Post by Clausewitz on Aug 5, 2007 2:45:01 GMT
1. ik.woofcats.com is the meat-and-potatoes, so to speak. Run by Jackrats, it contains an espionage database, claims database, island-finder, stores "census data" (fleet strength on individual players), as well as the historical growth data of every island since roughly December due to the island-parser (not sure "parser" is the proper term...).
2. GM. It's run rampant. There are literally scores of GM scripts they've written, and they can all be found in the general forums. Among the most popular:
- A "map" GM that lists the island rulers/alliances/score/distance on the right hand side of the in-game "map" page.
- Automatic census-update scripts that run through each islands' "show" page and uploads that data into the woofcats database.
- "Information manager" that displays times required until resources are acquired for various upgrades, as well as production rates of mines, from the "show" page.
- "Destination save" allows a list of a dozen islands to be "saved" for 1-click coordinate input for frequent raiding targets.
There are many more, but since I have never been tech-savvy, I never dabble with them. I am only vaguely familiar with most, but these four were the most widespread, and I had personally reviewed them to make a verdict on whether or not they violated the rules. On all counts, I simply stated that I did not know the technological aspect enough, and deferred to the judgment of others.
ik.woofcats.com truly is a thing of beauty. Very user-friendly; it has to be if a caveman like me can figure it out. Everything from seeing a nice visual display graph of your score growth over the months, to, as an Admin, being able to sort through oceanic fleet strength and make combat-readiness decisions.
The combination of woofcats and the predominance of GM tools is the reason more than a few otherwise disgruntled players remain with DIGG.
I should be able to make a more complete analysis for comparative purposes once I have a chance to re-familiarize with the Morkin database.
2. GM. It's run rampant. There are literally scores of GM scripts they've written, and they can all be found in the general forums. Among the most popular:
- A "map" GM that lists the island rulers/alliances/score/distance on the right hand side of the in-game "map" page.
- Automatic census-update scripts that run through each islands' "show" page and uploads that data into the woofcats database.
- "Information manager" that displays times required until resources are acquired for various upgrades, as well as production rates of mines, from the "show" page.
- "Destination save" allows a list of a dozen islands to be "saved" for 1-click coordinate input for frequent raiding targets.
There are many more, but since I have never been tech-savvy, I never dabble with them. I am only vaguely familiar with most, but these four were the most widespread, and I had personally reviewed them to make a verdict on whether or not they violated the rules. On all counts, I simply stated that I did not know the technological aspect enough, and deferred to the judgment of others.
ik.woofcats.com truly is a thing of beauty. Very user-friendly; it has to be if a caveman like me can figure it out. Everything from seeing a nice visual display graph of your score growth over the months, to, as an Admin, being able to sort through oceanic fleet strength and make combat-readiness decisions.
The combination of woofcats and the predominance of GM tools is the reason more than a few otherwise disgruntled players remain with DIGG.
I should be able to make a more complete analysis for comparative purposes once I have a chance to re-familiarize with the Morkin database.