Skill Scanner

[waperboy]

Seems the host 'jdegre.net' does not exist anymore, the program logs an UnknownHostException on startup, and does not work at all after that.

[Leona]

Originally Posted by waperboy

Seems the host 'jdegre.net' does not exist anymore, the program logs an UnknownHostException on startup, and does not work at all after that.

Seems there is an DNS problem at the hosters side, as far as i know jdegre is aware of it and works on it.

[wizzszz]

Originally Posted by waperboy

Seems the host 'jdegre.net' does not exist anymore, the program logs an UnknownHostException on startup, and does not work at all after that.

It's unreachable the whole day, hostname can't be resolved, seems to be a DNS server problem, internic says it's still registered.

   Domain Name: JDEGRE.NET
   Registrar: GKG.NET, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.gkg.net
   Referral URL: http://www.gkg.net
   Name Server: NS3.INTEGRAHOST.COM
   Name Server: NS4.INTEGRAHOST.COM
   Status: clientTransferProhibited
   Updated Date: 05-nov-2007
   Creation Date: 04-nov-2005
   Expiration Date: 04-nov-2008

Integrahost seems to be offline, no nameservers: no DNS

[waperboy]

Guess I'll count my skills another day

[jdegre]

yeah, i promise all my hosting bills are fully paid up...

it's a problem with my provider, their whole network (including DNSs) is down atm. afaik, this is the biggest downtime since i've been with them. let's hope it gets solved soon.

sorry about that, guys.

[Edana]

=/
i cant check my skills
and im in the middle of a test
arf

great little prog btw ^^
maybe you could make it read its files
it would be really nice

edit:
oh and a "entropiatools save"
i had to open the csv in note pad and change all the ; to , and remove the prof part of the file

edit 2:
can i save the screenshots and later use printscren on it?
i was gonna test it myself but it wont work atm XD

[jdegre]

Originally Posted by Edana

=/
i cant check my skills
and im in the middle of a test
arf

(...)

edit 2:
can i save the screenshots and later use printscren on it?
i was gonna test it myself but it wont work atm XD

yes, of course you can do that. if you really need to save a csv snapshot of your skills and professions and, for some reason, the tool is unavailable at that moment, just save the skill screens (in BMP or PNG format, not JPG), and later on you can just use them with the scanner, by PrntScrn'ing them as if you were ingame.

btw, the site seems to be up and running now. hopefully my provider has resolved the problem and let's hope there won't be any more downtimes.

[andyzammy]

i have a tiny bone to pick with the scanner.

why, when the scanner becomes outdated, can you not use it anymore? i don't understand why bringing out a newer version makes the current one i have not work anymore.. its obviously still able to screengrab and use its ocr savvy to note down my skills.

if u make it mandatory to upgrade, may i suggest that you put a link into the proggie itself for me to click on so i can easily have the new version sent to me instead of me going rooting through EF for a link.

hope u don't take offence, its a nifty little tool, but it really.. ah, whats a decent enough expression.. grinds my gears (:P)

[jdegre]

Originally Posted by andyzammy

i have a tiny bone to pick with the scanner.

why, when the scanner becomes outdated, can you not use it anymore? i don't understand why bringing out a newer version makes the current one i have not work anymore.. its obviously still able to screengrab and use its ocr savvy to note down my skills.

if u make it mandatory to upgrade, may i suggest that you put a link into the proggie itself for me to click on so i can easily have the new version sent to me instead of me going rooting through EF for a link.

hope u don't take offence, its a nifty little tool, but it really.. ah, whats a decent enough expression.. grinds my gears (:P)

the main reason is that i don't want people to use dozens of different outdated versions of the program. you should see the number of PMs i get asking for support (both ingame and here in EF), and it is much easier for me if i'm sure that people always use the last version; this is even more important during a beta test phase.

the link to my page was included in one of the latest versions, probably in 0.9; it is displayed in the text area in the bottom part of the application window, so it is not an html hyperlink, but at least you don't have to browse EF looking for the link, just copy&paste into a web browser.

[andyzammy]

Originally Posted by jdegre

the main reason is that i don't want people to use dozens of different outdated versions of the program. you should see the number of PMs i get asking for support (both ingame and here in EF), and it is much easier for me if i'm sure that people always use the last version; this is even more important during a beta test phase.

the link to my page was included in one of the latest versions, probably in 0.9; it is displayed in the text area in the bottom part of the application window, so it is not an html hyperlink, but at least you don't have to browse EF looking for the link, just copy&paste into a web browser.

ah, i can understand that.

i downloaded v0.1 today, looking at it now i can't see the link at all. all i can see in that box you describe is this:

Skill Scanner V0.10 (7-Mar-2008)
Checking latest version...
Ok!
Loading resources...
Done!

could i request a direct link to the download button, like you have of the paypal please, if you have the spare time? in fact, it would probably be better if you made a function to auto-download the newest version as soon as it detects its obsolete automatically, as thats what we'd end up doing next anyway, and it'd be faster.

i'd normally die before i had a proggie on my pc that could do that (bar avg, thats acceptable, fully in background and updates are tiny), but seeing as though this one ceases to work as soon as version++ comes along it makes it easier.