EA Monster Bytes - Endless Ages

plasticAiredale · 10-22-2008, 07:05 AM

I've decided to release the latest version of EA MonsterBytes, if after review Jason would like me to remove anything I will do when notified, but I don't see any issues with the program that will cause him to do such a thing.

Anyway here is a link to my website for the program: EA MonsterBytes Website

There you can find general information about the program, quick start guide, release notes, and a coming soon section.

I recommend you at least check out the Quick Start section of the website to get a good overview of the program.

Also this program requires that you have installed Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. On the downloads page on my website there is a link to download this from Microsoft if you don't already have it installed. Note there is no installer because of this, just download the zipfile and put the EA Monster Bytes folder anywhere on your computer.

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ORGINAL POST:

So I don't want to steal MrHolland's thunder, as he has just recently discussed creating a third party program to display some game information: MrHolland's Post, but I also have been working on something similar.

Based on the comments in his thread there may be some overlap in what his program will do, and what my program will do. I was waiting to release my program because my program has a lot of graphics and information that I have been trying to gather, but with MrHollands announcement, I felt I should mention my intentions just in case it changes the focus of what MrHolland wants to work on initially.

I am at work now so I thought I would just post some screenshots of my program. I will try and get a website up and some links to download the program in the next couple days, in case people would like to try out my program.

In a way you can think of EA Monster Bytes as a fansite in application form, as it provides walkthroughs for the beginning quests, crafting information, magic information, mob data, maps, weapon and armor data, and plenty more. It is meant to run along side your instance of Endless Ages, and to be used as a reference during your gaming adventures.

Here is a link to my photobucket of all the screenshots I took to give you a feel for the application: EAMB Photobucket.

Here are a few select screens to give you a taste, in case you don't feel like thumbing through a photobucket:

Mob Data

Armor Stats

Crafting Info:

Item Info:

Beginning Quests Info:

User Notes:

Now I am still in the gathering stages of some of the information. But that will be an ongoing process. I also need screenshots of some of the non-AP weapons and armor. So maybe I could get some players to be models for me, to speed up the process.

Right now the programs is about 10MB, about 9.5MB of which are graphics. I plan to have to ability to update game data, and graphics separately, once I have a website setup. The program will require .NET framework 2.0, as I wrote the program in Visual Studio. It also will support displays as small as 1024X768, so 800X600 displays are out of luck unless there is a great uproar, and I may create a different mode for them.

So that's its for now, let me know what you think. I have been developing this program in my spare time over that last couple months so it is pretty stable, like I said the main hold up has been gathering all the data, so I will try to get a website up soon for those of you interested. Unlike MrHollands project, mine is pretty much set in terms of features to add at the moment. While I will always love to hear ideas for improvements, I am considering my project feature complete so that I can release it soon. Any ideas will have to wait for a new point release, but please don't hesitate to voice your opinions and ideas for the program.

pompe · 10-22-2008, 07:50 AM

well what can i say that looks soo good and usefull pm me your e mail and i will send u pic´s of all weapons i got and can get a hold of if u want to i can send u the high rez pics of the shapeshift orbs i have posted earlier to altough the razor needs be photod from some different angels

all in all this looks realy impressive if the is anything else i can contribute with just lemme know

green death · 10-22-2008, 08:31 AM

sence i can never seem to email anything other then words i can always just pose for ya....got 1-11 guns for hm a but load of orbs and because im REALLY bored i may have the hover bike after today

botamis · 10-22-2008, 10:25 AM

Cool idea!

Sumdude · 10-22-2008, 01:30 PM

Very nice. This will definitely help keep up the player base, regarding new players.
And pompe, I just might be able to help you out with my razor.

solodynasty · 10-22-2008, 03:15 PM

Looks very nice (I wish I could do this ^.^) I could help you test it whenever its ready just PM me on forums or add me on msn if you have it.

plasticAiredale · 10-23-2008, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by solodynasty

I could help you test it whenever its ready.

Thanks, I was planning on having a beta test with a small group of players, but I think the active playerbase is currently about the size I would have picked anyway, so there will be no official beta period. I will let it loose to the public once I have Jason and his teams' blessing (I don't want to release anything that would be in violation of any rules).

MrHolland · 10-26-2008, 04:41 PM

It looks very nice

It also releives me of allot of work. I wasn't actually planning on creating the databases you have, it takes too much time. What I have right now is a the map, some music, enter some hotkeys trough .ini or simple ui to hear a sound whenever you're ready to heal / use a skill again.

plasticAiredale · 10-27-2008, 07:22 PM

Released the initial version today, I edited the original post in this thread to point to my website for the program. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

goldbott · 10-27-2008, 11:50 PM

cool program thanks for taking the time to make it. If i could suggest maybe using something other than rapidshare in the future......

MrHolland · 10-28-2008, 02:56 AM

i'll give it a try. I released the 2nd version of my program yesterday. it's more focused towards macroing

plasticAiredale · 10-28-2008, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goldbott

cool program thanks for taking the time to make it. If i could suggest maybe using something other than rapidshare in the future......

Any suggestions are welcome as to file hosting sites. Let me know what you would recommend.

Sumdude · 10-28-2008, 01:41 PM

Try looking into MegaUpload. I've downloaded from the site a few times and the speed was a lot better than Rapidshare. I'm not sure about the uploading process though.

goldbott · 10-28-2008, 06:56 PM

Mediafire Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFire is the best in my opinion. It doesnt have wait times exept for a 35 second wait between downloads

XiaolinDraconis · 10-31-2008, 04:02 AM

as u can see i dont have a couple needed options running win2k pro sp4 and yeah i got .net 2.0

LD420 · 11-03-2008, 02:25 PM

Hi, I have download this tool because it seem soooooo useful, but I get an error each time I want to open it. I have attach the picture that appear when I try it.
SOmeone know how I can make it work?

Thank you

Josellis · 11-04-2008, 12:22 AM

btw, you might want to translate that from French. anyway, here is what is says (if anyone is interested)

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System.InvalidCastException: The conversion of the chain "1.16" in type "Double" is not valid. ---> System.FormatException: The format of the entry chain is incorrect.
[then says "to Microsoft.VisualBasic etc.]
--- End of the trace of the pile of internal exceptions ---
[again "to Microsoft.VisualBasic" then "In {folder}"
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didn't feel like rewriting the strong strings lol, but I hope it helps

Impact · 11-04-2008, 12:24 AM

Thats awesome man.

Should help out noobs a lot.

plasticAiredale · 11-04-2008, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by LD420

Hi, I have download this tool because it seem soooooo useful, but I get an error each time I want to open it. I have attach the picture that appear when I try it.
SOmeone know how I can make it work?

Thank you

LD420 it is looking like there is a regional problem. If I had to guess in france (canada?) you must use commas where here in the US we use periods to separate decimal places. I have begun to look into how to support different regions, and will try to get a new version out today that you can try.

Thanks for the heads up.

LD420 · 11-04-2008, 07:54 AM

Ok thank you very much. Seriously good job with that, you must have work hard and it seem helpful.
And yes, I'm from quebec, canada so perhaps that's why.

Thank you

LD420 · 11-05-2008, 05:03 AM

I don't want to bother you lol, but I still get an other mistake when I try to use it. It's in french but I aint a very good translator myself. I can translate some sentence, but this is a program and if I translate it I dunno if I will keep the same meaning as it really want to say
Anyway here's the message it as sent to me.
Thank you

MrHolland · 11-05-2008, 05:15 AM

Same problem right, it's trying to convert a string with a decimal to an Integer

plasticAiredale · 11-05-2008, 05:39 AM

Bah, I forgot that some of the guns STR/DEX/WIS have decimal places in their requirements. I just convert them to an integer to round them, but unfortunately I didn't think to apply the internalization fix to that part of the code.

Anyway, I am at work today so I can't put up a new version to fix the problem until later tonight. But in the meantime you can download this new gun file that will fix the problem (by eliminating the floating point numbers, I just rounded them). Here is a link to the file: Guns.emb (6 KB) (rapidshare) . Just replace the file in the "infoFiles" directory in your EA Monster Bytes folder.

Hopefully that catches all the internalization problems. Let me know either way, if you wouldn't mind, if this fixes the problem.

Thanks again for the information.

PS - Anyone not experiencing the problem LD420 is having, does not need to download this file.