blhughesZ4

The Editor    http://www.bhughes.org/EnBOmnibus/edit.php    The top light blue area is for adding POIs - "points of interest".    Name/Text is not required.  All searches will look for "minor type" names and the entry name both.    The green area is for adding new "Minor Types".  (no way to edit after you add, let me know if you need text fixed).  I suggest minor type be used to as a faction name for MOBs. I've added Red Dragon already.     The aqua area is for editing existing POI's. The delete button hasn't been coded.     The edit button works.  Only thing you can't change on a POI is the sector.   There is a trick I added, you can click on a POI location in the lower list and it will populate the x, y on the top form with the lower coords.   After a couple dozen entries the lower list starts to become un-readable, the only thing that holds the data together is the x, y location.  Keep main.php up and pointed to your sector, it will show if any of your coords are wrong.  I sorted the lower list by x and y coords.   Please post any problems and suggestions. Report any data, like minor types, that should be cleaned up on the database.     I was debating if I should add some kind of logon and auditing to the editor, but it seemed more trouble that it was worth.  I think we can all play fair here.  Any POI can be edited and there is no way to track who did what.   Dev's - let me know if there is a problem with any of this OK. 

http://www.bhughes.org/EnBOmnibus/main.php  (web server is URL case sensitive)   To start click the "Go" button next to "Asteroid Belt Alpha", that will bring up the sector map. Hover on the icons to see what's there.   Search works but there is only one sector input so far and it's not all in yet.     No magic input or hacking the game either, just hit ctrl-T on targets and type them in the database. It's slow and boring.     Why? Because I can't remember where to find mining and combat places by level.   Written in PHP with MySQL. I've tested it on browsers Google Chrome and Microsoft IE.   I'm not trying to promote some finished product with ads, it's just an idea I came up with a couple years ago.

oops, I should have looked a little further.   If you open your tray with the game up and running you'll see "Net7Proxy"   Right click it and choose about   Net7Proxy V2.41 ---------------------- Proxy for comms between Net7 Server and client. Also performs some packet optimisation (spelling error hehe)   So what I was suggesting has already been put in place.   By the way, just so you'll know, the tray icon can be used to shutdown a locked client in one click without having to use task manager which takes quite a few clicks.   -Z4

Don't fix it, fool it.   If the EnB client can be pointed to a LOCALHOST UDP port then can't you create a NET-7 local service program to provide the client every packet it expects to see in the proper order at the proper time???   The new service program could communicate with the emu server with all the network protocols needed, TCP, UPD, even encrypt the logon password. The emu server could pass back extra information for proper packet reordering. The local service could ask for a re-transmittal of packets without ever sending partial information to the game.   The EnB client would go on partying like it was 2002. It might never lock up again, especially during the pesky gating process.   The local service could examine command line prompts, interact with the emu server and act according where possible.   Some of you may not like this   /sell all trade goods /nav earth RD (why not? Eve does it) /nav edinburgh CLASS /macro "ScriptSomething.MAC" (sort of like Anarchy Online) /cargo get "ogun plasma missile" 12 /cargo store "ogun plasma missile" all /cargo stack option option   this is real bad   /buy "Nebula Black ML Conduit" 3 Message appears - Nebula Black ML Conduit Not For Sale At This Station. Doh! /cargo get "High Impact Plastic" 3 /cargo get "Obsidian Dust" 3 /cargo get "Star Iron" 3 /make "Nebula Black ML Conduit" 3 Message appears - You on't know how to make a "Nebula Black ML Conduit" Doh!   Or   /cargo get compounds "Nebula Black ML Conduit" 3 Message - 3 High Impact Plastic 3 Obsidian Dust 3 Star Iron moved to inventory   /buy components "Buckle 1" 3 Message - Buckle not found /buy components "Buckler 1" 3 Message - 327 more credits needed for purchase /buy components "Buckler 2"  Message - DV-PR-X1 "Buckler" Mk. 1 not for sale at this station.   /mtell MinerDudePS "I need 3 " compounds "Nebula Black ML Conduit" or /copy compounds  "Nebula Black ML Conduit" then /tell MinerDudePS I need 3 and hit control V   Leverage the power of the database   /Search CL6 Manes Message - Endriago - Anti-Spinward Belt Point 1 /nav "arx  spartoi" and go play with the kids for awhile   Just posting ideas.