post what you found in gwdat!

Brianna

Brianna

Insane & Inhumane

Join Date: Feb 2006

Looks like you have to pay a fee to list your items in the Xunlai Market, interesting.

Xx_Sorin_xX

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2006

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Brianna
Looks like you have to pay a fee to list your items in the Xunlai Market, interesting.
if this ever gets implemented, i dont think it'd cost that much. like 100gp or so.

I MP I

I MP I

Hustler

Join Date: Nov 2006

in between GW2 servers

Mo/

Used to open the Zaishen Chest located on the Isle of the Nameless.Ö
Double-click to embody the spirit of Halloween. This item has unlimited uses, and cannot be used in PvP.Ø
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Interesting.. Permanent candy corn and elf tonics.

pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by papryk



rofl xd
in pre-searing, the stall right beside the merchant in ascalon.

Quote:
Originally Posted by tyla salanari

GW for korea?
Those 2 are chinese characters.

Quote:
Originally Posted by XiaoTheBlade
Anyone able to translate?



looks like someone has kill something and splashes blood on the wall, or the debt collector has pay someone a visit... rofl and NO, it does not mean anything to my knowledge, unless its somekind of Am Fah's code. But some of them looks like a part of some chinese characters. like the last character, (bottom right) could read mountain but the stroke in the center is broken, the first character, (top left) could be worm, then again the center stroke is broken, the character next to it top center, could be "to kill" but its missing a stroke on the top left side, top right, its pretty obvious a 1, I don't know could mean the worm has fail to kill the number one warrior on the mountain...

Antitorgo

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

Duty

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Seef II
I'm mostly discouraged by all the stuff in Spanish, German, etc. that I can't read to be honest. The signal-to-noise ratio's really low in the text files.
Well, that is actually one of the indicators I use to determine how close something is to actual release. The English text always shows up first, then they farm out the translations and those make it into the DAT file.

A quick look shows that the Xunlai Market stuff hasn't been translated yet, which makes sense because it would appear they are still working on the interface.

The file dumps I do also have all the other languages in it. I haven't spent the time to see if there was any language indicator flag to be able to filter that stuff out. It was low on my list of priorities really...

As far as file order etc -- the # field really has no bearing on anything at all except within the data structure. I think that folks were speculating that the FFNA files were for lookups of the files within the DAT file or something like that. Since they didn't appear to contain any game data people put it at a lower priority I think... Actually, if I remember correctly, I think someone had figured it out and released some source code for it. Maybe time for me to go look that stuff up...

In any case, I'll usually just do a file compare of the dumps to see what text has changed since the order of the files seems to remain consistent from the initial download. I have notice that doing a -image from a fresh install seems to keep the later files with a higher # field though...

Brianna

Brianna

Insane & Inhumane

Join Date: Feb 2006

Lol, A-Net we're watching you!

Them: Dang, they're onto us! *snaps*
---

Truly a Fascinating thread though, it's fun reading up on all this and seeing whats going on.. though it kinda feels a bit ''wrong'' in some sense - Y'know, we're spying. But still fun.

1 up and 2 down

1 up and 2 down

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

Rt/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Brianna
Lol, A-Net we're watching you!

Them: Dang, they're onto us! *snaps*
---

Truly a Fascinating thread though, it's fun reading up on all this and seeing whats going on.. though it kinda feels a bit ''wrong'' in some sense - Y'know, we're spying. But still fun.
The names Bond.... James Bond.

Silly Warrior

Silly Warrior

Hold it!

Join Date: Jul 2006

In your local courthouse.

The Arctic Marauders [TAM] (elite PvE, PM)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Seef II
Note 1. The Hall of Monuments is mentioned regarding dedicated minipets. I think this marketplace thing is definitely something Anet's working on (yay!); if development ended sometime before the customization -> dedication update we wouldn't be seeing this.
Sorry for any repeats of previously posted stuff.

Very cool, thanks for looking that up. I was in .dat but never had come across that particular file. Very cool!

I'm excited to see what updates Anet has in store for us in the coming months.

Aera Lure

Aera Lure

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

In Baltar's head

Bring Out Your Dead [BOYD], former officer [LBS]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamingMetroid
I found this in the GW dat file and now nothing else anyone post can be as awesome srry
I love it. Pretty funny.

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Interesting thread, and I'm surprised that this was all done in the past couple days.

But I've got a question as to how deep this can go. I would think that by exploring the gwdat, you can only see what ANet has put into it, and so you can only see things that are currently part of the game or were going to be part of the game. Minus a few posts I've seen on things that may be implemented in the future, this doesn't really seem to be a true fortune teller of what we're going to get.

Does ANet purposefully add things to the gwdat over time before they release it in a big update? And how far does this really look into the future?

Antitorgo

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2006

Duty

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke
Does ANet purposefully add things to the gwdat over time before they release it in a big update? And how far does this really look into the future?
Yes, Anet does purposely stream updates before they are released. EoTN info was in there about a month before the sneak preview weekend. The Bonus Mission Pack was also streamed well in advance of release. Some stuff makes it to the game, some stuff doesn't. So I try and warn about things being pure speculation.

By comparing differences you can determine what stuff would appear to be in current development. Additionally, since translation typically occurs toward the end of the development cycle (since you want to have the interface set before translating it), you can guess when things might be appearing in-game soon (for example, the mini-missions are translated). In the case of both EoTN and the BMP, you could actually track how close you were to release by the number of different translations that were done

fog_of_redoubt

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke
Interesting thread, and I'm surprised that this was all done in the past couple days.

But I've got a question as to how deep this can go. I would think that by exploring the gwdat, you can only see what ANet has put into it,
Nope, you can see things that they are thinking about also. Things they discuss over lunch, over a beer after work. The gw.dat file listens to them.

Gaile Gray

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by stouda01


probably loading screen for some test bug gm island
I place that image as late 2003 or early 2004.

DarkNecrid

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
I place that image as late 2003 or early 2004.
Yeah, you can tell its from the Alpha because of the graphics style.

Gaile....any word on the Xunlai Market? :P

(hey, someone had to! )

Celestial_Kitsune

Celestial_Kitsune

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkNecrid
Gaile....any word on the Xunlai Market? :P
Oh boy, I think it is pretty clear from Gaile's message that the Xunlai Market will be ready as late 03/08 or early 04/08 - only two to three months left to wait :P

Nevin

Nevin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2005

Shhh everyone shut up about the Xunlai Market, lest we jinx it an misery consume us all!

Neo Nugget

Neo Nugget

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nevin
Shhh everyone shut up about the Xunlai Market, lest we jinx it an misery consume us all!
Exactly! It's just a myth!*cough*crosses fingers*

TimTimTimma

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Indianapolis

krazy Guild with Krazzzzy People [krzy]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
I place that image as late 2003 or early 2004.
YYeeeaaaahhhhh.... So....uhhh....still working on that xunlai market much?

Sca2pula

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

Land Down Under

I Come From The Land Down [UnDA]

W/

Anyone know where this island is? its got me stuck

kyrasantae

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada

Echo of Darkness [EOD]

Rt/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sca2pula
Anyone know where this island is? its got me stuck
It's just north of Mehtani Keys. You can see it in this big map I've pieced together from all such pieces in the .dat: http://pics.livejournal.com/kyrasantae/pic/000258fb/g34



I found this panoramic view a while ago in the .dat - It's originally six different views, one in each layer. I've pasted them together into this view for your convenience.

Ork Pride

Banned

Join Date: May 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by kyrasantae


I found this panoramic view a while ago in the .dat - It's originally six different views, one in each layer. I've pasted them together into this view for your convenience.
gaile's house

Curse You

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

South Pole

The Magus Order

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sca2pula
Anyone know where this island is? its got me stuck
It's one of the hero battle maps.

Quote:
Originally Posted by kyrasantae


I found this panoramic view a while ago in the .dat - It's originally six different views, one in each layer. I've pasted them together into this view for your convenience.
Looks like an actual photograph.

Sca2pula

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

Land Down Under

I Come From The Land Down [UnDA]

W/

Now I'm most likely just going crazy, but can anyone else see the resemblance?

Curse You

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

South Pole

The Magus Order

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sca2pula
Now I'm most likely just going crazy, but can anyone else see the resemblance?

No, since that island is The Beachead hero battle map.

Sca2pula

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

Land Down Under

I Come From The Land Down [UnDA]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Curse You
No, since that island is The Beachead hero battle map.
dang! i was so excited. Ive never really played HB so I'll just have to take you word

TimTimTimma

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Indianapolis

krazy Guild with Krazzzzy People [krzy]

Mo/

im still very dissapointed they decided NOT to implement the king of the hill 4v4 pvp map =\ MAN that would of been fun....

Seef II

Seef II

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2005

US

R/Mo

I'm finally done with the text in the dat. Found nothing dramatically new, just a couple missed oddskills.

viper11025

viper11025

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2007

02/18/05 (Pm me with the place, its a riddle)

A/

Can you say, No more scamms!?
Lol.

I found out something wierd, if you could scan the text, some of its so randomly organized it could take weeks to get through.

Grats, all of you.

# 3527
Position: 8964608
New Weapon? Assassin, maybe?

slowerpoke

slowerpoke

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2007

Cuba

no denial, guess its true

Darksun

Darksun

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

USA

Karr's Castle

W/E

I see what you guys mean... That IS frustrating.. you'd think they'd at least take the opportunity to clarify that Auction house is NOT going to happen.

I'm with Tim: "YYeeeaaaahhhhh.... So....uhhh...."

zwei2stein

zwei2stein

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Europe

The German Order [GER]

N/

I found some more in 157861 - events: looks like stuff devs were talking about as planned for GW2. Levels definitely don't match that were used to from kryta/magguna, so i guess were seeing stuff from gw2 where kryta is lowbie area and theese are some events that newbies will be able to take part in:

Event. Liberate Shaemoor Garrison. (LvL 5)
The centaurs have taken the Shaemoor Garrison.<br><br> - Slay the centaurs holding the garrison.
Event. Defend Shaemoor Garrison. (Completed)
You have retaken the Shaemoor Garrison from the centaurs.

Event. Liberate the Trading Post. (LvL 7)
The centaurs control the Trading Post. They must be pushed back into the Oakheart Forest.<br><br> - Slay the centaurs to liberate the Trading Post.
Event. Liberate the Trading Post. (Completed)
The Trading Post has be liberated.<br><br> - Speak to Post Commander Ulrich for your reward.

Event. Protect the Goods. (LvL 8)
Help the caravan arrive to Loamhurst safely.
Event. Protect the Goods. (Completed)
You have successfully escorted the caravan to Loamhurst.<br><br> - See Trader Vic for your reward.

Event. Holding the Centaur Camp (Lvl 8)
Prevent the Centaurs from retaking their camp.
Event. Holding the Centaur Camp. (Completed)
You have successfully held the Centaur camp.<br><br> - Please see Crossing Commander Kyle for your reward.

Event. Stop the Weapons Shipment (LvL 8)
Stop the illegal weapon's shipment from Loamhurst.<br><br> - Kill Shifty Williams before he reaches the Centaur camp.
Event. Stop the Weapons Shipment (Completed)
You've stopped the weapons shipment!<br><br> - See Captain Harkness for your reward.

Event. Collect Krait Swords (LvL 9)
Shifty Williams is collecting krait swords for the war effort.<br><br> - Bring krait weapons to Shifty.
Event. Collect Krait Swords (Completed)
You've helped Shifty collect swords for the war effort.<br><br> - See Shifty Williams for your reward.

Event. The Throes of Madness. (LvL 10)
Destroy the Shadow of Kanaxai.
Event. The Throes of Madness. (Completed)
You have successfully defeated the Shadow of Kanaxai.<br><br> - Please see Merkahb for your reward.

TimTimTimma

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Indianapolis

krazy Guild with Krazzzzy People [krzy]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by zwei2stein
I found some more in 157861 - events: looks like stuff devs were talking about as planned for GW2. Levels definitely don't match that were used to from kryta/magguna, so i guess were seeing stuff from gw2 where kryta is lowbie area and theese are some events that newbies will be able to take part in:

Event. Liberate Shaemoor Garrison. (LvL 5)
The centaurs have taken the Shaemoor Garrison.<br><br> - Slay the centaurs holding the garrison.
Event. Defend Shaemoor Garrison. (Completed)
You have retaken the Shaemoor Garrison from the centaurs.

Event. Liberate the Trading Post. (LvL 7)
The centaurs control the Trading Post. They must be pushed back into the Oakheart Forest.<br><br> - Slay the centaurs to liberate the Trading Post.
Event. Liberate the Trading Post. (Completed)
The Trading Post has be liberated.<br><br> - Speak to Post Commander Ulrich for your reward.

Event. Protect the Goods. (LvL 8)
Help the caravan arrive to Loamhurst safely.
Event. Protect the Goods. (Completed)
You have successfully escorted the caravan to Loamhurst.<br><br> - See Trader Vic for your reward.

Event. Holding the Centaur Camp (Lvl 8)
Prevent the Centaurs from retaking their camp.
Event. Holding the Centaur Camp. (Completed)
You have successfully held the Centaur camp.<br><br> - Please see Crossing Commander Kyle for your reward.

Event. Stop the Weapons Shipment (LvL 8)
Stop the illegal weapon's shipment from Loamhurst.<br><br> - Kill Shifty Williams before he reaches the Centaur camp.
Event. Stop the Weapons Shipment (Completed)
You've stopped the weapons shipment!<br><br> - See Captain Harkness for your reward.

Event. Collect Krait Swords (LvL 9)
Shifty Williams is collecting krait swords for the war effort.<br><br> - Bring krait weapons to Shifty.
Event. Collect Krait Swords (Completed)
You've helped Shifty collect swords for the war effort.<br><br> - See Shifty Williams for your reward.

Event. The Throes of Madness. (LvL 10)
Destroy the Shadow of Kanaxai.
Event. The Throes of Madness. (Completed)
You have successfully defeated the Shadow of Kanaxai.<br><br> - Please see Merkahb for your reward.
So, what are you saying? This is potential Guild Wars 2 content in Guild Wars 1? Or, what? /confused/intrigued

BenjZee

BenjZee

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Overacheivers [Club]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Oofus
Grenth's pet pug?

does no one know of this pug from shing jea island arena

EDIT: already noticed someone has
btw like the rhino there is also and elephant somewher ei nthat dat

Performance Pudding

Performance Pudding

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2007

post ascalon

Over The [Wall]

W/

ok so what happened with polar bear mini and what is this utopia i keep seeing im totally in the dark atm.

BenjZee

BenjZee

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

The Overacheivers [Club]

Mo/

you do realise if the market is introduced its like the next big update....then bcause everyone already knows about it its not gunna be a surprise

Shadow Kurd

Shadow Kurd

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Netherlands

Scouts of Tyria

P/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Curse You
It's one of the hero battle maps.

Looks like an actual photograph.
I found some real-life pictures too of waterfalls and mountains, thought it was kinda wierd.

kratimas

kratimas

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Order of the Setting Sun

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadow Kurd
I found some real-life pictures too of waterfalls and mountains, thought it was kinda wierd.
Can you post them, for all to see?

Shadow Kurd

Shadow Kurd

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Netherlands

Scouts of Tyria

P/

Quote:
Originally Posted by kratimas
Can you post them, for all to see?
Aaargh, I didn't extract them, I'll look for them next time i dig around again

RTSFirebat

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by TimTimTimma
So, what are you saying? This is potential Guild Wars 2 content in Guild Wars 1? Or, what? /confused/intrigued
Well some features within EotN seems to be features that will be in GW2, like the "powerup" lower characters who go to the EotN get for example till they reach level 20.

Seems these events will be the next big thing for people to try out before GW2

Free Runner

Free Runner

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

GW2G

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

Quote:
What is the Xunlai Market and why do you ask? -- Gaile 05:06, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm starting to believe its gonna make it. Gailes making sure not to hit the same Mini Polar Bear pitchfork crowd again.