Weaponsmith Archive

Thread: How do you guys cope w/o swg-craft's recent resources?

brandi51
Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:43 pm
#27


As a new novice weaponsmith i downloaded the JnF tool and i can't figure out how to work it for my life! Could anyone point me in the right direction for a readme, or an article explaining how it's used?



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brandi51
Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:27 am
#28


Well a specific question i might have is...i see the text file, yet when i extract it, then open it, it asks for a specific program to use, so i chose notepad. However, when notepad opened, it was a random (to me) pattern of letters, numbers and symbols. (This document i'm trying to open is titled zlib.dll).


There is also another file which is status.txt, this is in notepad and it doesn't ask me to identify a program, however, when i open it, the only thing in it is "1089057687". Now i'm terribly confused and i need some help badly, anyone who has opened it and understands how to properly run it, your advice is very welcome.



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ArythR
Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:27 am
#29






Ethalsar wrote:




charb wrote:
OMG you ppl r lame, I have one walked for thousands of meters thru desolate wastelands in search of the perfect resource/spawn location. It's kinda sad when its extemely easy now-a-days to use 1.) a shuttle from a player city 2.) a vehicle 3.) the auction tab.

Goodness how you must have suffered, you poor thing. Come on in and have a glass of blue milk, your mind obviously needs regenerating.


Seriously, this is the most ridiculous, patronising attack I have seen on these boards in some time. Just because you were born a martyr doesn't mean that those of us who actually want to enjoy this game should have to go through the same agonies as you.





charb wrote:
It was a nice idea for a site like that, but for people like yourself to ONLY use it to find spawns and NEVER contribute to it by searching on your own is lame and degrades the whole weaponsmith community.



To whom are you referring here? I'm so gobsmacked that eloquence escapes me, so... bite me. I have spent hours contributing to this database, and I personally don't resent anyone who just gets info from it - it's why I put the data there in the first place, and it's why Trokk build the damn thing in the first place too. How in the name of all that's brown and dusty could anything like this 'degrade' the weaponsmith communit? You are such a snob - and I should know, I've a double-barreled surname, was born in the Home Counties and have a posh British accent.


In any case, who the hell are you to judge what degrades the weaponsmith community?


Oh - and you can't use SWGCraft.com to find spawns - you still need to search for the actual resource yourself. It seems as if you haven't used this tool -- so a quick recap... it's a great summary of all the stats of each resource that is recorded on it, and allows weaponsmith, etc, to know when to spend the time and energy on locating and harvesting a given resource and when not to bother. Really, you should try it -- I recommend it.





Redguard wrote:
Doing it the old fashioned way, taking a walk or a ride through the woods to find the stuff you need has been an enjoyable component to the game. I enjoy the challenge and I get to see and experience a few things that I would have missed by staying in the lab.

Fair enough -- you have your own way of playing the game and no sign of looking down on others who chose to play in a slightly different fashion. Enjoy yourself, as will I! In fact, your point bears repeating... people who limit themselves to one style of play only in this game do miss out a whole lot of the richness of this environment. Man, I love this game.





charb wrote:
Seriously, this just shows how incompetent everyone is.



You what?


What was edited from this post, I wonder?


You're taking this all desparately seriously here. It's a GAME, remember? One gets the impression that you're looking down on everyone else from the lofty heights of your assumed superiority... and then one remembers that as fun as this is, this is a geeky Star Wars game and if this is the only sphere of life in which you can convince yourself that you excel over all others, then fine. Enjoy your supposed superiority... may it bring you much happiness. The rest of us will take the game as it comes without having to lord it up over everyone else, and hopefully be able to take a step back every now and then and see this for what it is... a game, a community that exists solely for our enjoyment.


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Message Edited by Ethalsar on 07-26-2004 08:44 AM





I completely agree with all of this. I use the tool because it does make things eaiser, but also because, as much as I love crafting, I would also like to be out looting and having fun with my guildmates. I'd rather not spend 24/7 in my shop crafting.


You can sit here and flame everyone in this community who uses the tool and brag about how much better you are and how incompetent we are, but hey... we make weapons just as good. The tool is made to help. I'm sure if we all wanted to sit down and figure things out the old way, we could.


A shower was invented so you can just turn the water on and jump in and out. If you think warming buckets of water, carrying them and dumping them into a tub is leet because it's the "old way" and you are too stubborn to try something new, or at least accept that other people try new things, then you need to open your eyes and stop insulting other people who are not so stuck up to use something created to help and save time.


A~



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Ethalsar
Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:42 pm
#30


charb wrote:
OMG you ppl r lame, I have one walked for thousands of meters thru desolate wastelands in search of the perfect resource/spawn location. It's kinda sad when its extemely easy now-a-days to use 1.) a shuttle from a player city 2.) a vehicle 3.) the auction tab.


Goodness how you must have suffered, you poor thing. Come on in and have a glass of blue milk, your mind obviously needs regenerating.


Seriously, this is the most ridiculous, patronising attack I have seen on these boards in some time. Just because you were born a martyr doesn't mean that those of us who actually want to enjoy this game should have to go through the same agonies as you.




charb wrote:
It was a nice idea for a site like that, but for people like yourself to ONLY use it to find spawns and NEVER contribute to it by searching on your own is lame and degrades the whole weaponsmith community.


To whom are you referring here? I'm so gobsmacked that eloquence escapes me, so... bite me. I have spent hours contributing to this database, and I personally don't resent anyone who just gets info from it - it's why I put the data there in the first place, and it's why Trokk build the damn thing in the first place too. How in the name of all that's brown and dusty could anything like this 'degrade' the weaponsmith communit? You are such a snob - and I should know, I've a double-barreled surname, was born in the Home Counties and have a posh British accent.


In any case, who the hell are you to judge what degrades the weaponsmith community?


Oh - and you can't use SWGCraft.com to find spawns - you still need to search for the actual resource yourself. It seems as if you haven't used this tool -- so a quick recap... it's a great summary of all the stats of each resource that is recorded on it, and allows weaponsmith, etc, to know when to spend the time and energy on locating and harvesting a given resource and when not to bother. Really, you should try it -- I recommend it.




Redguard wrote:
Doing it the old fashioned way, taking a walk or a ride through the woods to find the stuff you need has been an enjoyable component to the game. I enjoy the challenge and I get to see and experience a few things that I would have missed by staying in the lab.


Fair enough -- you have your own way of playing the game and no sign of looking down on others who chose to play in a slightly different fashion. Enjoy yourself, as will I! In fact, your point bears repeating... people who limit themselves to one style of play only in this game do miss out a whole lot of the richness of this environment. Man, I love this game.





charb wrote:
Seriously, this just shows how incompetent everyone is.


You what?


What was edited from this post, I wonder?


You're taking this all desparately seriously here. It's a GAME, remember? One gets the impression that you're looking down on everyone else from the lofty heights of your assumed superiority... and then one remembers that as fun as this is, this is a geeky Star Wars game and if this is the only sphere of life in which you can convince yourself that you excel over all others, then fine. Enjoy your supposed superiority... may it bring you much happiness. The rest of us will take the game as it comes without having to lord it up over everyone else, and hopefully be able to take a step back every now and then and see this for what it is... a game, a community that exists solely for our enjoyment.


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Message Edited by Ethalsar on 07-26-2004 08:44 AM




Aethal Sar, Weaponsmith. Retired from game - probably missing it already!

Links you may be interested in:
The SWG Links Library; the Doctor hunting list; and a summary of resource stat caps.
Ethalsar
Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:48 pm
#31


brandi51 wrote:
As a new novice weaponsmith i downloaded the JnF tool and i can't figure out how to work it for my life! Could anyone point me in the right direction for a readme, or an article explaining how it's used?


There should have been a Word file that was included in the download - that will have a lot in it. Mind you, it took me a while to work the tool out too (still not sure that I'm using it to its greatest extent!), so if you've any specific questions, I'm sure I or someone else can help.





Aethal Sar, Weaponsmith. Retired from game - probably missing it already!

Links you may be interested in:
The SWG Links Library; the Doctor hunting list; and a summary of resource stat caps.
forceone27
Mon Jul 26, 2004 7:14 pm
#32






Drek_Durshell wrote:

How do you guys cope w/o swg-craft's recent resources?


Anyone know af an alternate site or maybe a forum that lists recent resources and stats?






I go to "current resources" and I slowly scroll down the list looking for any resources that have "hours" or "minutes" for how long ago they were added. Only takes a couple minutes.



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