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firefoxx666

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2007

Scotland

D/E

29 Jan 2007 at 09:12 - 81

Once again Aylee you have outdone yourself. Amazing program to begin with and the update is fantastic.

I haven't found any bugs yet but if I do you'll be the first to know!

If you ever need a hand with data collection or anything else for future updates, I would love to help out, so feel freeto PM or e-mail me anytime.

Once again, thankyou for making such a useful tool that will help thousands of people, veterans and new players alike.

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

29 Jan 2007 at 10:09 - 82

Feathermoore Rep, Shen Kuro and someone else

...
I saw the problem with the list... Someone had pointed that out some times ago... Actually... well... I hasn't been able to solve it

... But I will never give up and keep on trying to defeat Windows anomalous behaviour!

Inde

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2004

29 Jan 2007 at 17:03 - 83

First post is updated!

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

29 Jan 2007 at 20:32 - 84

Thank you very much, Inde.

I've just released another update ... You can test the update function ghghgh

29-01-2007 Update
- added missing collectors (in factions e nightfall I had omissed quartermasters, secret keepers and someone else )
- added 4 more elite during "A Lanf of heros" quest, in Nightfall on Istan Island (by udoh)
- fixed a problem with stats of a boss with greens, after the visualization of a boss with no greens
- fixed a bug concerning stats visualization. the program displayed object stats, even if it should be excluded by filters (by udoh)

Shen Kuro

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2007

Chosen Knights of Ascalon [CKA]

N/Me

29 Jan 2007 at 21:57 - 85

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aylee Sedai

Feathermoore Rep, Shen Kuro and someone else

...
I saw the problem with the list... Someone had pointed that out some times ago... Actually... well... I hasn't been able to solve it

... But I will never give up and keep on trying to defeat Windows anomalous behaviour!

Aylee,

I notice this is done in VB, is that VB6? If so, I dabble with VB6. I would be willing to look at the column thing, if you would like. The offer is there, if you want to take advantage of it. If not, no offense will be taken.

Again, very nice tool.

Shen

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

R/

29 Jan 2007 at 21:58 - 86

Quick typo find for you - "Crippling Shot" is listed as "Clippling Shot."

Feathermoore Rep

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2006

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Feathermoore Clan

R/Mo

29 Jan 2007 at 22:06 - 87

Soooo thats what the update did. I clicked just to test it and it said it downloaded something. Maybe when you click the update button, on a sucessful update(s), have the update notes appear in a box. Nothing complex, something just like you listed:
"29-01-2007 Update
- added missing collectors (in factions e nightfall I had omissed quartermasters, secret keepers and someone else )
- added 4 more elite during "A Lanf of heros" quest, in Nightfall on Istan Island (by udoh)
- fixed a problem with stats of a boss with greens, after the visualization of a boss with no greens
- fixed a bug concerning stats visualization. the program displayed object stats, even if it should be excluded by filters (by udoh) "

Have a note like that for all the updates that were downloaded. This way if something goes wrong after an update, perhaps we can narrow it down by telling you which updates specifically.

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

29 Jan 2007 at 23:49 - 88

Another update

Sigh, with the last update I introduced a bug with collectors name. Now it's fixed...

Snograt,
thank you, I included the correction in this update!

Feathermoore Rep,
you're totally right, in the future day I will set it up. At the moment, only a "history" button should appear. If you press it, a txt file with all the update should appear... But it's not enough and not so easy to understand

... I'll do as you suggested, It's much better!!

Shen Kuro,
Try as you may to look after that "list problem". I will do the same. It's just a simple "ListBox" with 2 columns. And it behaves like a fool horse -.-... I will work on it... If you figured out something, pleeeaaase, let me know

30-01-2007 UPDATE (version is still 1.8)
- fixed the name of "Crippling shot", previously saved as "Clipping..." (by Snograt)
- fiexed a bug introduced with the last update... some collectors name were no longer visible -.-
- added the green item Vera (hammer) dropped by Jayne Forestlight in Echovald Forest (are you wondering how I could forget such a famous item... well I don't really know

)

Fallen Eagle

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Jan 2007

Knights of the Keyboard Order [KkO]

Mo/Me

30 Jan 2007 at 00:56 - 89

First off, this is a great program, Aylee, thanks for all the work you've put into it.

I do have a suggestion though: I actually preferred having to click on the icons to get the popup description over the automatic rollover-popup. Is there any way for you to put a toggle for this in, so users can choose whichever method they prefer?

sykoone

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mystical Chaos

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30 Jan 2007 at 01:30 - 90

I just updated to the newest update, and now I'm getting a Runtime Error '381' Invalid property Array index. It worked fine when I first got 1.8, but now it won't work. It seems to work okay without a personal folder, but when I copy my backup folder, I get the error.

Edit: I found out it's the notes.txt file that's causing the error. If I cut that out it works fine.

Feathermoore Rep

Krytan Explorer

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Feathermoore Clan

R/Mo

30 Jan 2007 at 03:07 - 91

Aylee I completely missed that History button the first time around.

But having the history display in the program just looks better than notepad

EDIT - I also get an error: however it is "Run Time Error '9': Subscript out of Range"

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

30 Jan 2007 at 12:00 - 92

DONE!

Sorry to everybody, really. I undestood what happened. I release a new update which fix the error. It is totally my fault and the way a manage the update. Infact, the update function is still not complete. If you launch update and the relaunch it again, it will show you another update available. But it's not true. It will show this new update, till you complete un update on 31-01-2007. I know, I'm an idiot. I didn't think about this date problem

I will set it up next time

However, with this new update, the program will work fine (except for any other new errors that my instable mind could have created -.-)

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

30 Jan 2007 at 13:42 - 93

Fallen Eagle,
I agree with you. I prefer the right click method, too!

In the next update (I think tomorrow, february the 1st,) I would like including a way to chose between the two methods. I have only to figure a way out to manage notes without right clicking on them. Mouse buttons are only 2

And I have to consider these operations:
1) show object stats (at present just holding mouse on it, previously by rught clicking)
2) move maps (at present with left clicking and holding)
3) insert new note (at present right clicking on an empty zone of a map)
4) delete/edit note (at present right clicking on a note)
If I get back to previous method (using right click to show stats) I dunno how to manage points 3) and 4)

If anyone has any idea, pleaaassseee... HELP ME

Thanks a lot
And sorry again to everybody for the previous error.

Feathermoore Rep

Krytan Explorer

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Feathermoore Clan

R/Mo

30 Jan 2007 at 18:27 - 94

Yay, it works again.

Keep up the good work.

Bithor the Dog

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Sarcastic self opinionated old FART

Guardian Archangels

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31 Jan 2007 at 00:29 - 95

THIS has to be THE best software download available for the GW fans.

How about a mission listing for all those wanting protectors titles. don't know if that's conceivable or workable or even wanted by the community.

I use two or three spread sheets to keep up with all my characters and its a headache having to find them all and keep updating them. Mapping out would be just about complete if it would do that i think

Feathermoore Rep

Krytan Explorer

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R/Mo

31 Jan 2007 at 23:26 - 96

I wish i remembered what small bit of visual basic i once knew so i could help.

But a suggestion. Is there a way that you could make the columns resizable. Like the in the main selection window you have:

Campaign - Profession info
-------------------------
Skill Listing
-------------------------
Skill Location
-------------------------
Quit - Info - Characters

Would it be easy or hard to change it to make those moveable? Cuz with like the core elites you often get like 6+ locations. There is a scrollbar, but still cant see all of them at once. I could limit the search by campaign i suppose. But its nice to see all the locations at once.
This would be espically usefully for those that use windowed (not maximized) mode. Since you cant adjust it now the size is preset. So if i shrink it to much i get down to only seeing 1-2 Locations at a time before scrolling. Just a suggestion however.

PS - If i find my Visual Basic book, i'll read up on it.

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

01 Feb 2007 at 09:48 - 97

Feathermoore Rep,
I will try to invent something to resize locations list

It's a nice idea, thank you!

Shen Kuro

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2007

Chosen Knights of Ascalon [CKA]

N/Me

02 Feb 2007 at 01:57 - 98

Here's a down the road, enhancement idea. When you hover your mouse of a city/town/outpost have the NPC's listed, so if you're trying to find a skill trainer or dye trader, etc. you can.

Just a thought, sure you have other things you want to do.

Still an excellent tool.

Shen

sykoone

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mystical Chaos

E/

02 Feb 2007 at 02:56 - 99

Got a minor bug for you. You've got Kole's Torment listed as a 10% chance skill recharge. This should be a 20% chance.

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

02 Feb 2007 at 10:12 - 100

Shen Kuro,
I was thinking about "something" to do when hovering a mouse on a town... Thanks for the advice

skyone,
thanks again... I will fix them!

I'm finishing the new update, with Elonian Treasures... just a few more days!

Thanks to everyone is helping me on this tool! And even to everyone is using it!

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

03 Feb 2007 at 01:24 - 101

I'm nearly done with the next update... I think I will release it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Besides "Elonian Treasures", I added lots of your corrections

Thanks to all of you, my friends...

Kaolla

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

AxS

Rt/

03 Feb 2007 at 04:59 - 102

w00t for updates.

Yesterday I was clearing maps out for sunspear points. It would be useful to have Shrines on the map to see which ones grant which bonus. I find myself having your tool open whenever I'm on now, looking at the zone I'm in on your tool before going in to explore, in case I wanna do anything there. <3

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

03 Feb 2007 at 10:51 - 103

Kaolla,
Udoh asked for Shrines information too

It's already in my todos note... as other 15 things too

Time will help me in adding all I can!

Thanks a lot

mikkel

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2005

03 Feb 2007 at 14:35 - 104

I'm not sure if you're already aware of this, but The Afflicted Hsin Jun, a mesmer boss in the Unwaking Waters mission in Cantha is listed as having Migraine, a Prophecies skill. His elite is Stolen Speed.

Thanks for the awesome and oh so helpful application.

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

03 Feb 2007 at 16:14 - 105

mikkel,
thanks mikkel, I already saw that misplaced elite. I think tomorrow I will release the new version, with all these corrections fixed up

Bithor the Dog

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Sarcastic self opinionated old FART

Guardian Archangels

W/

03 Feb 2007 at 16:46 - 106

Found this guy last night whilst i was out slumming around the marketplace in cantha.

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Shen%2C_the_Magistrate

He is just west of the market place in the little dock place that sticks out above wajjun bazaar.

Edit:
Of course you can also see that in the map on wiki DOH

Titan Chrae

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Frozen Lake

Illustrious Chromatic Enigmas (ICE)

Mo/

03 Feb 2007 at 20:01 - 107

Aylee,

I just downloaded and replaced ver 1.7 with 1.8. Now I am getting runtime error. '481' invalid picture.

I tried downloading it again but I get the same error. Any suggestions?

EDIT: I figured it out. For some reason I had to delete the enitire folder and start from scratch. Saving over the previous version was causing the problem. I made a backup of the chars and just transfered them back into the new folder.

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

04 Feb 2007 at 14:06 - 108

At least....
MAPPINGOUT v1.9 is OUT!!

Just click the update button to download it (I wish!!)

Here's the news:

Update 2007 February, 04
- adjusted position and request of the collector Poti (by udoh)
- added the possibilty to track elonian treasures capturing status (by RodyPA, Kaolla)
- replaced "Migraine" skill with the correct "Stolen speed" in Jade Sea (by Siegfried Nimbelungun)
- added elite skill "Energy Surge" to The Darknesses in the Ruins of Tomb of Primeval Kings (by Siegfried Nimbelungun)
- fixed "Tomb of the Primeval Kings" green staff, with 20% skill recharge time (by sykoone)
- Churrta the Rock now shows the quest info on the map and into description popup window (by udoh)
- correct "Unyielding Aura" skill name... previous listed without a "i"

- added locations for Kaia Wupwup in Talus Chute, with "Unyielding Aura" elite skill (by Siegfried Nimbelungun)
- added the green staff "Woe Spreader" to "Xiriss Stickleback" in the Archipelagos (by Myote)
- added another location for "Shadow Form" in Sunjiang District (Explorable) (by Myote)
- Ritualist Spawning Staff, owned by Dye master Franjeck in Maatu keep, is now shown as a two-handed weapon and no longer as a one-handed one (by Udoh)
- added an "Options schedule", containing informations and a few customizable features
- ripped off the "Quit button" at the botton of the menu window. The reason is simple: we gain space for the lists

. Moreover, since I moved the other buttons in the "Options" schedule, the "Quit button" told me it felt very lonely. By the way, every time I want to close the program, I move my mouse cursor to the left-bottom side of the window, as I used to do before the "Quit button" abandoned us.
- replaced the lackness left by the "Quit button" departure with a "x" button on the right-top of the menu window (just a duplicate of the one already presents on the map window)
- added the possibilty to choose if right click on an object is necessary or not (by Fallen Eagle)
Moreover, the mouse behaviour changed like this:
- left click on map to move it
- double click on map to create a new note
- double click on an object on the map (elite, treasure, note) to manage it

ikpt

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

04 Feb 2007 at 21:57 - 109

You work incredibly hard on this Aylee, it is awesome to see your dedication to this project. Thank you so much for this tool, you do a great job!

skylyn

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Underworld

Guilded Rose [Rose]

05 Feb 2007 at 04:54 - 110

Thx much for a wonderful tool!!! Much appreciation for all your efforts.

Mercyful Fate

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

South Carolina

The Vanguard of Asylum [ASY]

W/

05 Feb 2007 at 06:52 - 111

Quote:

Originally Posted by KANE OG

Thank you thank you thank you a thousand times over! No more notebooks!

You took the words right out of my mouth. I was dreading having to go through and write down all the elites I had left to cap since I sidetracked myself from it.

Excellent tool! Keep up the great work!

-MF

Oblivion Odyssey

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

King Of Slaying [Leader]

W/Mo

05 Feb 2007 at 09:16 - 112

Cannot praise this enough, the perfect tool for Guildwars I really appreciate all your hard work, the updates are much appreciated.

EDIT: The update exe works perfectly

Kaolla

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

AxS

Rt/

05 Feb 2007 at 09:33 - 113

Ran across a little problem. Whenever I play on this computer, I run the resolution at 1280x1024. Other people who use this computer use it at it's 1024x768 default. But when I'm running it at that size and I open Mapping Out and stretch the image to fit my bigger screen, and then get off and turn the resolution lower again, anyone who uses the program will only see like three quarters of the map box, and they cannot rescale it manually nor drag the box around via the upper left corner to fix it.

So if possible, could you fix it to where it will automatically rescale to fit your screen if its settings were beyond what my screen would allow, or at least let people mess with the box's size in different ways (perhaps a 'revert' button or something to change it all back to default size).

^_^

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

05 Feb 2007 at 10:13 - 114

Kaolla,
I will fix it in the next version, together with some way to better manage the "elite locations list"... quite often too small, compared to the number of lines in it

Bithor the Dog,
I'm glad you met that boss... but, well, I didn't get what you were trying to tell me

... It's already present in MappingOut... Maybe the boss isn't fine or feel loney. But I don't really think you wanted to point that out!

Sigh!

Kaolla

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Aug 2006

AxS

Rt/

05 Feb 2007 at 10:51 - 115

I forgot to ask about something else. Could you include an "Always on top" option so when I play in windowed mode it'll stay there while I'm doing things? Thx if so

Cherno

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Stars of Destiny

E/

05 Feb 2007 at 17:34 - 116

Wow, fantastic program! Can't believe it took me this long to find it. Thanks!

A little feedback:
Yes, an always on top would be great!
The 4 or 5 skills you can cap from A Land of Heroes Quest as well as a few other Elites from Istan are not on the Map. There is an ele boss directly south of the fort in Issnur Isles that has Icy Shackles.

Would love to see explorable zone weapon crafters as well.

Veneficus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

UK

05 Feb 2007 at 18:31 - 117

I have to say, Aylee, Excellent job here.

Before i have been using spreadsheet documents to try and log all the elites i have on different characters, now i can do it all within Mapping Out!.

Oh, and i can also look at where the elites are im going to cap whilst im sat at work!

Overall, great job ^^

Mournblade

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

Houston, Texas

Dawn Treaders [DAWN]

W/Mo

05 Feb 2007 at 19:19 - 118

Buried Treasure in Ruptured Heart is in the wrong place. it should be immediately north of that little yellow 'finger' of sulfur. =)

I offer my heartfelt thanks for your hard work. MappingOut is awesome!

Aylee Sedai

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2006

La Ruota Del Tempo

E/Me

05 Feb 2007 at 22:35 - 119

Cherno,
It's quite strange you don't see those elites... They are included in MappingOut. Check your MappingOut version. Latest is v1.9.0. If you have an old-dated one, press the update button to get the upgrade.
If you have alredy updated the program, well, let me know! There should be something wrong somewhere

Mournblade,
I see, I placed it wrongly... And I'm actually asking how could I have done that... It's the ONLY treasure I have alreay opened... and I placed it in the wrong location?!?!? Oh my god!!!
Anyway... thanks

Cherno

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Stars of Destiny

E/

05 Feb 2007 at 23:29 - 120

I see now, I downloaded the link from the first post and that gave me v1.8.

Did they update and it looks great!

Thanks!