POIFinder Updater

jnils · #1 05-15-2007, 11:27 AM

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

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

michsageman242 · #2 05-15-2007, 02:53 PM

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

Sage

Megera · #3 05-15-2007, 03:01 PM

tried it and got

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

That's a new one.

Seagoat · #4 05-15-2007, 03:12 PM

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?

jnils · #5 05-15-2007, 11:45 PM

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

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

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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?

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

Seagoat · #6 05-15-2007, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jnils

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

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

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Originally Posted by jnils

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

Mine's not...it's blank and greyed out, even though I clicked the button in the POIFU options.

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?

jnils · #7 05-15-2007, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Megera

tried it and got

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

That's a new one.

I have no clue on this one

sorry

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

Muvanu · #8 11-21-2007, 10:25 PM

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

jnils · #9 11-22-2007, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Muvanu

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??

Muvanu · #10 11-22-2007, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jnils

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.

jnils · #11 11-22-2007, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Muvanu

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

Muvanu · #12 11-23-2007, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jnils

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

PoI finder was working fine until i ran this install.

**gm9** · #13 11-22-2007, 01:00 PM

Not sure how this program works, but sounds like either you need to install the updated manual POIFinder first or - if all files are handled by the updater - like jnils needs to provide an updated plugin_7.xml.

jnils · #14 11-22-2007, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by gm9

Not sure how this program works, but sounds like either you need to install the updated manual POIFinder first or - if all files are handled by the updater - like jnils needs to provide an updated plugin_7.xml.

The program should create all files needed , works at home, but i may have missed somthing when i did the update.

Seagoat · #15 12-10-2007, 05:19 PM

Ok, I have an update on the problem I've been wrestling with...attached are screenshots showing the UI Builder view and the element I believe I'm seeing superimposed on every POIFinder element, every time I open the POIF window.

I deleted that element, saved, then copied the newly updated eq2ui_custom_poifinder.xml to my custom UI directory, but nothing in-game has changed (and I didn't re-run the POIFU between copying the new file over and entering the game, so nothing was overwritten by the updater).

Any thoughts or suggestions on what might be causing this?

EDIT: I'm attaching a third screenshot of my /poifinder folder contents, sorted by name. The first two files seem a bit out of place; the first one has a space at the beginning of the filename, and the other is named -just- ".xml"...which I think might be why I'm still seeing the overlay in-game, even after deleting the dummy entry from the eq2ui_custom_poifinder.xml.

Now I need to figure out how to permanently fix this so that the updater doesn't redownload these files every time I run it (which I can confirm it does when I click "Update All").

**gm9** · #16 12-10-2007, 07:02 PM

Looks like a bug, the manual POIFinder does not have these entries or files.

jnils · #17 12-11-2007, 12:47 AM

I admit, i may have messed this up, ill try to reproduce this error.

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Now I need to figure out how to permanently fix this so that the updater doesn't redownload these files every time I run it (which I can confirm it does when I click "Update All").

This program don't download anything, it scan's all the icon****.xml files, so if you have a file named icon.xml it will result in a .xml file , same with the space file. Try to delete all the icon files in your eq2map folder , run EQ2MAP Updater to get new ones, and then rerun POIFinder and see if this still happends

Seagoat · #18 12-11-2007, 08:11 AM

My bad...poor choice of wording on my part.

I deleted these two files from my eq2map directory:
- icons_ obelisk_of_lostsouls_4.xml (timestamped August 24, 2005)
- icons_.xml (October 5, 2005)

I'm not sure where those files came from or why they didn't cause a problem until recently, but they're gone now and everything seems to be working perfectly again!

jnils · #19 12-11-2007, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Seagoat

My bad...poor choice of wording on my part.

I deleted these two files from my eq2map directory:
- icons_ obelisk_of_lostsouls_4.xml (timestamped August 24, 2005)
- icons_.xml (October 5, 2005)

I'm not sure where those files came from or why they didn't cause a problem until recently, but they're gone now and everything seems to be working perfectly again!

Im glad you solved it