Parse mode
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- This article is about the term. For the option, see Parse mode (option).
The parse mode describes the way that data from a log should be interpreted while parsing: which set of patterns it is looking for in the log file. Each parse mode group uses its own patterns and formats, which are seperatly configurable in the parse patterns tab in the configuration. Each group may contain some variants which use the same patterns, but act differently.
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Classic
This treats each checkpoint (done via a /who or equivalent command) within the log file as a list of attendees on the raid. This is highly useful for EQ and EQ2 as their log system is good for taking participation snapshots. The reward intervals are then created to overlay the checkpoints so that someone present at two consecutive checkpoints is concidered present in the corresponding reward interval.
Please be aware that the system has no means of determining whether the snapshot is of players in the raid, or is the output of another player search: it assumes that any player listing is for players belonging in the raid. You will need to remove any snapshot performed that isn't for players on the raid (such as a /who all friends).
First/Last mode
This only looks at the first and last entry of a person being present within the checkpoints, regardless of their presence or absence at the checkpoints in between. E.g. if a person is encountered at times X, Y and Z (X<Y<Z) then it will be assumed that the person attended from X to Z, no matter what happened at point Y. Reward intervals are not created each time a person is found, rather they are added after the parsing is completed.
This mode can be useful if you're in a zone where a lot of linkdeath occurs, and you don't want to penalise players for missing out on intervening action: they will be rewarded from the time they first joined the raid to the time where they finally left the raid and didn't return.
Join/Leave
Join/Leave mode is a mode which looks at all times that a person joined the raid and all times that a person left the raid. The person is then assumed to have been present when the most recent recording is of the person having joined the raid, but not yet recorded as having left the raid since the most recent join record. Logs are created out of that information and out of them intervals are created. This parse mode is used for WoW (World of Warcraft) with CT Raidtracker.
The modes in this group looks at all times that a person joined the raid and all times that a person left the raid. The person is then assumed to have been present when the most recent recording is of the person having joined the raid, but not yet recorded as having left the raid since the most recent join record. The participation is created out of that information. This parse mode is for instance used with WoW using CT Raidtracker.
Approximative Join/Leave
Not every minute is properly credited because the reward intervals are generated independently of when people joined and left (using the reward interval size (minutes).
Exact Join/Leave
The reward intervals are created depending on when people joined and left. This can create a lot of reward intervals if people keep joining and leaving, but it ensures that every minute of presence is properly tracked.
