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Budrick3
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Posted - 2008.12.23 18:12:00 -
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ok, so im ****ing around looking at stuff cause im bored, and i wanted to look at some of the ships n junk. And when i click on the Items database, it comes up with some Eve wiki junk? I hope they have not removed the items database implace of this. I just hope that it is a coding error. Someone please confirm and put to rest my fears. o7 thanks
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Treelox
Amarr Market Jihadist Revolutionary Party
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Posted - 2008.12.23 18:13:00 -
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confirming we are all ****ed! --
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Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2008.12.23 18:15:00 -
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There is an identical item database button on the wiki page and it is actually up-to-date.
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Angel Lightbringer
Caldari Dark Evolution Industries
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Posted - 2008.12.23 18:16:00 -
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Originally by: Budrick3 ok, so im ****ing around looking at stuff cause im bored, and i wanted to look at some of the ships n junk. And when i click on the Items database, it comes up with some Eve wiki junk? I hope they have not removed the items database implace of this.
In fact, thay have, junk. Didn't you get the memo?  o/
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Robacz
Essence Trade Essence Enterprises
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Posted - 2008.12.23 18:17:00 -
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Originally by: Budrick3 ok, so im ****ing around looking at stuff cause im bored, and i wanted to look at some of the ships n junk. And when i click on the Items database, it comes up with some Eve wiki junk? I hope they have not removed the items database implace of this. I just hope that it is a coding error. Someone please confirm and put to rest my fears. o7 thanks
http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Item_Database
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Treelox
Amarr Market Jihadist Revolutionary Party
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Posted - 2008.12.23 18:22:00 -
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Originally by: Robacz
Originally by: Budrick3 ok, so im ****ing around looking at stuff cause im bored, and i wanted to look at some of the ships n junk. And when i click on the Items database, it comes up with some Eve wiki junk? I hope they have not removed the items database implace of this. I just hope that it is a coding error. Someone please confirm and put to rest my fears. o7 thanks
http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Item_Database
Originally by: "at bottom of any item DB page" The details above have been created by our wiki robot.
Sadly the robot has failed to copy over any NPC market information that was a part of the Item Database. Making it a PITA for newer players to find out which NPC corps sell which BPO's and which NPC corps buy and/or sell specific NPC trade good. --
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Arous Drephius
Perkone
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Posted - 2008.12.23 18:24:00 -
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Originally by: Treelox Sadly the robot has failed to copy over any NPC market information that was a part of the Item Database. Making it a PITA for newer players to find out which NPC corps sell which BPO's and which NPC corps buy and/or sell specific NPC trade good.
It didn't fail, it was intentional. CCP removed the info from the DB dump as well.
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Treelox
Amarr Market Jihadist Revolutionary Party
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Posted - 2008.12.23 18:28:00 -
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Originally by: Arous Drephius
Originally by: Treelox Sadly the robot has failed to copy over any NPC market information that was a part of the Item Database. Making it a PITA for newer players to find out which NPC corps sell which BPO's and which NPC corps buy and/or sell specific NPC trade good.
It didn't fail, it was intentional. CCP removed the info from the DB dump as well.
Without a post from CCP as to a reason this was "intentionally" removed, it sure sounds like "fail" to me. Maybe it isnt the wikirobots fault, then I is just someone in Icelands instead. --
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CCP Atropos
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Posted - 2008.12.23 18:35:00 -
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The NPC market info was removed from the data dump, and the wiki is populated from that same dump. I can't comment on whether or not it was a concious decision to not have the data available, even on the wiki, but it is not currently there.
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Treelox
Amarr Market Jihadist Revolutionary Party
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Posted - 2008.12.23 18:45:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Atropos The NPC market info was removed from the data dump, and the wiki is populated from that same dump. I can't comment on whether or not it was a concious decision to not have the data available, even on the wiki, but it is not currently there.
This removal has started a bit of "rabble rabble" in a few places in the forums.
Evewiki blog thread
Game Dev Forum
I know I saw a few other threads over the last few days, but cant find them quickly atm.
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CCP Explorer

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Posted - 2008.12.23 19:40:00 -
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Regarding "crpNPCCorporationTrades": Here's the dev blog from when we released the Static Data Export Database (the Empyrean Age version) in July as well as previous forum reply #1, reply #2 and reply #3.
Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson Software Director EVE Online, CCP Games |
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MotherMoon
Huang Yinglong
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Posted - 2008.12.23 19:57:00 -
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CCP Explorer is on the case!
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2008.12.23 21:01:00 -
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Once the cat's out of the bag, had children and the children had children, there's really no point in sealing the bag anymore, you know, just saying... might just as well reopen it wide.
_ Create a character || Fit a ship || Get some ISK |

Arrs Grazznic
Poena Executive Solutions
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Posted - 2008.12.23 22:54:00 -
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The NPC sales data wasvery useful, for example it was the best (only?) way to find out which NPC corps sold which BPOs.
Cheers, Arrs
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Becq Starforged
Minmatar Ship Construction Services Ushra'Khan
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Posted - 2008.12.23 23:28:00 -
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Originally by: Arrs Grazznic The NPC sales data wasvery useful, for example it was the best (only?) way to find out which NPC corps sold which BPOs.
Cheers, Arrs
Agreed. While it's not too difficult to guess where to look for a Dominix BPO, for example, I don't see how the game benefits from forcing people to wander empire space trying to find which of the four factions hosts the NPC corp that sells Capital Sensor BPOs.
Perhaps we can get this information back for things like NPC-sold BPOs, but not for things like trade goods?
As to the comment about this being gone for quite a while, that's not true. The information was available through the item database until the wiki supplanted it. And for those of us who have never even contemplated looking for the "crpNPCCorporationTrades" table in a data dump, the supposed removal was transparent until a week or two ago.
-- Becq Starforged
The Flame of Freedom Burns On! |

Dmian
Gallente Gallenterrorisme
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Posted - 2008.12.24 00:02:00 -
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Is it me or the "Item Database" link on the left bar is taking you to the Main Page (http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Main_Page) of the Evelopedia and not the Item Database (http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Item_Database) on it?
Also, in the Reply form (when you hit "Reply to Topic") it's still the link to the old Item Database. ----
Eve Alpha - The font of Eve - Get it here |

Jacque Custeau
Knights of the Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2008.12.24 02:19:00 -
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Edited by: Jacque Custeau on 24/12/2008 02:24:31 The profit one could make from NPC trade routes was long since nerfed in 2004. Trying to hide this data now is useless.
And like someone else said, this makes BPOs and POS structures a lot harder to find. Some, like the Energy Neutralizer Battery can only be found in Viziam stations, which only exist in Tash Murkon.
What will likely happen is some third party like Chribba will set up a list for this sort of stuff. Another example of CCP outsourcing functionality to its customers. -------------------
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Treelox
Amarr Market Jihadist Revolutionary Party
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Posted - 2008.12.24 06:53:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Explorer Regarding "crpNPCCorporationTrades": Here's the dev blog from when we released the Static Data Export Database (the Empyrean Age version) in July as well as previous forum reply #1, reply #2 and reply #3.
While I understand the logic given in "reply #1", it would of made sense if this had been done years ago. All the removal of the NPC market information does now is hurt new industrialist looking for the location of NPC order BPO's.
As Akita says, the cat has been out of the bag way to long to be forced back in. This seems like a half thought out move that will only hurt those newer to the game, while empowering the older more seasoned player base. --
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Wadaya
Caldari Trailerpark Industries
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Posted - 2009.01.02 11:02:00 -
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Edited by: Wadaya on 02/01/2009 11:04:22
Originally by: Jacque Custeau Edited by: Jacque Custeau on 24/12/2008 02:24:31 The profit one could make from NPC trade routes was long since nerfed in 2004. Trying to hide this data now is useless.
And like someone else said, this makes BPOs and POS structures a lot harder to find. Some, like the Energy Neutralizer Battery can only be found in Viziam stations, which only exist in Tash Murkon.
What will likely happen is some third party like Chribba will set up a list for this sort of stuff. Another example of CCP outsourcing functionality to its customers.
No joke, why not name the next expansion, Eve-Online: Quantum Time Sink. I was going to go in an edit the wiki, but it's locked
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Braaage
Ministry of Craft
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Posted - 2009.01.02 11:33:00 -
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There are plenty of other Item databases about other than CCPs.
Like this Or this --
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Cordele
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Posted - 2009.01.02 14:52:00 -
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Originally by: Braaage There are plenty of other Item databases about other than CCPs.
Like this Or this
Neither show NPC market data, which is the main problem with the new EVElopedia Database. |
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CCP Atropos
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Posted - 2009.01.02 14:53:00 -
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Originally by: Cordele
Originally by: Braaage There are plenty of other Item databases about other than CCPs.
Like this Or this
Neither show NPC market data, which is the main problem with the new EVElopedia Database.
If you read CCP Explorer's response above you will see that this is by design.
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Cordele
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Posted - 2009.01.02 15:06:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Atropos
Originally by: Cordele
Originally by: Braaage There are plenty of other Item databases about other than CCPs.
Like this Or this
Neither show NPC market data, which is the main problem with the new EVElopedia Database.
If you read CCP Explorer's response above you will see that this is by design.
I have, and I know. The consensus though seems to be that it's bad design, and there hasn't been a proper explanation as to why the data (which, as has been explained above, was very useful) was taken out. |

Sebea
Bottomfeeders Science and Research
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Posted - 2009.01.02 16:17:00 -
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Originally by: Cordele
there hasn't been a proper explanation as to why the data (which, as has been explained above, was very useful) was taken out.
Quote:
this is by design.
Looks pretty proper to me
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Cordele
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Posted - 2009.01.02 17:33:00 -
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Edited by: Cordele on 02/01/2009 17:37:08
Originally by: Sebea
Originally by: Cordele
there hasn't been a proper explanation as to why the data (which, as has been explained above, was very useful) was taken out.
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this is by design.
Looks pretty proper to me
That isn't an explanation, just a confirmation it isn't an oversight. The closest we've had to an explanation that I know of is this quote from Explorer:
Originally by: CCP Explorer
Originally by: Epitrope There was some discussion in the forum thread for that dev blog about crpNPCCorporationTrades returning in some limited way, such as without the supplyDemand column, and just a way to indicate whether a given corporation buys or sells an item. Is that still a possibility?
It could be that it might a possibility, but that discussion has not reached me. There was a good reason why the table was excluded and those concerns would have to be alleviated.
What were those concerns? There is this quote from Prism from when the information was originally removed from the data export:
Originally by: CCP Prism X Why is crpNPCCorporationTrades missing? Well, it should really never have been included. This is basicaly meta-data and could allow people to get an advantage they couldn't otherwise get in game. Something like finding out what is being sold in regions they've never been in would be a good example. Finding the best possible trade routes through some datamining would be another. I'm sorry if the mismatch has wasted anyones time.
But this was from before the information was removed from the Item Database (which is an effect that only showed up recently when the latest data without the NPC Market table was used for the EVElopedia), and Prism seems to have been referring to values that only appeared in the Data Export, as judging by this quote he was willing to consider including the kind of basic helpful information that used to show in the Item Database in the next export:
Originally by: Matalino If you insist on providing such an advantage to us veterns, I guess we will need to accept it, but I think that it would be better for newer players and developers if you returned it to the official data dump, even if you flattened the supplyDemand field to contain a true/false value instead of the previous range of values that might be mined for additional information.
Originally by: CCP Prism X As to a true/false values, that might happen. I'll try and jot it down on my notebook when I get to work and bring it up when the time is right, before the next export.
This was the result of the discussion that was mentioned to Explorer in the first quote, that he wasn't aware of.
The issue here is that the information that used to show up in the Item Database that was very helpful to people needing to find T1 and capital blueprints, or for sourcing NPC supplied goods, has now (due to some esoteric values in the data export that the people responsible for it were unhappy with) been removed without an explanation to those of us, like me, who were just using the Item Database as a convenient reference and would probably have never known what was in the full data export. |

Breaker77
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Posted - 2009.01.02 17:43:00 -
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Originally by: Arrs Grazznic The NPC sales data wasvery useful, for example it was the best (only?) way to find out which NPC corps sold which BPOs.
Cheers, Arrs
Can't you check out regions yourself? Then again that does require work 
Guess you will have to buy them at inflated prices when the traders make their rounds 
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Cordele
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Posted - 2009.01.02 17:54:00 -
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Originally by: Breaker77
Originally by: Arrs Grazznic The NPC sales data wasvery useful, for example it was the best (only?) way to find out which NPC corps sold which BPOs.
Cheers, Arrs
Can't you check out regions yourself? Then again that does require work 
Guess you will have to buy them at inflated prices when the traders make their rounds 
The Item Database covered all T1 BPOs, most of which are relatively low value, one-time purchases.
Also, the information is still available to anyone with access to old data exports, but getting hold of and using those requires some specialist knowledge and skill that new players aren't likely to have. |

Herschel Yamamoto
Bloodmoney Incorporated
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Posted - 2009.01.02 18:12:00 -
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Um, for all this complaining over information being removed, you all seem to forget that it's a wiki. Just add it back in yourself. - Lotto - Paladin! Cruiser BPC Store |

Wingshard
Orgasmotech
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Posted - 2009.01.02 18:24:00 -
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Originally by: Herschel Yamamoto Um, for all this complaining over information being removed, you all seem to forget that it's a wiki. Just add it back in yourself.
So whats the sense in removing it when it can be added again? NONE, exactly what all this is about... its total NONSENSE and causes only more struggle for anyone who wants a quick information.
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Malthros Zenobia
The Cold Wind Foundation
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Posted - 2009.01.02 18:37:00 -
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1. Log into Wiki 2. Make page with info you want. 3. ???? 4. Profit!
Originally by: kieron The Carrier was never intended to be a solo OMGWTF mission-farming PWNmobile.
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