ShotCounter - Most Useless BZFlag Project Ever
ShotCounter - Most Useless BZFlag Project Ever
ShotCounter is my latest project which counts your shots on certain servers and sends the data over to a web server, which parses that data and creates a signature image with your recorded shots.
It is beta... written in PHP with the use of BZFlag_Info (PHP version by AAA) and FFDB (Flat File Database, my own creation).
I plan to make it open-source so that other people may run their own ShotCounter bot on servers that aren't already monitored. However, this may take a while, as I have to make sure that there should only be one bot per server.
Currently hosted by Tanner at: http://labs.tssoftware.net/shotcounter/
It is beta... written in PHP with the use of BZFlag_Info (PHP version by AAA) and FFDB (Flat File Database, my own creation).
I plan to make it open-source so that other people may run their own ShotCounter bot on servers that aren't already monitored. However, this may take a while, as I have to make sure that there should only be one bot per server.
Currently hosted by Tanner at: http://labs.tssoftware.net/shotcounter/
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Possible. I was thinking about that when I wrote the bot... there's an unused function called when someone makes a kill. Which means it's probably only possible to get a hit/kill ratio.TangenT wrote:You should make it track your hit/fired ratio. Kind of like pressing the Home key.
A userber sized affair?Spazzy McGee wrote:I think it could be really popular, if you make little signatures that people can just add underneath thier own, like a userber sized affair.
Yes, I forgot about that...Tanner wrote:Oi! I made the little signature background image.
Except for a few things here and there...Tanner wrote:BZFlag_Info is very cool.
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What i mean is, all that information on the sig could be squashed down into maybe a strip big enough for two lines of text. That way people yould just add it to the bottom of the sig without having to delete any current image(s).Theme wrote:A userber sized affair?
My stance is, if you make a smaller version, lots of people are going to use it (including me, probably), but as it is, I doubt you'll get much use.
Don't get me wrong, I love the idea. It's just the image is too big.
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I am open-sourcing it soon... just need to put the finishing touch on a few features and I'm ready to post a link.
It requires a key to submit data, preventing false shots from being reported (assuming keys are given to trustworthy people).
If you plan on running it, you will need PHP 5 and a good reputation.
But I didn't shrink it from 500x100 to 300x60. Shows the 8 flags with the most shots.
But apparently I wasn't thinking when I wrote that...
I *could*. But only if enough of you guys start whining for it.
It requires a key to submit data, preventing false shots from being reported (assuming keys are given to trustworthy people).
If you plan on running it, you will need PHP 5 and a good reputation.
All? There are 46 flags in the game, which makes a total of 47 possible shot types. I can't fit that.Spazzy Mcgee wrote:What i mean is, all that information on the sig could be squashed down into maybe a strip big enough for two lines of text.
But I didn't shrink it from 500x100 to 300x60. Shows the 8 flags with the most shots.
Ahh... no. You could hit a person who has Shield. More hits than kills.Hannibal wrote:Last I checked, a hit/kill ratio would be 1:1, no?
So you could do a fired/kill ratio, but not a hit/fired?
But apparently I wasn't thinking when I wrote that...
I *could*. But only if enough of you guys start whining for it.
On the size:
Could you put percentages on the shots per flag, instead of just the number of shots. That would be easier, I think, to read then just numbers. And anything below say, 5% of all the shots would be lumped into a 'other' category. Or just left off altogether.
On Ratio:
I thought of the SH deal the minute I closed Firefox. I hoped nobody would notice...
Could you put percentages on the shots per flag, instead of just the number of shots. That would be easier, I think, to read then just numbers. And anything below say, 5% of all the shots would be lumped into a 'other' category. Or just left off altogether.
On Ratio:
I thought of the SH deal the minute I closed Firefox. I hoped nobody would notice...
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The image in use now is pretty small, it's not exactly overbearing.
I would have to say that the text could be a lot smaller though.
I don't have great eyesight but I can read size 7 Verdana.
I should think 9pt Verdana is much smaller than the text used currently, and would allow either more info on the same image, or the same info on a smaller image.
Perhaps you could give people that choice?
I would have to say that the text could be a lot smaller though.
I don't have great eyesight but I can read size 7 Verdana.
I should think 9pt Verdana is much smaller than the text used currently, and would allow either more info on the same image, or the same info on a smaller image.
Perhaps you could give people that choice?
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Why is it useless???
I think its a very good idea
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Scrollable images? Dream on.Da Best wrote:You could make it scrollable? then you technically could do it ?
I don't know, GD has some weird font settings... it's currently set to "4" and the outer text is "3".CannonBallGuy wrote:The image in use now is pretty small, it's not exactly overbearing.
I would have to say that the text could be a lot smaller though.
I don't have great eyesight but I can read size 7 Verdana.
I should think 9pt Verdana is much smaller than the text used currently, and would allow either more info on the same image, or the same info on a smaller image.
Perhaps you could give people that choice?
As Tanner said, "its not useless, its just not interesting to some people".1st Consul wrote:Why is it useless???
But as I think, "what the heck are you gonna do knowing that you've fired <x> shots".
Have you actually clicked the link and looked at what's on the page?Da Best wrote:BTW, What Servers are being monitored ATM?
Right above "All Users" is "Watched Servers", along with each server that's being monitored and the bot that is monitoring, as well as the amount of time since that bot has last reported.
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It's updated whenever ShotCounter receives data on you (I believe that each ShotCounter server bot reports every 30 or 60 seconds).anti-spam wrote:i have a question theme, sense you put it in you sig, would it be updated every time you shot
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