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Valrok
10-20-2016, 03:46 PM
But it can be with the help of our player base.

The prices are three months old and as you all know prices on different items can fluctuate quite a bit in that amount of time. The problem is that we do not have anyone putting forth the effort to upload their log files.

For an example I parsed by hand 20 random commonly auctioned items using the last 10 listings here on the wiki and then compared it to what was shown on p99auctions.com . The result was that the prices here were higher on many occasions than what it showed on p99auction. I uploaded an auction file today and will continue to contribute now that I have discovered no one is doing so and before that the last upload was in July of this year. That means all auction data on the wiki up until today was at a minimum of three months old.

So please if you people have a moment to contribute I am sure we can all benefit from a little more accurate information here on our wiki. Once you have completed this setup it just becomes a matter of selecting , pasting and uploading after that.


If you are unaware of how to do this, let me explain it to you.

1. Turn /LOG on so that auction data passively collects as you play the game. You can do this by typing /log in your chat window.

2. This is not a requirement but it makes the upload process much easier. Download and install Gameparse. http://gambosoft.eqresource.com/downloads.php
3. In gameparse go to File>Load Log File

http://i.imgur.com/TNRwkVD.jpg

4. Select "Chat" tab at the top and then select "Auctions" on the left menu. Depending on how many auctions you have this may take a second to parse.

http://i.imgur.com/o3HTL3l.jpg

5. At the bottom select the most recent auctions. You can select the last seven days up to the last 5 minutes. The more the better but make sure that its just not old auction data from earlier this year.

http://i.imgur.com/eqR64Ea.jpg

6. Click and drag over all the text to highlight it. (Alt+a didn't work nor did right clicking, anyone see any easier way to select this data?)

7. Copy the data to the clipboard via a button on the bottom or press Ctrl+C

http://i.imgur.com/2WfBrrx.jpg

8. Open Notepad, save the file ignoring any Unicode warnings it gives you. Do not word wrap or anything. Just leave it as is.

9. Go to our wiki: http://wiki.project1999.com/Special:AuctionTracker

Click Choose File> Browse to select the appropriate log file and submit.

(the log file is in your everquest directory in the Everquest/Log folder.)
http://i.imgur.com/eZo3mcd.jpg

Jontheripper
10-20-2016, 04:26 PM
But it can be with the help of our player base.

The prices are three months old and as you all know prices on different items can fluctuate quite a bit in that amount of time. The problem is that we do not have anyone putting forth the effort to upload their log files.

For an example I parsed by hand 20 random commonly auctioned items using the last 10 listings here on the wiki and then compared it to what was shown on p99auctions.com . The result was that the prices here were higher on many occasions than what it showed on p99auction. I uploaded an auction file today and will continue to contribute now that I have discovered no one is doing so and before that the last upload was in July of this year. That means all auction data on the wiki up until today was at a minimum of three months old.

So please if you people have a moment to contribute I am sure we can all benefit from a little more accurate information here on our wiki. Once you have completed this setup it just becomes a matter of selecting , pasting and uploading after that.


If you are unaware of how to do this, let me explain it to you.

1. Turn /LOG on so that auction data passively collects as you play the game. You can do this by typing /log in your chat window.

2. This is not a requirement but it makes the upload process much easier. Download and install Gameparse. http://gambosoft.eqresource.com/downloads.php
3. In gameparse go to File>Load Log File

http://i.imgur.com/TNRwkVD.jpg

4. Select "Chat" tab at the top and then select "Auctions" on the left menu. Depending on how many auctions you have this may take a second to parse.

http://i.imgur.com/o3HTL3l.jpg

5. At the bottom select the most recent auctions. You can select the last seven days up to the last 5 minutes. The more the better but make sure that its just not old auction data from earlier this year.

http://i.imgur.com/eqR64Ea.jpg

6. Click and drag over all the text to highlight it. (Alt+a didn't work nor did right clicking, anyone see any easier way to select this data?)

7. Copy the data to the clipboard via a button on the bottom or press Ctrl+C

http://i.imgur.com/2WfBrrx.jpg

8. Open Notepad, save the file ignoring any Unicode warnings it gives you. Do not word wrap or anything. Just leave it as is.

9. Go to our wiki: http://wiki.project1999.com/Special:AuctionTracker

Click Choose File> Browse to select the appropriate log file and submit.

(the log file is in your everquest directory in the Everquest/Log folder.)
http://i.imgur.com/eZo3mcd.jpg



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Im intrigued, plz post tells

Eldini
10-20-2016, 04:48 PM
This is better, use this instead: http://www.p99auctions.com/

You can also watch EC auction chat live at pretty much any point in time. Very handy.

Gumbo
10-20-2016, 04:55 PM
This is better, use this instead: http://www.p99auctions.com/

You can also watch EC auction chat live at pretty much any point in time. Very handy.

I use both Wiki and P99auctions.com but lot of people are complaining that there is a lot of fake pricing going on so the fake prices get registered to p99auctions.

Izmael
10-20-2016, 05:07 PM
If you have half a functioning brain you can tell the fake auctions from real ones in about 2.03 seconds.

Gumbo
10-20-2016, 06:37 PM
Gameparse doesn't work because it's not supported for P99.

I tried this out for the hell of it and got like 1001 errors before I just deleted it.

vincenzo
10-20-2016, 06:54 PM
I auction a Gazhugi ring for 8k. Sold it within 10 minutes.

Next day, someone logs on 3 alts and auctions them for 4.3k.

Avg price returns to just under 6k on p99auctions.com

People use p99auctions.com as a market manipulation tool. Hold firm on your prices people.

skarlorn
10-20-2016, 07:22 PM
I play in Auld Lang Syne and don't have to deal with the EC tunnel. It doesn't even exist for me. Consider ALS

Valrok
10-20-2016, 07:39 PM
Gameparse doesn't work because it's not supported for P99.

I tried this out for the hell of it and got like 1001 errors before I just deleted it.

I noticed that as well but the earlier versions work great without any of the errors.

myriverse
10-21-2016, 09:27 AM
Gameparse doesn't work because it's not supported for P99.

I tried this out for the hell of it and got like 1001 errors before I just deleted it.
GamParse 1.03 works very well.

MiRo2
10-21-2016, 09:45 AM
Gameparse doesn't work because it's not supported for P99.

I tried this out for the hell of it and got like 1001 errors before I just deleted it.

Lhancelot
10-21-2016, 03:54 PM
But it can be with the help of our player base.

The prices are three months old and as you all know prices on different items can fluctuate quite a bit in that amount of time. The problem is that we do not have anyone putting forth the effort to upload their log files....

***SNIP***



I want to appreciate the effort and time you put into this, but... Got to be honest here. This is TL;DR all the way.

If I got to do all that for some supposed accurate reference of prices on EQ1 ingame items, I will just remain in the dark on said prices.

Valrok
10-21-2016, 09:43 PM
This effort it seems is just the initial setup. After that its a much shorter process.

tristantio
10-21-2016, 11:06 PM
You can also just type /log and directly upload the last 3MB (or w/e wiki cap on size is) of your file.

Valrok
11-01-2016, 11:38 AM
With P99auctions going away maybe some of you will consider UPDATING THE WIKI!!!

applesauce25r624
11-01-2016, 12:22 PM
People use p99auctions.com as a market manipulation tool. Hold firm on your prices people.

this guy knows what's up. keep those prices high

Swish
11-01-2016, 02:24 PM
If one of the FCC or some naked bard/level 1 wants to buy your item you've priced it too cheap.

Murri
11-01-2016, 02:49 PM
yea but then you can leave EC and have adventures! I always sell way too cheap.

Gumbo
11-01-2016, 04:36 PM
GamParse 1.03 works very well.

I would try it out but I can't find anywhere to get version 1.03.

Valrok
11-01-2016, 08:20 PM
Box Link to 1.0.3 Gameparse

https://app.box.com/s/qnl8sktmppfi0giuee71npg6ielrbekz

Mortgage
11-02-2016, 12:05 AM
It would help if the prices of certain items were able to be updated.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Bag_of_Sewn_Evil-Eye
http://wiki.project1999.com/Sarnak-Hide_Mask
http://wiki.project1999.com/Hand_of_the_reaper

I'm not sure what the problem with Hand of the Reaper is, but any item with a hyphen in its name hasn't had a new price since early 2013.

Valrok
11-02-2016, 09:07 AM
The accuracy of the wiki's pricing would greatly benefit from anyone that spends much time in EC with /log on.

Swish
11-02-2016, 02:34 PM
The accuracy of the wiki's pricing would greatly benefit from anyone that spends much time in EC with /log on.

as in the FCC, who want anything but having casual traders knowing accurately what 1000s of
items are worth.

sadly the people with the most tunnel time also have little motivation for it to happen, unless theyre doctoring prices to suit their own profit margins

Ravhin
01-11-2017, 12:16 PM
Fixed these item issues in the auction tracker, they should start to update now.

fastboy21
01-11-2017, 06:49 PM
Why not just use p99 auctions?

Phantasm
01-11-2017, 07:04 PM
Why not just use p99 auctions?

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=256860&page=14

Sancta
01-11-2017, 07:05 PM
Why not just use p99 auctions?

Dat necro (thread)

It's shutdown because someone deliberately messed with the code and screwed with it apparently =(