Release : EQBuilder v1.3

[sandy]

Hello another tool for worldbuilders it's EQBuilder ! =) it works with hackerquest's eqcollector

Here are the files :
eqbuilder-1.3.zip
eqbuilder-1.3-source.zip

What's eqbuilder ?

It's simple, eqcollector collect eqlives datas and dump it into txt logs, eqbuilder create doors, teleports, npc_types, spawns and grids sql files from these logs for eqemu, in the next release it will be able to update directly the eqemu database
But in the difference with other parsers, it tries to build the most accurate database possible, there's some modifiers and filters that the user can tweak in this purpose
It creates directly a moving database =)

Installation :

Part 1 - Eqbuilder

1) just extract the files in the directory of your choice
2) source the 3 sql files into your server database :
- races.sql ( it's the races of everquest npcs )
- logs.sql ( it's a table to store eqcollector logs configurations )
- classes.sql ( it's an eqemu classes table )
if you don't source these files, eqbuilder won't start and will send a windows crash error

Part 2 - Connection to the database

1) just launch EQBuilder
2) go in database/connect
3) enter you database parameters
4) and connect =)
( you see you are connected when zones appear in the zone combo box )

Part 3 - Eqcollector
you can download it from hackerquest forum at this url :
http://hackersquest.org/boards/viewforum.php?f=14

for installation, it's explained in a txt file
and how to use it, here's a nice tutorial :
http://www.projecteq.com/badk0re/collect-tut.zip

How to use eqbuilder ?

A tutorial is given in the zip file that explains how to use EqBuilder, it explains the 2 methods to build a db, the quick method and the advanced method =) It explains also the different type of logs you can collect with EQCollector .

Logs distribution

if you want to distribute a log, you should give infos about its type and its content for example like this :
"potactics-raid-all boss up !.txt"
where :
potactics is the zone short name
raid is the type of the log ( pathing, npctypes, or raid )
all boss up is infos of the content

read the tutorial given with eqbuilder for more infos

Feedback

To contact me, come on #npcmovdb channel on mirc at french hours, or use the forum to PM me =)

Thx to projecteq, eqbuilder and looteditor are hosted by projecteq
And thx to zordon who created eqcollector =)