EQFriends consolidation tool

[kingsBlend]

Nice work [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Gonna download and check it out

[wycca]

Just wanted to say thanks, this rocks.

[salimoneus]

Thanks for the feedback. Still working on a couple past requests, namely preventing a toon from having itself added as a friend. It's not quite as straight forward as it sounds, due to the merge detection functionality, but it's definitely doable. Should be able to take a look at that shortly.

[Clark]

Cool idea, but looks overly complex.

[salimoneus]

Originally Posted by Clark [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Cool idea, but looks overly complex.

Granted the tool can be used in more complex ways (operating on just a subset of toon files, support for merging friends from multiple EQ installs, etc), but it will default to simple mode where it will just update all friends from the selected server.

The setup is really pretty simple, and is only done the first time the program is run:

1) select the EQ install folder
2) select a sever from the list

After that it's really just a matter of running the program and clicking Update if it detects an update it needed.

I do see how the interface could appear a bit daunting to someone only wanting to run in "simple" mode. Perhaps I could offer a simple mode on one tab, and an advanced mode on another tab, so by default you would get a cleaner looking screen that has only basic controls and information. I do tend to lean towards designing things to be more powerful and flexible, but at the expense of usability for some people.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback, it's always appreciated. I will ponder adding modes to the app when I get a chance.

[salimoneus]

The main issue with making a more basic interface is when there are more than 100 total combined friends, some friends must be removed before the files can be updated.

Sure you could code it as others have done so that the program picks friends to delete on it's own, but I prefer to let the user have control over which friends get removed from the list.

It was mostly for this reason that the interface was designed and works as it currently does. Adding a simple mode is probably still worth consideration though, many users may never even hit the 100 friends cap, and even if they do it should be easy enough to temporarily switch to advanced mode to remove some.

[eisley]

Amazing. Thanks a ton

[maskedmelon]

Spiffy, gonna have to DL this when I get home ^^ ty

[Faited]

Really nice tool! Thank you for doing this Salimoneus! Haven't used it yet but as a fellow developer I can appreciate the hard work involved & the gift to the community.

[salimoneus]

Was able to get the modes in without too much trouble.

Now there are two modes, Basic and Advanced. Basic mode only operates on the friends list, and has a minimal information panel with just the most important details. The only thing you can do in this mode is perform an Update if recommended. The program still need to be configured the first time it is run as described in previous posts, but after that it's as simple as clicking Update if recommended.

There are the three different states the program can detect while in Basic mode:


1) No Update Needed - this is pretty straight forward, it just means all your character files are in sync, and nothing needs to be done...

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2) Update Recommended - this means that the program has detected an Update should be performed to sync the character files...

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3) Deletions Required - this means you have over 100 combined friend, and must switch to Advanced mode to delete enough so an Update can be performed...

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If the Advanced mode is selected, it will look and work exactly as it did before, with full capability to update only selected character files, or copy/paste friends from one toon to another or one installation folder to another, etc...

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Hopefully this makes it a little easier to use the tool in a simpler form, while at the same time allow for more complex operations if the user wants to work in Advanced mode.

Program and source code download links on GitHub are always available in the first post of this thread.