mvern
07-09-2002, 04:55 PM
I was looking into trying to find a good way to add a guild name display for players, and I've ran into some trouble. So far I've got the easy part covered, I can display guild id #'s, but getting actual names is a bit more difficult.
My understanding of the system is, the guild names are stored on the client in guilds2.dat, and it only gets updated at certain times when it changes, or you switch servers. Anyway, the problem is, I havent come up with any easy way to keep showeq aware of, and updated with, the current guild name database.
If I cant come up with a simple way to handle this, I'll clean up what i have so far and just post a patch in the next couple days to display the actual ID #'s atleast. They almost never change for an existing guild, so its still useful for setting up alerts for a rival guild or something. Maybe someone else can pick up from where I left off and add actual names eventually.
My understanding of the system is, the guild names are stored on the client in guilds2.dat, and it only gets updated at certain times when it changes, or you switch servers. Anyway, the problem is, I havent come up with any easy way to keep showeq aware of, and updated with, the current guild name database.
If I cant come up with a simple way to handle this, I'll clean up what i have so far and just post a patch in the next couple days to display the actual ID #'s atleast. They almost never change for an existing guild, so its still useful for setting up alerts for a rival guild or something. Maybe someone else can pick up from where I left off and add actual names eventually.