YourDDO is expanding

[Ague]

Hey DDO'ers. Just want to give a quick update on things that are going on over at YourDDO.

We just added Dynamic Multi-Server Guild Lists/Rosters. This is exciting because it is a great way to learn who to contact in game if you are interested in joining a particular guild. Their recruiting status is also listed (provided the guild leadership has given that info to me.) We are in the process of creating a fancy layout for this page, as it is a little bit on the dull side right now. I pushed to get it published quickly so guild leaderships across DDO could have their guilds listed. So if you are an officer in a guild, get your guild listed! If you are interested in having your guild added, just look in the forums here under your server's guild listings. There is a post on each server's guild page. (Hoping to get them sticky'd...)

We also have several projects in the works, some I don't want to talk about quite yet because they are still in the planning phases. But... The one that I will mention right now is the DDO Server Status Widget. This is going to be served initially as a web plugin, with a Windows Gadget to follow. The majority of the framework is complete, I'm just waiting for the servers to go down for their next scheduled maintenance cycle so it can be properly debugged.

But, in the meantime, I have one more exciting future addition to foreshadow to. For now, I'll say that involves Challenges (daily challenges to be more precise...) But have no fear, once it is closer to RC status, I'll give some more information.

That's all I have for now!

~~Ague

NOTE ABOUT v. 1.2.1: All guilds that are above level 20 have been added from all live servers. Please be patient if your guild roster is not showing up yet. It may be several days until every guild's roster is initially populated. There are over 17,000 guilds level 15 and above across 8 servers, so just let the site do what it does. If you still can't see your guild's roster by May 28th, 2012, PM me here and I will look into the matter.

[Ague]

Official Changelog

v. 0.1.0 - March 8, 2012

Initial public release.

v. 0.1.1 - March 24, 2012
Bugfixes

Fixed XP display for TR characters. Their max XP now shows up correctly (provided you data in MyDDO is not bugged)

Fixed an issue causing IE8 to not display character data.

Fixed an issue causing class icons to not display.

Fixed <ENTER> key functionality. Pressing <ENTER> will now look up your character properly.

Feature Additions

Lists characters guild and the position they hold

Added the date the information was last "updated" in Turbine's database

Added characters currently equipped equipment

Added tooltips for equipment icons that work both in the game browser and browsers as old as IE7

Added <ENTER> key functionality

Corrected display issue with ability modifiers

v 0.1.2 - April 9, 2012
Bugfixes

Fixed an issue causing the server dropdown box to fall behind the character sheet image when using the in-game browser

Feature Additions

Changed the dead links that normally return from the API to point to the DDO Wiki page of the item being examined

v. 1.0.0 - April 23, 2012

Minor bugfixes and tweaks

Unleashed out of Beta.

v. 1.1.0 - May 21, 2012

Added Dynamic Multi-Server Guild Roster

To add your guild to the roster, PM Ague (forum name: Silas_O'Reilly) on the DDO forums here

v. 1.2.0 - May 23, 2012

Completely rewrote the auto-update engine to fix the error with updating very large guilds

v. 1.2.1 - May 25, 2012

Crawling engine added to add all guilds from all servers. See OP for specific details.

v. 1.2.2 - May 26, 2012

Added Google Translator so all site content can be read in the viewer's native language.

Guild Stats Beta has been installed. I hate calling things beta, but until the initial load-up is complete, and final testing is complete, it will remain in beta status.

v. 1.2.3 - July 11, 2012
Bugfixes

Fixed minor bugs increasing overall performance of the site.

Guild Rosters will now show guilds without active leaders (in the myDDO system, since that's where my data is drawn from). However, if there is no active leader AND no active officers, the guild will still not be shown. This is a change in response to the number of PM's I have been receiving about certain guilds not showing up. There are still some special cases that I am working on. You know who you are.

Improvements

Added some background scripts in preparation of adding specific guild statistics/graphs. This will not effect site performance at all.

v 1.3.0 - August 22, 2012
Bugfixes

Fixed minor bugs increasing overall performance of the site.

Feature Additions

Added a server status page to easily and quickly check the status of the DDO game world servers. NOTE: Lammania will show as closed even if the developers have it open for internal testing. It will ONLY display as open when it is able to be accessed by the general playerbase for update previewing purposes.

And before anyone asks, no, I can not and will not add Mournlands to the list. Even if I had the proper information to add it, the NDA binding the Mournlands testing program very likely prevents this.

v. 1.3.1 - August 26, 2012
Improvements

Added Epic Levels to the character sheet. NOTE: If the character has three different classes (i.e. Barbarian, Rogue, Cleric, etc.) in their build, the Epic Levels will not display. This is due to the data returned to me only showing three classes, which is the max for multiclassing. It does not take into respect epic levels.

v. 1.3.2 - August 28, 2012
Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug causing guild with an apostrophe (') to not display member rosters and additional information.

v. 1.3.3 - August 30, 2012
Improvements

Added some extra behind the scenes database functions to improve overall performance of guild statistics.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug causing some, if not all, character classes to show as Druid.

Fixed a bug causing Epic levels to not display properly, in some cases.

v. 2.0.0 - September 5, 2012
Feature Additions

Launch of the Monster Manual

v. 3.0.0 - October 31, 2012

Launched YourDDO with new layout

v. 3.1.0 - December 31, 2012

YourDDO is now HTML5 compliant. This will enable me to do all kinds of fun things.

Reworked the main navigation menu to make it easier to add future additions with minimal downtime.

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Known Issues

None

[Impaqt]

No guilds found on Thelanis.

that seems.... not correct......

[Ague]

No guilds found on Thelanis.

that seems.... not correct......

I am atm only adding guilds that wish to be added. If the response from guild leadership is low after the initial week of being up, then I will begin adding based on guild lists found here in the forums.

[Ague]

New site version is available. Minor change, but still quite significant. See changelog for details.

[Shade]

Looks cool.

Add Crush it on Khyber please.

[Ague]

Looks cool.

Add Crush it on Khyber please.

Can you PM me with the information found here so I can add it in.



Also, new version has been released, featuring Guild Stats Beta. Check it out. Changelog has been updated.

[skline81]

Great job on this tool Ague!!! Very useful to new & vet players...And You can keep up with other guilds if you choose too...Cant wait to see what else you come up with in the future)

[Ague]

UPDATE:

There is a random bug that is preventing proper updating of the guild rosters. I am all over getting it fixed.

[Ague]

UPDATE:

There is a random bug that is preventing proper updating of the guild rosters. I am all over getting it fixed.

So it took me a couple of days, but I have the problem fixed (hopefully). I am going to give it 24 hours and if it still isn't updating properly, then I will do additional debugging.

Once I have everything confirmed to be working 100%, I will go and add all of the additional information for all of the guild requests that I have been receiving. There's a bunch.

UPDATE: For those who know about programming, the issue that I have been facing is a memory issue. Some guilds are VERY large and the script chews up tons of resources checking and verifying each member of the guild. So I have been trying different ideas to minimize the inevitable timeout of the execution. In case anyone was curious about what I have been doing to get it fixed.

[LOOON375]

Very nice. Ill be checking it out in more depth.

[Goolan]

You can add Legends to the Khyber Guilds.

How about a nod to the characters who REFUSE to TR, but have world-class toons nevertheless?

[Ague]

UPDATE: The guild lists have been updating very good with the current version of the crawling engine.

Now that it's running solid, I will be adding all of the information that everyone has been sending me in my PM's. Thanks for all the support on thois project, and stay tuned for all my future additions to the project. In fact, shortly, I will be updating the OP with my next addition that's in development now.

[Ague]

Updated the Changelog. v1.2.3 is now live.

[Ague]

For those of you who are wondering where I've been and what I've been up to, I'm working on a rewrite to the crafting pages. This rewrite was inspired by the recent change to the in-game crafting interfaces. It's taking some time (mainly because I'm not the best at graphics mapping), but the wait will be well worth it.

Note that currently only the crafting interfaces for Greensteel are being worked on at the moment, but it should help those who are new to GS crafting to better understand the process. Think of it as kind of a "Greensteel Crafting for Dummies" guide. (For those not familiar with the "For Dummies" line of books out there, it's step-by-step instruction to achieve maximum success and minimal (if any) failures.)

[Ague]

v 1.3.0 is now live. See the changelog above for details about this release.

[Ague]

v. 1.3.1 is now live. It has added Epic Levels to the Character Sheets. Please see the changelog above for an important note.

[Barazon]

Wow. Has Turbine contacted you yet about hiring you to rewrite my.ddo from the ground up? With what you're able to accomplish with only secondary access to information, imagine what you could do with direct access to the database servers.

[Indoran]

this guy should be working for ddo...

[fco-karatekid]

this guy should be working for ddo...

No, he should be an independent contractor working for Turbine - if he reported to their leadership team directly myddo would turn out like... well, myddo.

I find it ironic he can display my character's data whereas myddo says the info is unavailable - wut?