POIFinder Updater
 

I have made a small program that updates the POI files for POIFinder by TreeMos.

There is no docs for this program as i don't have time to make it. :(

But the program is easy to use :)

You need to have Microsoft .NET 2.0 installed for it to work and EQ2MAP :)

No need to install POIFinder first , as it do it for you :D

Hope this will be of use to someone.
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New version , updated with Treemos latest changes.
If you allready have it installed , you can delete the custom_poifinder.xml file to make the window bigger :)

Note: Im not sure the custom add part is working ok , the layout may vary, so it may end up wrong, in that case edit by hand :)

Great
 

Nice work. Thank you very much. Can't wait to try it out.


Sage :nana: :cool: :nana:

tried it and got

"cannot Install: SETUP or INSTALL program filename contains folder information. use actions/checkout instead."

That's a new one.

I've installed it and run it, and it seems to be working as intended. Now all we need is a POI Finder update! ;)

Can you elaborate more on how it integrates with the EQ2Map autoupdater? I saw in the POIFU options that you can "Add to EQ2Map Options." What exactly does it add?

I have no clue on this one :( sorry

Are you sure you started the "POIFinder Installer.msi" file .

No you don't , thats the point, the program updates them for you :)

It makes the POIFinder Updater autostart when EQ2MAP is done downloading new POI's. If you check EQ2MAP options you see that Launch app 2 is filled in for you :)

Out of curiosity, where is it pulling the files from?

Mine's not...it's blank and greyed out, even though I clicked the button in the POIFU options. :o I mean, I could click the "Browse" button and point EQ2Map to the POIFU, but that would defeat the purpose of the button. :)

Is it looking for the EQ2Map updater to be installed in a particular location?

From EQ2Map icons_xxxxxx.xml files.


Im not sure why that dident work,if it can't find the .cfg file the add button should grey out.

It try's to get the path to EQ2Map from Registry, if it can't find anything or the config file is missing ,it will grey out.
But you can always Add POIFU you self from EQ2Map Options :)

Trying to put me out of business, eh? ;) No, fine by me. I just published an "official" POI Finder release but this will help those who are too impatient to wait a few weeks for each update.

Hehe, not everyone like to have a program installed, so you better keep updating your files :D

Not even sure if someone uses the updater :p

I'm using it! ;)

One thing I'd like to ask... I have two instances of the EQ2Map auto-updater installed (one for Live and one for Test). Will the POIFU update either UI directory if I specify each EQ2Map updater to run the same program, or will it only update the Live UI directory, no matter which auto-updater initiates it?

Only live, im not sure if it work's on test :/

I think it -would- work on test, but the way the setup file for the POIFU is configured, running setup.exe file a second time only gives you the option to repair or uninstall. It won't allow you to install a second instance of the program.

Think it might be possible to put the uninstall / repair into a separate uninstall file, so that the setup file will allow multiple installations in the same way that the EQ2Map auto-updater does?

I don't know how to do that, as the install file is auto generated :(

BUT ! :)
If you go to POIFinder Updaters program folder and make a copy of the program and config file, renaming them , you can have diffrent versions of the config file :) seems to work for me :)

But im thinking of how to add this to the program whithout this workaround.
The problem is that EQ2MAP don't allow commandlineargs for Launch 2 :(

What is the path to a test UI folder?

My Test UI folder is located thusly:
EverQuest II\TestServer\UI\customui

(Just like the Live UI folders' directory structure, except they're in the "TestServer" directory.)

Originally Posted by Seagoat
Did you have EQ2MAP running when you try'd this?

It wasn't running, no, but everything works fine since I manually inserted the file location in the EQ2Map options.

I haven't set it up for my Test UI yet...I'll let you know how that goes when I do.

It seems that none have found any buggs, so i better move on to a release version.
Ill try to implement Testserver and language support.
And the option to update more than 1 UI.

No ETA , ill like to play some to :P

A question , is there a eq2.ini inside testserver and language folder, or only in Everquest2 main dir ?

Yes to both. Each are self sufficient installations that can be placed anywhere on your harddrive.

GU40/RoK breaks POIFinder Updater
 

As of GU40 (RoK) the POIFinder Updater breaks somewhat. It's insisting on having an eq2ui_mainhud.xml in the custom UI folder, wanting to copy it from the default UI if it's not present and not proceeding if you don't let it copy. As of GU40 you're not supposed to have an eq2ui_mainhud.xml in the custom UI folder.

Same here...I'd love to have an updated version of this program. I've been using it for months now and really, really like it. :)

Looks like i have more work to do :D
I diden't think of that, still use the old way ;)

New version out, check top post.

Thanks! jnils

Neat. Thank you!

If you want this moved into the released section let me know. Doesn't sound like it's still beta.

Update: Done. Now put it up as a real download. ;)

Hmm...I've got it installed and running ok (files are being updated), but my POIFinder window doesn't have any POIs in it now. :-/ I've also noticed that my map POI icons are super tiny (I'm using these)...anybody else experiencing these issues or have a suggestion on how to fix them?

Have you removed the old file:
mainhud_poifinder.xml

Did you press Update all ?

*blush* That would be a no... *smacks forehead*

Now the window's populated, but I've got a funny overlay with the text. It looks like "Clefts of Rujark" in the background, with empty categories underneath. Everything looks fine for the current zone, but those "leftovers" make the first portion difficult to read. I took a screenshot, if it'll help (attached).

I don't manage to reproduce this error :(

What zone are you in when this happends ?

In the screenie above, I was in Kylong Plains 2. I logged in for a bit this morning and in New Tunaria my POIF window was once again empty, although there are POIs on the map. :-/

Oddity installing new POIFinder Updater
 

One odd thing occurred. I'm on the most recent release of the EQ2Map updater (installed in the standard location under Program Files), and had the 1.35 POIFinder files installed. I went an uninstalled the old POIFinder Updater and installed the new one afresh. The first time I ran it I pointed it at the EQ2 program directory and told it to add itself to the EQ2Map options to make sure they were refreshed and right. It popped up an error that it couldn't find C:/eq2map_config.cfg. I OK'd that and closed the updater. There doesn't seem to be an error, though, since in the EQ2Map Updater the second file to launch was correct and now switched on (it was turned off before) so the finder updater seems to have found eq2map_config.cfg correctly. I'm thinking that error dialog I got was part of a search for eq2map_config.cfg and was just saying "I didn't find it here, let me go on to the next location."?

It is strange , if it can't find the file, the button should be disabled :confused:
Ill look into that, i may have messed something up :p

Ill look through Treemos files again, i may have missed some change he made :/

Well, it did seem to find the EQ2Map config file in the end, because it modified it to turn itself on in it. I was thinking maybe it was looking in a list of places, and C:/ happened to be earlier on the list and generated a spurious dialog before it moved on and found the file where it belonged. In any case, that was the only odd bit and it seems to be working smoothly now that it's installed and fully configured.

Getting the following error when clicking the open settings button (vista x64, clicking continue seems to keep going ok):

Error box says "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

Details:

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
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POIFinderUpdater
Assembly Version: 1.1.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/POIFinder/POIFinderUpdater.exe
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Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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System.Runtime.Remoting
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
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System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.312 (rtmLHS.050727-3100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Ran this and now nothing. the button is there but wont pop a window up with info.

Do you mean the Settings window or the Program window??

I installed it in freeport and it worked fine. I zoned to RoK, before i ran this poi worked in RoK, once i get there i hit the poi box and nothing pops up. Ill try it back in Freeport and post if its still working in freeport.

Nothing pops up no box nadda but i do have the little button on my map.

Seems like there is something wrong with your eq2ui_custom.xml file, look at treemos install instructions.
http://www.eq2interface.com/download...erProject.html