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GM Stormcrow
Moderator Group GM Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Location: Illyria Status: Offline Points: 3926 |
Topic: Data provision Posted: 06 Aug 2010 at 12:56 |
Alrighty.
We're doing some work on providing XML data out for a variety of things. The broad picture is that:
We know that many players might be able to use (eg) Excel to import a specific combat report, but also that they may not want to write a full set of import routines for a bunch of lookup tables, so we have a requirement for a hybrid/dual solution. We know a JSON dump would keep the files smaller, but - frankly - I know nothing about JSON and so things are as they are for now, however it's distinctly possible that in the future GM ThunderCat might have some time to do JSON versions of the feeds. Taking the items one-by-one: Not enough data available We're adding more feeds (and factoring other feeds).The current copy'n'pasta system from combat reports is terrible We agree. The current towns xml is desperately bloated and should be slimmed Indeed.General Notes We will expand on the data in each and every XML feed as and when we feel like it.Any thoughts / comments / suggestions? Best, SC Edited by GM Stormcrow - 06 Aug 2010 at 12:59 |
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GM Stormcrow
Moderator Group GM Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Location: Illyria Status: Offline Points: 3926 |
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 at 13:06 |
IMPORTANT
I forgot to mention... Combat log XML data will NOT be available if the Covert Ops stratagem is used, either individually to the player or via the API key. This decision helps return Covert Ops to its intended function - keeping player-personal things hidden from the alliance - rather than its current function of being the default that everyone uses to prevent metagame spies from gaining access to data. Edited by GM Stormcrow - 06 Aug 2010 at 13:08 |
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GM Stormcrow
Moderator Group GM Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Location: Illyria Status: Offline Points: 3926 |
Posted: 06 Aug 2010 at 17:07 |
Specific information on the Combat Reports XML is available here
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Dogbert
Greenhorn Joined: 09 May 2010 Status: Offline Points: 72 |
Posted: 07 Aug 2010 at 03:56 |
congrats... i really love participating in a game that is continuously growing and becoming better and better. i think you do really a good job, and sometimes i'd like to have more participation on the very interesting discussion forums. it's great to be a part of this, really.
anyhoo, as for rss feeds i'd find very usefull all town data; resources in store and in production, level of facilities, storage... all the drill. i know it'd be a resource drag, but i'm ok with it as a collaborator, the only help i can offer are my programming skills in Excel (VBA). i know my way quite well there. but unfortunatelly i have 0 experience in other languages, least of all communicating with a web site. i'know, it's lame. but, anything anybody needs to be done in excel, i'm your man. |
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Larry
Wordsmith Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Status: Offline Points: 114 |
Posted: 11 Aug 2010 at 04:02 |
Awesome work, looking forward to further advances.
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