zDD - a Damage/Tanks/XP/Heals parser

[CriticalDmg]

It's a bit over 2 years since I made zDD, and I never released it's source... so here it is:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5329566/AO/z....03_source.zip
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5329566/AO/zDD/zDD_1.03.zip

The reason why i didn't do that sooner was simply because when I wrote it, my programming knowledge was... erm... close to zero and I didn't want people to correct/bash me for that nor did I want someone to "do (write) it for me".
Writing zDD from scratch was pretty much - me learning programming, and Java... as you may see in the source, I wrote some already built-in functions, and they're not in the best shape or form... but it works, and it works fast and it was great practice.

(while you can still download zDD from eSnips, you no longer need to, since there's a direct link above)
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After about a year of (on and off) development I've finally made myself finish this parser (that was originally supposed to be only for me for testing purposes ), after a pretty large number of people showed interest and asked for a copy.

As the title says - zDD can parse and show you IN-GAME (using a chain of scripts) the DD list, the tanks list, the HEALERS list and XP/SK/AXP/Research stats, and as a bonus it can show you if you've got something sold in your player shop

You can find my parser as well as several screen shots in this address:
http://www.esnips.com/web/CriticalDD

All the info on how to make it run is in the Readmeh!.txt file, so don't skip it.
(zDD is written in Java and takes around 25kb disk space)

version 1.03 is out


***** some people reported other programs taking over the .jar file type and preventing Java from running them (such as WinRAR or some software from Nokia)
one way to fix this is using this utility to restore the .jar extension to be run by Java: www.jonelo.de/java/jarfix/
"jarfix" isn't made by me so don't ask for help as I'm not familiar with it, I was merely told by several people that it worked for them)

[Foxy]

Works great!

nice work CriticalDmg

Easy to set up and loads of good options!

[eroz_c]

On the site, the heals screenshot seems to be borked (shows damage instead) but might be just my hangoverness.

Looks cool, gonna try it anyway.

[Lumifly]

Finally releasing it huh? Guess that means I don't get to look cool anymore with people asking me "wow where'd you get that parser!"

[CriticalDmg]

Originally Posted by Foxy Works great!

Thank you.

Originally Posted by eroz_c On the site, the heals screenshot seems to be borked (shows damage instead) but might be just my hangoverness.

j00 need to lay off the booze !

Originally Posted by Lumifly Finally releasing it huh? Guess that means I don't get to look cool anymore with people asking me "wow where'd you get that parser!"

well... the day had to come :P

[Rockempire]

I'm confused. I set up the window to log all the info. I set up prefs.ini to the right chat log. But running the zdd 1.00.jar does not create any scripts like the readme says. What am I missing?

Never mind. I just made a mistake copying the directory info.

[Busata]

This is that parser that does criticaldmg.setDamage(100000); at start huh?

No, just kidding, nice work!

[Rockempire]

When I do the "tank" script it shows damage taken by mobs, not people. Is that intended?

[CriticalDmg]

there are two separate tank scripts one for mobs (/bbb & /bb) and one for people (/vvv & /vv), just use the other one

[Rockempire]

Ahh, I see. One more question, then.

Is there any procedure I need to be aware of when I switch to another character that zDD is set to monitor? When I log my doc, it still appears to be trying to show information for my enforcer.

[CriticalDmg]

I see you've skiped my Readmeh.txt file

* The program will only parse the last changed log from the list

if your Doc's log path is setup correct then it'll show your Doc's stats (assuming your Doc was the last toon who's log has changed)
or... did you run the parser after doing whatever it was with your Doc ? (as I said before zDD isn't running in the background, you run it when you need it to parse)

[Canibaal]

nice DDparser....works like a charm^^

Installed and working as expected =)

[Rockempire]

Originally Posted by CriticalDmg I see you've skiped my Readmeh.txt file if your Doc's log path is setup correct then it'll show your Doc's stats (assuming your Doc was the last toon who's log has changed) or... did you run the parser after doing whatever it was with your Doc ? (as I said before zDD isn't running in the background, you run it when you need it to parse)

On the contrary, I read it about 5 times. And I did all that already. I triple checked to make sure the log paths are correct before I even posted. And I ran the parser each time I tried to use it.

[Rockempire]

I looked again and found the trouble. You and I apparently interpret the abbreviation "alt" differently. Thanks again for the condescension.

[CriticalDmg]

Originally Posted by CriticalDmg I see you've skiped my Readmeh.txt file if your Doc's log path is setup correct then it'll show your Doc's stats (assuming your Doc was the last toon who's log has changed) or... did you run the parser after doing whatever it was with your Doc ? (as I said before zDD isn't running in the background, you run it when you need it to parse)

Where am I patronizing you ? Those are the most "can't make it work" reasons I've found, that people simply fail to supply the correct path to the prefs file or are thinking that the parser's working constantly in the background.
As I don't know you, I have no idea what your knowledge of PCs is, so I can't know to what extent of detail I have to go through explaining it.

p.s. what was the issue then ?

[Rockempire]

I take offense with your assumption that because I have questions, I have not read the readme file.


1 ----------- number of alts for zDD to monitor (it'll ignore everything after twice that number of lines)
MyNameIs1 --- name of the 1st toon to monitor (the next line is this toon's full log path)
C:\Program Files\Anarchy Online\Prefs\ACCOUNT_NAME\Char##########\Chat\Wind ows\Window#\Log.txt
MyNameIs2 --- name of the 2nd toon to monitor (the next line is this toon's full log path)
D:\Games\Anarchy Online\Prefs\ACCOUNT_NAME\Char##########\Chat\Wind ows\Window#\Log.txt


This section sends conflicting messages. It implies that if I enter in the chat log information for two characters it will work just fine. "1 ----------- number of alts for zDD to monitor" backs up that theory given that everyone has a "main" and other "alts". However, after reading it many times over I realized that it was ignoring the information for the second character.

So, essentially, you gave all the information that was necessary yet I believe it could have been presented a little more clearly. I could not frame my earlier question any better because to my knowledge I had followed your directions to the letter.

[CriticalDmg]

Guess you're right, we are using the term 'alts' for different things...
for me toons = alts (your main being one of your alts), but that's just me

all in all that line:
1 ----------- number of alts for zDD to monitor (it'll ignore everything after twice that number of lines)
means the overall toons count - be they your main and/or alts

[Undead_Army]

Sounds like a cool little parser. I'd use it, but I don't play AO anymore. But good job. I remember heals used to be impossible to parse or something. Obviously you called Tom Cruise.

[CriticalDmg]

It only parses the heals that are visible to you - heals made on you and heals by you
kinda useful for tanks - seeing who's healing them and who's plain slacking and such

[Rockempire]

Well, now that I got it all sorted out I rather like it. It gives me a lot of nice options. Thanks for making it!