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Changes of note (TL;DR):

• Greatly reduced memory consumption by clearing picsCache after using it once on ready
• Greatly reduced size of node_modules folder
• Fixed tons of logger issues
• Added a !joingroup command

 

Additions:

• Added a !joingroup command
• Added support for adding new bot accounts at runtime to login()
• Added a wiki page for creating plugins
• Added library patches for my steam-user clearPicsCache() PR and steamcommunity vanity resolving fix PR

Fixes:

• Fixed tons of logger issues and improved its memory consumption
• Fixed cache of plugins not being cleared correctly when running !reload
• Fixed msg hold back check throwing error when logging non-string
• Fixed bot sending unprocessed response when requesting only 1 comment
• (Hopefully) fixed any "Already logged on" errors when login times out while waiting for loggedOn event
• Fixed Steam Chat send message handler retrying failed messages for bot accounts that are offline

Changes:

• Greatly reduced the child process's memory consumption by clearing picsCache after using it once
• Increased the memory limit of the child process to 2 GB and enabled the Garbage Collector's optimize-for-size option
• Greatly reduced the size of the node_modules folder by using the npm --production flag when automatically installing dependencies
• Shipping disabled webserver config for new users now
• ASCII Art and login summary on ready event are now being cut to the current terminal width
• Reworked !leavegroup command to use handleSteamIdResolving helper
• Moved the Wiki from GitHub to the git repository
• Reworked and improved wiki pages, especially the changelogs
• Updated library patches as my sharedfiles PR to the SteamCommunity library got accepted
• Updated usage of deprecated friendMessage event
• Updated dependencies

Changes of note (TL;DR):

• Added new commands: !upvote, !downvote, !favorite, !unfavorite, !reload
• Added support for commenting on sharefiles (screenshots, artworks & guides)
• Added a completely new plugin system, command handler system and improved the data management system
• Greatly improved handling of long and failed steam chat messages
• Reworked the whole application for better code quality and expansibility
• Added some miscellaneous new features, for example a progress bar during startup, owners not friend with main account check and warning counter
• Fixed a lot of bugs

If you are using a customlang.json, make sure to read the language string changes at the end and update your file.

   

Additions:

• Added new commands: !upvote, !downvote, !favorite, !unfavorite, !reload
• Added support for commenting, voting & favorizing sharedfiles by updating !comment and adding two new commands as mentioned above!
  • Added a library patches system to load my changes until my PR to the SteamCommunity library gets accepted
  • Added support for figuring out sharedfile IDs to the handleSteamIdResolving() helper
  • Added a ratingHistory database to track which bot accounts have voted on or favorized which item
• Added a completely new plugin system, co-author @DerDeathraven #174
  • Added a plugin loader which dynamically loads all installed npm packages with the prefix steam-comment-bot- @DerDeathraven #174
  • Added new template plugin which you can fork here to create your own plugin
  • Added plugin functions: load, ready, statusUpdate, steamGuardInput
  • Added plugin data directory and functions to handle data reading & writing: getPluginDataPath, loadPluginData, writePluginData, loadPluginConfig, writePluginConfig
  • Added a reload system to apply changes at runtime for development using command !reload
• Added a separate data management system
  • Added dataProcessing helper to handle converting group & ownerids
  • Added support for repairing defaultlang.json and quotes.txt
  • Added a handleCooldown helper
  • Added warning for long language strings
• Added a Controller event system
  • Added events: ready, statusUpdate, steamGuardInput
  • steamGuardInput event allows plugins to submit steam guard codes as well
• Added a command handler system
  • Added restrictAdditionalCommandsToOwners setting to advancedconfig.json to restrict specific commands to owners only. Supports aliases.
  • Added system for dynamically loading core commands on start
  • Added functions for registering & unregistering commands at runtime
  • Added a reload system to apply changes at runtime for development using command !reload
  • Added a respond module system that supports the usage of core commands from different sources. Callers can supply this information to the resInfo object: steamID64, prefix, cmdprefix, charLimit, cutChars
  • Command prefixes are now replaced dynamically in language strings, based on the cmdprefix value in resInfo. If omitted, the default prefix "!" will be used
  • Steam Chat message prefixes are now added dynamically based on the prefix value in resInfo
• Added a proper steam chat message handler
  • Send long log messages in intelligently cut parts to not break links etc.
  • Retry failed messages with increasing delay and ignore them on certain errors
  • Added a typing indicator when the bot is waiting for the next msg part to be sent
• Added a readChatInput helper function to get user input from the steam chat
• Added algorithm for handling tokens that either expire soon or are already expired
• Added proxy support to the sessionHandler
• Added an EStatus enum for storing the online status of every bot account
• Added more misc helpers and referenced them from Controller
  • Added getAvailableAccounts(), timeToString() and cutStringsIntelligently() helper
• Added support for forcing an update from a compatibility feature
• Added support for accepting logins from the Mobile Steam App
• Added support for setting a primary group by loading a patch until my PR to the SteamCommunity library gets accepted
• Added support for requesting free games licenses for missing games set in config.json. This also adds a listener for the SteamUser ownershipCached event
• Added Controller restart() & stop() functions to replace all manual process.send()'s
• Added Controller getBots() helper function to easily get bot accounts filtered by status
• Added proper JsDoc documentation for every function & object for full IntelliSense support and generated d.ts file for TypeScript support
• Added a different finished message sent to users when their request was aborted
• Added a different message sent to users if either not enough unlimited accounts are found for a request or the bot has none at all
• Added check with warning message on ready for owners who are not friend with the main bot account
• Added a fancy progress bar to startup, powered by my output-logger library
• Added startup warnings counter with log message on ready
• Added compatibility feature for update from 2.12 to 2.13

 

Reworks:

• Reworked basically the whole application to follow a proper object oriented approach
• Reworked login function to wait for last user object to populate before calling ready event
• Reworked comment cmd to support profiles, groups and sharedfiles from the same command instead of 3
• Reworked comment cmd to work with the new OOP structure and reduced complexity
• Reworked comment error handler
• Reworked lots of messages and comment cmd references to be applicable to other request types as well
• Reworked retry comments algorithm to work with the new OOP structure
• Reworked how references to bot accounts are stored
• Reworked how imported logininfo data is formatted & stored
• Reworked checkAvailability & getAccountOrder helpers with a better getAvailableAccounts helper
• Reworked getCommentArgs to work with new OOP structure
• Reworked logger to work with the new OOP structure
• Reworked friendlist helper to work with the new OOP structure
• Reworked checkMsgBlock helper to the new OOP structure
• Reworked message prefixes to be prepended dynamically instead of being hardcoded to support different message destinations (e.g. a Discord plugin)
• Reworked the existing webserver plugin to work with the new OOP structure
• Simplified skippedaccounts system
• Simplified proxy index calculation for all bot accounts
• Simplified waitTime & commentCounter calculation
• Improved !failed command to group the same request errors together
• Improved login function to handle filtering and relogging
• Improved log footprint of updater
• Improved error messages when file can't be restored and make sure to stop the bot
• Updated error & disconnect events to work with the improved login function
• Updated sessionHandler to work with the new OOP structure
• Updated handleLoginTimeout() to work with the new OOP structure
• Updated the updater itself and its prepareUpdate(), createBackup(), customUpdateRules(), downloadUpdate() and restoreBackup() helpers to work with the new OOP structure
• Updated all compatibility features to work with the new OOP structure
• Updated various core commands to work with the new OOP structure
• Replaced activecommentprocess object with an activeRequests object that supports other request types as well
• Removed additionalaccinfo obj and replaced usage with new system
• Converted all event listeners to use OOP structure

 

Fixes:

• Fixed the webserver plugin from being completely broken #172
• Fixed return parameters of checkConnection
• Fixed webSession looping caused by broken botsgroup check
• Fixed accounts.txt import still checking for loginfo.json
• Fixed limited check sometimes failing because user object was not fully populated instantly after login
• Fixed login function not waiting correctly between accounts
• Fixed botIsReady not being updated when logAfterReady is empty
• Fixed singular comment requests not being handled correctly
• Fixed first comment process iteration being counted in until calculation
• Fixed possible inconsistencies in comment error checks by forcing them to lowercase
• Fixed relog on error not using advancedconfig relogTimeout
• Fixed duplicate SessionHandler object being created on relogs
• Fixed prepareUpdate() response message sometimes failing by increasing log off delay
• Fixed bot softlocking on start when ownerids array is empty
• Fixed !help and !info commands inflating message length with unnecessary whitespaces
• Fixed error on update when certain data.json keys were missing
• Fixed friendlist checks failing when accounts were skipped
• Fixed cooldown issues when cooldown is disabled and process got aborted
• Fixed a data check error on broken internet connection by checking it beforehand
• Fixed handleLoginTimeout causing a DuplicateRequest error on 2FA input
• Fixed output-logger causing crash when running bot with pm2 #48
• Fixed potential bug where whenAvailableStr in comment command could display wrong information if allAccounts was empty or if more accounts got removed after the activeRequests loop ran 9e6c569
• Fixed/Removed minor unnecessary checks in comment command
• Fixed user added while offline message being able to fail because it was sent too early after logging in

 

Changes:

• Removed support for the old login flow: f5957bb
• Removed v2.13 login flow change notification message
• Removed disableCommentCmd setting from advancedconfig.json and replaced it with restrictAdditionalCommandsToOwners array
• Removed enableurltocomment setting from advancedconfig.json. Toggling the webserver plugin is now done in the plugin config in the plugins directory #172
• Removed urlrequestsecretkey from data.json. This key is now stored in the plugin config in the plugins directory. The update will cause a new key to be generated. #172
• Removed most global variables
• Removed (nearly) every usage of var
• Removed lots of unnecessary variables that are now replaced by better systems
• Removed main.js
• Removed old relogAccount helper
• Removed old unused 2.10 -> 2.11 compatibility files
• Tokens will now be invalidated on AccessDenied login error
• Renamed command file commentmisc.js to requests.js
• Moved error handlers to a separate helper file
• Moved various updater, controller & bot helper files to new objects
• Moved various log messages to log at more appropriate times
• Shortened most comment error descriptions
• Improved eslint styling rules, formatting & code quality and added prettier config @DerDeathraven #171
• Updated dependencies
• Tons of fixes for features that have been added in this update and are therefore not listed here
• Minor other changes

A lot of language strings have changed to mention sharedfiles for example. This list is long, to see it click me

• These language keys have been added:
  • updaterautoupdatedisabled
  • commentnoaccounts
  • commentnounlimitedaccs
  • commentsuccess
  • votenoaccounts
  • voterequestless
  • votenotenoughavailableaccs
  • voteprocessstarted
  • votesuccess
  • favoritenoaccounts
  • favoriterequestless
  • favoritenotenoughavailableaccs
  • favoriteprocessstarted
  • favoritesuccess
  • invalidnumber
  • invalidsharedfileid
  • errloadingsharedfile
  • idalreadyreceiving
  • idoncooldown
  • requestaborted
  • reloadcmdreloaded
  • activerelog
• These language keys have been removed:
  • pleasedontspam
  • commentactiverelog
  • commentcmdowneronly
  • commentuseroncooldown
  • commentuseralreadyreceiving
  • commentglobaloncooldown
  • commentinvalidnumber
  • commentaccslimitedremoved
  • commentsuccess1
  • commentsuccess2
  • commentlimitederror
  • botmaintenance
• These language key's values have changed:
  • note
  • commentcmdusageowner
  • commentcmdusageowner2
  • commentcmdusage
  • commentcmdusage2
  • commentinvalidid
  • commentprofileidowneronly
  • commentzeroavailableaccs
  • commentnotenoughavailableaccs
  • commentuserprofileprivate
  • commenterroroccurred
  • commentprocessstarted
  • commentfailedcmdreference
  • commentretrying
  • useradded
  • userspamblock
  • usernotfriend
  • botnotready
  • commandnotfound
  • commandowneronly
  • invalidprofileid
  • idisownererror
  • updatecmdforce
  • updatecmdcheck
  • restartcmdrestarting
  • stopcmdstopping
  • helpjoingroup
  • ownercmdmsg
  • abortcmdnoprocess
  • abortcmdsuccess
  • settingscmdvaluechanged
  • failedcmdmsg
  • unfriendallcmdpending
  • unfriendallcmdstart
  • leaveallgroupscmdabort
  • leaveallgroupscmdpending
  • leaveallgroupscmdstart
  • blockcmdsuccess
  • unblockcmdsuccess
  • evalcmdturnedoff
  • childbotmessage

This list was generated using my langStringsChangeDetector.js script.

 

Stats:
This update is the largest yet and took ~2.5 months with many full days.
332 commits have been added, 10962 lines have been added and 11894 removed.
Check out the full PR here.

• Reworked the whole bot
• Added a two files filesystem
• Added support to control multiple accounts with one bot

• The played games can now be changed from config.json
• Added ability to disable comment command for other users
• Added comment cooldown-
• Added arguments number_of_comments and profileid to !comment command
• Updated README.md

• Added global comment cooldown
• Added option to disable accepting group invites
• Added support for setting multiple owners
• Added unfriend function after a period of time
• Added timestamp to logger
• Added update checker
• Added a botgroup inviter function

• Added new '!unfriend profileid' command
• Added new '!eval' command
• Fixed error that occured when accepting a friend request
• Fixed date in logger function
• Changed date color to improve visibility
• Added option to disable message logging in the config
• Added notice if config owner values are not setup
• Removed myself from config if the bot is not running on my pc
• Fixed a few other bugs and changed a few minor things

• Added new experimental auto updater
• Fixed bugs from/Changed minor things I did when I was tired af
• Update checker will now check every 12 hours
• Changed lastcomment.json behaviour
• Edited/Changed ready event logger messages

• Fixed time to account for your timezone
• Fixed bug that would occur when the bot tried to write a new friend to the lastcomment.json after accepting the friend request after being offline

• Added !info command
• Fixed bug that would occur when the bot tried to add someone to lastcomment.json after accepting request when he was offline
• User specific comment cooldown will now only be handled by lastcomment.json
• Added feature to disable eval command (default)

• Added checker to check on startup if all friends are in lastcomment.json
• Fixed lastcomment cooldown checker
• Fixed resetcooldown cmd
• Fixed config checker for my name
• Changed a few logger messages