For the profile Dev's....

[morggue]

Ok so i have seen a lot of profile dev's out there talking about what they want to do and whatnot. So seeing as how i have seen many people (like 4 on one profile) writing the same exact profile here is what i propose:

-Post up on this thread what you are going to do

- THIS IS NOT A REQUEST THREAD!!!!!
- IT IS FOR DEV'S ONLY SO WE CAN COORDINATE!!!
- KEEP ON TOPIC PLEASE

I would also like pm's if you have the time.

Just to start i have a near completed (just need hotspots once hb is up) 1-20 - start areas + northern barrens - quest profile for all races. I am also working on 20-58 but that will have to come in time. i just have it outlined as of now

If anyone is interested in this project please let me know i could use and experienced writer to help me gather hotspots if anyone is interested.

Ok so thats it! Post what your doing!!!!

 

[shane86]

Some insane in the membrane profiles, Captured Firefly (beta released), Azure Whelpling,Tiny Emerald Whelpling, 58-70 grinding, Autoangler Profiles for uldum, Hyjal, and Twilight Highlands (gb). And I'd REALLY like to start a 80-85 Questing/Grinding profile For Alliance.

 

[tia79]

Im doing 1-85 questing as fast as Hawker or Nesox develop a <loadprofile> tag so i can load external profiles and put them into a regular expression.

Like

<if me.level="=" 10=""><loadprofile>If Me.Level == 10 Loadprofile 11-20.xml /LoadProfile /If

(Forum dont allow me to use < and > into the same combo.)<if me.level="=" 10><<loadprofile>11-20.xml<="" loadprofile>=""></if></loadprofile>


That way i can keep the main profile nice and clean and easily add new quests and keep a structure in my profiles </if></loadprofile>

 

[shane86]

Im doing 1-85 questing as fast as Hawker or Nesox develop a <loadprofile> tag so i can load external profiles and put them into a regular expression.

Like

<if me.level="=" 10=""><loadprofile>If Me.Level == 10 Loadprofile 11-20.xml /LoadProfile /If

(Forum dont allow me to use < and > into the same combo.)<if me.level="=" 10><<loadprofile>11-20.xml<="" loadprofile>=""></if></loadprofile>


That way i can keep the main profile nice and clean and easily add new quests and keep a structure in my profiles </if></loadprofile>

Not to sound super negative or to discourage you from your project but doesn't 1-85 sound a little complex? It would take a very long time with all the debugging and testing going on. But kudos to you if you're willing to take on such a large project. Good luck! *hides so we can get back on topic*

 

[chinajade]

(Forum dont allow me to use < and > into the same combo.)<11-20.xml<="" loadprofile>="">

This is a desirable feature of most forum systems--it prevents HTML-based forum hacking. In the future (to make your point clearly)...

• Use &amp;lt; for &lt;
• Use &amp;gt; for &gt;

cheers,
CJ

 

[Beowulfe]

Im doing 1-85 questing as fast as Hawker or Nesox develop a <loadprofile> tag so i can load external profiles and put them into a regular expression.

Like

<if me.level="=" 10=""><loadprofile>If Me.Level == 10 Loadprofile 11-20.xml /LoadProfile /If

(Forum dont allow me to use < and > into the same combo.)<if me.level="=" 10><<loadprofile>11-20.xml<="" loadprofile>=""></if></loadprofile>


That way i can keep the main profile nice and clean and easily add new quests and keep a structure in my profiles </if></loadprofile>

Can't you simply do this with Subprofiles (if all you want to check is level), neatly seperated from each other and commented if you want to keep it clean?

 

[Kickazz006]

I did 1-60 grinding, 56-68 grinding (up to 72). I'll be making a 66-80 soon... and of course requests as they trickle in

Mine are mainly for toons that can handle 2-3 mobs at once.

Is there anyway to state:

{if
me.level >= 56 <= 68 go to portal to BC, zone through portal.

load xx.xml profile

start botting
}

 

[chinajade]

Can't you simply do this with Subprofiles (if all you want to check is level), neatly seperated from each other and commented if you want to keep it clean?

SubProfiles have their place, most definitely.

However, using them in a questing Profile is strongly discouraged. One of the key benefits to QuestOrder is the ability to turn off Checkpoints (i.e., "&lt;QuestOrder IgnoreCheckpoints="true"&gt;"). This allows a max-level toon to use the profile to obtain achievements, and such. A Checkpoint-based (versus SubProfile-based) questing profile is also robust with respect to Toons wearing Heirloom gear.

If a questing profile is written with SubProfiles, it becomes 'brittle'. Toons wearing Heirloom gear or other such bonuses (perhaps through a guild achievement), lose 'sync' with the Profile, and things break. Due to unanticipated pre-mature leveling, you might not complete a pre-requisite quest in one SubProfile that needs to be complete when you enter the next SubProfile. Similarly, profiles written in such a way are useless to a max-level toon without a lot of editing.

As such, using SubProfiles to create a questing profile is generally considered 'evil' and to be avoided as much as possible.

cheers,
CJ

 

[chinajade]

Is there anyway to state:

{if
me.level >= 56 <= 68 go to portal to BC, zone through portal.

load xx.xml profile

start botting
}

You can certainly write the conditional now:

    &lt;If Conditional="(Me.Level >=56)  &&  (Me.Level <= 68)"&gt;
    &lt;/If&gt;

However, there are no current facilities for the rest...

<!-- load xx.xml profile -->
<!-- start botting -->

My guess is such facilities will be here in a Future Release(TM), but I don't work for Bossland so am not privy to their plans.

Depending on how important it is to you, may I suggest submitting an Enhancement request through Bugtracker?

cheers,
CJ

 

[Kickazz006]

can you explain what exactly the new "continent tag" is about?? I read it but I didn't really understand why it was made.

Can you put it at the end of a certain profile say my 1-60... and at 56 stick a BC profile in there and it walk through the portal?

hmm... interesting

 

[chinajade]

can you explain what exactly the new "continent tag" is about?? I read it but I didn't really understand why it was made

I think its there for a few reasons:

1. Some Profile Writer's wrote questing profiles that spanned continents. "Mordd's Breakneck 1-60" comes to mind where he worked his way from Stormwind down to Stranglethorn Vale (got you to level 40). Then, he had you move your toon to Tanaris, and load a "Breakneck 1-60 Part 2". Similar examples can be recognized in moving out of Teldrassil into Kalimdor, or Azuremyst Isle into Kalimdor.

With this new tag and &lt;SubProfile&gt;, you can now write *one* profile that does what's appropriate. The user loads your profile and starts on Azure Myst Isle. When it hits 20, it will have run out of quests, so the user moves the toon to Ashenvale in Kalimdor, and simply hits "Start" again--without having to go hunt down a 'part 2' profile. Less for a user to download, and manage means fewer mistakes.

2. (Speculation) It may somehow help InstanceBuddy and other such Bots/Plugins do its job cleaner. Perhaps, this makes 'dungeon detection' more solid.

3. (Disclaimer: Wild speculation on my part) The feature is an enabler for other goodies yet to come.
What exact form the goodies will take, or how long it will take them to get here is unknown.


By the way, the new &lt;ContinentID&gt; and &lt;If&gt; elements are now documented in the Wiki. I happened to be online when the first release tried to drop, so spent the morning writing up what I could fathom out of the release notes. I'm sure there will be errors in it, but we'll get it fixed up if so.

cheers,
CJ

 

[Kickazz006]

interesting, we'll have to see what things are to come!

^_^ maybe a "true" 1-80 can be made eventually