Parsing Programs?

[Messianic]

I'm looking to do some analysis on a few different things - i've found a couple different parsing programs but wanted to save myself some time.

Does anyone have a particular program they recommend for p99?

[Mcbard]

I've always used an external log parser called YALP (Yet Another Log Parser). I remember a lot of people using Eqcompanion back in the day as well. Now a days I think there are a bunch of new fangled ones that will allow you to spit out dps information through your client and into the games chat channels. I haven't messed around with those yet.

[Messianic]

Thanks! So does YALP give you the info in-game as you're dealing damage, or is it something you pull the text file into somehow?

[Mcbard]

It's something you load the text file into and it parses it for you. I don't have any experience with in-game eq parsers. The only one I've really heard much about is Gamparse, but haven't looked into it.

[Messianic]

Gamparse was the one I was looking at, since I would love to see live info, and it was recommended by a few sites.

I'll try it first and let you know how it goes. If it fails, i'll see how YALP suits my needs...

[DevGrousis]

quick question: can you use a parcer to get pets dmg recorder? i am an enchanter and when i stand near my pet i somehow never see any of its dmg on my chat, and ive got the settings right, so its just difficult to see sometimes (plus i cant get too close).

[Mcbard]

Yes you can parse pet dps.

[Mardur]

Gamparse all the way. Just adjust the settings for classic.

[Shaggy]

http://gambosoft.com/Pages/Downloads.htm

Best one around today.

[hedbonker]

Heh, Gamma was an officer in the old raiding guild I ran on live. Used our raids to develop it. It's about the best parser that I know of.