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Topic: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!

YewWanSum Posts: 2,670 Registered: Jun 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,648 User ID: 177,128	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	Thank You to all who are gathering data! MobTracker's database now contains over 1 million spawn records on over 1300 mobs. That is an excellent start! I encourage everyone to run the plugin, even if you just turn off the groups, arrows, and empty the list. The server can handle 100 times the volume its getting, so rev it up! Its a very resource-light plugin and the data gathered is very useful. Speaking of useful data, I really need more 'wanderers' to use this plugin. While I have 1,000,000 records, a vast majority of these are all in dungeons. I need overland data, especially in the massive area of dereth between the cities on the mainland. With the Snowman near Qal, I have a little bit of decent data there, and I think I've nailed down every Chicken spawn near a town . I definately need other areas though. Much of the spawn data in the 'sparse mainland' area has been gathered by me during the development of the plugin. I need to turn to the masses to ask for help gathering sizeable quantities of spawn data throughout the countryside. Please help! http://mobtracker.yewsplugins.com Just for some FYI and your enjoyment, here is the top 100 list of spawn counts! Count Mob Name 56092 Fiun Assistant 35527 Ravenous Eater 34546 Olthoi Ripper 33291 White Phyntos Wasp 26354 Olthoi Slasher 25936 Olthoi Slayer 24768 Frenzied Fiun 23218 Armored Tusker 15254 Assailer 14310 Olthoi Larvae 12958 Devastator 11655 Rampager 10961 Olthoi Warrior 10913 Grimy Moarsman 10787 Mucky Moarsman 10239 Chicken 10111 Scummy Moarsman 9317 Tusker Guard 8411 Shallows Shredder 8310 Shallows Gorger 8092 Olthoi Swarm Eviscerator 7859 Tusker Sycophant 6854 Abhorrent Eater 5697 Insatiable Eater 5696 Tukora Lieutenant 5576 Diamond Golem 5559 Olthoi Swarm Guardian 5360 Olthoi Mutilator 5202 Olthoi Soldier 4997 Tusker Slave 4966 Brown Rabbit 4855 Remoran Raker 4765 Remoran Sand Stalker 4748 Reaper 4670 Wave Golem 4635 Aqueous Golem 4601 Olthoi Swarm Nymph 4539 Olthoi Swarm Harvester 4521 Viamontian Tribune 4442 Olthoi Swarm Gardener 4326 Astis Niffis 4312 Tukora Commander 4239 Benek Niffis 4142 Parfal Sleech 4052 Remoran Sea Raptor 3953 Olthoi Drone 3868 Shambling Undead Ruschk 3816 Degenerate Mukkir 3783 Remoran Corsair 3483 Pyreal Golem 3422 Silver Tusker 3398 Pestilence Rat 3337 Lich 3332 Altered Olthoi 3326 Olthoi Swarm Worker 3309 Olthoi Swarm Drone 3259 Black Rabbit 3208 Plated Tusker 3189 Burun Ruuk Seer 3178 Olthoi Swarm Legionary 3128 Tusker Worshipper 3103 Degenerate Shadow 2930 Viamontian Lord 2905 Gold Shallows Shredder 2901 Drudge Skulker 2890 Viamontian Commander 2884 Gotrok Tiatus 2833 Virindi Executor 2782 Shadow Lieutenant 2730 Auroch Yearling 2711 Obsidian Golem 2682 Destroyer Grievver 2627 Olthoi Worker 2565 Drudge Slinker 2563 Tumerok Trooper 2550 Drudge Bloodletter 2446 Tumerok Standard Bearer 2388 Tukora Sentinel 2337 Tusker Liberator 2321 Sam 2317 Bloodmouth Remoran 2229 Iron Spined Chittick 2147 Nomad Mu-miyah 2129 Tusker Redeemer 2103 Drudge Ravener 2082 Olthoi Swarm Mutilator 2081 Olthoi Harvester 2062 Olthoi Servant 2036 Voracious Eater 2014 Olthoi Eviscerator 1993 Island Armoredillo 1992 Viamontian Hand 1986 Olthoi Swarm Warrior 1972 Gold Golem 1958 Shallows Devourer 1955 Olthoi Noble 1903 Revenant 1780 Desert Rabbit 1778 Stinging Chittick 1770 Augmented Drudge -----signature----- Current developer of Mob Tracker (mobtracker.yewsplugins.com) Current developer of Rare Tracker(raretracker.yewsplugins.com) Current developer of Craft Bot(craftbot.yewsplugins.com) Email:yew@yewsplugins.com
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Zaxxon_TD Posts: 338 Registered: Oct 21, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 336 User ID: 729,829	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	I think Sam will be higher then the Fiun Assistant after this patch. -----signature----- Yes I know I spell like a drunken 3rd grader... you are crying to be the best in a VIDEO game (when you weren't.) thats like being the smartest kid with down syndrome. J_O_F
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Beezamen Posts: 10,961 Registered: Apr 1, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 10,866 User ID: 663,762	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	is there a way to track every critter, on the list ... without manually adding each one the the tracking list? -----signature----- =====Aww, did I step on your poor, itty-bitty ego?===== Beezamen - Level 275 Tank War Mage {AC - Wintersebb} Beezamen - Level 85 Warlock {WoW - Blackwater Raiders} Direbeez - Level 85 Hunter {WoW - Blackwater Raiders}
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YewWanSum Posts: 2,670 Registered: Jun 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,648 User ID: 177,128	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	I'm not sure what you mean Beez. If you are aking how to add every creature in the maps list to the tracked list, why on earth would you want to track every creature?(I already send data for every spawn whether its tracked or not to the server, so you dont need them tracked to be reported) Nevertheless, if that is what you want, PM me your settings file and I'll bulk add all 1353 creatues to the list for you. -----signature----- Current developer of Mob Tracker (mobtracker.yewsplugins.com) Current developer of Rare Tracker(raretracker.yewsplugins.com) Current developer of Craft Bot(craftbot.yewsplugins.com) Email:yew@yewsplugins.com
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Beezamen Posts: 10,961 Registered: Apr 1, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 10,866 User ID: 663,762	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	Maybe I should have been more exact .... say I want to run through the wilds of Dereth for a few hours. I would like EVERY critter that I run across, to be uploaded into your server. Every bunny, bug, drudge, EVERYTHING. From what I can tell, it will only track the critters, that you hard wired into mobtracker (ie. banished, golds, boss golems, etc.) ... and the critters that I manually add to the tracking list. The rest of the list goes untracked. make more sense? -----signature----- =====Aww, did I step on your poor, itty-bitty ego?===== Beezamen - Level 275 Tank War Mage {AC - Wintersebb} Beezamen - Level 85 Warlock {WoW - Blackwater Raiders} Direbeez - Level 85 Hunter {WoW - Blackwater Raiders}
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Aenema_TD Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	Yea not sure how to use this Plugin myself, I would be happy to run all over the place and collect for you but I can't seem to get anything to come up -----signature-----
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YewWanSum Posts: 2,670 Registered: Jun 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,648 User ID: 177,128	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	You dont need to do anything at all other than have the plugin show up in Decal. It will send every single spawn to the central server, even if you turn everything off and clear the 'tracked list'. The tracking list (Which isnt hard coded at all, in fact with some XML editing you can add your own groups of mobs to quickly toggle on and off) is only used for the 3D arrow/alert function. -----signature----- Current developer of Mob Tracker (mobtracker.yewsplugins.com) Current developer of Rare Tracker(raretracker.yewsplugins.com) Current developer of Craft Bot(craftbot.yewsplugins.com) Email:yew@yewsplugins.com
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Lil-Blub Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	Just keep the plugin alive during ac's days. It's so sad to see plugin's die because the author is either too lazy to update it, or just doesn't care. -----signature-----
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AC-Theriex Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	This is a great plugin, makes finding mobs sooo easy and makes those kill tasks easier. Can't wait for dungeon spawns etc... -----signature-----
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Anotherstormslayer Title: Viking Lord Posts: 38,853 Registered: Feb 16, '02 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 37,802 User ID: 646,317	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	I'm a wanderer but I'm Beta testing another game ATM so it is eating up a lot of my game time. I use the plug when I play though. It doesn't conflict with anything and runs with Alinco, AmmoGimp, Buffme and Skunk Vision just fine. But my gamer has pretty good resources 512 Vid and 2GB RAM -----signature----- The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to b
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quren_mt Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	what is the range of the plugin? ie, which spawn points does it detect, just what's on visible radar or is the range wider I've never installed the plugin but I'd be willing to do some running around -----signature-----
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YewWanSum Posts: 2,670 Registered: Jun 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,648 User ID: 177,128	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	The range is the same as the AC client. As soon as the client knows about it, the plugin knows about it(well, technically, I believe the plugin knows about it just before the client does), even if its 40 miles away. That said, its up to the server to decide which spawns to send to the client, so while the plugin and client will both pick up spawns off radar, the maximum distance is effectively 1 landblock in all directions(The same landblock grid that becomes apparent when using the overhead view and running around). Also note that when running through areas which have not been active for some time, you will miss at least half the spawn points because you will be out of the area before anything could spawn at that point. When the server loads a fresh landblock it doesnt spawn everything at once, so if you have a very fast character(like I do) you will miss quite a bit in the uninhabited areas. This is unavoidable to a large extent because it also doesnt make sense to just hang around in place until everything spawns, but you might want to put away the jack rabbit character and take out a fat mage for a liesurly jog through the countryside. -----signature----- Current developer of Mob Tracker (mobtracker.yewsplugins.com) Current developer of Rare Tracker(raretracker.yewsplugins.com) Current developer of Craft Bot(craftbot.yewsplugins.com) Email:yew@yewsplugins.com
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FlameAway Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	This is great source of info. I've been using it a bunch on my overland only character, and its been great so far just for giving me a general area to hunt in for Golem Lord hunting. Thanks! -----signature-----
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P.L.E.A.D Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	Awesome plugin. -----signature-----
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Otto.Mo.Beale Posts: 12,059 Registered: May 22, '00 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 11,638 User ID: 25,768	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	tag for info -----signature----- (none)
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RRenolds Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	"tag for info" What does that mean? -----signature-----
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Aenema_TD Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	How do I know its sending spawn data/locations? I would like to know. Sometimes on detection of some critters i get critter names and such with a R62.2 or whatever attached to the end of the message. Is that part of the Mob Tracker? And how is Robochef coming along =D -----signature-----
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YewWanSum Posts: 2,670 Registered: Jun 20, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 2,648 User ID: 177,128	Subject: Mobtracker reaches 1,000,000 spawn points!
	When you log in, theres a purple message saying something like "Sending mob spawn data to...". If you see that, its sending spawn data. You will not be notified that it is sending at any other time. I would need more specifics about those messages. It should display the mob name and its detected corrdinates whenever a mob on the tracked list is detected. As for my development efforts... Robochef has a fully working interface, appears in game, loads recipes, and processes its main event loop. It has done that for about 6 months. I need to recreate the project and 'Adapterize' it before I finish it, and because Robochef has at least two alternatives, it falls behind both Mob Tracker and Loot Tracker, which have none. Loot Tracker is up to the point where the interface is ingame, and it scans corpses, requests IDs for items, and tracks when the IDs come in. Thats the point where I have to decide what information to send and theres a TON of properties I need to encode. Best way to describe its state is: Proof of concept complete, framework in place, design not yet finalized. Oh, and Mob Tracker 1.1 is well on its way. I added a fun little thing that I hope is popular with those who like to hit the less travelled paths by adding the ability to track WHO is sending data, IF they want to be known, and comparing themselves to others doing the same. Here's how it works: When you send data for a spawn that has already been reported (same monster at same exact location), it updates the count for that spawn/location, but nothing else happens. When you send data for a spawn that has not been recorded before (different mob at same location, or totally new location), you get 1 point. When you send data for a mob that has never been seen before at ALL, you get 10000 points! I will have a web page detailing, by server and globally, the Top X Trackers and perhaps a way to look up your tracker score. You don't get anything but bragging rights for participating, and you can continue to send data anonymously by using the /MOB ANON command (I added a bunch of commands for ease of setting things). Still I thought it would be cool and I found a way to do it efficiently, so I threw it in there. Thats what I've been working on recently. -----signature----- Current developer of Mob Tracker (mobtracker.yewsplugins.com) Current developer of Rare Tracker(raretracker.yewsplugins.com) Current developer of Craft Bot(craftbot.yewsplugins.com) Email:yew@yewsplugins.com
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