Launch Asherons Call Dark Majesty

Mesaten's Interview
08th June, 2005


Q. What Plugins have you developed and what do they do?
A.
Here they all are:

Infinity - A plug-in that tracks experience and messages, casts spells, and a whole lot more.
Stacker - A plug-in that will quickly stack any items on a list of items. Can also be automated.
Healer - A plug-in that allows you to use healing kits or other healing items on your character with the press of a hotkey.
Recall Helper - A plug-in that draws a HUD on the 3D area of the screen that can be double clicked on to perform command based recalls.


Q. What was/is the 1st Plugin/3rd party Application you programmed?
A.
My first plug-in was Infinity (good thing it's not open source because it's a mess). This beast has gone through 2 code rewrites because it was such a mess.

Q. What inspired you to write it/them?
A. I decided to write Infinity because I needed a project and this gave me a reason to learn Visual Basic.

Q. What was the biggest obstacle you had/have to overcome in writing your Plugins/3rd party Applications?
A.
The biggest obstacle I had to face was finding resources for programming for Decal. I spent a LOT of time searching forums and using trying to find information.

Q. What is your favorite language to program in?
A.
My favorite language by far is C++ since I've had the most practice with it.

Q. How long have you been programming in general/with Decal Applications?
A.
I've been programming for about 6 years now and about 1.5 years with Decal.

Q. Have you felt the overall contribution of the decal programming community has been positive on the game?
A.
I think it has been positive. I have read many e-mails and forum posts from people who say they wouldn't still be playing the game without Decal because there are some aspects of the game that are very tedious, such as making arrows.

Q. What Plugins/3rd party Application other than your own, do you use?
A.
I use the following plugins;
Bandit Sight/2,
DHS (Decal Hotkey System),
Universal Salvaging Tool (UST)
RoboChef

There are a lot of really great plug-ins out there as well, but I'm a minimalist and don't like a lot of plug-ins showing up on my Decal bar (probably why Recall Helper doesn't show up on the bar hehe).

Q. What can we look forward to in upcoming versions of your Plugins/3rd party Applications?
A. Right now I do not have an active account, so I'll only be putting out bug fixes.

Q. Do you still play AC and if so what Server/s do you frequent?
A.
I I'm currently playing World of Warcraft, but when I do play AC, it's on the
Frostfell server.

Q. What is your favorite Plugin/3rd party Application that you have written?
A.
My favorite plug-in that I've written has to be
Stacker. It's a very small, efficient plug-in that only does one thing and does it fairly well.


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