Merge pull request #2099 from volundmush/replaceable_init_setup

Replaceable init setup

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 - Added `content_types` indexing to DefaultObject's ContentsHandler. (volund)
 - Made most of the networking classes such as Protocols and the SessionHandlers 
   replaceable via `settings.py` for modding enthusiasts. (volund)
-
+- The `initial_setup.py` file can now be substituted in `settings.py` to customize initial game database state. (volund)
 
 ### Already in master
 - `is_typeclass(obj (Object), exact (bool))` now defaults to exact=False

evennia/server/server.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import django
 django.setup()
 
 import evennia
+import importlib
 
 evennia._init()
 
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from evennia.accounts.models import AccountDB
 from evennia.scripts.models import ScriptDB
 from evennia.server.models import ServerConfig
-from evennia.server import initial_setup
 
 from evennia.utils.utils import get_evennia_version, mod_import, make_iter
 from evennia.utils import logger
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ class Evennia(object):
         Once finished the last_initial_setup_step is set to -1.
         """
         global INFO_DICT
+        initial_setup = importlib.import_module(settings.INITIAL_SETUP_MODULE)
         last_initial_setup_step = ServerConfig.objects.conf("last_initial_setup_step")
         if not last_initial_setup_step:
             # None is only returned if the config does not exist,

evennia/settings_default.py

@@ -332,6 +332,10 @@ CONNECTION_SCREEN_MODULE = "server.conf.connection_screens"
 # cause issues with menu-logins and autoconnects since the menu will not have
 # started when the autoconnects starts sending menu commands.
 DELAY_CMD_LOGINSTART = 0.3
+# A module that must exist - this holds the instructions Evennia will use to
+# first prepare the database for use. Generally should not be changed. If this
+# cannot be imported, bad things will happen.
+INITIAL_SETUP_MODULE = "evennia.server.initial_setup"
 # An optional module that, if existing, must hold a function
 # named at_initial_setup(). This hook method can be used to customize
 # the server's initial setup sequence (the very first startup of the system).