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gammasts · Jan 14, 2008, 06:09 PM // 18:09

Hey all,

I've been working on this project for almost a month now and it is almost ready for testing.

This is best described with pictures so here they are:

First image just shows where it will show in Xfire to your friends, and the last 3 are just more examples of how it looks.

All the skills have the titles displayed when you hover them, and you can click on them to be taken to a wiki page.

I still may be missing some locations and skills, or the titles may be wrong, so once beta testing begins, I would appreciate help in tracking these errors down.

The project is split into 2 parts:

1) The infoview - This parses the data from Xfire and displays it as a nice and neat view like you see above. This will be officially supported by Xfire, so you do not need to worry about having the program to see the data.

2) The program - This is what retrieves the info from Guild Wars and sends it through Xfire to your friends. You need this to show the data to your friends.

I still would like to hear suggestions for things you'd like to see (please nothing overly complicated, such as armor sets, unless you feel like taking pictures of every single one and combination).

I am also planning on having the information also be written to a signature image so you can have a dynamic signature. I haven't gotten around to starting this part yet, but it is in the plans.

Feel free to contact me on Xfire (but I will reject any invites without a custom message, so please fill it in) or post here.

I can't really give an ETA on how long till this is released, but I am working on it almost every day fixing things up.

And special thanks to (in no particular order): =HT=Ingram, =HT=Lizard, =HT=Chronowolf, XƒίЯξ, -=X-Poke-X=-, >|LOA|<Redeem, Kuntz, and StrikeAthius. Additional thanks (for helping gather more info): Rushin Roulette, RbX, Tisiphone the Just, Mayalyneah Selenay, Pure Dreamer, =HT=Canada, Manny, Mommy Healin Mofos, Tasha Darke, Miss Find And Seek, Goth Gurl, Wen Zheng

Kanna Banrai · Jan 15, 2008, 03:40 AM // 03:40

Looks great. I can't wait to see the finished product.

DarkNecrid · Jan 15, 2008, 04:22 AM // 04:22

man this is cool

Brett Kuntz · Jan 15, 2008, 06:05 AM // 06:05

Nice job.

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arrowofthewood · Jan 15, 2008, 06:08 AM // 06:08

omg... amazing great job let us know once its done!

MrGuildBoi · Jan 15, 2008, 06:20 AM // 06:20

Nice, now my friends can see my crappy builds lol

btw, will the info change in real-time? like if you get xp, will it go up in front of your eyes?

gammasts · Jan 15, 2008, 06:34 AM // 06:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrGuildBoi

btw, will the info change in real-time? like if you get xp, will it go up in front of your eyes?

Xfire has a queue (probably should have mentioned this in the first post). I think it is about 1 minute. I submit the data to Xfire every time you change zones or districts, because it is a nice event to do it on, so that it isn't updating too often and is still past the queue time. However, I could possibly make it so it sends the data more often, but Xfire won't display it until the timer is up.

So the answer is no, but I could plan on making it update more often.

Cherno · Jan 15, 2008, 06:49 AM // 06:49

I think the build thing and location is the most appealing. Looks great. Can't wait to test it out.

arsie · Jan 15, 2008, 07:12 AM // 07:12

Haha, a third party programme to do /find in Guildwars.

Cool, wish we had this uh, 2 years ago

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Snograt · Jan 15, 2008, 07:49 AM // 07:49

mmm, nice. How about optionally being able to display other things in place of the faction tracks?

Carebears like stats too, y'know ^^

poke · Jan 15, 2008, 08:05 AM // 08:05

We're working on adding whatever stats we can. As for the stats that will be displayed in the final version, i doubt faction will be on by default (perhaps a collapsible section). We still need lots of help figuring out title names and such, and other stats are already found but not yet implemented.

We'll do most of that when the beta comes. I have a rough idea of players that we need info from the most:
Players on Asian Regions
Players with lots of titles (level doesn't matter, as long as you can "wear" it)
Players with rare titles

Of course, regular beta testers are also needed

Shadow Kurd · Jan 15, 2008, 11:55 AM // 11:55

Yay, now i can show off my stuff too like the WoW players!
This should have come from Anet.

Count me in as a beta tester

Rushin Roulette · Jan 15, 2008, 12:32 PM // 12:32

Looks absolutely fantastic.

If you are still looking for regular beta testers, id be happy to help out.

Ill send you a custom

invitation from me (display name {NIC} Cannon Fodder... cant remember the exact spelling of the account name right now. lol). Just so that you know. Ill also pass the word allong to a few guildies of mine.

P.S. Guild and or Alliance names or links to the forums (customizeable by the user) would be great if those are possible.

RbX · Jan 15, 2008, 01:02 PM // 13:02

I would love to be a beta tester for this project.

XFire name is: razorzerox

17 titles maxed..several more in a few days
Region: Europe

helloworld · Jan 16, 2008, 01:35 PM // 13:35

it's a third party program

Kusandaa · Jan 16, 2008, 03:02 PM // 15:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by helloworld

it's a third party program

When you think of it this way, even Vent is a third-party program. XFire is one of those that are known and used.

Man, I want this. Really. Really. Bad. *_*. If you need more betas, let me know as well.

Xfire IGN: theninjah

Jesse · Jan 16, 2008, 03:36 PM // 15:36

looks intersting....hit me up on xfire....phattso90 (Jesse M)

BuD · Jan 16, 2008, 03:59 PM // 15:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kusandaa

When you think of it this way, even Vent is a third-party program.

Yes but Vent doesnt read data being sent to & from a GW server.

DarkNecrid · Jan 16, 2008, 04:03 PM // 16:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lycan X

Yes but Vent doesnt read data being sent to & from a GW server.

you guys are silly

Anet doesn't care if something breaks the "ALMIGHTY EULA" (which you all seem to make out to be the new Holy Bible or something) if it would benefit the community, and gives no in-game advantage.

Does this benefit the community? Yeah
Any in-game advantage? Uh....no.

BuD · Jan 16, 2008, 04:06 PM // 16:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkNecrid

Anet doesn't care if something breaks the "ALMIGHTY EULA"

Tell that to the infamous 117.

I think another project that was similiar to this got shut down cause it read info to & from the GW servers.

Anyways its better to be safe than sorry.