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Originally Posted by Droog007
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Doesn't matter how different it is. Either one was possible in 1999. It may not have been as pretty, but it was possible.
NorrathMaps is buggy and currently(?) unhosted, but it's not illegal and no one should be condemned for using any kind of program that gets game data from the log file. It's also incorrect to say your position in NorrathMaps is "constantly updated" ... it's a manual/intermittent process.
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Parsing your log file to use with a dynamic mapping program while playing was not possible, if you only had access to one physical computer, since EQ played in a forced full screen mode. The use of EQwindows or WinEQ technically violated the EULA.
It was possible to have a second machine networked to your main EQ computer to read/parse the log file.
When you have sense heading bound to your movement keys + other keys, it is pretty "constant" versus pausing to looking at a map and reading the long/lat lines trying to figure out where your most recent /loc would place you in relation to the map you printed out.
The outside use of log parsers for buff timers and mapping programs is an insult to the devs of this box that purposely removed or disabled those features to implement classic game play.
09-01-2015, 03:46 PM
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