Q. What Plugins have you developed and what do they do?
A. Phatlewt: I maintain Phatlewt. I didn’t develop it, but I would like to think my additions have taken it a long way.
Phatlewt is a third party application that takes the .xml output from Imp Inventory and formats it into an easy to read html tradelist.

Here’s an example of Phatlewt at work: http://d-h-o.info/AC/armor.html

Q. What was/is the 1st Plugin/3rd party Application you programmed?
A. I had a rudimentary program that figured out the tapers (years ago when we learned spells that way), but Phatlewt is the only application that was polished enough to release.

Q. What inspired you to write it/them?
A. I love to tinker with things. I really wanted some features added to Phatlewt and the original author, Heart Failure, seemed to have stopped updated it, so I figured out how Phatlewt worked and took over

Q. What was the biggest obstacle you had/have to overcome in writing your Plugins/3rd party Applications?
A. I’m a medical student. I know very little about programming, so I had to figure out the Perl language as went. This was a huge challenge to say the least.

Q. What is your favorite language to program in?
A. I’d have to say Perl because it’s the only one that I know well. Though I’m trying to teach myself VB (something practical!).

Q. How long have you been programming in general/with Decal Applications?
A. I started tinkering around with programming about 7 years ago. Over the past year, I have tried to tinkering around with a decal program, but no success so far.

Q. Have you felt the overall contribution of the decal programming community has been positive on the game?
A. Absolutely! AC is a wonderful game, but it is full of mundane activities. The invention of the auto-buffer and loot ID'er have removed much of this tedium and made the game a much more enjoyable game. In my opinion, the programming (decal) community is largely responsible for the continued success of the game. So, I’d like to thank all the developers that have spent countless hours working for the benefit of our community.

Q. What Plugins/3rd party Application other than your own, do you use?
A. What Plugins/3rd party Application other than your own, do you use?
In the order they appear in my decal bar:
- Bandit Sight/2: A must have.

       BTW check out my profile, Hunters BS/2 Profile (shameless plug).
- Infinity: Mainly as a buffer, HUD, and chat filterer.
- Let There be Light: Awesome in dungeons.
- Deadeye Color System (DCS): A recent addition, probably a keeper.
- MeginJarder: A recent addition. BW’s open database is great.
- Imp Inventory: The ultimate inventory program.

Q. What can we look forward to in upcoming versions of your Plugins/3rd party Applications?
A. Once Imp Inventory get a few updates <nudge Arkayas>, I would love to add new modifiers and Deadeye's colors <poke Arkayas>.

I have some scripts to help with doing the Phatlewts in batches, I have been lazy, but this is pretty much ready to release.

Also on the back burner is completely rewriting the way it sorts items, so that when
Turbine adds a new item with a funky name I will not have to release a new version.

Q. Do you still play AC and if so what Server/s do you frequent?
A. I play fairly activity on FrostFell.
Look me up on Archmage Hunter or Deadra Hunter.

Q. What is your favorite Plugin/3rd party Application that you have written?
A. All these questions about writing multiple applications make me feel lazy.
Well out of my one 3rd party applications I have written, Phatlewt and it is my favorite.