YoutubePlays

A nodeJS program to control a game using Youtube Chat

Setup

• Clone the repository (or download with the green button)
• Install NodeJS (version 16 and up)
• Open a terminal, and use the cd command with the path to access the folder containing the project. example: cd C:/Users/XLuma/Desktop/YoutubePlays (hint: you can right click the folder selector in Window's file explorer, and copy the path as text and paste it)
• In your terminal, run npm install. It may take a couple minutes to finish.
• Run tsc --p tsconfig.json. A new file main.js will be created.
• Run node main.js. The program will ask for an ID. This ID is your video ID, which you can get from the url of a livestream in a web browser. Soon
• Messages will start appearing in the terminal, this is your chat. Configure your game's input, leave the window in focus, and sit back :)

Making the program receive messages faster

Because the program is essentially fetching messages the same way a normal viewer would, sometimes the program will hang a bit before receiving more data (about a couple seconds). This might break the immersion. To fix this, a patch is included that when applied, virtually makes the program 20x faster. I highly recommend this, but be warned it will also consume a lot more bandwidth. This should not be an issue for most people, unless you have slow internet or plan to run this on a server (which you shouldnt). To apply the patch, simply open a terminal in the project's directory, and run these commands:

• npx patch-package
• tsc --p tsconfig.json
• node main.js

TODO

• Add configuration files for button layouts and other important settings(High prio, getting it done asap)
• Integrate the whole thing with Truffle.vip
• Try and include a patch that removes the modifications
• Joysticks ?? (unlikely)

Credits

• [LuanRT] for YouTube.js
• [Chooks22] for the speed patch