WTS Another Live Auction Tracker (Alpha)

[Darkyle]

Holy cow nice work, I will use this for sure.

[Raavak]

It looks very, very nice!

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

the purpose of this project is to eventually display accurate historical information regarding the going rate of every item.

That's gunna piss some people off! lol

[Portsche]

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

the purpose of this project is to eventually display accurate historical information regarding the going rate of every item.

+1

[Pint]

nice work, looks awesome

[Packet]

Can't tell you how much your comments mean to me. Thanks a lot! I'll do what I can.

[phobus]

How do you get your auction data? Can anyone contribute by uploading their own logs?

Also, you mentioned that you used a dump of the eqemu item database to get item stats. I'd strongly encourage you to get these from the P99 wiki instead, as many items have changed from their classic state to what is presently on live and eqemu. A couple examples off the top of my head:

http://wiki.project1999.com/Sabertooth_Amulet versus http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=1226
http://wiki.project1999.com/Helm_of_Rile versus http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=1456

[Packet]

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

How do you get your auction data? Can anyone contribute by uploading their own logs?

I sit a character in EC for 24-hours every day on my dedicated server. Also, I have not written any uploaders for this however it's a good idea. Currently, it is not necessary.

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

Also, you mentioned that you used a dump of the eqemu item database to get item stats. I'd strongly encourage you to get these from the P99 wiki instead, as many items have changed from their classic state to what is presently on live and eqemu. A couple examples off the top of my head:

http://wiki.project1999.com/Sabertooth_Amulet versus http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=1226
http://wiki.project1999.com/Helm_of_Rile versus http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=1456

Unfortunately, I do not have a classic items table to collect accurate item stats but I think the current items are close enough (as I've removed dmg modifiers, bane, aug slots, etc). I could hotlink items to Project99's wiki but that incurs a few issues. One, I don't want to leach from P99's website without their consent. I am very big on developing using my own resources. I could iframe the website into the popups but this is (imo) a ghetto and slow method. I absolutely abhor the use of <iframe>.

What I would like to do is ask the P99 developers if they'd be willing to share the P99 items table. Chances are slim however, I'd be willing to sign a contract stating that I will never release it. If I can't get a copy of the P99 items table, I'll have to procedurally script something to begin scraping this content to update my items table (which will take some time). I do agree with you though. Item stats need to change and it is on my list of future enhancements.

[SamwiseRed]

can u set up a guy on the red server? our auctions or in global ooc. thanks in advance and its np if not. not sure how much of a pain the ass it would be.

[Packet]

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

can u set up a guy on the red server? our auctions or in global ooc. thanks in advance and its np if not. not sure how much of a pain the ass it would be.

I'll work on a client that will grep and upload logs automatically. I don't mind doing another version for red.

[BarackObooma]

This is really awesome! Thanks for doing this!

I noticed when clicking on Sash of the Dragonborn and Flowing Black Silk Sash that it doesn't list the haste effect on the item. Is this something that's still being worked on?

Are there plans to add dates/times to the auctions? You can't tell whether this was 1 minute or 1 month ago as is.

Are there plans to be able to add items that are frequently abbreviated? Examples: Many people would type FBSS instead of Flowing Black Silk Sash. Another is Jboots, I couldn't find a listing for it even spelling it out completely.

Thanks again!