ClickSaver newbie? - Troubleshooting



Hi there!

This is the page for the ClickSaver versions I release. I'm not maintaining it officially, but I guess I'll be doing some work on it once in a while.

In case you're new to it, ClickSaver is a tool for rolling missions automatically according to search criteria specified by the user. You can automatically look for missions that reward with a specific item or one of a list of items you're looking for. You can look for missions in specific areas, or use it for browsing an overview of the missions you get each time you request a mission generation without actually having to peek inside each mission description.

If you're installing it for the first time, download a release package, not a beta. Beta packages only supply a replacement for the main executable.

Currently I'm only testing these versions in windowed mode. Sorry, I've never been a fan of fullscreen mode.

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.3 beta1 (Download here) - 14 Apr 2008

• Options tab: A new AO 'Use/operate target' Key setting is available, with 'E' as default value. You must change this only if you plan to use multiple mission auto-accepting and you have a different key defined in your client F10 / Hot Keys / Actions / Use/operate target setting.
  
• Added blue AO icon to ClickSaver.exe to make it easily recognisable in your desktop.
• Added item attribute tags for more accurate matching. The available tags are <mql=N> <rql=N> <lid=N> <hid=N> for item rewards, and <mql=N> for items to find.

<mql=200> will match the item only if you're rolling QL 200 missions. The item can be matched either as reward or item-to-find.
<rql=200> will match the item only if its QL is 200. This applies only to reward items.
<lid=106955> will match the item only if its low ID is 106955. This applies only to reward items.
<hid=106955> will match the item only if its high ID is 106955. This applies only to reward items.

A few applications, from my personal LastSettings.cs:

// Find pre-made implants with exactly the wanted clusters
// No need to find the basic imp + the clusters + the tradeskiller anymore!
// Match any QL2-200 "Head Implant: Treatment, Shiny" that boost treatment+sense, int required
<hid=106957>
<hid=107267>
<hid=107100>
<hid=107172>
<hid=106992>
<hid=107046>
// Match the QL2-200 "Head Implant: Treatment, Shiny" that boost treatment+sense, agi req
<hid=106955>

// Match the grafts only when rolling QL 200 mishes
<mql=200> Boosted-Graft: Lesser Deflection Shield (Extended)
<mql=200> Boosted-Graft: Playful Cub
<mql=200> Boosted-Graft: Enhanced Senses

// Match items that are best at low QLs, with 1 QL margin
<mql=10> Concrete Cushion
<mql=11> Concrete Cushion
<mql=100> O.E.T. Co. Jess
<mql=101> O.E.T. Co. Jess
<mql=160> Belt Component Platform 6K-X
<mql=161> Belt Component Platform 6K-X

• The Found wanted mission entries in cs-res.log include the item match string that triggered the match, i.e.:

 *** Found wanted mission, QL200 #3
     loc 665: 647.0 1310.8 Broken Shores
     find Super SOL Fire Executioner Type T
 *** item match string: <hid=106957>
 *** reward QL200 Head Implant: Treatment, Shiny (DB Id 106957/106957)

Thanks to Serafix and Dr. Thamar for the feature suggestions, and to Geneticus for the blue AO icon. :)

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.2 (Download here) - 5 Jul 2007

• No changes, just removed the 'beta' version tag after the mandatory test period.

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.2 beta2 - 14 Apr 2007

• Items tab: Added a Buy List (AA) Mode option as an enhancement to multiple mission auto-accepting.

When this option is enabled the items list is treated as a buy list.

If you're auto-accepting missions with Buy List (AA) Mode enabled, every time a mission is auto-accepted for an item, that item is marked as auto-accepted with an (AA) before it, to avoid rolling it a second time.

Organic Armor Boots
Organic Armor Gloves
Organic Armor Helmet
Organic Armor Pants
Organic Armor Sleeves
Organic Armor Sleeves
Organic Body Armor

For instance if you have the above in your list and you run a seven auto-accept roll session, you should end up with seven missions, one for every piece of armor, and the list looking like this:

(AA)Organic Armor Boots
(AA)Organic Armor Gloves
(AA)Organic Armor Helmet
(AA)Organic Armor Pants
(AA)Organic Armor Sleeves
(AA)Organic Armor Sleeves
(AA)Organic Body Armor

So after blitzing the seven missions you end up with a full set of organic armor.

Note that in this case there are two instances of Organic Armor Sleeves because we want to get two sleeves.

Buy list mode in combination with auto-accepting should ease the rolling of item sets, like basic implants and clusters for custom implants, nanocrystals for your chars, armor sets, etc.

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.2 beta1 - 8 Feb 2007

• Adapted the slider setting code to patch 17.1.0 wider sliders.
• Sliders tab: Added a Reset Sliders Now button that undoes the slider settings, for those of you that may find the persisting sliders non-optional feature annoying.

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.1 - 5 Dec 2006

• No changes, just removed the 'beta' version tag after the mandatory test period.

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.1 beta4 - 14 Nov 2006

• Added a Rollability Check button to the "Items" tab, see below.

In this case for instance, selecting the "periodic tech armor" match string and clicking on Rollability Check would take you to this Rollability Facts page.

This button should reveal what you can roll with any item match string and hopefully save you some frustration, like when you try to roll a Deluxe Mausser with the string deluxe mausser and you end up with a mission for Deluxe Mausser Particle Streamer Construction Manual instead. In this case, simply using (and verifying if you want) the match string deluxe mausser -manual would give the intended result.

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.1 beta3 - 5 Nov 2006

• Fixed a problem with the "Set Sliders" function moving the sliders a bit more to the left than they should, especially for the settings 10, 20 30 and 40%. This was affecting mostly the "Easy/Hard" slider and the mission QLs.
• Parsed the item-to-find in 13 previously unparsed find-item/return-item mission types. If you've noticed that ClickSaver sometimes wouldn't show an item in the "Find:" field of a find-item/return-item mission, it's because it couldn't extract the item from the mission description. I'll be adding more unparsed missions types as I discover them.

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.1 beta2 - 5 Oct 2006

• New "Sliders" feature: You can set your character level, view what mission QLs you can roll and set the Easy/Hard slider value by pressing one of the mission QL buttons. Easier to explain in an image:

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.1 beta1 - 5 Sep 2006

• New "Locations" option: All Missions in Same Location. If enabled and you're auto-accepting multiple missions, all missions will be picked in the same location as the first one. Location match must be enabled for this option to work.

Sample output for a match-any-nano, same-location, multi-accept=3 session:

 *** Found wanted mission, QL134 #1
 *** loc 665: 535.6 1482.6 Broken Shores
     find Waist Implant: Chemical AC, Shiny
 *** reward QL139 Nano Crystal (Perfected Shielding Barrier) (DB Id 70590/70590)
 Will roll remaining missions in Broken Shores (450-800,1300-1650)
Done 8/9992 QL134 rolls, 1/2 accepts - Found wanted mission

 *** Found wanted mission, QL134 #1
 *** loc 665: 731.4 1430.5 Broken Shores
     find Flawless Kevlar Armor Sleeves
 *** reward QL143 Nano Crystal (Touch of the Specter) (DB Id 210741/210741)
Done 13/9987 QL134 rolls, 2/1 accepts - Found wanted mission

 *** Found wanted mission, QL134 #1
 *** loc 665: 562.4 1508.2 Broken Shores
 *** find Nano Crystal (Team Skill Wrangler (Superior))
     reward QL134 Layered Large Rider Squibber (DB Id 125338/125339)
Done 18/9982 QL134 rolls, 3/0 accepts - Found wanted mission

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.0 - 29 Aug 2006

• No changes, just removed the 'beta' version tag after the mandatory test period.

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.0 beta5 - 6 Aug 2006

• Fixed: ClickSaver sometimes presented the dialog "The local AO items database is missing or outdated" twice after patching to a new AO version.
• The features Ignore manual rolls and Retry rolling on timeout, introduced as permanent in 2.4.0 beta1, are now available as options with default 'no' values to mimic ClickSaver 2.3.1 behaviour.

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.0 beta4 - 2 Aug 2006

• Added compatibility with AO patch 16.3 (in the test server atm). Thanks to handyengi at HQ forums for noticing the problem before the patch went live.


• If rolling in team, the number of team members is reported as '2T' up to '6T'. This should help revealing 'bugged team' situations, like when you see 6 people in your team but missions only have 5 rewards actually (shown as '5T').


• Fixed a bug dealing with incorrect interpretation of the location list. For instance this location list:

Foo Location (1-2,3-4)
Newland
Andromeda
Milky Way

could've been misinterpreted as:

Foo Location (1-2,3-4)
Newland (1-2,3-4)
Andromeda (1-2,3-4)
Milky Way (1-2,3-4)

... making it impossible to roll anything in the three real locations.

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.0 beta2 - 1 May 2006

• The Go to Kimi's ClickSaver page button in Options tab should work in the newest operating systems, i.e. Windows XP.

Notes to ClickSaver 2.4.0 beta1 - Late April 2006

In order to develop the ClickSaver Rollability Facts page I had to make a new version of ClickSaver that could handle really serious rolling sessions without getting stuck in the "no missions available, please try again later!" message.

While I was working on it, I also added a few enhancements to fit my own rolling needs:

• Ignore manual rolls: The missions from manual rolls are intentionally not logged. This feature is available as an option in 2.4.0 beta5.


• Retry rolling on timeout: If ClickSaver doesn't receive mission data for 7 seconds while the buying agent is running, typically because of the "no missions available, please try again later!" message or because the mouse moves away from the Request Missions button, it will retry. In addition, if Options/Sounds is enabled and the file retry.wav is in the ClickSaver directory, it will play it to announce this event. This feature is available as an option in 2.4.0 beta5.


• If Options/Sounds is enabled and the file roll.wav is in the ClickSaver directory, it will be played every roll.


• Results Log: A file cs-res.log is maintained with a summary of your rolls. In case of a successful match, the mission details are logged, i.e.:

Done 1890/6410 QL141 rolls - AO is not running
Done 1910/4500 QL141 rolls - Stopped by user
Done 400/0 QL249 rolls - Roll limit reached
Done 151/849 QL215 rolls - Stopped by user
 *** Found wanted mission, QL149 #2
     loc 615: 1600.3 2142.4 Southern Fouls Hills
 *** find Nano Crystal (Flawed Warbot)
     reward QL149 Senior Aero Borealis Corona (DB Id 122629/122630)
Done 39/9961 QL141 rolls - Found wanted mission

• New option: Pause/Resume tracking AO focus. If enabled, you don't have to "Stop buying agent" to switch to another application. You just switch to your email program for instance, and when you're done with it switch back to AO. ClickSaver will resume the rolling session.

• Mission auto-accepting. You can edit the # of Mish box near the Start Buying Agent button: Set to 0 (default) for the usual behaviour ; Set to 1 for auto-accepting the first mission that matches your search criteria ; If set to 2 or more, ClickSaver will try to auto-accept that number of missions according to your search criteria. Check the notes below for this case. This feature was half-developed in the source code available at Halorn's site.


• ClickSaver title bar always shows the QL of the missions just rolled, the number of rolls done/remaining and, if you're auto-accepting missions, the number of missions auto-accepted/remaining.

Auto-accepting two or more missions

In order for this to work make sure that:

• Your client Use/Operate target AO option is set to E (default value). You will find this AO option with F10 / HotKeys / Actions. Note: Since v 2.4.3 beta1 if you use a key other than E, you can configure ClickSaver to adapt to it.
• ClickSaver's Sliders values are set according to your preferences.
• The AO Missions dialog is closed.
• You have enough space in your inventory for the mission keys and repair items for the number of missions you want.

With these conditions met:

• Target the individual or team mission terminal.
• Hit Start Buying Agent

Hope it helps! :)

These ClickSaver versions are based on a GPL-less ClickSaver 2.3.1 source downloaded from the official site on 9-March-2006.

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Troubleshooting

Can't make the local database?

Here's a link to a pre-created local database (around 24M zip file, updated 17-Oct-2007 for patch 17.6.2). I'm not updating it after every patch, only after patches that include a certain number of new items or when Funcom decides to change the names or QLs of rollable items.

This should be useful if for whatever reason your system is unable to create the local database, or if it takes less time to download the file than to create it.

AO crash in connection.dll under Windows XP

Some users have reported this problem. Luckily one of them got it fixed and the fix seems to work for others, so there it goes:

The problem is called DEP (buffer underrun protection) in Windows.
To get the clicksaver working, you have to do this:

Log in as administrator. Go to Control Panel/System. Select tab
"advanced/performance/settings". Select Date Execution Prevention tab.
Select turn on DEP for all programs. Then add an exception for
client.exe, locate in AO directory. That's it! You may need to restart
Windows.

Thanks VK! :)

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How to run ClickSaver under Linux

I'm not a Linux user myself, so haven't tried it, but apparently it's feasable to run ClickSaver under Linux. Thanks Surfs! :)

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