MobMap v2.0 is out!
So there it is - version 2.0 of MobMap. This release is on one hand a maintenance release: the MobMap database format has been changed slightly to solve a limitation that it was suffering from lately, and there are several new filters in place which sort out some serious crap from the database, which in turn results in a slightly smaller memory footprint (or, in some cases, a much smaller one - for example the fishing database, which is now 60% smaller). And I've fine-tuned those quicksearch buttons a little.
On the other hand - and this is what justifies the jump in the version number - MobMap has gained a quest comment system based on user-created input. In the essence this works just like you know it from the big WoW database sites: you can write a comment about any quest that's in the MobMap quest database - of course in-game. These comments are then being uploaded together with the other data you've been collecting. But now there's a major difference: as every comment enlarges the MobMap comment database memory footprint (of course the comments are stored in a compressed way, but nevertheless they tend to add up...), I don't just blindly put every comment into the database. Instead, every comment that's being uploaded will be reviewed, and only those comments that give some new information for a quest and have been written in a reasonably readable way are included.
You can of course write the comments completely anonymously, but you can also identify yourself (that is: the name of your in-game character and realm) as the author of a comment - it's your choice.
This system will hopefully help in making MobMap even more useful for solving quests - it is primarily intended to allow MobMap to be helpful even for quests which have goals like "Find some position". The quest comment system does automatically convert NPC names and coordinates into clickable links in-game for maximum ease of use.
Okay, so now it's your turn - I'm waiting for the first comments ;-) If there are any problems, errors or whatever with this new version (or the new version of the MobMapUpdater program, which has been updated as well), please leave me a comment here in the blog. Make sure to grab a new database version when you're updating though, because the format change renders all old databases useless.
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Patch notes of v2.00:
- added: MobMap does now support user-created quest comments! You can write comments as well as read comments written by other players. This functionality can be disabled in the options if you don't want to use it.
- changed: The database format has been changed to incorporate the quest comments as well as extend a limitation in the old format. YOU WILL NEED TO UPDATE YOUR DATABASE COPY WHEN UPDATING MOBMAP!
- changed: The functionality of the quicksearch buttons next to quest titles has been improved. These buttons should now find the correct quest even if multiple quests have the same title.
- added: There are now quicksearch buttons at questgivers. They can of course be disabled optionally, like the other quicksearch buttons.
On the other hand - and this is what justifies the jump in the version number - MobMap has gained a quest comment system based on user-created input. In the essence this works just like you know it from the big WoW database sites: you can write a comment about any quest that's in the MobMap quest database - of course in-game. These comments are then being uploaded together with the other data you've been collecting. But now there's a major difference: as every comment enlarges the MobMap comment database memory footprint (of course the comments are stored in a compressed way, but nevertheless they tend to add up...), I don't just blindly put every comment into the database. Instead, every comment that's being uploaded will be reviewed, and only those comments that give some new information for a quest and have been written in a reasonably readable way are included.
You can of course write the comments completely anonymously, but you can also identify yourself (that is: the name of your in-game character and realm) as the author of a comment - it's your choice.
This system will hopefully help in making MobMap even more useful for solving quests - it is primarily intended to allow MobMap to be helpful even for quests which have goals like "Find some position". The quest comment system does automatically convert NPC names and coordinates into clickable links in-game for maximum ease of use.
Okay, so now it's your turn - I'm waiting for the first comments ;-) If there are any problems, errors or whatever with this new version (or the new version of the MobMapUpdater program, which has been updated as well), please leave me a comment here in the blog. Make sure to grab a new database version when you're updating though, because the format change renders all old databases useless.
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Patch notes of v2.00:
- added: MobMap does now support user-created quest comments! You can write comments as well as read comments written by other players. This functionality can be disabled in the options if you don't want to use it.
- changed: The database format has been changed to incorporate the quest comments as well as extend a limitation in the old format. YOU WILL NEED TO UPDATE YOUR DATABASE COPY WHEN UPDATING MOBMAP!
- changed: The functionality of the quicksearch buttons next to quest titles has been improved. These buttons should now find the correct quest even if multiple quests have the same title.
- added: There are now quicksearch buttons at questgivers. They can of course be disabled optionally, like the other quicksearch buttons.
