A full survey of gathering nodes - thoughts

[ZaneMcFate]

I have been working on a plugin which can dynamically generate gathering profiles based on a few basic factors (location, map, gather object, gather item). However, this runs into a wall when the target item is Unknown. The workaround, of course, is to force the gather slot. THAT information, however, is not available on any FFXIV database I can find. This means I will likely need to resurvey the entire world and gather very detailed information about each gather node. If I'm going to be doing this work anyway (and hopefully getting some help), I want to get some ideas about what information we want to survey, as repeating this would be... obnoxious. Please comment on additions / specifics on the information below regarding gathering nodes:

• Class Required (Miner/Botanist/Fisher)
• Aetheryte ID / Map Number / Map Name
• XYZ Hotspot Location
• Hotspot Radius (no idea how to estimate this)
• Gather Object
• Gather Object Level
• Gather Items for Each Slot

The above information should be sufficient to generate a single-purpose profile to gather any item available. I would love your thoughts on this.

 

[Tinytox]

I love the idea!
I don't have any real helpful input besides my support for your idea! ^^

 

[Yasuko]

I've actually been working on something like this for my recipe database I'm building.. I've managed to get all the recipes and each item required for each recipe.. just working on setting up farm locations for each item at the moment... I just wish there was a way for RB to "see" item drops from certain mobs when you kill them.. would take out alot of the manual hand work in building the FarmLocation table. ><