SRL Archive - OutDated Tutorials

If you would like a video aid of this tutorial, please WATCH this video kindly provided by x[Warrior]x3500

Hello, I've seen a LOT of Reflection 2 "How do i get it, help me" posts and threads, so I thought that I might as well write a temp quick tutorial on how to get reflection 2 :)

• Firstly, download this : Reflection 2 @Github
• Extract and then open the folder, you will see lib, plugins, tools, README.txt, Reflection.simba.
• Open up your Simba folder, and open up your Includes folder.
• In here create a new folder named 'Reflection2' [no ''s]
• Copy lib, plugins, tools, README.txt, Reflection.simba in here.
• Next, open 'plugins' [the one in your new ref 2 folder]
• You will see, RefCalculationslib.dll and a source folder
• COPY RefCalculationlib.dll into Simba -> Plugins [The plugins folder in your simba directory]
• Voila!

Note if you download a reflection 2 script you must replace:

{$i reflection\reflection.simba}

with:

{$i reflection2\reflection.simba}

Nice can we get pictures and then this will be a certified super tut. :)

~BraK

From: BraK
Nice can we get pictures and then this will be a certified super tut. :)

~BraK

Sure, will have it done within a day or two :)

Awesome Perfect! Helped me out!

Don't really need the source folder in plugins.

From: Dgby714
Don't really need the source folder in plugins.

Oh thanks, I wasn't really sure about that any way.

Simple script.

You need 7z, OpenSSL, and a pretty new version of Simba.

program new;

function ShellExecute(Hwnd: LongInt; Oper: string; Filename: string; Params: string; Dir: string; Show: LongInt): LongInt; external 'ShellExecuteA@Shell32.dll stdcall';
function MoveFile(Src, Dest: string): LongInt; external 'MoveFileA@Kernel32.dll stdcall';
function DeleteFile(Filename: string): LongInt; external 'DeleteFileA@Kernel32.dll stdcall';

function GetZip(): boolean;
var
  zip: string;
  F: LongInt;
begin
  zip := GetPage('https://nodeload.github.com/Drags111/Reflection_Dev/zipball/master');
  Result := (zip <> '');
  if (Result) then
  begin
    F := CreateFile(IncludePath + 'Refl2.zip');
    Result := WriteFileString(F, zip);
    CloseFile(F);
  end;
end;

procedure CopyPlugin();
var
  Plugin: string;
  F: LongInt;
begin
  F := OpenFile(IncludePath + 'Reflection2\plugins\RefCalculationslib.dll', True);
  ReadFileString(F, Plugin, FileSize(F));
  CloseFile(F);

  F := RewriteFile(PluginPath + 'RefCalculationslib.dll', True);
  WriteFileString(F, Plugin);
  CloseFile(F);
end;

procedure RenameFolder();
var
  Folders: TStringArray;
  I, H: LongInt;
  Src: string;
begin
  Src := '';
  while (Src = '') do
  begin
    Folders := GetDirectories(IncludePath);
    H := High(Folders);
    for I := 0 to H do
      if (Copy(Folders[I], 1, 5) = 'Drags') then
      begin
        Src := IncludePath + Folders[I];
        Break;
      end;
  end;

  MoveFile(Src + '\'#0, IncludePath + 'Reflection2\'#0);
end;

procedure WaitFor7z();
begin
  //ToDo: Write this...
  Wait(5000);
end;

begin
  WriteLn('Downloading zip...');
  if (GetZip()) then
  begin
    WriteLn('Extracting...');
    if (ShellExecute(0, 'open'#0, '7z.exe'#0, 'x Refl2.zip'#0, IncludePath + #0, 0) = 42) then
    begin
      WriteLn('Waiting for 7z to finish!');
      WaitFor7z();
      WriteLn('Renaming Directory...');
      RenameFolder();
      WriteLn('Deleting zip.');
      DeleteFile(IncludePath + 'Refl2.zip'#0);
      WriteLn('Copying plugin.');
      CopyPlugin();
      WriteLn('Done!');
    end else
      WriteLn('Error when calling 7z....');
  end;
end.

got bored so i made a quick little visual aid type of video for this :)

download link

i was able to actually put it up on my site with the <video> tags locally, but couldnt put it up on the actual server for some reason. idk… sry

From: x[Warrior]x3500
got bored so i made a quick little visual aid type of video for this :)

download link

i was able to actually put it up on my site with the <video> tags locally, but couldnt put it up on the actual server for some reason. idk… sry

Haha, nice video and you're right it is easier to just copy the whole drags folder instead of renaming it. :)

I added you video to the top of thread by the way.

I did this, and had to change the file path for the hooks as well.

From: boobooo42
I did this, and had to change the file path for the hooks as well.

this was also stated / demonstrated in the video ;)

You should probably upload the video to youtube or something, it less of a hassle to view that way.

From: Echo_
You should probably upload the video to youtube or something, it less of a hassle to view that way.

.ogv . AFAIK, youtube still destroys .ogv files :( and i havnt found any decent converter so far (i know of some, but all of them screw up the sync between video and audio) :(

EDIT: i have also spent hours trying to figure out why my HTML5 video tags work locally, but not serverside. i even reverted to playing this through Java on my website, but this didnt work either. :(

Moved into Reflection Tutorials and Stickied as I think it pretty relevant ;)

~BraK

From: BraK
Moved into Reflection Tutorials and Stickied as I think it pretty relevant ;)

~BraK

Grate idea, as I see alot of people asking how to get ref 2 working.

thank you so much!

From: x[Warrior]x3500
.ogv . AFAIK, youtube still destroys .ogv files :( and i havnt found any decent converter so far (i know of some, but all of them screw up the sync between video and audio) :(

EDIT: i have also spent hours trying to figure out why my HTML5 video tags work locally, but not serverside. i even reverted to playing this through Java on my website, but this didnt work either. :(

I may be able to help. :)

Also, does winff not work? I heard it does. (Also don't know what youtube does to .ogvs, but you may try again?)

When I open reflection under simba, mine states…

{$DEFINE SMART}
{.include SRL/SRL.scar}
{.include Reflection/Reflection.scar}

but in the video it had…

{$DEFINE SMART}
{$I SRL/SRL.scar}
{$I Reflection2/Reflection.simba}

idt this is the error but now none of my scripts work and i cant seem to find any solution… i checked and re checked multiple times….

You should update reflection/srl/simba.. Not sure why it'd be giving you the 'older' method of including (which still works just fine, by the way), but it shouldn't be an issue.. .include and $i do the exact same things, afaik.

ya still not getting anything to work. i deleted the reflection 2 and got some scripts to work again but still some of my originals dont work from reflection.

redownload simba? AFAIK, the extensions (open reflection) are not updated like simba is.

[Reflection] You're using outdated hooks (version 662.3); updating you to version 663.3!
[Reflection] If you manually fixed your hooks, please make sure hookrevision values are greater than or equal to the online hooks to prevent overwriting.
ReWriteFile - Exception. Could not create file: C:\Simba\includes/Reflection/lib/core/Hooks.simba
Error: Exception: Invalid FileNum passed: -1 at line 97
The following DTMs were not freed: [SRL - Lamp bitmap, 1]
The following bitmaps were not freed: [SRL - Mod bitmap, SRL - Admin bitmap]
No Reflection update

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From: YoHoJo
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if you have issues with the guide, view the visual aide provided. :) (the answer is at the end of the video) ;) oh and i will upload it to youtube in a sec (will update this post with link) . thx to ian. for leading me to a converting software that actually works.

EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7NM-JoTUr4 - view in 720p, full screen for best quality.

From: x[Warrior]x3500
if you have issues with the guide, view the visual aide provided. :) (the answer is at the end of the video) ;) oh and i will upload it to youtube in a sec (will update this post with link) . thx to ian. for leading me to a converting software that actually works.

EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7NM-JoTUr4 - view in 720p, full screen for best quality.

Nice work! Updated main post.

Keep getting this error after the update "Exception in Script: Unable to find file './lib/gametab/Quests.simba' used from 'C:\Simba\Includes\Reflection2/Reflection.simba'"

your 720HD makes my eyes bleed :P
still a good vid. but the quality SUCKS :P

From: footballjds
your 720HD makes my eyes bleed :P
still a good vid. but the quality SUCKS :P

ha ha ha yah… still trying to figure out how to raise the quality in winff. when i first saw it i was the same way… then i said, screw it im going to bed ;) . i will eventually find a way to convert it with better quality and upload taht one.

From: Rahmer420
Keep getting this error after the update "Exception in Script: Unable to find file './lib/gametab/Quests.simba' used from 'C:\Simba\Includes\Reflection2/Reflection.simba'"

I am getting the same.

Exception in Script: Unable to find file './lib/gametab/Quests.simba' used from 'C:\Simba\Includes\Reflection2\Reflection.simba'

From: YoHoJo
I am getting the same.

Exception in Script: Unable to find file './lib/gametab/Quests.simba' used from 'C:\Simba\Includes\Reflection2\Reflection.simba'

quick fix: go to reflection.simba. delete line 41. its just trying to include a file that drags never put online.

From: x[Warrior]x3500
quick fix: go to reflection.simba. delete line 41. its just trying to include a file that drags never put online.

Thanks a lot. Sure I could have figured that out myself but I'm just being a noobleech! <3

From: x[Warrior]x3500
quick fix: go to reflection.simba. delete line 41. its just trying to include a file that drags never put online.

Thank you very much! (: haha I should've known to try that

From: x[Warrior]x3500
ha ha ha yah… still trying to figure out how to raise the quality in winff. when i first saw it i was the same way… then i said, screw it im going to bed ;) . i will eventually find a way to convert it with better quality and upload taht one.

Make sure your video quality is 100, FPS is at 30, don't encode on the fly, don't compress it, don't do quick subsampling, and do full shots on every frame.

From: i luffs yeww
Make sure your video quality is 100, FPS is at 30, don't encode on the fly, don't compress it, don't do quick subsampling, and do full shots on every frame.

and have good upload speed. :P