibreSSL development headers installed.
* glibc (probably)
### Why doesn't it build on musl libc?
As far as I can tell, the project doesn't build on musl libc. It
certainly doesn't build a static binary out of the box using the
rust-musl-builder. This appears to be due to a transitive dependency
of the Rust Matrix SDK.
Any PRs to get the project or Matrix SDK to properly be built into a
static binary using musl would be very useful.
## Usage
@ -40,13 +70,12 @@ Examples:
!pool 8n //roll 8 dice, 9-again
!pool 8ns3 //roll 8 dice, 9-again with only 3 successes for exceptional
!pool 5rs2 //5 dice, rote quality, 2 successes for exceptional
```
## Running the Bot
You can run the bot by creating a bot account, building the dicebot
program (either from this repo, and creating a config file that looks
like this:
You can run the bot by creating a Matrix account for it, building the
application, and creating a config file that looks like this:
```ini
[matrix]
@ -55,11 +84,11 @@ username = 'thisismyusername'
password = 'thisismypassword'
```
Of course replacing all the necessary fields. Then you can run the
"dicebot" binary pointing at that, and it will log in and hum along
and do its thing.
Make sure to replace the information with your own. Then you can run
the "dicebot" binary. It takes the path to the configuration file as
its single argument.
You can also just run it on the command line with the `dicebot-cmd`
You can also run it on the command line with the `dicebot-cmd`
command, which expects you to feed it one of the command expressions
as shown above, and will give you the plaintext response.
@ -74,7 +103,7 @@ A typical docker run command should look something like this:
VERSION="0.3.0"
docker run --rm -d --name dicebot \
-v /path/to/dicebot-config.toml:/config/dicebot-config.toml:ro \
-v /path/to/cache//:/cache \
-v /path/to/cache/:/cache \
chronicle-dicebot:$VERSION
```
@ -93,5 +122,5 @@ The most basic plans are:
a name to a value (`gnosis = 3`) and then using those in dice rolls.
* Perhaps some sort of character sheet integration. But for that, we
would need a sheet service.
* Automation of Docker builds.
* Automation of Docker builds and precompiled binaries.
* Use environment variables instead of config file in Docker image.