Altar of Malice - Information and Feature Requests
Posted: 11 Nov 2014, 14:49
I usually just make 1 big post to start off a new expansion with.
Just some general information, and a place where people can make feature requests quickly. I'll go through and knock out any of the ones that are simple/easy. Then if your feature request isn't completed, you can make an official feature request on the forums/forge.
I do ask before you make any feature requests, please ensure you are using information from LIVE server, not beta. Things change, so lets not waste anyones time with "old" information.
I did not play on beta at all, and have only briefly looked at some of the AAs. If your request is related to an ability, make sure you include the class, and what/where this ability is (AA, etc). Providing a link to the spell would be handy, and giving me a specific description of what it is used for/how you want to use it. Chances are if you need to request it, I don't play that class and have no idea what it does. More information is better!
Also, please check the revision history to make sure it has not been completed already: http://eq2.ogregaming.com/wiki/index.php/RevisionHistory#In_Development_.28Coming_soon.29
Spell Filtering.
SOE added spell filtering. You need to be VERY careful about using this. Ogre relies on some of that information. Let me try to explain what is and is not used.
We have two windows, Spell Effects, and Maintained.
Spell Effects are not used for anything, so go crazy about filtering.
Maintained - Anything you cast yourself, you should NOT filter. The bot needs to know when your spells have cast, what their increments are (if applicable for an increment ability). It also checks to make sure your buffs aren't already cast before casting them.
Generally speaking, procs are fine to filter, unless the bot would use them. For example: Warlock's proc something that gives them a buff that lets them cast Dark Agg. If you filtered this buff, the bot would never see it, and thus never cast it.
Use spell filtering at your own risk. I highly recommend you filter a few, then watch the bot for a while to make sure everything is working fine. I will NOT be troubleshooting spell filtering issues at all.
Just some general information, and a place where people can make feature requests quickly. I'll go through and knock out any of the ones that are simple/easy. Then if your feature request isn't completed, you can make an official feature request on the forums/forge.
I do ask before you make any feature requests, please ensure you are using information from LIVE server, not beta. Things change, so lets not waste anyones time with "old" information.
I did not play on beta at all, and have only briefly looked at some of the AAs. If your request is related to an ability, make sure you include the class, and what/where this ability is (AA, etc). Providing a link to the spell would be handy, and giving me a specific description of what it is used for/how you want to use it. Chances are if you need to request it, I don't play that class and have no idea what it does. More information is better!
Also, please check the revision history to make sure it has not been completed already: http://eq2.ogregaming.com/wiki/index.php/RevisionHistory#In_Development_.28Coming_soon.29
Spell Filtering.
SOE added spell filtering. You need to be VERY careful about using this. Ogre relies on some of that information. Let me try to explain what is and is not used.
We have two windows, Spell Effects, and Maintained.
Spell Effects are not used for anything, so go crazy about filtering.
Maintained - Anything you cast yourself, you should NOT filter. The bot needs to know when your spells have cast, what their increments are (if applicable for an increment ability). It also checks to make sure your buffs aren't already cast before casting them.
Generally speaking, procs are fine to filter, unless the bot would use them. For example: Warlock's proc something that gives them a buff that lets them cast Dark Agg. If you filtered this buff, the bot would never see it, and thus never cast it.
Use spell filtering at your own risk. I highly recommend you filter a few, then watch the bot for a while to make sure everything is working fine. I will NOT be troubleshooting spell filtering issues at all.