EQ2 EQDKP Parser Questions

ToejaM · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 6

I almost typed heellllllllp but decided against it Wink

I've managed to get the EQDKP uploaded to the guild website, I've added all the members I need to add. I know how to add events manually ect ect

A guildy left us and we removed access to private forums, in return she took down the website without letting us save anything including eqdkp obviously I suspect she was using this program and it seemed to work pretty well. Funny story is that she said that the eqdkp and parser was all coded by her work friend, then her b/f - I guess in order to stop us wanting access and to be able to do it ourself she lied. Some people wanna do it all I suppose. I remember the template I'm using on our site currently now from before so she was definately lying. Sad really.

Anyyyyway. I'm highly confused here as to how to set up.

In the parser I try press "add" on events and loot.. nothing happens. I did have a problem connecting to the server but then realised I didnt have the plugin on, which is now installed. Now I connect. When I press the members button it shows me the members and thats about all the information I can get from the site.

We havent put any raids into the site because well, we haven't done any since I uploaded yesterday (our days are Friday which is tonight, Saturday and Wednesday and I figured best to do it inbetween).

I usually have my /log on all the time so I end up with pretty big log files, will doing /log off and /log on create a new file for raiding and then can I just switch it back on after raids?

The guildy mentioned above used to setup a macro with %T (which would say the name of your target) along with ---------%T--------- so basically it'd be able to pickout the name but all these numbers and symbols in the parser are confusing me and I cant seem to find where this sort of thing would go.

All I want to do is have the parser do this for me:

Add the current raid
Log mobs and perhaps even wait for an extra command after to confirm the kill for added dkp.
Give DKP to those who are on he first /whoraid and last /whoraid

Thats it - I see theres a loot button aswell, does that mean I can add loot/tell it who and how much it was bought for?

Can I simulate a raid by just making a .txt file to play around with it?

Any thing else that is needed from my part let me know, I think I'm missing something fundementally and its probably very apparent but each time I try I just go blank.

I did troll the boards before registering but for the life of me I havent got a clue what I'm looking for and when I think I'm onto a winner, I don't understand lol!

Lokorin · Site Admin Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 697

ToejaM · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 6

Ok so lets see if I understand this.

I do a /whoraid to start the raid and it logs all in the raid at the right time (I'll do this when its time to move, those not around miss out if they're late..)

We kill Dave the Nasty.

*Event Dave the Nasty - 5

That done in any channel as it all goes to the same log file anyway, will (when I parse it) add that as an event and award 5DKP to everyone. What I'm missing is, which log does it apply this reward to? I don't want some slackers missing out on the reward for killing the mob because they were late. Could you clarify for me?

So now, Dave the Nasty is dead and it took us 3 hours (yeah he's a bad boy) and the raid is over so I do the final /whoraid

Now everythings done, I load up the parser and I input the file I want it to parse. It should now give me that event and two logs?

We raided tonight and I gave it a test run. I borked something and it added alot more names to the database than I even know let alone raided with lol - So I removed those and tried again. Hey! I did it, I got it to add the ontime-stay for the duration bonus of 5DKP.

However, I couldn't for the life of me work out how to give people an extra 5DKP for killing a mob we succesfully killed. I tried adding an event in the parser its self and it split the 5DKP between those on the list (exluding the late comers) which basically meant it failed twice. Because one I wanted to give 5dkp to everyone not 0.25 and I also wanted those who joined after raid start 5DKP for our success.

Now I'm certain theres something I'm missing here lol. Anyway, I cheated and added it manually as a mass indiviual adustment of 5DKP.

Not sure what caused it but now some people have -400.00% adjustment lol, seeing as that stat is there I'd rather it was working properly otherwise its pointless to be there imo.. is that right or did I do something wrong?

Honestly I'm trying to understand and I think its probably because theres wayyyy to much information on those help pages that I'm missing the things I need to know.

Is there anyway you can dumb it down for me? Thanks alot for the help, we managed to get the logs to work, the pattern settings were wrong like you said so I changed those and thats how I got it to parse.

http://www.purity-guild.eu/page.php?3 (shameless plug, delete when you've looked at it if you want.. not looking for free hits!!)

Thats the website/direct link to the DKP page.

I don't mean to sound lazy but I think maybe I'm making this more complicated for myself than it is.

Oh, side question.. was it you that made the program? Hats off to you if it was because that looks like a hell of alot of work gone into it - it was a ballache just fixing the patterns and I imagine working it out in the first place was much more difficult and I don't think I would have had the patience for it.

Bleh theres so many ways I want to explain this but reading through the sites you linked looking for the relevant information about three times has made my brain shut down.

Edit: Just noticed that because it didn't count the late people, it shows up that they haven't raided yet. Definately done something wrong now Razz

Lokorin · Site Admin Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 697

ToejaM · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 6

Ok I'm going to give it another go tonight and try out the *Event command and see if it works for me and does what it needs to. Applies the +5DKP for the ontime-stayers and then 5DKP for the mobs we kill.

Just wondering if its going to give the +5DKP to JUST the ontime-stayers instead of everyone for an event.

Ill tweak it in a few minutes and see if I can get it to do as I say lol.

Yeah definately alot of un-needed information for the noobs using this program.

Once I figure it out, if you like to save you some time for EQ2 I'll make a guide on how to use the parser for people who want it like I want it? Who knows I might work out a few extra things to use lol.

Thanks for your replies mate, I hope you're not getting annoyed by now with people crying out for help because they're getting confused by the mass amount of data you've used (read: LAZY BEEHOTCHES) Razz

Ill do my best as I said to simplify it Smile

ToejaM · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 6

Bah I'm being really dumb now.

I honestly can't get it to work the way it sounds like it works.

Any tips for setup?

I wanna give the people who are both at the start and the end +5DKP but late comers and leavers don't get it.

Then I want to be able to give +5DKP per mob that we kill.

Thats it, literally there is nothing else.. it looks easy to add the loot.

Could you give me a run down of what I'd do? Which tabs I'd setup.

/whoraid

*Event NAME 5

*Event NAME 5

*Event NAME 5

/whoraid

Something like that.. because seriously this is hurting my head now.. Ive tried and tried and I just can't figure it out >_<

I tried what I thought it was and its worked for those who were there at the start and end but the slackers get nothing at all even though they were present for the mob kill.

Lokorin · Site Admin Joined: 03 Apr 2006 Posts: 697

If you do it in 1.4.0 as describes above then you would do

/whoraid

/whoraid
*Event NAME 5

/whoraid
*Event NAME 5

/whoraid
*Event NAME 5

/whoraid

ToejaM · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 6

Had a friend over the past couple of days so not tried it properly. I did all the above but now I remember I need the later parser so I'm wondering am I going to have to config it like I had to with 1.3?

ToejaM · Joined: 18 Aug 2006 Posts: 6

Gah I got it to get the DKP right but again its the adjustment issue % again, tbh its doesnt seem to affect any other stats it just seems cosmetic really. You know if theres anyway to mod what columns are shown on thd dkp page? It doesnt seem very customiseable.

Is there anyway to contain all the "events" into one raid so it doesn't look like everyones raided 25times when really we've only raided probably 4 times now (using the dkp thingy)

The 1.4 of your parser is so much less confusing where everything is, very well done!

impishfae · Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 125 Location: Australia

To change how the events display on your EQDKP site, in version 1.4 you can change your upload preferences (Go to preferences / Server / Uploads). The Reward representations / event representations / loot representations control how the data looks like when uploaded to the server (providing you have upgraded your DKPLP plugin on the EQDKP server to the latest version too)

You'll need to be connected to the server to have the options show up, but I would suggest that 'inverted individual adjustments' is probably most what you're after.