Merge a4790bbfaa into 47bd986fad

* Updated wordings around new Palworld mechanic

* Remove un-needed changelog entry

* Fixed wording

* wrapping

GAMES_LIST.md

@@ -462,5 +462,4 @@ EOS does not provide players data.
 
 ### <a name="palworld"></a>Palworld
 Palworld support can be unstable, the devs mention the api is currently experimental.  
-To query palworld servers, the `RESTAPIEnabled` must be `True` in the configuration file, and you need to pass
-the `username` (currently always `admin`) and `password` (settings parameter) for it.
+To query Palworld servers, the `RESTAPIEnabled` setting must be `True` in the configuration file, and you need to pass the `username` (currently always `admin`) and the `adminpassword` (from the server config) as the `password` parameter.

README.md

@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Make sure to check if your game's ID is in the [id migration document](MIGRATE_I
 See the [GAMES_LIST.md](GAMES_LIST.md) file for the currently supported titles, not yet supported titles and notes about some of them.
 
 ## Usage from Node.js
-Install using your favorite package manager: `npm install gamedig`, then use!
+Install using your favorite package manager: `npm install gamedig`, then use!  
+**Tip**: Do you want to try and use the latest features? Install GameDig from this repository via `npm i git+https://github.com/gamedig/node-gamedig`!
+
 ```js
 import { GameDig } from 'gamedig';
 // Or if you're using CommonJS:
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ Confused on how this works, or you want to see more? Checkout the [examples](/ex
 | **portCache**              | boolean | true      | After you queried a server, the second time you query that exact server (identified by specified ip and port), first add an attempt to query with the last successful port.                                                   |
 | **noBreadthOrder**         | boolean | false     | Enable the behaviour of retrying an attempt X times followed by the next attempt X times, otherwise try attempt A, then B, then A, then B until reaching the X retry count of each.                                           |
 | **checkOldIDs**            | boolean | false     | Also checks the old ids amongst the current ones.                                                                                                                                                                             |
+| **checkAlias**             | boolean | false     | Also checks for alternative game ids.                                                                                                                                                                             |
 
 ## Query Response
 

bin/gamedig.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import Minimist from 'minimist'
 import { GameDig } from './../lib/index.js'
 
 const argv = Minimist(process.argv.slice(2), {
-  boolean: ['pretty', 'debug', 'givenPortOnly', 'requestRules', 'requestRulesRequired', 'requestPlayersRequired', 'stripColors', 'portCache', 'noBreadthOrder', 'checkOldIDs'],
+  boolean: ['pretty', 'debug', 'givenPortOnly', 'requestRules', 'requestRulesRequired', 'requestPlayersRequired', 'stripColors', 'portCache', 'noBreadthOrder', 'checkOldIDs', 'checkAlias'],
   string: ['guildId', 'listenUdpPort', 'ipFamily', 'token'],
   default: {
     stripColors: true,

lib/game-resolver.js

@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ export const lookup = (options) => {
 
   let game = games[type]
 
+  if (options.checkAlias) {
+    Object.keys(games).forEach((id) => {
+      if (games[id]?.extra?.alias) game = games[id]
+    })
+  }
+
   if (options.checkOldIDs) {
     Object.keys(games).forEach((id) => {
       if (games[id]?.extra?.old_id === type) {

tools/generate_games_list.js

@@ -21,12 +21,16 @@ sortedGamesIds.forEach(key => {
 })
 
 let generated = ''
-generated += '| GameDig Type ID | Name | See Also\n'
-generated += '|---|---|---\n'
+generated += '| GameDig Type ID | Alias | Name | See Also\n'
+generated += '|---|---|---|---\n'
 
 for (const id in sortedGames) {
   const game = sortedGames[id]
-  generated += '| ' + id.padEnd(10, ' ') + ' | ' + game.name
+  if (!game?.extra?.alias) {
+    game.alias = ' '
+  }
+  generated += '| ' + id.padEnd(10, ' ') + ' | ' + game.alias + ' | ' + game.name
+
   const notes = []
   if (game?.extra?.doc_notes) {
     notes.push('[Notes](#' + game.extra.doc_notes + ')')