PvP Tracking Window

prosty37 · #1 01-10-2007, 10:16 AM

I would love to see a pvp tracking window! What makes it PvP?

In a PvP server you cannot distinguish between someone from Qeynos or Freeport in the tracking window. The only way to tell is to do a /who on the person in your tracking window, and if it comes up with a match, they are not an enemy.

What I suggest is either have a WHO button on it, or just be able to double click their name and it enters into the command text window "/who <insert>" for you, that way if it's not a match, you can just hit the OK and start tracking them. So if anyone coders have time, this would be such a valuable asset to all scouts! Thanks!

**lordebon** · #2 01-10-2007, 12:25 PM

From what I've read, some people have tried this but the tracking window has some extra information in it (color or somethingl ike that) that makes it search for something more than just the character name.

outpatientzero · #3 01-12-2007, 05:35 AM

If anyone has the ability to make a tracking window that has the ability to /who selected name in window you would become the hero of many a PVP scout.

Another idea that i've heard people request is a minimap of zone that shows loc of target without having to give up your screen real estate while tracking. Perhaps a minimap that only launches from track window that has just enough detail to get a rough idea of your targets location.

This may be a car that runs on water, i have no skills whatsover in these matters. But if someone can do any of this i promise to celebrate ur birthday every year... or at least your next one..

**lordebon** · #4 01-12-2007, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by outpatientzero

If anyone has the ability to make a tracking window that has the ability to /who selected name in window you would become the hero of many a PVP scout.

Another idea that i've heard people request is a minimap of zone that shows loc of target without having to give up your screen real estate while tracking. Perhaps a minimap that only launches from track window that has just enough detail to get a rough idea of your targets location.

This may be a car that runs on water, i have no skills whatsover in these matters. But if someone can do any of this i promise to celebrate ur birthday every year... or at least your next one..

@ the first part -- like I said some of the best folks here have worked on it, and haven't been able to pull it off as of yet.

@ the minimap showing target: I don't think tracking gives you the loc of what you're tracking, therefore you can't put anything on the map for it.

anfrey · #5 01-12-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by lordebon

@ the minimap showing target: I don't think tracking gives you the loc of what you're tracking, therefore you can't put anything on the map for it.

but somehow, when you track a target, it is displayed on your map with a big X.... and it seems to be constantly updated as well... the X moves when the tracked target moves.

**lordebon** · #6 01-13-2007, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by anfrey

but somehow, when you track a target, it is displayed on your map with a big X.... and it seems to be constantly updated as well... the X moves when the tracked target moves.

Ah, I did not know that... I don't have a tracking character, hehe.

prosty37 · #7 03-02-2007, 11:39 AM

Right, I'm not asking to change the tracking window so it automatically updates if they are a Qeynos or Freeport, that has to do with the information in the incoming packets. Simply an additional button on the tracking window to do a quick /who on the person you have highlighted, so you don't have to type. This isn't any new technology, just a button that inputs text to your chat window.

**gm9** · #8 03-02-2007, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prosty37

Simply an additional button on the tracking window to do a quick /who on the person you have highlighted, so you don't have to type. This isn't any new technology, just a button that inputs text to your chat window.

If it's all so easy, have a go at it.

However, as you could have found out in much detail in many threads had you used the search function, and as lordebon told you as well, it doesn't work as simply as that. The problem is that we can't extract the player name from the tracking window list (we only get it as part of a string that contains color information, and we have no method to manipulate strings in a way that would allow extracting it).

pooka · #9 03-04-2007, 05:27 PM

Someone somewhere said that we can extract the name (with color info) by using a dropdown that uses the same datasource as the table in the track window.

Can someone post the code for this? I'd like to play with it some, but I've been unable to get the dropdown working... this is the flavor of what I've been trying.

<DataSource Name="NameDS" type="text"/>
<Data Name="Placeholder1" text="&amp;lt;Names&amp;gt;"/>
</DataSource>

<Dropdownbox DataSource="NameDS" Location="144,221" Name="NameDropdown" RowTemplate="/Templates.dropdowntemplate" Size="141,19" Style="/dropdownlist.dropdown_default"/>

Thanks!