Sisca wrote:
Ah, didn't think about the graphics. I was assuming they were pulling them from the feed somehow not storing them "locally". I'm also assuming they're getting the data about what the AA does from the feed but I could be wrong about that as well. If so then yeah a ton of work for you. Like I said it'd be nice to have but there is an option out there for those that need it.
One other idea would be an optional button somewhere on the roster that would allow members to view a character in one of the other viewers. That way the webmaster can set the default to say the internal viewer but if a person wanted to they could look at a specific character in EQ2U. Not sure how to best do that though since adding a button could tend to break the flow of the roster page. Maybe just add it as a link on the actual page from the internal character viewer and not worry about it if the webmaster has it setup to use EQ2U by default.
The alts coming is good news. That's something that really fits in with the guild roster moreso than the individual character stuff like AA's anyway.
AA description can probably be obtained from the data feeds - I assume it's resolvable the same way you can get a complete item description.
I haven't decided yet what I'll do with items Either have them link to a third party site (which might defeat part of the idea of having a completely self-contained local charviewer), or see if I can build my own basic item viewer.
I could easily add links to EQ2Players and EQ2U inside the internal charviewer instead of the main roster, that way it wouldn't overcrowd what is an already crowded roster page.
As for alts, I have a few ideas on paper that I need to investigate, in addition to simply listing them in the charviewer. I'm just not sure how useful it will be. Since the feature is opt-in, I suspect only a minority of people will actually take the time to make their alts visible.