Project Revive

[sesmar]

Originally Posted by Kayot

Sesmar - Thank you, your help in making the controls was extreamly valuable. Also, If I ever figure out what the EDEDBI does I'll probably be even more amazed.

EDEDBI is DAL (Data Access Layer) that I have been working on for sometime now. I converted it to VB.Net for your project, the original version is in C#. When I get sometime this week I will take a look at it to make sure everything is working properly with it (although I think I already did this.) It covers basic data access for returning MySqlReaders to DataTables to DataSets all the way to a LINQ style Entity to Relational DB mapping system using custom attributes and reflection. It has decreased my DB Class coding time by half and sped up my data access time 10 fold.

I think I was starting to work on a faction editor for your project using this particular model, I will look at this as well and maybe get that working as an example of how it is used.

If you have any more questions or want to know more about how it works send me a PM and I will let fill you in on the details.

[Kayot]

Sorry about slow dev, I was surfing the PEQ forums when I saw the Acronym MQ2. After getting the right ver. I have to say this is one on the best utility's I've ever seen. I've been in a kind of trance playing with it for the last few days. If I would of had this back in the day I would've been an unstoppable killing machine. It reminds me of a lesser openKore. Now I'm two boxing a War and Clr (My desktop isn't all that strong and my laptop wont run EQ right other wise I'd six box with 5 of them on the laptop. Dual Core is good) and that is why my dev time is slower now.

I do need to work on the program though, while MQ2 is amazing (Speaking of which, I plan to update the Item Description to Mimic MQ2's) it doesn't tell me were items drop, who drops them, and if a vendor sells that item. So back to the editor.

Sesmar - Is there a way to speed up the draw on the GUI, the player editor takes .4 seconds to draw and it is very annoying. I would be grateful for the assist.

[ChaosSlayer]

would be nice if you would also write a program that detects when a players uses MQ2 and reports to Gm so I can ban them from my server

[Kayot]

Bah, MQ2 isn't cheating while I'm sitting there. Besides, it's my Cleric that is the bot. And may I say, my bot Cleric has it together alot better than any real person cleric ever has. It heals at 70% always, Buffs when a buff drops, and reports when it's getting whooped sending a gsay to my tank who automatically turns around and wails on the clerics problems. I just wish I could have a third box for a Mage or Monk. Mage for summoned items or a monk for more damage. Another warrior would be good as a second tank. The possibilities are endless. If I could figure advanced scripting I could make a mezzing Enchanter. I plan to add my higher lv Druid and Necro to the group later when I get the new server. Hell, I'll be a walking raid. No more endless LFG's to get an epic.

Any way, if you want to know who's MQ2ing, get the program and play with it for a while. Last Tuesday I saw some one manually boxing and they kept getting owned even though they were twinked to hell. I'm using starting gear (For just a little while longer) and I'm unstoppable. The signs of a MQ2er are a rigid behavior (Always healing at 70%) and in my case, the MQ2 doesn't understand the meaning of personal space. I turn around and he's right in my face. Used to make looting hell until I made the cleric do the looting. Smooth sailing since.

I wish there was a program tailored to witting MQ2 scripts. The best I have now is a syntax file for Notepad++.

<Unhijacking my own tread>

[ChaosSlayer]

well you can see here that people have concerns about mq2 usage
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24569

[Kayot]

People are complaining about jumping, not warping. They need to correct that.

Jumping or Holding is what happens because of either packet hacking, or #commands inside the same zone. MQ2 can't jump as it uses the EQ client and all of it's built in limitations. Holding happens if there is a ton of system lag. The server attempts to estimate where the client should be until it gets a packet. This is best observed (Ironically) two boxing with one client in the background. The second character seems to bounce backward over and over. I haven't found a way to have MQ2 over come this or to Jump to me or any where else.

As for summoning, I haven't found any case or code that will allow the summoning of items with the exception of #si or #summonitem being unrestricted OR having an alias that the MQ2 could find, in which case it is the Servers fault for leaving an unsecured command AND summoning an item within the packet watching range on a MQ2 Client running with a Plugin that I have yet to see with that aliased command. (As far as I can tell, it's impossible to see a #command as it stops at the server.)

For skill ups and AA, I'm not sure about the AA's and most of them don't work anyway. Skill ups are restricted by the client and there for only happen due to an exploit in the Skill system itself which could be done without MQ2.

Here's a question, have you ever used MQ2? I think most of the fear is caused by ignorance. openKore suffered from allot of that too. When I tried it I was impressed. I make a priest that followed me around and healed and buffed me. The main difference is openKore is stand alone while MQ2 hooks into the client. openKore even had to have built in functions to keep it from Jumping. oK also had something I wish MQ2 had. The ability to keep from KSing. It hasn't happened, but I know the possibility is there. So much that I put in a sniplet to prevent it. I'd like to make a plug in.

Other wise, MQ2 is just what its name states MacroQuest.

[ChaosSlayer]

there still a very valid cheating problem of person seting up Xp farming bot in semi-safe spot, and going to sleep/work, returning 12 hours later and coutning in 3-4 levels of xp and cash

buffying bots for donations are also very real

there are bots sample over mq2 forums that allows you to make lev 1 char in qeynos which will level itself to lev 5 ALL BY ITSELF, loot and even run to sell when his bags get full.

[cavedude]

There are numerous plugins for MQ2, notably MQ2DoCrack that can give players GM like power, including warping, zoning, summoning items, and equipping items they shouldn't be able to (which is why a recent item check was added which made invalid items useless)

People on TGC have admitted to and been banned for using MQ2 in this way. (The most recent was a player who made himself 70, too bad we have a 65 cap, idiot)

MQ2 by itself is not malicious by any means, and I have no problem with people using it. It makes multi boxing a lot easier. It's just these damn plugins that cause problems.

Oh, and Live is effected very much the same way. The problem is, they are able to update their client to break the plugins and we can't