Map viewer utility

[Mag]

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

yeah isnt this what showeq does anyways?
*shouldnt this be illegal

This does what I believe to be the *legal* part of ShowEQ. ShowEQ plots the location of all of the mobs in a zone, etc. This doesn't do anything without you giving it input. Whether that's by typing /loc, or manually inputting a location, w/e. Doesn't interact with the client directly in any way nor does it reveal the location of yourself, any other players or any npcs. It's just a map viewer that can plot a location.

[Derubael]

Show eq does a lot more than just plot a course across a zone.

Other staff can chime in here if they'd like, but i'd say this is a legal utility. You could do something similar with the wiki maps and ms paint if you really wanted.

[getsome]

bind loc to a movement key, so its input into your logs all the time. a few years back a guy made something very similar with locs and a map overlay, and included track range as well. It was a hosted solution and allowed multiple people to feed their locs and anyone could see where anyone else was in game. great for folks who get lost.

[Silent]

There is no way someone can claim this is similar to showeq or any type of hack, As said before it does none of that. It basically shows where you are by taking a map, adding your current loc and putting a dot onto the map to show where you are in relation to the zone

[Ravhin]

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

bind loc to a movement key, so its input into your logs all the time. a few years back a guy made something very similar with locs and a map overlay, and included track range as well. It was a hosted solution and allowed multiple people to feed their locs and anyone could see where anyone else was in game. great for folks who get lost.

I wanted to do something similar for the wiki, but never finished it.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Special:MapMyLoc?debug=true

I got as far as playing with SVG or Canvas to render the maps (with d3.js). These days, this can all be done in the browser, including reading from your log file, and also having the possibility to synchronize/share positions between players..

If anyone wants to do some JS / PHP work and finish the "MapMyLoc" for the wiki let me know.

[a_gnoll_pup]

This is fine and within the realm of classic. In 1999, if you made a VB application, it could do the same thing on SOE's server and SOE would not even know or care.

[Vandy]

Eqcompanion has this functionality. You have to configure each zone with each map so its a little more hassel to set it up. But once you configure your frequent zones all you do is have a loc key bound to something and you get a map pop-up with a directional Arrow if you are moving.

[Swish]

STAAHP!

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