Skurry
06-16-2007, 05:15 PM
<p>Hellos,</p><p> 18 months ago, I started my own little parser project, mainly because back then there was no decent one for the German servers. Even now that ACT parses German logfiles, I kept maintaining and using my own parser, mainly because of it's ease of use.</p><p>Recently, I was asked by several people if I could make it work with English logfiles and translate the user interface. I had a little spare time today so I did that. I'd be happy if you are bored enough to give it a try and tell me what you think. I only have low level alts on English servers, so I could not test it as thoroughly as I would have liked, though.</p><p>If ACT's many options puzzle you and you just want to see the most important stats without spending too much time setting everything up, you might like it.</p><p>Getting started: </p><ul><li>Download the ZIP file from <a href="http://www.streiflicht.net/parsefal" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.streiflicht.net/parsefal</a>, and unzip it anywhere you want. </li><li>Make sure you have Java 5.0 installed. </li><li>Double click parsefal.bat to start the parser. </li><li>If you haven't done so already, enable the in game logging (/log command). </li><li>Choose "File -> Open logfile..." from the menu. Locate your EQ2 folder and select the logfile you'd like to monitor (you'll only have to do this once, Parsefal will remember the file location). While loading the file, you'll see a progress bar on the lower left.</li><li>While it's loading, you'll see how zone visits and combats are added to the navigator tree on the left.</li><li>Open zone visits and combats by clicking on the little pluses to the left, like in Windows Explorer.</li><li>Selecting a combat or combatant will show details to the right. Notice the different tabs.</li><li>You can sort tables by clicking the respective headers.</li><li>Enable the combat monitor (STRG-K) to view an "always-on-top" window with the stats of the current fight.</li></ul><p>I hope that should be enough to get a feel of it. I'd appreciate any feedback.</p><p>Regards,</p><p>Skurry</p>