SNARL

[bhao]

SNARL (Starts NWN And Reads Logs) v0.92b6

this is my attempt at a nwn starter/log analyzer. it is written in autohotkey, a scripting free language for windows. i have tested it extensively with xp, but not really with vista or 7, but my guess is, that especially vista's uac, if active, would get in the way of some parts. linux is not supported at the moment, but if anyone can get this to run under wine, i am certainly interested to hear about it.
this is a work in progress.

it does the following:

• shows all servers with uptime and number of players
  
• shows buddies and guild members. (see ini file for config)
  
• shows player list details, when you right click a server or shout
  
• allows you to connect to a server by double clicking any server or shout (or by clicking once and then "connect")
  
• knows where you were last, so you can just click "go back" (if you crash)
  
• sorts all logs into folders by date, named by time, so nothing gets lost anymore
  
• has a stat window that
  
  • displays fugue/limbo timers of the whole party
    
  • shows all recently active party members and monsters
    
  • points out things like players healing monsters, or hitting or damaging things they shouldn't
    
  • points out mini bosses and rares
    
  • points out festering
    
  • shows your essence
    
  • provides details of things you hit, damage or whatever you click on in the "recently active" window.
    
  • shown details like ac, ab, threat range that are calculated on the fly by analyzing the log
    
  • shown details like immunities and dam reduction that are taken from a database file (only rudimentary version with hell stats based on wiki provided atm)
    
  • shows cool down timers like gs, smite, nimbus or rejuvs
    
  • has 2 stop watch thingies for whatever
    
  • shows time of currently active run
    
  • is not an overlay, so you need to either play in a window, have a second screen or you can simply ignore it
    
• calculates extensive run data and generates web page that:
  
  • assigns difficulty ratings to monsters based on what threat they posed to the party
    
  • weights offensive and defensive player actions based on the difficulty of the monsters they engaged, then displays some pie charts with the results
    
  • shows overall damage in/out/kill graphs for the party and individual players
    
  • shows all players, monsters, damage, kills, deaths, in great great great detail
    
  • looks like this (link)
    
• probably makes your nwn stutter sometimes, or at least have somewhat lagged information, if you only have one core (at least that's what i found with some older pcs - ymmv)
  

installation instructions:

• download zip archive. link below
  
• unzip wherever
  
• optional: look at or even edit config/nwnlogin.ini
  
• run snarl.exe
  

download archive contains executable (which i scanned with an up to date version of sophos antivirus right before i put up the download link). the source is included too, so feel free to compile your own executable or simply run it on the interpreter. all you need is available at www.autohotkey.com

THIS SOFTWARE IS BETA, it is provided as is. while i am confident it won't do anything it is not supposed to, there is always the chance that your pc might explode if you run it. if in doubt, read the source first.

download link: snarl092b6.zip

[phalthallus]

I was hoping you'd release this, after I saw it even just one time. I'm going to give it a shot right now.

Thanks for sharing!

[phalthallus]

This is working when I have the "Mob List" option selected, and click the mob from the list, but doesn't populate any information when swapping to "Last Attacked" or "Last Damaged". Am I missing an additional config setting?

[Balduvard]

Very nice! There's just two wishlist items I'd like to see integrated into this:

• !list immunes/immunities tracking (perhaps mapped to the immunities/resists section when you click on yourself in the "recently active" window) so you can keep track of inflictions and the sort.
  
• Timer tracking for spells and other effects via !effects; helpful in determining if some of your buffs recently got area morded (not sure where you could squeeze in that output though).

[Shroom_]

Nice, really nice. Being able to see runs and players/builds/levels/area on each server from one screen & instantly connect is infinitely useful!

thanks for sharing

[sithdad]

I am having some difficulty running this in Vista. I even have it set to run in compatability mode for XP SP2. I am not getting any info parsed and the area below the mob info and above the Mob List radio button disappears on me.

One request, though, would be the ability to adjust the size of the Stats window. I can't see the bottom 2 lines. The Player ID'd and Demi count. It sits below the task bar and I can't bring it up high enough to see them.

Thanks for putting this together, Bhao.

[Shroom_]

Jan 22, 2010 20:13:20 GMT sithdad said:

One request, though, would be the ability to adjust the size of the Stats window. I can't see the bottom 2 lines. The Player ID'd and Demi count. It sits below the task bar and I can't bring it up high enough to see them.

I can see slightly less mine cuts off at ac/ab/threat, the main snarl window can be resized but not the stats as far as i can tell atm

[crimsonbinome22]

Is there a way to change the directory where it looks for the logs? I have my desktop set to save logs to a network drive so when I run a logger on a netbook they are easily found. At the moment snarl seems to just be looking in NWM\logs and can't find them when run from either computer.

[bhao]

Jan 22, 2010 19:28:39 GMT phalthallus said:

This is working when I have the "Mob List" option selected, and click the mob from the list, but doesn't populate any information when swapping to "Last Attacked" or "Last Damaged". Am I missing an additional config setting?

oh. you have to id yourself with the scry first. there is supposed to be a readme that appears ti be missing... i'll try to find it.

[bhao]

Jan 22, 2010 21:16:26 GMT crimsonbinome22 said:

Is there a way to change the directory where it looks for the logs? I have my desktop set to save logs to a network drive so when I run a logger on a netbook they are easily found. At the moment snarl seems to just be looking in NWM\logs and can't find them when run from either computer.

adding support to get the log directory from the nwn.ini shouldn't be a problem. didn't think anyone would have changed that.

[bhao]

Jan 22, 2010 20:13:20 GMT sithdad said:

I am having some difficulty running this in Vista. I even have it set to run in compatability mode for XP SP2. I am not getting any info parsed and the area below the mob info and above the Mob List radio button disappears on me.

it checks 2 nwn ini files for information and should even offer to enable client logging to file, if it isnt. i can only assume, that vista doesn't like other problems changing things in the nwn folders. as to the disappearing elements, no idea.

One request, though, would be the ability to adjust the size of the Stats window. I can't see the bottom 2 lines. The Player ID'd and Demi count. It sits below the task bar and I can't bring it up high enough to see them.

changing the window isn't a problem and i have already added support for different layouts. what dimensions would you suggest? just making it smaller would mean having to lose something.

[phalthallus]

Jan 22, 2010 21:28:10 GMT bhao said:

Jan 22, 2010 19:28:39 GMT phalthallus said:

This is working when I have the "Mob List" option selected, and click the mob from the list, but doesn't populate any information when swapping to "Last Attacked" or "Last Damaged". Am I missing an additional config setting?

oh. you have to id yourself with the scry first. there is supposed to be a readme that appears ti be missing... i'll try to find it.

Ah, should have thought of that, since that's how the overlay logger that was released some time ago worked as well.

I like Balduvard's idea of having immunities show when you click on yourself in the "Recent" window. That seems like the easiest place to put that information.

I second the "Effects" timers too.

What goes in the top window normally? It's not filled in with your screenshot, and I didn't see anything go in to it while playing, but I didn't do much with it while testing.

[gandoron]

I save my logs across a network drive to use YAL on a 2nd computer. being able to run this on the other computer would be great.

-G

[bhao]

Jan 22, 2010 21:46:08 GMT phalthallus said:

What goes in the top window normally? It's not filled in with your screenshot, and I didn't see anything go in to it while playing, but I didn't do much with it while testing.

thats where your name goes once you are identified.

there was a readme that is missing and that i can't find...

lets see...

id yourself with the scry, otherwise last attack/dam wont work


chat commands (won't work if you set EnableChatControls=0 in the nwnlogin.ini):

!echo log: start bla
starts logging to a run named "bla". same as clicking start and entering bla at the prompt

!echo log: stop
stops logging and pops up a web page with stats. same as clicking stop.

!echo log: dump
pops up a web page with stats. does not stop logging. same as clicking html dump

!echo log: check party
tries to identify additional party members. for late joins or whatever. same as clicking update next to players id'd

!echo log: check demi
(or just do a "!count demi")
update demi count. cant really be done when the log starts because demi count is only available after the first spawn with everyone present. same as clicking update next to demi count.

all files in /config that start with "mobs_" and end with ".ini" are considered monster data files. there are several format examples in "mobs_example.ini". "mobs_hell.ini" is obviously missing all immunity/dam reduction, but has healing data. feel free to add what's missing yourself
paragons with type set to P1, P2 or P3 do not need their own elemental immunity. it gets extrapolated from the base monster. the hamatula monster example is complete.


hmm... what else...

[Shroom_]

Ah i did wonder if there was a readme, the chat commands fix my prob of not being able to see those buttons nicely