5even
17th August 2009, 23:14
Hope this is in the right spot
Well I started playing that dam game - and its addictive as hell, once you understand the mechanics. First MMO I've see that all your loot is actually useful for something. Of course, that makes for a super grinder of all grinders. And with grinding comes monotony! And thus the requirement for some type of automation program (macro or bots as you all are familiar with).
Yes I have seen Vindicators version. And for all of you that complain - make your own bot. Can not stand people that complain about free crap (no offense)!
Ok with that out of the way. I will confess I looked at his source. It does have a few quirks and I was going to work from it. But that became a more tedious task. So with a completely blank canvas - here is what I have come up with. NOTE: For the time being the GUI is not pretty. I don't want it to look good, I want it to work. I am sure you will agree.
On the face, when the program is running in the background, it WILL auto heal you, feed you etc... One major change from vindicators (see link). All YOU have to do is make sure you have potions, mp and food in the right slots (see instructions*). then you can merrily run around until your hearts content fighting and not have to worry about healing yourself. If you go hungery, no prob, the program detects that and baby feeds you :P
Now the automation - unfortunately for most script compilers and editors that make use of a pixel search, you have to 1. know why it works the way it does, and 2. know what to look for. While the built in color finder for AutoIT does an ok job, you cannot see what the computer see, and thus can't always get the right color (clicking on trees, rocks, mountains, wrong mobs etc..). I have other tools at my disposal to find that. So far the only bug I have is with the Dung Flies (pun intended LOL). I think it is because 1. they are small, and 2. constantly moving so the search cannot lock into the color.
Todo: One of the things I am currently working on, is the search. I am in the process of writing a completely separate routine that searches away from you so that it does not see the mob you just killed. Will be adding way point feature (not sure if it will work), for those sparsely populated areas. Right now unless sometihng comes into view, your toon will just sit there. So if you put him in a decent area, each mob he kills moves him around.
So a recap:
Auto heals (regardless of in or out of automation mode)
Auto Feeds
When out of potions, hearths to city, and leaves a memo (via notepad) of what time that happened
Other "convenient" things (may not stay in the released version)
Auto walk to Tiny Thicket
Hearth Hotkey
Auto logoff hot key
If it sounds interesting, you can check it out here (http://www.wdxdesign.com/frostbyte/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=26&sid=ff7b6e0cd05ab47722581e3fc765a90c)
Currently its not released. I am only posting here to see if anyone even plays this game anymore, and if they are interested in something like this that is cleaned up a little.
final note: For those of you who would not mind checking it out, must have 1440x900 and in window mode. Once I get it working the way I like it, I'll add settings for other resolutions. So far works flawless for me. Its the search I dont like. So I am knee deep in working on two different routines for that. Hopefully it will turn out nice.
Here is live footage of it in action, hunting Monster Trees (http://www.wdxdesign.com/frostbyte/files/gza/Movie.wmv). Notice the trees are the hardest to target because of the bark, yet the program finds them easily. also watch the healing and the eating, it too is monitored by the program no user input needed.
Well I started playing that dam game - and its addictive as hell, once you understand the mechanics. First MMO I've see that all your loot is actually useful for something. Of course, that makes for a super grinder of all grinders. And with grinding comes monotony! And thus the requirement for some type of automation program (macro or bots as you all are familiar with).
Yes I have seen Vindicators version. And for all of you that complain - make your own bot. Can not stand people that complain about free crap (no offense)!
Ok with that out of the way. I will confess I looked at his source. It does have a few quirks and I was going to work from it. But that became a more tedious task. So with a completely blank canvas - here is what I have come up with. NOTE: For the time being the GUI is not pretty. I don't want it to look good, I want it to work. I am sure you will agree.
On the face, when the program is running in the background, it WILL auto heal you, feed you etc... One major change from vindicators (see link). All YOU have to do is make sure you have potions, mp and food in the right slots (see instructions*). then you can merrily run around until your hearts content fighting and not have to worry about healing yourself. If you go hungery, no prob, the program detects that and baby feeds you :P
Now the automation - unfortunately for most script compilers and editors that make use of a pixel search, you have to 1. know why it works the way it does, and 2. know what to look for. While the built in color finder for AutoIT does an ok job, you cannot see what the computer see, and thus can't always get the right color (clicking on trees, rocks, mountains, wrong mobs etc..). I have other tools at my disposal to find that. So far the only bug I have is with the Dung Flies (pun intended LOL). I think it is because 1. they are small, and 2. constantly moving so the search cannot lock into the color.
Todo: One of the things I am currently working on, is the search. I am in the process of writing a completely separate routine that searches away from you so that it does not see the mob you just killed. Will be adding way point feature (not sure if it will work), for those sparsely populated areas. Right now unless sometihng comes into view, your toon will just sit there. So if you put him in a decent area, each mob he kills moves him around.
So a recap:
Auto heals (regardless of in or out of automation mode)
Auto Feeds
When out of potions, hearths to city, and leaves a memo (via notepad) of what time that happened
Other "convenient" things (may not stay in the released version)
Auto walk to Tiny Thicket
Hearth Hotkey
Auto logoff hot key
If it sounds interesting, you can check it out here (http://www.wdxdesign.com/frostbyte/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=26&sid=ff7b6e0cd05ab47722581e3fc765a90c)
Currently its not released. I am only posting here to see if anyone even plays this game anymore, and if they are interested in something like this that is cleaned up a little.
final note: For those of you who would not mind checking it out, must have 1440x900 and in window mode. Once I get it working the way I like it, I'll add settings for other resolutions. So far works flawless for me. Its the search I dont like. So I am knee deep in working on two different routines for that. Hopefully it will turn out nice.
Here is live footage of it in action, hunting Monster Trees (http://www.wdxdesign.com/frostbyte/files/gza/Movie.wmv). Notice the trees are the hardest to target because of the bark, yet the program finds them easily. also watch the healing and the eating, it too is monitored by the program no user input needed.