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Marquesta 
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Joined: 31 Jul 2011 Location: Nevada, USA Status: Offline Points: 180 |
 Topic: A way to find out nearby towns?Posted: 25 Jun 2012 at 06:27 |
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Try Illy Stats by WoodE
http://illyriad.ourguild.eu/search.php Not a 500 square radius, but at least the closest 20 cities |
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~~Marquesta
Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them... |
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dunnoob
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Joined: 10 Dec 2011 Location: Elijal Status: Offline Points: 800 |
Posted: 25 Jun 2012 at 00:52 |
Really old Excel versions can't handle XML at all, newer versions might support simple XML files, if the content can be somehow mapped into a not too deeply nested table. You could also try to upload a towns file to a Google docs or Google drive account. Or let Chrome try its luck, but generally browsers hate huge XML files. If you have not the faintest idea what a standalone XML file including its own DTD might be better stick to existing tools...  Edited by dunnoob - 25 Jun 2012 at 00:54 |
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Cleopatra
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Joined: 07 Jun 2012 Status: Offline Points: 35 |
Posted: 25 Jun 2012 at 00:24 |
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I tried opening that file using excel, but it just crashes the program when I do it as an xml file. A read only file wouldn't really be useful for the application you are talking about using it for. Do you need to do anything to excel in order to make it compatible with the file? I haven't ever worked with xml files before, so not sure how this is supposed to work.
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HonoredMule
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Joined: 05 Mar 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1650 |
Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 19:53 |
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500 squares away isn't nearly close enough to offer any aid or credible sustained threat.
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Albatross
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Joined: 11 May 2011 Status: Offline Points: 1118 |
Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 14:30 |
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Counter to expectations, I agree: it's best to just play the game, without difficult-to-achieve, and perhaps privileged, programming. However, there are some alliances who make best possible use of available data, so out of interest, as well as necessity of getting the most from whatever units are relevant, it is advantageous to do likewise.
In answering the original poster's question, it is useful to have a list of nearby allies, in times of need. Whether they are active enough to help is another consideration, and one that is best answered by having a knowledge of the neighbourhood.
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Diomedes
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Joined: 26 Mar 2012 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 208 |
Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 07:17 |
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Somehow, it seems to me to take the fun out of the game to have all this techie stat stuff around. All power to those who enjoy it, but I'd much rather learn the lay of the land rather than trust a chart
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"Walk in the way of the good, for the righteous will dwell in the land"
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Ander
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Joined: 24 Apr 2011 Status: Offline Points: 1269 |
Posted: 20 Jun 2012 at 16:42 |
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I prefer looking at map manually rather than going for programs. You get to know the lay of the land that way. (i cant say if it is of any use though. knowing the map just makes me happy!)
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Ander
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Posted: 20 Jun 2012 at 16:38 |
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For those who do not have programs to do this, you can download the file elgea.illyriad.co.uk/data_downloads/datafile_towns.xml If you open it with an excel application. It will contain the data of all towns in Illy separated into columns. Add a new column "distance" to the right and put something like this in it's first cell =SQRT((G2-X)*(G2-X)+(H2-Y)*(H2-Y)) where X and Y are the coordinates from which you want to find the distance. The new column will get populated with the distance of the towns from the specified coordinates. You can sort the new column by distance. |
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Albatross
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Joined: 11 May 2011 Status: Offline Points: 1118 |
Posted: 20 Jun 2012 at 15:39 |
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For anyone else reading this, I've given Silvermania a time-limited pass key to access the app. This app is only for mCrow at the moment (and CrowW for Silvermania), so please don't ask me for one-off login accounts :o)
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Silvermania
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Joined: 04 May 2012 Status: Offline Points: 23 |
Posted: 20 Jun 2012 at 15:03 |
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Oh god just what i was looking for. Any chance of sharing that, from one crow to another? ;)
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