EoC Race File Generator
 

I present to you one of the coolest creations of mine yet! (And it took maybe 2 hours)

EoC Race File Generator, this allow you to build a zonename_chr.txt file that tells your client how to load particular races from the client.

The main cryptic problem with this has been that the race ID to model name list hasn't really been widely available. SO...

I asked Secrets to whip out IDA and disassemble the client list and find the Race ID to string matchings so I could then right quite a few parser scripts to find where all of the race string data is loaded from. I now have 90% of this data and can easily build race files from a visual tool I also built in the same night.

Here is the compiled data:

With that I give you the tool, it is actually right in the Race Viewer, it is a new option listed right at the top to 'Generate Zone Race File'. This will spawn an area on the right of the screen that will start to translate races that you visually click to a strings file that you use for a corresponding zone.

http://i.imgur.com/rnRakph.jpg

It will build the strings file in the exact format that it needs for the client to load them.

Now, I don't know what the client limitations are on how many you can use, or even if some of these will crash the client. It is a BETA tool at this point so try it out as you wish.

I did manual references and the script parsings appear to be extremely accurate.

Enjoy!

Here is a true example of its usage, Morellcastle - House of Thule zone - shouldn't have any of these races that I loaded at all. I loaded the same exact models that I selected on my generator.

http://i.imgur.com/eOYzmbq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0RVjf9O.jpg

Nice job!

- Kayen

This looks awesome nice work. Akkadius could you maybe build something into EoC to enable us to view all 2h weapons quickly and easily and by graphic item id's or whatever it is?

I was experimenting with using 2h weapon graphics and redesigning them into 1h weapons that you could use two together for dual wield or 1 + a shield for a unique customizing aspect.

Here's a link showing off a bit of what I mean and the idea of it all there are a lot ways this could be utilized of course to customize classes and races or both.
http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/sho...226#post225226

Natedog already requested this similarily - as I have something for icons already - I will do this for weapons. Just a matter of time.

Oh nice I had actually tossed around that idea in one of his forum threads to do with his augments system! :)

Anyway that's great to hear and thanksquicker and easier customizing tools is always great your contributions to EQemu have been great so woot to that!

I really hope servers take advantage of this tool.. its nice to have a slim global load but hand out the zone files generated by this!

Nice work Akka and Secrets! :)

Is there a default list already generated? I am interested in having access to the races/models currently used in a zone. I didn't know if we had to do them all ourselves, or if a list was already created that contains the models that exist in a default peq db.

What I'm most interested in is the model - race mapping. I have worked on creating an automatic zone populater ( set some rules and it creates all of the mobs for you ) for fast zone creation and testing. The thing I was missing was being able to tie models to races so I would be able to only populate the zone with what is available - I prefer to not have to make any changes to any EQ files ( such as a global load or these edited chr files).

You do realize I posted all of that data?

I plead the fifth.

I think I overlook that due to viewing it on my phone, and only seeing the first 10 lines or so. It never looks like there's more below, with no scroll bar.

My apologies.

Thanks for all of the info.

Not anything near what you want but until akkadius gets around to it you could use this.
http://www.megafileupload.com/en/fil...idfile-7z.html
Generated some of those a few months ago. Pretty poor quality but I made it to drop into one of george's tools.
If that link is bad let me know. Forgot to lock zone to daytime so some of those were captured when it was night time in the zone.
onbeforeunload = function() {};

Race Viewer received an update last weeked.

Pushed to Github and live on EOC.

http://i.imgur.com/1KUw5iO.jpg