vindalfur

I'll have the transparency available as a setting in the next version.

vindalfur

Just released version 1.0.8

Mostly version 1.0.8 just fixes bugs and issues found in previous releases, including popup error messages, missing Turbine plugin files when first plugin installed, issues with combat status in LUA plugin, performance and more.

As usual the new version can be downloaded from the same links as before.

If you do have any issues or requests please post them, It's hard to imagine every possible situation and without feedback I won't be able to improve the plugin.

vindalfur

I've just had the opportunity to test this on an XP machine and it's still broken, until further notice It's recommended that users on XP run version 1.0.7

Jarl

Nyctal

Hi, the Plugin works and shows the log values on the G15 LCD, but the UI window shows nothing.

Do you know this issue and maybe a fix for it?

vindalfur

As far as I know the data should always be shown in the LUA plugin window if the plugin is loaded and the C code is running.

The LUA plugin and the C code communicate through a file, the file is located under the PluginData folder in your Lotro folder (My Documents/Lord of the Rings Online), perhaps you can verify that you can see the data in this file ?

If not I'll have to take a deeper look once I get home from work.

Jarl

Nyctal

There is the LotroLCD.plugindata located under "C:\Users\XXX\Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online\PluginData\XXX\[DE-RP] Belegaer\Mimie".

Here is a screenshoot:



OS: Win7 64-Bit

Version 1.05 works fine!

ujaya

Running Windows 7 64 bit. The frame stays blank no matter what I do.

Thraxz

It looks like you're not logging a combat tab. It was my understanding you have to have a combat tab open and logging for this to work.

vindalfur

All runtime issues should be fixed for XP users and 64 bit users and issues fixed regarding file paths.

I've tested on clean XP 32 and Win7 32/64 without issues.

Same download links as before.

Uendilor

I can't get the plugin to populate nor update the G15 screen. I do have the combat window logging to a file, and have verified that the log file is being populated with data. I have found the LoadData.plugindata file touched by the plugin in "<documentpath>/The Lord of the Rings Online/PluginData/<accountname>/AllServers", but this doesn't have anything other than the "touch" entry in it.

I've tried starting the C++ parser both before and after starting the game/plugin, getting the same results either way. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the parser piece, but this didn't help, either.

I'm running Windows XP Profession edition, 32 bit. I'm using the 1.10c version of the plugin.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!

vindalfur

I'm quite baffled as to the reason this could be happening.

Perhaps you can take a look at at your settings for the Logitech LCD Manager, under programs make sure that both checkboxes for LotroLCD are enabled. You can also use the round button just under the LCD screen to toggle between applications. Just so you know the button on the right to the round button resets all stats in LotroLCD and reinitializes it.

Could you also verify that the clock on your machine is "reasonably correct" meaning that at least the newest log file is getting the most recent timestamp, LotroLCD uses the last edited timestamp to determine which log file it should read from.

If you are willing to try it with a debug version I could build you a debug version real quick which could help us discover the source of the issue.

Jarl

Uendilor

If by "both checkboxes for LotroLCD are enabled" you mean the one on the right and left of the name/status fields, then yes, both are enabled. If you mean there should be more than one program entry in this table, I've only got the one.

Would problems with setup of the LCD also make the plugin window stay blank? Looking at the code, I didn't think it would, but I have to concede that my C++ skills are quite rusty.

If you don't mind setting up a debug version, I'd be ecstatic. I saw that your code had commented out sections to provide debug information, unfortunately I don't have a C++ compiler installed at this time, and no access to a recent version of Visual Studio, so I had no easy way to recompile a debug version. Also, given that I've not done any C++ coding/compiling for about 10 years, I figure maybe I'd best leave it to those who already know what they're doing.

BTW, on a similar thought path, I'd like to put a bug in your ear about the concept of having the C++ executable bring up a small status box while running. I know it's written as something that just stays in the background and runs, but having a small, non-obtrusive status window appear would 1) provide an indication it's running, 2) would give you a place to offer information to allow easier debugging (eg, you could have it display whether it found the output file and where, what log file, if any, it was reading, and maybe other basic information), and 3) you could even put a button there to easily shut it down so that people wouldn't have to kill it through the TaskManager, if they're like me and don't like having things like that running when not being used. I'm aware that C++ UI coding can be non-trivial, but this would seem to be something easy and small, no-frills. Or if you just brought up a "DOS-style" command prompt window and output to that, maybe. Just a thought...

Thanks for your help!
-Uen

EDIT: Almost forgot to say THANKS! for creating this... I've not been able to use it yet, but this is exactly what I've been wanting so I can get an idea of what my damage output is. Awesome concept, can't wait to see it in practice.

vindalfur

I meant if both fields were checked, which they seem to be.

The only reason I can think of why nothing would show up in the plugin data file (except for the touch entry) nor the LCD screen would be if the application does not find any combat entries to parse, as to why it does not find any data I'm at a loss.
Perhaps you could look at "C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online" or "C:\Documents And Settings\USERNAME\My Documents\The Lord of the Rings Online" and try moving all the log files out and restarting the LotroLCD app, if it does not find any new log files it should create two dummy log files. Another thing you can do to test if LotroLCD is reading the latest log file would be to try deleting the log file with LotroLCD running, the OS should give you an error and block you from doing that if LotroLCD is using it.

You assume that I know what I'm doing

Here is a debug version of the LotroLCD.exe file, just drop it in the folder alongside the original and it should run without issues.
Any errors or warnings are displayed using a Windows errors/popup style msg, if this does not help solve the issue I'll add debug text output so that you can run from command line and get some idea of what's going on.

http://dallur.com/fileadmin/user_upl...roLCDDebug.zip

EDIT: Just to so you know, the debug version does not automatically search for newer files to parse, instead the check has to be manually triggered by pushing the leftmost LCD control button, the one next to the round one.

Yes!

It's been in my mind for a while to do this, originally when I wrote the app it was intended only as a plugin for the Logitech keyboard and used the Logitech API and samples, the plugins are expected to be controlled through the LCD Manager and I hence I made no other UI.

What I want to do is to put it in the taskbar notification area, I've just got to find a day or two to change the structure of the code and write the necessary bits to do this.

http://code.google.com/p/lotrolcd/issues/detail?id=2

Right now I'm working on adding the full message/timer functionality to the LUA plugin, the next thing on my task list is the Win GUI

Thanks, lets hope you get to see it in action soon

Dyrek

When I start the plugin I get the LOTRO window, but it stays empty.


Running version 1.10c on Win XP sp 3 configured as single user station.

Combatlog file is present and contain current data, but since I have changed MyDocuments location do D:\ (system variable) the file is under:
D:\The Lord of the Rings Online\

Could that be a problem?
Is there anything I can do to make the plugin work? I'd rather not change "MyDocuments" location. Maybe I can set it up manually in the plugin files?

vindalfur

I think I know the cause of the problem, when LotroLCD starts it reads the location of your My Documents folder using a Microsoft library (see CSIDL_PERSONAL). If I remember correctly there is a bug in that MS library which causes problems if you set your My Documents folder directly as a drive letter, aka D:

I think the easiest way to solve this would be for me to change the application so that users can specify their own LOG file directory, like so:
LotroLCD.exe -d "D:\The Lord of the Rings Online" since this would allow you to run regardless of bugs in the library.

I've added this to my todo list, you can track it here:

http://code.google.com/p/lotrolcd/issues/detail?id=33

I'm aiming to release a new version this week with a couple of features that have been requested, I'll add this feature to the next release.