Realtime auction logger (hourly refresh, may increase)

[tristantio]

Glad to hear!

[irishsoccer011]

Hey Trist, want to say awesome job with this project! Super helpful to the whole P99 community!

Quick question, I looked through the thread and found some comments about searching for multiple items at the same time. With the current iteration of this project is there still a way to do this? It appears the search box is taking a literal string rather than regex.

Thanks again!

[tristantio]

Right now that functionality isn't present - when I had it before it was running the cpu to some insane levels as some people (the few who did use the regexp functionality) had some regexps that were pretty large and heavy on the database.

Since I assume 90%+ just use simple item search, I added the WTB/WTS drop down select list and changed to a simple search in the recent rewrite.

Next time I have the auc tracker itch that I need to scratch, I'll see about adding something for multi item queries (although I'll probably just keep it to something simpler than regexp like comma separated names).

[Deadlyfury]

That sounds good, I think it was the fact before that you would choose something like 3+ wis, it would index EVERYTHING that had over 3 wis, an idea would be to have people filter results after they do a search, so it isn't constantly running a query every time the stream updates, if this is something that can be programmed off the current system.

Love it though man, great when I want to find an honest price or hunting for a rare item

[Duane]

So I don't have adblock or anything like that running on my chrome browser (firefox is a different story); But the auction tracker keeps telling me to disable the adblock. I use a host file that denies nefarious redirect attempts, so I'm thinking this may be it?

Thoughts?

for reference http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

[Exalt]

So I don't have adblock or anything like that running on my chrome browser (firefox is a different story); But the auction tracker keeps telling me to disable the adblock. I use a host file that denies nefarious redirect attempts, so I'm thinking this may be it?

Thoughts?

for reference http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

Same thing happens with me; I've tried multiple browsers and removing any sort of ad blockage features and fail

[tristantio]

A check is done to see if you are viewing the google ads - if not, the page displays the error.

If you have host file changes, proxy settings (firewall etc.) or anything else that causes these ads to stop working properly, the page will also stop working.

If you don't like the ads, you can find a link on the page (in yellow text) to hide the ads so you can see the page ad-free.

[Portasaurus]

Just wanted to stop by and say thanks for running this service! I have used this hundreds of times in the past to find people selling meats and other ingredients. It is a nice feature and lets me catch up on auctions when I am not able to be in the game.

Huzzah, Tristantio!

[Setsuni]

Hi Tristantio,

I love the tracker.

Are you able to duplicate this for a live server such as the new TLP that came out?

[LazyBard1]

this is so convenient! thanks for working on this

[tristantio]

Hi Tristantio,

I love the tracker.

Are you able to duplicate this for a live server such as the new TLP that came out?

Hi Setsuni,

It would be easy if it used the same log format. I haven't played live in a long time (and never a TLP server).

I'd have to create a different exe for uploading (to mark the data as live TLP and not p99) and set up a new database/page on the server, but not very difficult.

Do you think there would be a big interest?

How long until TLP has the bazaar?

[Sampten]

Search function doesn't seem to be working. It's trying to parse some sort of list that you have that's not very full.

[Setsuni]

Hi Setsuni,

It would be easy if it used the same log format. I haven't played live in a long time (and never a TLP server).

I'd have to create a different exe for uploading (to mark the data as live TLP and not p99) and set up a new database/page on the server, but not very difficult.

Do you think there would be a big interest?

How long until TLP has the bazaar?

I am not sure if the log format is any different. I can send you mine when I get home from work if you'd like.

The TLP is going to be without a bazaar for at least 1.5 years. I suspect there would be some interest once people see your site. Right now there is an auction channel used and it caps at 400 people. Quite often you have to keep trying for upwards of 15 minutes to join it. For buyers it's quite a pita, so your site could help.

[tristantio]

Try refreshing the page - you search to filter the list to specific items.

Click an item in the list to pull up the related auctions.

[Tpar]

Something seems to be haywire here.
Its showing auctions (like.. seconds ago) from people who aren't online.
And, the search doesn't seem to work right now. (Yes, I refreshed it several times)

[cormag]

502 proxy error

site is down bruh :(

[Kennie]

502 proxy error

site is down bruh :(

[Visual]

Why did you break the site

[tristantio]

It's been slow lately (up to 3 seconds to search for a specific item) so I made a significant update to the query methods to greatly speed them up.

Also added a new selection way to easily get out the items you're interested in (will be great when the multi select is added).

Unfortunately, some updates to the underlying language (Common Lisp) that I just had installed added a few miscellaneous bugs resulting in server locks that I'm in the process of ironing out.

[DeadlyReza]

It's been slow lately (up to 3 seconds to search for a specific item) so I made a significant update to the query methods to greatly speed them up.

Also added a new selection way to easily get out the items you're interested in (will be great when the multi select is added).

Unfortunately, some updates to the underlying language (Common Lisp) that I just had installed added a few miscellaneous bugs resulting in server locks that I'm in the process of ironing out.

I do not envy you right now, but props for such an awesome Web app.

People probably don't even realise how hard this is to achieve

[tristantio]

Thanks! I'm sure there are bigger apps and better programmers out tbere, but to give an idea, there are about 1000 unique item searches per minute parsing through 250,000 auction listing at almost all hours of the day

[Alde]

It's been slow lately (up to 3 seconds to search for a specific item) so I made a significant update to the query methods to greatly speed them up.

Also added a new selection way to easily get out the items you're interested in (will be great when the multi select is added).

Unfortunately, some updates to the underlying language (Common Lisp) that I just had installed added a few miscellaneous bugs resulting in server locks that I'm in the process of ironing out.

Thanks for all the work you do for us.

[Trajor]

After the update, I'm not sure the pipe for an OR query is working? I tried Orc Scalp|Banded, then clicked on [?] Orc Scalp|Banded, and nothing displays. If I search individual, I find results.

[cormag]

502 proxy error

site is down bruh :(

[Stabulous]

Something is up with the search function atm. You can type an item in that you can clearly see was auctioned a few minutes prior on the scrolling list, but the most recent auction listed for the item will be hours or days before.

[tristantio]

Something is up with the search function atm. You can type an item in that you can clearly see was auctioned a few minutes prior on the scrolling list, but the most recent auction listed for the item will be hours or days before.

Thanks Stab, should be fixed

[Stabulous]

thanks for the fast response, appreciate the work you do!

[Rooj]

Site has barely worked lately, problem is I'm addicted to it :(

[tristantio]

Fixed - few days with no issues there :p

[cmoore]

The site is implemented in CL? Very very nice. It's my main language too.

SBCL fo' lyfe.

[tristantio]

Yup! Sbcl, clack, caveman2 framework, good stuff :) I have my p99 patcher in it too (well, no Web framework) and on my github

[mackenzie]

site down?

[tristantio]

Fixed!

[mystang89]

Hey tris, I can't get this to work and was wondering if you could tell me what I was doing wrong. I've downloaded it, put the EQauction folder in my Everquest Project 1999 folder just to keep things organized, in my eqAuction.ini I put where my log folder is going to - C:\Users\Home\Desktop\My Documents\My Games\EverQuest Project 1999\Logs - and when I logged in I turned /log on then double clicked the eqAuction.exe file. "It says buffer and file size are not identical but close enough."

This is what the eqAuction looks like.
#The hash/pound sign is a comment, uncomment the line where your EQ log directory is
#Make sure to comment out any that are not your install location if you accidentally uncomment
#The first uncommented line is used as your directory (including extra line breaks, dont add any!)
C:\Users\Home\Desktop\My Documents\My Games\EverQuest Project 1999\Logs
#C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\Logs
#C:\Program Files (x86)\EverQuest\Logs
#C:\Program Files (x86)\Sony\EverQuest\Logs

When I say in /auc that I'm selling something, for example, /auc WTS Bloodstained Tunic, I don't see it on the tracker where I've said that.

In my log folder there is dbg.txt and eqlog_NAME_project1999.txt in case that helps you out any.

If you need any other information let me know. I'm not all that tech savvy but I'll do the best I can.

[tristantio]

Hey mystang89, I think you're config is set up correctly, however a terrible fault of the uploader is that it doesn't log the log user's /auc, as they show up as "You" when they reach the server.

Sometime I'll have to get around to letting that be set in the config or something.

[mystang89]

Hey mystang89, I think you're config is set up correctly, however a terrible fault of the uploader is that it doesn't log the log user's /auc, as they show up as "You" when they reach the server.

Sometime I'll have to get around to letting that be set in the config or something.

EDIT: I can see my sell in there now but it says it was posted 24 hours ago lol and it's been about 6 hours. Either way, its in there. Thanks for this tool Tris.

[ieai]

Any reason the site is down most of the time these days?

Love it! Would like to help if possible!

[tristantio]

Any reason the site is down most of the time these days?

Love it! Would like to help if possible!

It's down for about an hour once every 2 or 3 days, I don't think that's "most of the time" :p

It comes down to being issues with the underlying web framework that I chose (that are still in the process of being caught/fixed).

Super awesome framework, but very unused in comparison to something like straight LAMP stack, so we're essentially helping beta test it :)

[wormed]

It's down for about an hour once every 2 or 3 days, I don't think that's "most of the time" :p

It comes down to being issues with the underlying web framework that I chose (that are still in the process of being caught/fixed).

Super awesome framework, but very unused in comparison to something like straight LAMP stack, so we're essentially helping beta test it :)

It's been down since yesterday. I appreciate the webpage, but I checked this morning and it was at least down for 10-12h.

Glad it's up again though!

[tristantio]

It's been down since yesterday. I appreciate the webpage, but I checked this morning and it was at least down for 10-12h.

Glad it's up again though!

Ok, that shouldn't happen anymore (if it ever sees more than a 5 second response time for the site its going to restart automatically).

[Trajor]

Every time I look at the site, the most recent auctions are anywhere between 4 hours and 17 hours ago. Is this a result of the site or database being down, or the lack of users uploading data? I started P99 a month ago and the site was usually very up to date, but in the past week or two it's never current.

[gkmarino]

I've noticed that as well. Also a huge drop in postings across the board. I wonder if it is because a lot of the mules that served as logs are no longer logging the data?

[eqgmrdbz]

I'm still surprised that p99 devs cant set-up a program to extract the /auction chat from EC Tunnel to their Wiki or link in forums. It seems this guy already did most of the work, if him and the devs got together we could get a 24/7 up to date logger. Still I can see why it would be like helping the lazy, if you really want to sell there are other ways to do it, post on forums, or head your but to EC...it's only 1 port away.

[tristantio]

I'm still surprised that p99 devs cant set-up a program to extract the /auction chat from EC Tunnel to their Wiki or link in forums. It seems this guy already did most of the work, if him and the devs got together we could get a 24/7 up to date logger. Still I can see why it would be like helping the lazy, if you really want to sell there are other ways to do it, post on forums, or head your but to EC...it's only 1 port away.

They won't because it isn't classic.

Regarding up to date logs, the users who normally update aren't updating as frequently (and since its 100% reliant on users uploading log data...)

Everything is good on the server end, we just need people to run the log upload program :)

[Shodo]

The site seems to be having an issue with the chrome browser ever since it was updated (maybe a couple months back?) to bring up a list of items to choose from instead of the search bar directly affecting the auction list. Some times it takes up to 30-45 seconds for a search to generate a result, whereas other browsers take only a few seconds. Is anyone else having this issue?

[tristantio]

The site seems to be having an issue with the chrome browser ever since it was updated (maybe a couple months back?) to bring up a list of items to choose from instead of the search bar directly affecting the auction list. Some times it takes up to 30-45 seconds for a search to generate a result, whereas other browsers take only a few seconds. Is anyone else having this issue?

Comes up instantly for me - are you using any add ons?

Granted, I'm testing with chromium, not chrome, but its essentially the same.

[Shodo]

I don't know how I always forget to test that part... Yes, it seems to be Kaspersky's web-plugin causing the issue. Works fine if I disable it.

[Trajor]

What happened to populate_item_search(); ? It seems like it broke last week. The items box only shows the first option "Show All Items".

[tristantio]

What happened to populate_item_search(); ? It seems like it broke last week. The items box only shows the first option "Show All Items".

What browser are you using?

I made an update where it loads the last data from a .js file for caching purposes - it seems like your browser may not be performing the AJAX request.

[gkmarino]

What browser are you using?

I made an update where it loads the last data from a .js file for caching purposes - it seems like your browser may not be performing the AJAX request.
Happens for me as well. Started happening at home on Chrome and at work on Internet Explorer. I have to type in the name of the item and click my correct spelling of the item in the box. However only what i typed is available and the box thinks it doesn't exist. with a ? to its left.

Also the normal item list that loads isn't showing when I first load the page. Normally it would show a list of potions or something.

[tristantio]

I added a slight delay on the population of the select list, see if it works now.

[Trajor]

Still no initial item list for me, using Chrome v43 and IE v11.

Perhaps you need to swap the closing </select> with the <script> line?

<select id="item-search" class="btn" multiple>
<option value="" selected>Show all items</option>
</select>
<script>populate_item_search();</script>

[tristantio]

Still no initial item list for me, using Chrome v43 and IE v11.

Perhaps you need to swap the closing </select> with the <script> line?

<select id="item-search" class="btn" multiple>
<option value="" selected>Show all items</option>
</select>
<script>populate_item_search();</script>

No, it's not an include in the sense that it would add the text where the script tags are (although I could change it to document.writeln calls or something), it runs a javascript function which manipulates the DOM to update what's in the select tags.

[tristantio]

Ok definitely working in chromium now

[Trajor]

It's working now in Chrome.

[wormed]

I'm not getting item list in Chrome. Example, I'd type in "Sebilite", and I'd only get "[?] sebilite" and no items with sebilite in the name. This is after chrome reboot.

[gkmarino]

Not working actually! The initial list works but then typing anything in the search bar doesn't produce matching results.

[Trajor]

The item list box is working off and on for me. This morning it wasn't working, so I completely closed down Chrome and reloaded and now it shows. Multiple guildmates say the item list doesn't work for them either.

[Trajor]

I noticed something else peculiar today. On first load, the item list populates. Now start typing an item name. The item list disappears and you can't click on the name. Now the item list is empty, 'Reset Search' doesn't fix it and only a page reload works.

[tristantio]

This should be fixed, related to the timeout "fix" put in for the Chrome fix (sorry about the delay on the fix, missed the thread posts).

[Rigid]

Site has been down almost 2 days for me.

[Taeoz]

Seems to be broken. *sob*

[tristantio]

Whats broke?

[Jsteed]

Service Temporarily Unavailable

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) Server at ahungry.com Port 80

[nyclin]

getting a 503 "Service Temporary Unavailable" error when going to ahungry.com/eqauctions:

Service Temporarily Unavailable

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

Apache/2.2.15 (CentOS) Server at ahungry.com Port 80

[tristantio]

Thanks guys - server hardware failed at my host 2 days ago and after the reboot it seems all is not quite well yet.

[Trajor]

Going to update the item list with Velious loots?

[Cranky]

Going to update the item list with Velious loots?

+1 let us know if we can help

[tristantio]

Sooner or later... :) (probably tonight)

[Kamlor]

Hi tristantio! Love the logger, I was wondering, are you willing to share the log history for a month or two (do you store the logs that long?). I'm interested in doing a project analyzing statistics about the p99 economy.

[tristantio]

Ok, it turns out the Velious items are not in the item database I received a few years ago, so if anyone has items they want/need to see listed, post up the name and/or a wiki link here and I'll manually insert as we come across them.

[brokenkiller]

Some I would like to see:
Wavecrasher http://wiki.project1999.com/Wavecrasher
Reinforced dragonleg breeches http://wiki.project1999.com/Reinforced_Dragonleg_Breeches

[jballe3]

I think I'm just terrible at getting this thing to log the auction channel when I'm online.....

[tristantio]

Those items (Wavecrasher and Reinf) are added (as well as some others).

[brokenkiller]

Thanks for the quick update!

[Nikkanu]

Any idea why the site would be super laggy when using Google Chrome? Like 10-30 second delay after I type in an item name and click enter and then another 10-30 second delay when I click the item name in the list... Works without lag on IE and Firefox

[tristantio]

Are you using any add-ons in Chrome?

[am0n]

So what's up with the auction logger deleting recent posts? I noticed someone selling a particular item I am looking for earlier. Said it was 3 hours ago. I check back now and it no longer shows up.

[tristantio]

So what's up with the auction logger deleting recent posts? I noticed someone selling a particular item I am looking for earlier. Said it was 3 hours ago. I check back now and it no longer shows up.

It only shows the 3 most recent /auction's of a user. Did they /auction 3 times since without including the item in the results?

[am0n]

It only shows the 3 most recent /auction's of a user. Did they /auction 3 times since without including the item in the results?

I don't know if they did. But this would explain it. Next time I see an item I'll write down the name until I can get in game to ask! Thanks!

[Civenge]

Apparently the site is down?

[Taeoz]

Yup, site is fucked.

<html><head><title>503 Service Unavailable</title></head><body><h1>Service Unavailable</h1>An error has occurred<p><hr><address><a href='http://weitz.de/hunchentoot/'>Hunchentoot 1.2.34</a> <a href='http://www.sbcl.org/'>(SBCL 1.2.13.74-e8db3cc)</a></address></p></body></html>

[Trajor]

Bump for a great site, that we hope returns to its former glory soon!

[brokenkiller]

Yeah hope he gets it back up soon. We really appreciate your work Tristantio.

[tristantio]

Should be up and running again, sorry about that, email me next time!

[booter]

Should be up and running again, sorry about that, email me next time!

what's your email?

[tristantio]

what's your email?

It's under the item list on the page in orange font :)

[Nikkanu]

It's under the item list on the page in orange font :)

On the website that was't working.... ? I wonder why no one could find it... heh

And why not just subscribe to this thread so you get emailed when someone posts a question or comment instead of expecting people to know your email address to report website problems? :confused:

[tristantio]

On the website that was't working.... ? I wonder why no one could find it... heh

And why not just subscribe to this thread so you get emailed when someone posts a question or comment instead of expecting people to know your email address to report website problems? :confused:

Haha good point (a forum PM also works). I am subscribed, but it doesn't seem to send me an email every time someone makes a new post (or maybe it does and I'm just missing them).

[Nikkanu]

Haha good point (a forum PM also works). I am subscribed, but it doesn't seem to send me an email every time someone makes a new post (or maybe it does and I'm just missing them).

Unsubscribe and then subscribe again, be sure to select the Instant Email Notification and not the Daily Email Notification and it should email you ever time someone posts a reply.

Btw, great work with auction logger, I use it daily and click the ads to help support your cause.

One question I have... It used to show months of history for items when I searched for an item which was great for seeing price history on things... now it only shows the last few days worth of auctions. Is this something I can change back to the previous behavior?

[tristantio]

Unsubscribe and then subscribe again, be sure to select the Instant Email Notification and not the Daily Email Notification and it should email you ever time someone posts a reply.

Btw, great work with auction logger, I use it daily and click the ads to help support your cause.

One question I have... It used to show months of history for items when I searched for an item which was great for seeing price history on things... now it only shows the last few days worth of auctions. Is this something I can change back to the previous behavior?

Thanks!

In the interests of optimization (some of the search queries were taking 2 or 3 seconds vs instant) I had changed it to limit the historical data returned.

I'll have to set up a separate history search I think to allow historical querying (probably with graphs or something cool).

The wiki should probably be pretty good for this purpose in the meantime I think.

[Saedar]

Site appears down again.

[tristantio]

Back up!

[Victorio]

What's up with this "Ad Blocker interfering ..." popup? I get it even when using a browser with no ad block, or a browser with ad block disabled.

[Kawazu]

This may have been brought up but i havent looked through every page. Is anyone else not getting item descriptions when clicking on velious items? It only shows a blank box.

[Layne]

Any plans to update for Velious, hardly anything is on there. I saw you asked for individual request but yeesh that could take a while to cover all the loot table. Also did something change to it? I thought we used to be able to just start typing and it would start searching as soon as you started typing, could search for misspelled items exc. I can't seem to search for anything until I click the name in the little white box now, also getting less history from my searches than previously remember.

[Layne]

Any plans to update for Velious, hardly anything is on there. I saw you asked for individual request but yeesh that could take a while to cover all the loot table. Also did something change to it? I thought we used to be able to just start typing and it would start searching as soon as you started typing, could search for misspelled items exc. I can't seem to search for anything until I click the name in the little white box now, also getting less history from my searches than previously remember.

Seems maybe just user error on my part :p

[Zkippy]

What's up with this "Ad Blocker interfering ..." popup? I get it even when using a browser with no ad block, or a browser with ad block disabled.

This exact symptom still plagues me to this day :/ Yet, for some strange reason, every once in a while, the site will allow me to use it unhindered by this popup, despite the fact of having AdBlock greenlight the domain in Chrome, or using Firefox which doesn't even have an adblocker.

Perhaps my search skills are trash, but I haven't been able to locate any sort of fix for this condition.

[Ssouky]

http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/283720ahpub.png

I don't mind the ads. But this is going a bit out of scale isnt it ?

[Tolyn]

Greetings!

Checking all items I am getting everything +2 hours out. I ran the logger from my machine while sitting in the tunnel thinking it was from people not logging. I could see my logs uploading. Opened up my log and could see info in them (/auction traffic). Site still remained +2 hours however. I sat there for about 30 mins thinking it might just need time to sync up or something and it never updated.

Do log uploaders need to be verified/validated or something else going on here?

[tristantio]

I don't mind the ads. But this is going a bit out of scale isnt it ?

What browser? Normally just the top one of those should be shown.

[tristantio]

Greetings!

Checking all items I am getting everything +2 hours out. I ran the logger from my machine while sitting in the tunnel thinking it was from people not logging. I could see my logs uploading. Opened up my log and could see info in them (/auction traffic). Site still remained +2 hours however. I sat there for about 30 mins thinking it might just need time to sync up or something and it never updated.

Do log uploaders need to be verified/validated or something else going on here?

What time zone are you in? Doesn't work well for non EST uploading at the moment.

[Tolyn]

CST here. It seems like more than just the uploading since even if I dont upload anything the site still shows items +2 hours and never really updates.

[sivax]

Yep something is off for sure. Running uploader, in EST and not updating for hours.

[taidaishar]

Seems like it takes a while for the uploads to appear. Also, are there any plans to introduce an avg. price to items? Many Velious items don't have an avg. price or any price history.

[Xorg]

wonder if I am doing something wrong...

When I open the website all of the auctions showing are 13 hours + old and then when I search for an item the item does not even show that item and the auctions that do show are now 3+ days old.

When speaking to a friend he simultaneously does the same thing and has no issues seeing live auctions with accurate information.

Thoughts?

[Seredoc]

What browser? Normally just the top one of those should be shown.

I didn't see a resolution to the original issue to which you replied so I am adding my info here.

I am running firefox 42.0 and I do run ad block plus(whitelisting ahungry, p99 wiki and p99 site, among others) and even if I went so far as to completely disable ad block I still received the message.

I found the issue in firefox at least. I unchecked the "Request that sites not track you" and "Use Tracking Protection in Private Windows"

ahungry works perfect now. I do not like this targeted tracking of data but seeing as the wiki is often times horrible on prices this looks like the only option >_>

Edit: it also seems the most recent item showing for me is 19 hours old and I cannot see anything earlier than that point

[nyclin]

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[xKoopa]

Down again

[Zenshu]

I'm seeing 5+ hour old auctions but I have been running the logger and /log for about an hour now myself, its pointed at the right file and the CMD window shows that is uploading the correct .txt file, whihc I did check and is getitng updates from the game.

[Zenshu]

All times are showing 3 hours ahead for me, Standing in EC with logger running in the background and referencing the auctions against logger and things that just got uploaded show 3 hours ago.

[DoucLangur]

Why is someone allowed to run a profit business off the project 1999 playerbase? Using project 1999 services?

And then even blocking out people with adblockers...

[Zenshu]

Why is someone allowed to run a profit business off the project 1999 playerbase? Using project 1999 services?

And then even blocking out people with adblockers...

Because This is not making any kind of profit off of the playerbase unless the playerbase decides to click the ads. If He charged you money to use this thing then you would have a reason to complain. It's 100% free to use and 10000x more useful than anything on the P99 wiki when it comes to auctions.

[DoucLangur]

Because This is not making any kind of profit off of the playerbase unless the playerbase decides to click the ads. If He charged you money to use this thing then you would have a reason to complain. It's 100% free to use and 10000x more useful than anything on the P99 wiki when it comes to auctions.

Not true. However Ads work, if they didn't generate incoming, they would not be hosted. It does not matter if that is because ads pay for being loaded, or because every nth visitor clicks em. And the hoster of the auctiontracker uses project 1999 content that he does not own to get visitors to his site.

Therefore he is making money off the project 1999 server (and the players') data and thus my original question.

Edit: Furthermore, he bullies everyone into disabling Adblocker if they want to use the site, which is as you correctly pointed out, the only site offering the service.

I don't mind a website like this generating revenue by Ads, for example, but then it should be hosted by the owners of the server, and the revenues should go to them.

As I see it, a 3rd party hosting this is just as bad as playerauctions.com profiting off trades on our server.

[Duane]

I personally run a VM or use my linux box to check the logger. Its been stated in the past that there is a check to see if you are viewing google ads, and if you aren't the site wont work. Since I have most google ads denied at the host file level, disabling ad block wont help.
A check is done to see if you are viewing the google ads - if not, the page displays the error.

If you have host file changes, proxy settings (firewall etc.) or anything else that causes these ads to stop working properly, the page will also stop working.

If you don't like the ads, you can find a link on the page (in yellow text) to hide the ads so you can see the page ad-free.

Number one reason for not wanting ads: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/07/ad-injection-software-browser-extensions-google-malware
"Ad injection is more than just an annoyance. It also represents a potential security hazard for browsers."

But I digress. Don't use the site if you don't like it.

[tristantio]

The ad injection the article refers to is related to Chrome extensions/desktop malware modifying unrelated page's HTML content to inject ads (such as, you go to http://example.com, which may have no ads, but some local software on your machine/web browser alters the HTML to add their own ads to the page you're visiting).

The only ads I've ever shown on the site are through Google AdWords, and while Google isn't the greatest in regards to privacy, as far as I've had the site, I haven't come across a breach or news article that alludes to any of their ads having been compromised as an attack vector (it's likely the safest/least compromised ad network out there).

As far as running a 'for profit business' - that's laughable, as the revenue from ads does not even come close to covering the hosting + my time spent on the site (especially considering I have been pretty inactive on p99 for awhile now, but kept the site up for the player base).

The great thing about FOSS/open source software (which is what anything I create is) is that you're free to fork, modify, extend and run your own instance of it if you like (just note that the log uploader is GPL, so you have to release the source if you distribute the binary modified, and the site code is AGPL, which means any portion of the site you modify would also need to have a link to the modified source available).

Lastly, I really appreciate what the p99 developers have done with the server, but it is a bit of a laugh for you to complain about me making any revenue off "other people's hard work", when the server itself is just that (a derivative of other people's hard work - that being the original EverQuest project).

[Zenshu]

The way most "clicky" ads work is that the person who owns the site makes something like $0.02 per ad click from their site(or in some cases they only generate revenue if someone clicks the ad then buys something from the site they went to) not just by existing.(Or at least this was my experience when I still paid the yearly fee to have my domain name registered. Additionally, if we want to get technical about it P99 doesn't own any of the IP that is involved in their server either, SoE/Daybreak Games owns the IP and they have donation options so they are making money off of something THEY don't own either. I ran a business for several years and there was 0 profit from ads. The web host I used required ads to be on the page and the "revenue" gernerated by those ads(even though I specifically chose to have my ad space populated with ads relevant to the business I was running" were not even enough yearly to cover 2% of the hosting cost of the website. Just because ads are on a page DOES NOT mean that the person running that page is making any money on it. THAT is how ads work. The person who made this logger for us to use is, if anything, losing money from paying a yearly fee to the domain host, if he/she is doing their own hosting then they may be making $0.10 a year off of the ads(Which have the option to hide them so you don't see any of them)

[jpetrick]

I downloaded the program and after setting it up I ran the application, it launches then immediately closes. I would like to assist in uploading logs but I think I am doing something wrong here. Could anyone help walk me through it?

[criddopher]

you gotta open the .ini and set your log folder.... sites has had not as much listings as it used to id imagine it could use the added logs

[CalistoSky]

Really amazing utility and super helpful. Thanks so much for the effort!

[Quarnos]

Site seems to be down. I am getting a 404 NOT FOUND message.

[killa0885pve]

Anyone else getting this issue, has been down for about 24 hours now?
Any other sites available?

[Kavious]

Any other sites available?

The post right under this sticky:

http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=229230

[tristantio]

Sorry about that, had someone attacking the server, it should be fixed now.

During the downtime, I was able to add a new update that now shows item prices on hover (week/month/all time) for quick comparison as you shop.

[Senn]

Any chance of getting thurg / SS armor pieces added to the site? Currently searching for eroded / eroded leather doesn't work at all.

[Deadlyfury]

Uploading my log, how long will it take to update?

i'm gonna try to keep this site as updated as possible

[Deadlyfury]

Nevermind its working, thanks!

[Baler]

People need to run the log parser for the website to post up to date auctions. You can download the log file parser from here: http://ahungry.com/eqauctions
There is a download for Windows, Linux and Mac.

Also there are quite a few missing items,. can we still email you ahungry?

[DevGrousis]

I am often in EC for a day at a time, even while I'm AFK.

How do I install the logger on my mac setup?

The website surprisingly doesn't have a guide. I downloaded the logger designated as MAC, but its just a text file, and it might as well be a different language. Do I place that text somewhere or is that a guide?

Any help would be good.

Text in the file:

#!/bin/bash

#Define your log directory here - easiest to symlink to your wine DIR
LOGDIR=~/eqLogs

#Don't mess with this!
IFS=$'\n'

while :; do
for f in `find ${LOGDIR}/eqlog* -newerct "1 minute ago"`; do
echo "Working with: $f"
curl -F "dump=$(tail -n100 $f|grep -E '[A-Za-z] auctions, ')" http://ahungry.com/aucDump.php
done
sleep 60
done

[tristantio]

Yup you can always email me missing items.

For MAC, the script is a bash (shell) script - you run it in your terminal window - if you've never used the terminal before, you would just want to open it up, save that file and do something like:


chmod u+x nameOfFile.sh
./nameOfFile.sh


after you update the LOGDIR line to be pointing to your log directory.

[Burrito]

Yup you can always email me missing items.

For MAC, the script is a bash (shell) script - you run it in your terminal window - if you've never used the terminal before, you would just want to open it up, save that file and do something like:


chmod u+x nameOfFile.sh
./nameOfFile.sh


after you update the LOGDIR line to be pointing to your log directory.

I sent you a tweet about my error I was getting

When I run eqAuction.exe I get the error Missing File, after it tries to open the log file.

[demonith]

this doesn't seem to update like it use to

[idiin99]

hello i would like to get back to ever quest but i cant find a link to get Everquest: Titanium Edition can some one help?

[frammelpie]

Sure.

https://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2056088.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.XEverQu est+titanium.TRS0&_nkw=EverQuest+titanium

[loramin]

hello i would like to get back to ever quest but i cant find a link to get Everquest: Titanium Edition can some one help?

http://wiki.project1999.com/Acquiring_The_EverQuest_Client

[Baler]

@ people who spend hours in EC...
Please run the software so Ahungry tracker can be up to date.
(this can improve how quickly you sell things!)

http://ahungry.com/eqauctions

The auction logger works by having the p1999 gaming community upload logs from their local log file (turned on by typing /log in game) and running this program here:
Auction Logger (Windows)
Auction Logger (GNU/Linux)
Auction Logger Shell Script (GNU/Linux or MAC)

[cornisthebest]

Does this still work? how reliable is it

[Mohandas]

Hi,

I made a website where people can add auctions. I thought it would be nice to have when we want to trade but can't log on our trader.

Please tell me what you think about it.

http://ectunnel.000webhostapp.com/

[frammelpie]

Although related to the subject, this post should probably have its own thread as this is regarding another auction tool.

It looks like it could be cool however since it links to discord, and a short description of how it works would be great (again, in a new thread) =D

[Mohandas]

It does:
https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=311330

[Zugg]

I have never gotten the wildcard search to work. Even just copy pasting the example doesn't work. What about searching for all "Words of"?

[Krinkle]

Sometimes I /auc things into the commonlands, and the tracker agrees That I did that, but then after 10 minutes, it has forgotten. My /auc is gone. What is up with that?L

[Zugg]

Hi Tristantio, would it be possible for you to make the PHP file and backend code public so others can keep it updated? It seems the auction site has been inaccurate.

I would love to look and see if there is any way to fix the bugs and perhaps add features.

EDIT: nevermind, i found your github source. Thanks for doing this.

[GiRaff3]

Girdle of Rapidity missing.

[frammelpie]

What does that mean? Like you can't search for it or something?

[GiRaff3]

It does not show up as a searchable item. I did not verify but it seems plausible other Chardok 2.0 items may be missing as well.

[Isey]

how do you search for spells? I am looking for the Enchanter Spell Allure, but typing in Allure just nets Words of Allure

[frammelpie]

When you type in the word 'allure' it should pop up the items with the word 'allure' in the name and you just click the item you want to search for as far as I know.

[Snoogie]

So, I just fired this up for the first time in about 4 years and I'm logging EC on the Green server. However, it seems that the auctions are coming through on the Blue feed on the website instead of the green page.

Is this is a known bug?

Thanks!

[Stitches1974]

https://wiki.project1999.com/Sarnak_Devastator

Is missing.

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[Frug]

FWIW, I also have an hourly refreshed auction tracker here (https://unixgeek.com/eqauctions.html); also in my .sig.

While the Wiki is down for maintenance, you may find some use in it.

[KohakuIto]

Great job I look forward to applying in action

[RubySeddon]

Excellente solution. Je pense que la partie la plus utile de ce programme vous aidera à vous connecter avec des personnes qui vous donneront ce dont vous avez besoin