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CSH WhiteKnight
Gallente
Pat Sharp's Potato Rodeo
Wildly Inappropriate.
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Posted - 2009.09.22 14:35:00 -
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I aware this is a potentially touchy subject so I will proceed with caution.
Are there any *legitimate* ways for a 3rd part application on the same PC as the eve client to gather information about the current status of the game.
For example:
Current system (Jita / New caldari)
Current location (Moon / Belt / Gate)
Current state (Docked / In space)
Currect charid
Current corpid
As far as I am aware this information does not constitute a tactical advantage as it is all current live and obvious information to the player. This is also information currently available via the in game browsers HTTP headers.
I am aware that applications like BACON have, in the past, used the log server to gain similar information "legally", and I am also aware of other 3rd part APIs that allow you to poke the ram directly, however the former is quite a long winded effort and has since been blocked (to my knowledge), and the latter has always been against the EULA.
Additional information that would be nice:
Current members in fleet (Array of Char ID maybe, or an xml dump of char id, corp id, fleet position, ship type)
Current characters on screen (probably an xml dump of char id, corp id, ship type)
While i accept that the last two are highly unlikey to be available for the same reasons that BACON now does not work, I cant see a real reason the first lot of information cannot be made available.
Note to CCP Devs:If it isnt currently available is there any intention to include something of this nature in a future version ?
Note to CCP GMs: I am not trying to circumvent the system here. I am just asking if this is possible within the bounds of the EULA. If not I will write my application a different way.
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Celebrain
1st Steps Academy
Tread Alliance
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Posted - 2009.09.22 17:59:00 -
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the eve in game web browser gives much of this kind of data in the http headers if you "trust" the web server... so a legal way to do this is to write a small web server into your app, and point the in game web browser at it. You can even have the web browser automatically refresh each time session changes, etc.
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CSH WhiteKnight
Gallente
Pat Sharp's Potato Rodeo
Wildly Inappropriate.
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Posted - 2009.09.22 20:59:00 -
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Yeah, that was the way i was going to re-write it, but I was wondering if I could do it "automagically" without having to do this.
It would save the user having to do a second and third step (opening the browser and trusting the site) every time they want to use. (i know trust only needs to be done once but its still extra hassle)
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Nisd
Amarr
Warsong Co.
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Posted - 2009.09.24 07:48:00 -
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using the logserver?
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CSH WhiteKnight
Gallente
Pat Sharp's Potato Rodeo
Wildly Inappropriate.
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Posted - 2009.09.24 10:08:00 -
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Log server may be an option, however there doesnt appear to be any documentation or examples about on how to do that.
Also its extra irritation for the end user, and i would like to make it as seamless as possible... load eve, load my app, enjoy. Adding extra steps configuring the log server etc will likely mean a lower overall takeup of the application.
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