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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
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