Bastion

Bastion v10 brings some new ways of interactions using Discord's new Slash commands, Select Menus, Input Modals, Button Interactions.

Check the release notes to see the important changes in v10 and what's planned for upcoming versions: https://traction.one/posts/1669075200001

Changes

• Bastion API
  • Implement tesseract WebServer https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/974/commits/a661996c3f5fbba7362113b23d88084cfcda0681
  • Add status router https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/974/commits/a258a78f7e3adcdd0989f32d6dc0369cd4c09d7a
  • Add auth middleware https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/974/commits/46c6a386094dd1eb6aa3c9c93c9de442472584a1
  • Add auth field in example settings file settings.example.yaml https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/974/commits/08708e437e4cfee46922c7ad8ac61a8ec74a2505
• Localize strings and they are now available for translation https://crowdin.com/project/bastion
• Format Uptime in status command to show the uptime duration https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/974/commits/29490ff4049cdbce2d0c9f8ff7e1c4d6cc8dcfc9
• Fix reason for locking voice sessions https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/974/commits/196c1b05562607eab49c2a0ad9f74209f5cd9ed3
• Fix environment variable used for tesseract web server's port https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/974/commits/c262517108660a8a42fdd47ac531d55412d3e934
• Ignore rpc.destroy() error; unnecessary log when running in systems where a discord client doesn't exist https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/974/commits/ff19dc62fca47d9884a01dc467af048c93f0a2b6
• Some minor improvements & fixes as usual
• Updated dependencies

Full Changelog: https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/compare/v10.2.0...v10.3.0

Bastion v10 brings some new ways of interactions using Discord's new Slash commands, Select Menus, Input Modals, Button Interactions.

Check the release notes to see the important changes in v10 and what's planned for upcoming versions: https://traction.one/posts/1669075200001

Changes

• verification command can now be used to show the button to verify users https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/5fb7b93f59b76913ec96c2e06e8625b8febd763d
• Implement modal verification https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/4421fbefb35227ec0aee06440b5873c04151c485 https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/e7594901671ce74ce3947ee8a11baa10c1c76bc7
• Show infractions count in profile https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/ca5a6aa8f8c8820c21fc59ff1cd44df3c9cc927e
• Add /user infractions command to configure infraction actions & to see a member's infractions https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/903bbae79ad0386f5f04bac9d85be65c7b02f0c5
• say command now supports embeds https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/37733c6f9f0513642b459e57613215ce1e2c50c3
• greeting & farewell messages are now embeds & support custom embeds https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/447b27a5d1e748a58b13d49bd980b2c7190a82f6 https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/dc150c05875acbccf08239f2467ba1ca3faefc14
• Add embed support in trigger responses https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/0a7d1bfaa5a95b10e7d08bd166aeda62d73b3342
• Fix some values in message variables https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/8604e4792f067c02ed90273dbc540dda18d86244
• Add id field in settings file for bot id https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/29f72968e8ba569d4b9edbde0d72578fc400e818
• Publish commands after update https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/a2abb7b0e7d9fdd46b55409efd2c941c31d0e1a0 https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/f29958af104a835c43b930bbfddaf2f3592c1507
• Clear auto generated files on update https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/a5df6a464d68dee69edd0482edf90715f1d99acc https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/6260f524babc90332e4dff79a4c4d4d535945766
• Update deprecated properties https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/81c8dbfbaaaa873ddaca3101530c88a9622cb22a
• Update dependencies https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/pull/973/commits/2c3a4fedc17bab73edd98b45d6c0986d4b359d9b

Full Changelog: https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/compare/v10.1.0...v10.2.0

Bastion v10 brings some new ways of interactions using Discord's new Slash commands, Select Menus, Input Modals, Button Interactions.

Check the release notes to see the important changes in v10 and what's planned for upcoming versions: https://traction.one/posts/1669075200001

Changes

• Added randomized greeting & farewell messages for cases when respective greeting & farewell message is not set https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/e12e41f9189f185a3f2adb39b66de45971e8b25e https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/3582578d61645020cc56e91a7560f85359acbd53 https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/159c6bb330a79104eafebff65b00d3842050219f https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/eb6203ce6557cf82a3382c592a8e1ecb238e8a6a
• Added variable support to triggers, greetings & farewells https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/cdf1d6eb5991366809a37da11773f0c52a54ac5e https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/ef69ff550a0a7ee6d37b7bb65cd6ab417fff6a45 https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/48446c38f0cc6089541131d6f43bf1f730fa0200
• Fixed an issue where member documents were not created for new members https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/fa209c30ef1817af02c8b8f61d68cd9fa975a12c
• Fixed an issue where phd comics command won't work for comic issues with multiple images https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/d66a48e3c0d7a3be3bd59567e54aed43bfb10f49
• Fixed an issue for cases when phd comics won't have any image https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/a1b117a9c5deb758accba39f0263fc5f89720f1b
• Fixed an issue where conditions didn't account for member permissions can being empty https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/66599726963ad30a817ce6df7c7af8b447945149
• Fixed an issue in claim & leaderboard commands where error message was not shown in case member document wasn't created https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/2b9c0bb2be8c318271c11d7a231c1e24e449edf5 https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/db2702516e5d319150219bb7f6b2165625efc972
• Fixed an issue where webhook logs would throw error when only partial guild data was available https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/commit/531adf246eec3f1f8f2493c375727e77d5dc8f9e

Full Changelog: https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/compare/v10.0.0...v10.1.0

Bastion v10 brings some new ways of interactions using Discord's new Slash commands, Select Menus, Input Modals, Button Interactions.

Check the release notes to see the important changes in v10 and what's planned for upcoming versions: https://traction.one/posts/1669075200001

If you find any issues installing or upgrading to v10 feel free to ask it in Bastion HQ and we'll help you out.

And if you find any bugs in v10 or have some suggestions feel free to open a bug report in https://github.com/TheBastionBot/Bastion/issues and we'll fix it as soon as practical.

Also, a huge thanks to all our patrons for their continuous support. 💙
If you want to support the continuous development of Bastion you can do so through our Patreon and get some cool rewards for it too! https://patreon.com/bastionbot

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Bastion v9 is going to be released soon with new ways to interact with commands using Discord's new Slash commands, Select Menus, Input Modals & Button Interactions.

So, this will be the last patch for v8 with some important fixes so that users who are self hosting Bastion can keep using this for some time.

See you on the other side!

FIXES

• The setAvatar command now properly supports both image attachments & image links for changing avatars.
• Fix anime command querying mangas.
• Fix live notification messages not getting saved in the streamers command.
• Fix Xbox & Switch platforms not working for overwatch command.

REMOVED

• Removed amongus and amongusChannel commands.

CHANGES

• Some under-the-hood changes to make optimize & improve Bastion's performance!

FIXES

• Fixed some issues with sharding that prevented respawing of disconnected shards in some cases.
• Some under-the-hood improvements & fixes as always to make Bastion even better!

CHANGES

• Epic Games usernames are now supported by the rocketLeague command and it's also the default platform.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue where removing a streamer would remove all the streamers when using the streamers commands.
• Some improvements and fixed to music commands.
• Some under-the-hood improvements & fixes as always to make Bastion even better!

FIXES

• Fixed an issue that prevented changes in some servers not being saved.
• Fixed an issue where discord invites were not being filtered in some cases.
• Some under-the-hood fixes as always to make Bastion even better!

NEW

• You can now see the stats of any VALORANT player by using the valorant command. For example, valorant FNATIC Boaster#1010 -r EU.
• You can now see the stats of any Aim Lab player by using the aimlab command. For example, aimlab iamtraction.

CHANGES

• Some under-the-hood changes to make Bastion less reliable on the API server.

FIXES

• Fixed some dependencies not getting installed in M1 Macs.
• Some under-the-hood fixes as always to make Bastion even better!

NEW

• You can now set a custom message for live stream notifications that supports mentions. See streamers --help for an example.
• You can now send plain text (non-embedded) message with the echo command on your instance of Bastion if you use the --plain option.
• You can now disable entire command categories with the commandModule command using the --category option.

CHANGES

• The echo command won't show the sender of message if it's your own instance of Bastion.

FIXES

• Fixed definitions not working if the word is not in lowercase.
• Fixed the permalink format in the apod command.
• Some under-the-hood fixes as always to make Bastion even better!

NEW

• Added wotd command so you can use it to get the word of the day and improve your vocabulary.

CHANGES

• We won't give karma to users being thanked if gamification is not enabled.
• The apod command will now link to the permanent archive page of the APOD so you can visit them whenever you want.
• Added some more aliases for commands.
• Some under-the-hood improvements as always to make Bastion even better!

FIXES

• Fixed an issue with textMute that didn't show the success message after successfully muting someone server wide.

NEW

• Profile Bio & Location are back!
  On popular demand, you can once again set your bio and location in your Bastion Profile. See profile --help command for more details.

CHANGES

• Improvements to invite cache for Invite Roles & Rewards.
• Some under-the-hood improvements as always to make Bastion even better!

FIXES

• Fixed an issue where level up roles gave rewards for the previous level instead of the current level.
• Some under-the-hood fixes to make Bastion even better!

NEW

• Dank Memes!
  Added the dankmeme command for people who who didn't think meme wasn't nasty enough!

CHANGES

• Members can now completely hide and unhide their temporary voice channels from other members using the new 🔐 and 👁️ reactions, respectively.
• A few of you complained about the 🆙 reaction for auto-karmas given by Bastion when someone thanked someone. So, we've now updated it to 👍🏻.
• Some under-the-hood changes as usual to make Bastion even better!

NEW

• New Game!
  Added a new multiplayer game called Number Nash. Checkout #!numberNash --help for more info.
• Added the ticTacToe command to allow users to play a game of Tic Tac Toe with their friends.
• Added the phdComics command to get comic strips from PHD Comics.
• Added support for re-rolling giveaways. You can now reroll a giveaway after it has ended with the --reroll flag and specify how many winners you wanna reroll with the --winner flag.

CHANGES

• You can now use the --user flag with the echo command to Direct Message a member through Bastion instead. But this would require the user to have at least the Manage Server permission in the server.
• Some under-the-hood improvements to make Bastion even better.

FIXES

• Some under-the-hood fixes to make Bastion better than ever.

NEW

• Added some more commands to the Fun module, like pickupLine, roast, ship, and simpness, so you can have some more fun in your server.

CHANGES

• Added some more easter eggs.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue when finding the Muted role in servers which have roles with blank names (good old times).
• Some under-the-hood fixes to make Bastion better than ever.

NEW

• Trivia game is back again with the trivia command.
• Added new meme, joke, pun, showerThought, lifeProTips, and todayILearned commands to get a random post from respective subreddits.
• Brought back the old catify and robotify commands to allow you to generate your unique cat and robot avatars, respectivey.
• Bastion now uses YouTube API to search for the music queries as youtube-dl doesn't support it anymore.

NEW

• Private Greeting Messages are back! You can now set the --private flag when setting greeting messages to set it as a Private Greeting Message. See greetings --help for more details.
• You can now use the voiceSessions command without any arguments to list all the Voice Session categories in the server.
• When you create a Voice Session a session-control text channel will be created where you can use reactions to control your voice session.
• You can now use the new "COMPETING" activity type for Bastion's activities.

CHANGES

• Voice Sessions will be locked by default now. You can invite others to your voice channel by sending an invite or unlocking your voice session in session-control.
• Voice Sessions' names will now be based on the name of the + New [NAME] channel that's used to create a new session.
• The play command will now automatically recognize URLs; no need to use the --link or -l option anymore.
• Some major improvements in YouTube playlist support.
• Automatically delete Voice Session categories if the categories have been deleted by the user.
• Some improvements to Level-up Roles so that users can keep their roles until they can get new ones.
• Some under-the-hood improvements to make Bastion better than ever!

FIXES

• Fixed an issue with the link filter that treated some custom emojis as links.
• Fixed an issue in the invite filter that caused it to ignore invites in some guilds.
• Added a workaround to make play work with only links until youtube-dl fixes the issue with song search.
• Fixed some error messages that were not using the proper locale.
• Some under-the-hood fixes to make Bastion more stable than ever.

REMOVALS

• The lockSession command has been deleted as you can now do that using reactions as mentioned above.

Among Us ✕ Bastion

• Among Us Lobbies
  Server members can now create Discord Lobbies for their Among Us party and manage it automatically, using the new amongUs command.
• Lobby Channel
  Server Managers, don't fret, you can restrict the usage of amongUs command to a specific channel using the new amongUsChannel command.
• Lobby Restrictions
  And lobby hosts, your lobbies are private by default. And you have complete control over whether to allow everyone or only your friends.

NEW

• Did you ever want to add a personalized message when giving rep/karma to someone? You can do it now! See karma --help for more details.
• You can now give karma/rep anyone simply by thanking them in a message reply. Thank you @Alice for suggesting this! Works even when you mention multiple users.
• Have you ever deleted all the messages from a channel by mistake? I have. So, from now on, clear will always ask for confirmation if no --limit is explicitly specified.
• Added support back for server wide text muting members in the server with the --server flag in the textMute command.
• Did you want to go back to Bastion's random greetings and farewells after setting a custom message? Now you can do that by using the --random flag with the greetings and farewells commands respectively.
• Bastion will now give double Experience Points to server members if they are boosting your server.

CHANGES

• Temporary voice channels' names will now be based on the name of the user who created it.
• Some optimizations to cache to reduce Bastion's memory usage.

FIXES

• Fixed an issue with the music command that prevented some servers from show up in the list of all servers where music is enabled.

NEW

• Captcha Verification
  You can now opt to enable Captcha Verification in your server. When enabled, users joining the server would need to solve a captcha in the server's dashboard to verify themselves, and then they'll be assigned the role that was set using the new verification command.
• You can now choose to include roles which should be included when pruning members from the server.

CHANGES

• Previews from the greetings & farewells commands would now show up as embed objects instead of it being rendered.
• Changed an implementation where using linkFilter or inviteFilter would reset their respective Safe List that was set using the safeList command.

SQUASHED THESE BUGS

• Fixed an issue where the last streamer was not being removed.
• Some under-the-hood fixes to make Bastion better than ever.

NEW

• Dashboard
  An all new Dashboard is now live for all the users of Bastion. You can check it out here.
• Safe List
  You can now add roles & channels to a safe list for link filter & invite filter to ignore messages sent by members in those roles or in those channels from the specified filters. Check out the safeList --help command.
• Invite Roles
  You can now associate roles with an invite and anyone who joins the server will be assigned the respective roles associted with the invite used. Currently only available for self hosted instances of Bastion. Checkout the inviteRoles --help command.
• More Languages
  You can now set the language in your server to Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Join us if you want to bring Bastion to your language! Checkout the languages --help command.

CHANGES

• Some under-the-hood improvements to make Bastion even better.

SQUASHED THESE BUGS

• Killed some bugs in the greetings and farewells commands where Bastion was expecting for embed objects unnecessarily.
• description: Some under-the-hood fixes to make Bastion better than ever.