EQ2MAP Map Spoiler Project

[mother9987]

Ok, I realize EQ2map is in and of itself a bit of a spoiler... but in a map with dozens and dozens of POIs, it can be hard to locate the one that is the next step of your current quest. That's where the map spoiler project starts.

Included an image of Living Tombs trade court, the only zone currently considered fully functional. Lost Legends of Lavastorm HQ should be about done, except for not being converted to the new colors.

If you want to try it out, you'll need to drop an include for eq2ui_mainhud_maphelper.xml somewhere. I've been sticking it at the end of mainhud_map while testing it. Trying to decide on a place to put it permanently.

I've solved a lot of the technical issues, just looking for interest if this is a project worth pursuing. Or, more importantly, someone interested in helping make spoilers as all the spoilers need to be generated by hand and I'd burn out long before completing them.

edit: new version of the zip file in my most recent post.

[MoonDeville]

Very nice! I urge you to keep up the work. I allways get lost staring at all thos POI's and you solution is what we need! Not much of a XML techy so I'm afraid I can't help you do this. But if my words of encouragement help you any well then I have done what I can.

[nikecmh]

Just when I thought eq2map couldnt get any better. Excellent work.

[Stranger]

That looks awesome, definitly worth pursuing
What kind of knowledge is needed to help? Is it just a matter of looking at Ogaming, write down the loc's and names and such, then type it all in to something..? after its been verified that loc's are correct of course..

[mother9987]

Originally Posted by Stranger

That looks awesome, definitly worth pursuing
What kind of knowledge is needed to help? Is it just a matter of looking at Ogaming, write down the loc's and names and such, then type it all in to something..? after its been verified that loc's are correct of course..

I'm going to try to get it to that. For the two that exist currently, I did them by hand, but I'll try to write something that'll just take a text file of locations and output the XML as my next priority now that I see that the concept works and there's interest in it.

[maddbomber83]

Wow! This is great! This would be so cool if it could come true.

My concern is for you though. . . .

There are SO many quests is SO many zones. And to include spoilers for them in a great list format like you have by zone would be SO helpful but would take FOREVER to do by hand. Not to mention updates to the game, changing quests, ectra.

I would think you would have to have it set up like EQ2 map with an auto update and everything. Pulling info from the map web site uisng the PoI and player submitted data.

I don't envy you taking on this task!

[mortis42]

How do you close the helper window once it displays?

I dropped your files in, added the <include> into eq2ui.mainhud.map.xml, and when I open my map window the helper window displays; but I can not find a way to close it except to use /hide_window MainHUD.MapHelper.

[mother9987]

Originally Posted by mortis42

How do you close the helper window once it displays?

I dropped your files in, added the <include> into eq2ui.mainhud.map.xml, and when I open my map window the helper window displays; but I can not find a way to close it except to use /hide_window MainHUD.MapHelper.

LOL. that's why it's pre-beta... there'll be controls before it reaches release

[mother9987]

Ok, for anyone who wants to contribute spoilers, no special knowledge required!

I've written a script that converts text to XML for the spoilers, so all that needs to be done can be done in Microsoft notepad with no special training. Here's the first part of the Living Tombs Trade Court for an example:

Living Tombs: Trade Court Landmarks
Quests:
Access
Searching for the Silent City
 Jinja the Swift, -631, 5, 342
 Sul Priestess of the Fyr'Un, -633, 17, 222

Amulet of the Sword of Ro Series
Of an Order
 Stoneware Fragment, -606, 9, 316
 Stoneware Fragment, -561, 9, 314
 Stoneware Fragment, -500, 8, 315

Until I find some other way to do it, to submit a spoiler, just reply to this thread with your text either attached as a file, or in a code block. If you want name recognition, by all means put a "Submitted by:" line in the file.

Depending on the amount of interest, you might want to put a placeholder message in for a zone you're working on so that no two people work on the same one.

Thanks in advance to anyone who helps! If I get spoilers coming in, I can go back to work on the interface itself and get it out of pre-beta!

[mother9987]

Ok, here's the newest version. Going to try to get this move to the beta forum. Although most everything is working, I'm not done moving things around, so we're not going to full release for a bit. I'd like to have more than 2 zones done as well before release. Hopefully the eq2map writers can help me out by getting text lists of POIs for zones, so that they're searchable even without someone writing a specific spoiler for the zone.

Changes in this file:
Window controls... ask and you shall receive. Opacity settings work, window can be closed. To open it again, look in your map window, there should be a small button towards the top left (probably destined to move, but I wanted to put it in).

Sinking sands landmarks added. This one was generated completely from a text file through the script I wrote. (Had to verify the code actually worked, and didn't just make something that looked like it worked.)

Lot's of little internal code changes.

Anyhow, anyone that tests it, let me know what doesn't work / can work better. More feedback I get, the better I can make this.

Edit: attachment removed because it's not the most recent.

[loki_racer]

I want to start helping by writing some of the text files for you, but I have a question.

It seems from your example that you can only write a walkthrough if the entire quest is completed in one zone. Right?

From:

Living Tombs: Trade Court Landmarks
Quests:
Access
Searching for the Silent City
 Jinja the Swift, -631, 5, 342
 Sul Priestess of the Fyr'Un, -633, 17, 222

Amulet of the Sword of Ro Series
Of an Order
 Stoneware Fragment, -606, 9, 316
 Stoneware Fragment, -561, 9, 314
 Stoneware Fragment, -500, 8, 315

I don't see any zone information, leading me to believe that this quest is all in one zone.