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Item Editor Suggestion

Ok, so I have an idea for a large revamp on the single item edit portion of GeorgeS' Item Editor. I hope you don't have a problem with me making this suggestion. I think your tools are all amazing. I was trying to think of a way to improve the editing of single items, and this is what I came up with to replace the window that opens with you click the "Edit Item" button:

http://stormhavenserver.com/download...tem_Editor.jpg

I know it would mean a complete rewrite of that part of the tool. And I am sure that would take a while. The way it works now is good, but I think it would be a bit better if it was setup where you could view all of the information on an item at once. The screen is very packed (I made this in photoshop quickly), but it gets all of the information in there. I think it would look much better if the fields were all aligned on the right side of each column. I also think that slightly changing the font color for each section would help with breaking it up a bit to be easier to read and find what you are looking for.

I did a complete organization of the item fields so that they are all grouped into sections relating together (as apposed to having them placed randomly).

Here is the organized list of every field in the Items table with notes:

Code:

Name - (Field Name) #Mousover Notes %%Pull Down Select Option    //If Name is the same as Field Name, then there are no Parenthesis



Item Name - (Name)



Item ID - (id)          



Item Lore - (lore) #Lore Description of the item        

Lore Group - (loregroup) #0 = not lore, -1 = lore, 1 = Epic Lore %%Dropdown to select: Lore, Not Lore, Epic Lore

Artifact - (artifactflag) #0 = no, 1 = yes %%Dropdown to select: Yes, No                 

No Drop - (nodrop) #0 = yes, 1 = no %%Dropdown to select: Yes, No         

No Rent - (norent) #255 = Rentable, 0 = No Rent %%Dropdown to select: Yes, No 

Attuneable - (attuneable) #0 = no, 1 = yes %%Dropdown to select: Yes, No 

Magic - (magic) #0 = no, 1 = yes %%Dropdown to select: Yes, No 

Tradeskill Item - (tradeskills) #1 = Yes, 0 = No - Displays "This item is used in tradeskills" %%Dropdown to select: Yes, No 



Recommended Level - (reclevel) #0 for none

Recommended Skill - (recskill) #0 for none        

Required Level - (reqlevel) #0 for none



Classes - (classes) #0 - 16  %%Check Boxes to Select Classes - Optional "Select All" box        

Races - (races) %%Check Boxes to Select Races - Optional "Select All" box

Deity - (deity)        %%Check Boxes to Select Dieties - All Enabled By default (0)

Slots - (slots) %%Check Boxes to Select Slots



Armor Class - (ac) 



STR - (astr) #Strength, -127 - 127        

AGI - (aagi) #Agility, -127 - 127                

DEX - (adex) #Dexterity, -127 - 127        

STA - (asta) #Stamina, -127 - 127

INT - (aint) #Intelligence, -127 - 127

WIS - (awis) #Wisdom, -127 - 127

CHA - (acha) #Charisma, -127 - 127



Magic Resist - (mr) 

Fire Resist - (fr)

Cold Resist - (cr) 

Disease Resist - (dr) 

Poison Resist - (pr) 



Hit Points - (hp)         

Hit Point Regen - (regen) 

Mana - (mana)         

Mana Regen - (manaregen)         

Endurance - (endur)         

Endurance Regen - (enduranceregen)         



Attack - (attack)         

Haste - (haste) 

Damage Shield - (damageshield) 



Damage - (damage)         

Delay - (delay) 

Range - (range)         



Extra Skill Damage - (extradmgskill) #List Found Here: http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=SkillList        %%Dropdown to select Skill Type

Extra Damage Amount - (extradmgamt) 



Elemental Damage Type - (elemdmgtype) #0 = None, 1 = Magic, 2 = Fire, 3 = Cold, 4 = Poison, 5 = Disease %%Dropdown to select: None, Magic, Fire, Cold, Poison, Disease        

Elemental Damage Amount - (elemdmgamt)         



Bane Damage Body Type - (banedmgbody) #List Found Here: http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=BodyTypList %%Dropdown to select Body Type 

Bane Damage Amount - (banedmgamt) 

Bane Damage Race - (banedmgrace) #List Found Here: http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=RaceLists %%Dropdown to select Race                 

Bane Damage Race Amount - (banedmgraceamt)         



Skill Modifier Type - (skillmodtype) #List Found Here: http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=SkillList %%Dropdown to select Skill Type        

Skill Modifier Value - (skillmodvalue) 



Bard Skill Modifier Type - (bardtype) #12 = Brass Instruments, 41 = Sing, 49 = Stringed Instruments, 54 = Wind Instruments, 70 = Percussion Instruments %%Dropdown to select Bard Skill Type        

Bard Skill Modifier Value - (bardvalue) 



Accuracy - (accuracy) 

Avoidance - (avoidance)         

DoT Shielding - (dotshielding)         

Shielding - (shielding) 

Spell Shielding - (spellshield) 

Strikethrough - (strikethrough)         

Stun Resistance - (stunresist) 

Combat Effects - (combateffects) 

        

Icon - (icon) #Blank Field with extra "..." button to possibly load GeorgeS Icon Viewer Tool        

ID File - (idfile) #Blank Field with extra "..." button to possibly load GeorgeS Encyclopedia

Item Class - (itemclass) #0 = Common, 1 = Container, 2 = Book        

Item Type - (itemtype) #List Found here: http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=ItemIDReference

Material - (material) #Texture of Armor - 0 = Cloth, 1 = Leather, 2 = Chain, 3 = Plate, 10-16 = Robes, Max is 22

Color - (color) #Use the GeorgeS color Editor for this option        

Size - (size) #0 = Tiny, 1 = Small, 2 = Medium, 3 = Large, 4 = Giant, 5 = Giant too big for containers %%Dropdown to select: Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, Giant, Giant2

Weight - (weight) #10 per 1 stone in weight

Light - (light) 

Stackable - (stackable) #0 = No Stack, 1 = Stackable 

Stack Size - (stacksize) 

Price - (price) 

Sell Rate - (sellrate)         

                

Augment Type - (augtype) #When making an augment this is the type it will fit into

Augment Distiller - (augdistiller) #If this item is an augment, this is the type of Distiller that will remove it from an item safely        

Augment Restrictions - (augrestrict)

        

augslot1type #The Level of Augment that the slot can hold        

augslot1unk #Whether or not a player can see this aug slot (1 = show players, 0 = hide from players)        

augslot2type #The Level of Augment that the slot can hold        

augslot2unk #Whether or not a player can see this aug slot (1 = show players, 0 = hide from players)        

augslot3type #The Level of Augment that the slot can hold        

augslot3unk #Whether or not a player can see this aug slot (1 = show players, 0 = hide from players)        

augslot4type #The Level of Augment that the slot can hold        

augslot4unk #Whether or not a player can see this aug slot (1 = show players, 0 = hide from players)        

augslot5type #The Level of Augment that the slot can hold        

augslot5unk #Whether or not a player can see this aug slot (1 = show players, 0 = hide from players)                



Cast Time Displayed - (casttime) #in milliseconds        

Cast Time Used - (casttime_) #in milliseconds

Recast Delay - (recastdelay) #in seconds        

Recast Type - (recasttype) #-1 = None, 1 - 10 to set.  Sets a global timer for recasting items set to the same type

Maximum Charges - (maxcharges) #-1 for Unlimited



Click Effect - (clickeffect) #-1 for none %%Blank Field with extra "..." button to open a window to select the spell        

Click Type - (clicktype) #1 = clickable from inventory, 4 = must equip, 5 = Rogue Poison        

Click Level - (clicklevel) #Minimum level to use the click cast        

Click Level2 - (clicklevel2) 

                        

Proc Effect - (proceffect) #-1 for none        %%Blank Field with extra "..." button to open a window to select the spell        

Proc Level - (proclevel) #Minimum level for the weapon to Proc

Proc Level2 - (proclevel2) #Level that the proc will reach maximum power. Useful for DD, DoT, Heal effects mostly

Proc Rate - (procrate) #Rate below or above the normal proc rate of a weapon - normal = 0, 50 = %150, -50 = %50

Proc Type - (proctype)          

                 

Worn Effect - (worneffect) #-1 for none        %%Blank Field with extra "..." button to open a window to select the spell        

Worn Effect Level - (wornlevel) #Minimum level for the Worn Effect to work        

Worn Effect Level2 - (wornlevel2) #Level the worn effect will reach maximum effect

Worn Type - (worntype)         



Focus Effect - (focuseffect) #-1 for none %%Blank Field with extra "..." button to open a window to select the spell                

Focus Effect Level - (focuslevel) #Minimum level for the Focus Effect to work        

Focus Level2 - (focuslevel2) #Level the focus effect will reach maximum effect.

Focus Type - (focustype) 

        

Spell Scroll Effect - (scrolleffect) #-1 for none %%Blank Field with extra "..." button to open a window to select the spell        

Spell Scroll Type - (scrolltype) #If this item is a Spell Scroll, This is the Spell ID of the spell it should scribe.                

Scroll Level - (scrolllevel) #Minimum level to Scribe the Spell        

Scroll Level2 - (scrolllevel2) #Leave this at 0



Bag Size - (bagsize) #0 = TINY, 1 = SMALL, 2 = MEDIUM, 3 = LARGE, 4 = GIANT %%Dropdown to select: Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, Giant          

Bag Slots - (bagslots) #Number of slots in the bag

Bag Type - (bagtype) #List can be found on this page: http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=EQEmuDBSchemaitems %%Dropdown to select Bag Type        

Bag Weight Reduction - (bagwr)         



Book - (book) #0=Not Book, 1=Book %%Dropdown to select: Not Book, Book                

Book Type - (booktype)         

Book Filename - (filename) #Corresponds to the "name" field in the books table



Charm File - (charmfile)         

Charm File ID - (charmfileid) 



Firiona Vie No Drop - (fvnodrop) 



Item Source - (source) #Source of the item (Default "CUSTOM" for custom created items)                

Comment - (comment) #Optional item comment



----Everything Below this line was left out of the tool image.  You could probably add a button to open a window showing these misc fields------



minstatus 

ldonprice         

ldontheme         

ldonsold 

pointtype         

nopet         

favor         

guildfavor 

benefitflag 

summonedflag 

questitemflag         

pendingloreflag 

potionbelt         

potionbeltslots         

notransfer        

svcorruption         

purity         

evolvinglevel 

serialized         

verified         

serialization         

updated 

lorefile 



Faction Modifier1 - (factionmod1) #The amount of the faction assigned in factionmod1 to be modified         

Faction Modifier2 - (factionmod2) #The amount of the faction assigned in factionmod2 to be modified

Faction Modifier3 - (factionmod3) #The amount of the faction assigned in factionmod3 to be modified

Faction Modifier4 - (factionmod4) #The amount of the faction assigned in factionmod4 to be modified

Faction Amount1 - (factionamt1) #The faction which factionamt1 will modify        

Faction Amount2 - (factionamt2) #The faction which factionamt2 will modify        

Faction Amount3 - (factionamt3) #The faction which factionamt3 will modify        

Faction Amount4 - (factionamt4) #The faction which factionamt4 will modify        





clickunk5         

clickunk6         

clickunk7 

procunk1         

procunk2         

procunk3         

procunk4         

procunk6         

procunk7 

wornunk1         

wornunk2         

wornunk3         

wornunk4         

wornunk5         

wornunk6         

wornunk7 

focusunk1         

focusunk2         

focusunk3         

focusunk4         

focusunk5         

focusunk6         

focusunk7 

scrollunk1         

scrollunk2         

scrollunk3         

scrollunk4         

scrollunk5         

scrollunk6         

scrollunk7 

augslot1unk2         

augslot2unk2         

augslot3unk2         

augslot4unk2         

augslot5unk2 

unknown002         

unknown003         

unknown005         

unknown007         

unknown018         

unknown019         

unknown020

unknown061 

unknown067         

unknown069

unknown081         

unknown105 

unknown122         

unknown123         

unknown124

unknown128 

unknown133         

UNK012         

UNK013                 

UNK054         

UNK059         

UNK061         

UNK123         

UNK124         

UNK127         

UNK134         

UNK137 

UNK142

UNK147         

UNK152 

UNK157         

UNK033 

UNK014         

UNK038         

UNK060 

UNK098         

UNK109         

UNK120         

UNK121 

UNK131         

UNK132 

UNK193 

UNK129

Also note that I wanted to have Deities listed on the main page, but I ran out of room. They are used rarely enough that they could probably go on the Misc page/window.

Let me know if you have any questions or other suggestions on this. Or, if this is something that you don't want to do for the tool. I understand that this would be a fairly major undertaking, and wouldn't blame you. Like I said, your tool is already great as it is.

This would be pretty cool. I think you could get rid of some of the less used ones though to get rid of the clutter.

well if plan to have everything on one page, don't forget haste and deities. (you could have TABS on the top and swith betwen section which would hold related things)

also, if George goes along with this I would STRONGLY recomend that he does not scrap the current editor view, but rather have an "alternative view" button, so people can swith to which ever form is easier for them to work with

Haste is already on there and I already made a note about deities not being on the main screen.

I do think it would be nice if there was a way to separate some of the sections without making it require too many clicks. The idea is to minimize having to scroll around, open other windows, and the least clicks possible to make changing items as quick as possible.

Most of the fields that are rarely (or never) used could get moved to another page. But, it would be nice to have as many as possible all in 1 screen.

Wow - I must have missed this post. That's a pretty neat way of showing all the necessary fields!

I can do that in an upcomming version, but I will keep the current single edit one alive for now.

You'de be amazed how many bugs I can introduce with fast changes.
I'll see what I can do.

GeorgeS

aya, if you do this- do not scrap the current view - simply make a DIFFIRENT layout button to open alternative window so we chose between the layouts

I briefly mentioned it in the first post, but I wanted to note again that it might be easier to read if the text was colored slightly different for each section (all light so they are easy to read still). Most of the rows contain more than 1 "section" in them, so I figured I would break them down the way I imagine they should be here. Probably the best way to do this would be to alternate between 2 colors back and forth. Maybe white and a light grey or something east to read on your background.

Here is what it might look like:

Code:

Row 1:



Name

Item Name

Item ID

Item Lore        

Lore Group

Artifact                

No Drop

No Rent

Attuneable

Magic

Tradeskill Item

Recommended Level

Recommended Skill        

Required Level

Classes        

Races

Deity

Slots

Armor Class

STR        

AGI                

DEX

STA

INT

WIS

CHA

Magic Resist

Fire Resist

Cold Resist

Disease Resist

Poison Resist



Row 2:



Hit Points        

Hit Point Regen

Mana

Mana Regen

Endurance

Endurance Regen

Attack        

Haste

Damage Shield

Damage        

Delay

Range        

Extra Skill Damage

Extra Damage Amount

Elemental Damage Type

Elemental Damage Amount        

Bane Damage Body Type

Bane Damage Amount

Bane Damage Race                 

Bane Damage Race Amount

Skill Modifier Type

Skill Modifier Value

Bard Skill Modifier Type        

Bard Skill Modifier Value



Row 3:

        

Icon

ID File

Item Class

Item Type

Material

Color

Size

Weight

Light

Stackable

Stack Size

Price

Sell Rate

Bag Size

Bag Slots

Bag Type

Bag Weight Reduction

Book

Book Type

Book Filename

Charm File

Charm File ID

Firiona Vie No Drop

Item Source

Comment



Row 4:        



Cast Time Displayed        

Cast Time Used

Recast Delay        

Recast Type

Maximum Charges

Click Effect

Click Type

Click Level

Click Level2

Proc Effect        

Proc Level

Proc Level2

Proc Rate

Proc Type

Worn Effect        

Worn Effect Level

Worn Effect Level2

Worn Type

Focus Effect

Focus Effect Level

Focus Level2

Focus Type

Spell Scroll Effect        

Spell Scroll Type

Scroll Level

Scroll Level2



Row 5:



Augment Type

Augment Distiller

Augment Restrictions

augslot1type

augslot1unk

augslot2type

augslot2unk

augslot3type

augslot3unk

augslot4type

augslot4unk

augslot5type

augslot5unk



Row 6:



Accuracy

Avoidance

DoT Shielding

Shielding

Spell Shielding

Strikethrough        

Stun Resistance

Combat Effects

You could add other color variations in there too if you wanted to make certain things stand out even more. I think breaking it up by color will make reading it faster, which should make changing it faster.

Also, instead of making another window with all of the misc ones that won't fit on the main page, you could just leave your horizontal scroll bar in there like you have on the normal window in the current editor. The one that has all of the fields listed in it.

Thanks for checking this out and huge thanks for deciding to give it a try! I know you already have a ton of work on your plate and you already do so much for this community. I imagine that getting this working will be a fair amount of work, and I feel bad even asking it of you, but I really do think it will help out the tool's usefulness considerably. Some of the server ops I know still use old tools for item editing even though they use yours for everything else. Hopefully this will make a few people who are reluctant to switch over more willing to give it another shot. I am excited about the changes you have done lately and about this one getting done. I know this will make the it much easier for me to make the custom items I am planning to start working on soon.

I briefly mentioned it in the first post, but I wanted to note again that it might be easier to read if the text was colored slightly different for each section (all light so they are easy to read still). Most of the rows contain more than 1 "section" in them, so I figured I would break them down the way I imagine they should be here. Probably the best way to do this would be to alternate between 2 colors back and forth. Maybe MediumTurquoise and a light grey or something east to read on your background.

Here is what it might look like:

Code:

Row 1:



Name

Item Name

Item ID

Item Lore        

Lore Group

Artifact                

No Drop

No Rent

Attuneable

Magic

Tradeskill Item

Recommended Level

Recommended Skill        

Required Level

Classes        

Races

Deity

Slots

Armor Class

STR        

AGI                

DEX

STA

INT

WIS

CHA

Magic Resist

Fire Resist

Cold Resist

Disease Resist

Poison Resist



Row 2:



Hit Points        

Hit Point Regen

Mana

Mana Regen

Endurance

Endurance Regen

Attack        

Haste

Damage Shield

Damage        

Delay

Range        

Extra Skill Damage

Extra Damage Amount

Elemental Damage Type

Elemental Damage Amount        

Bane Damage Body Type

Bane Damage Amount

Bane Damage Race                 

Bane Damage Race Amount

Skill Modifier Type

Skill Modifier Value

Bard Skill Modifier Type        

Bard Skill Modifier Value



Row 3:

        

Icon

ID File

Item Class

Item Type

Material

Color

Size

Weight

Light

Stackable

Stack Size

Price

Sell Rate

Bag Size

Bag Slots

Bag Type

Bag Weight Reduction

Book

Book Type

Book Filename

Charm File

Charm File ID

Firiona Vie No Drop

Item Source

Comment



Row 4:        



Cast Time Displayed        

Cast Time Used

Recast Delay        

Recast Type

Maximum Charges

Click Effect

Click Type

Click Level

Click Level2

Proc Effect        

Proc Level

Proc Level2

Proc Rate

Proc Type

Worn Effect        

Worn Effect Level

Worn Effect Level2

Worn Type

Focus Effect

Focus Effect Level

Focus Level2

Focus Type

Spell Scroll Effect        

Spell Scroll Type

Scroll Level

Scroll Level2



Row 5:



Augment Type

Augment Distiller

Augment Restrictions

augslot1type

augslot1unk

augslot2type

augslot2unk

augslot3type

augslot3unk

augslot4type

augslot4unk

augslot5type

augslot5unk



Row 6:



Accuracy

Avoidance

DoT Shielding

Shielding

Spell Shielding

Strikethrough        

Stun Resistance

Combat Effects

Alot of space can be saved by using a CheckedListBox
all the classes can be put in one, races in another, deities in another, and actually alot of the YES/NO options can be contained in another.

just my $0.02

The CheckedListBox can also be expanded on enter, and shrunk on leave so that it has more viewable area when it's being used - making it less of a pain to view a large list.

I'm working on a class which does the expand contract stuff - but thanks for the code in the pm.

So far I've managed to place all the fields on a 1024x768 form, and am now working on making it actually work.

GeorgeS

Just an update - the new edit item form is 1/2 done. It reads all item data, and displays the info like trevius' form above. The only thing left is to be able to write the data back to the database.

GeorgeS

I managed to complete about 1/2 of the program edit. So far it will read the items, but save is not begun. So far about 16 hours in and 1/2 way done..

The new edit button is "new edit".

There are likely many issues still with this - and when you consider the complexity of this, I will be spending some time on fixing things.

http://66.159.225.58/eqemu/edit_preview.jpg

The latest version has this included.
GeorgeS

Wow, I knew this would take a while to do, and sorry about the extra work lol. But, HOLY COW THAT LOOKS AWESOME! I will start testing this immediately!

Thanks a million, GeorgeS!