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i make dubious attempts at coding, like the coliseum loot tracker and the coliseum drop guide. find my stuff at https://gremlincache.github.io

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hi hello i'm gremlin, certified lurker, and i made the coliseum tracker for flight rising because i got jealous of firefox users being able to track battles through the devtools

if you're using the tool and run into issues but don't want to make an account on github, feel free to gimme feedback through the feedback form, or i guess now you can also poke me here

also made the coliseum drop guide if you want to check where the best spot for a specific item would be (including sort of depressing time estimates) and a (purely visual) canopy crepe reskin.

some notes on my work can be found here

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Hi! Enemy asker once again. You asked for some suggestions, and I have a single one that might or might not be good.

You have it set up currently, under the overview tab, that you can filter by different stuff (or see it all), and one of these things is "wins" (which currently is only a number). What if you expand that to be more like the other groups? Have it in the "section title" saying battles/wins, with the number right next to it, but then have the enemies under that section. You could potentially have a switch either in settings or in that section for the user to pick whether they want to see an overview or just each battle, and then have a list corresponding to that. For the overview, you could just list the enemies and the number; for each battle, you could have rows with the enemies' names.

I hope this gives a slight idea! Will keep pondering ideas otherwise!

Sorry for the delay in this response, I haven't been online much for the past days ..b

The Wins category in the overview is a good place for it, thank you for that idea!

It also made me realize that viewing all venues & wins returns nothing in the overview tab since that is added to the venue header, and viewing all venues with no headers isn't very clear. I very rarely view anything other than Current Venue, so this was a blindspot for me.

These are just design mockups, so nothing that has been implemented, showing how I imagine "individual enemies" vs "enemy packs" would be recorded (with the caveat that some packs would require two rows to fit unless the window is made very wide).

The middle and rightmost iteration is just trying to resolve the lack of battle information when headers are turned off and viewing All Venues when the Venue Group Mode is set to By Venue. The last comment on the middle iteration refers to just replacing the Mire x999 semi-header with Mire Battles x999 without a collapsible button to hopefully make it clearer where the loot for one venue stops and another begins. If Venue Group Mode is set to Mixed, the Mire Battles x999 would just be a regular entry, alongside the enemy entries.

Let me know if this matches what you're asking for just to make sure I haven't misunderstood the overall idea ..b

[gremlincache]

Hi! I’m the one who asked about tracking enemies! I realised I didn’t explain too well about it when I read your answer… When I meant tracking enemies, I wanted to know how many of each enemies I’ve fought on the fight (like, 2 toridae and 3 whisper in the 2 battles in mire), rather than one enemy only (I don’t really wanna create a quest for all possible enemies in a venue…). I’ve recently found your tool (during last TCC) and I’ve loved it! Made my participation in challenges much easier since I don’t have to stop after each battle and manually write it down myself! TYSM for this amazing tool! I understand not wanting to bloat the tool, so I would understand if you didn’t add it, but I’d really love if you added it <3

I'm glad you find it useful! ..b and yes, I do intend to add enemy history! Sorry if that was unclear from my other answer. I talked about the quest function to clarify what the tool currently can do, even if it is a bit of a workaround.

I currently imagine enemy tracking would either be a separate tab (so, next to the BBCode, Overview and Quest tabs) or a new category in the overview section, that can be split between two types of views:

One view that tracks the packs, so it would show the unique instances of a pack you've fought. It could look something like [Enemy A, Enemy B x2] [Enemy A, Enemy A, Enemy C x1]

One view that instead of packs shows each individual enemy, like [ Enemy A x4], [Enemy B x2 and [Enemy C x1].

Initially, I don't think I'll add a "complete history" of each pack you've fought, in order (such as [Enemy A, Enemy B], [Enemy A, Enemy A, Enemy C], [Enemy A, Enemy B], etc) since it would probably get very long if it doesn't group each repeated group, but let me know if that would be useful and I can take a look at that!

The main thing that takes time for me when it comes to adding features is adjusting the UI and keeping it readable, so if you or anyone reading this ever have any suggestions or opinions on the UI of the tool, please let me know ..b

[gremlincache]

Would you ever consider making the FR Coliseum Tracker also track the enemies you fight? Possibly, too, what enemies and what amount in each fight? Since the tracker already listens (partially? Don't know how much it listens) to what amount enemies and element they are.

Technically you can do this already with the tracker as it is right now- If you set up a quest for a drop from a specific enemy (like a common food drop x999 or however long you want to track encounters for), then the quest tab will count valid battles or encounters depending on your settings. A valid battle/encounter is specifically a source from where the item can drop from, so tracking an item that only drops from 1 enemy also tracks how often you fight that enemy.

But I can add this to a to-do list in addition to the request to track unique props per venue ..b The enemy tracking should be fairly straightforward since that information already exists in every WS message the tracker reads. That is why the elementMap exists in the tool. It connects the numbers in the WS messages with the element it represents.

I'm always a bit afraid of adding too much bloat to the tracker, even if things are hidden until toggled on, so sometimes I end up overthinking the implementation and dragging my feet ''.. But I like getting requests for features, both since it let's me know that the tool is being used, and since I want it to be useful for more people than just me personally ..b

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itemIndex Thundercrack Carnivale

All Thundercrack Carnivale festival chests were added to the Coliseum Tracker at the start of the festival, but I forgot to make a post ''..b

I have also decided to no longer add the festival chests to the Coliseum Drop Guide (whichever venue is best for festival grinding is also best for the festival chests)

Happy Thundercrack!

[gremlincache]

Userscript: Canopy Crepes Reskin

If you want to make crepes without bugs (or meat, or seafood, or grass and mushrooms) you can now do so with my new canopy crepes reskin userscript on GitHub.

Link for clarity

Please note that while this was developed to give an option for those who, for whichever reason, could not play the game with the current ingredients, this is still a userscript, and comes with risks when using it.

It doesn't communicate with the game server (behind the scene the order is still the same, this is purely a visual change on your browser), nor does it play the game for you. The dialogue is hopefully rewritten in such a way that the intended difficulty/playstyle is still intact. This script is not intended to change how the game is played.

I've done my best to replicate the visual style for the new ingredients, but I am not an artist, so there is room for improvement. If you have any feedback, want to help me improve this, or want to report a bug, please let me know either here on tumblr or through GitHub ..b

If you have a severe bug phobia, please wait with using this userscript until it's been tested a bit more - I can't guarantee that everything will be reskinned as it should.

I have also added instructions on how you can use this script as a base if you want to make your own image and dialogue replacements in the readme on GitHub. You are allowed to use the images I made and edit them if you want.

As a disclaimer, I don't have any particular phobias or visuals I dislike, so I have done my best to pick ingredients that fit based on intuition, but I am sorry if some of the ingredients are unsuitable.

hope this is useful for someone ..b

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itemIndex Brightshine Jubilee

All Brightshine Jubilee festival chests have been added to itemIndex for the Coliseum Tracker

The festival chests have also been added to the itemIndex used for the Coliseum Drop Guide

Happy BSJ and new festival cycle!

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itemIndex Greenskeeper Gathering

All Greenskeeper Gathering festival chests have been added to itemIndex for the Coliseum Tracker

The festival chests have also been added to the itemIndex used for the Coliseum Drop Guide

Sorry for the delay, I forgot about it yesterday ..''

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itemIndex Wavecrest Saturnalia

All Wavecrest Saturnalia festival chests have been added to itemIndex for the Coliseum Tracker

The festival chests have also been added to the itemIndex used for the Coliseum Drop Guide

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Recent drops filter

The Coliseum tracker now has a filter for most recent drops. Please note that using this filter mode with large amounts of drops (such as when viewing 'All' venues when many of them have loot information) can cause lag. If you experience this, try using the 'Current Venue' or set the venue filter to be one specific venue, and/or limit the categories of loot being filtered.

This feature should work similarly to "Stack: Newest to Oldest" in the hoard - the most recent loot should always be moved to the top. If you notice any bugs, please let me know ..b

[gremlincache]

i was thinking the second option! tbh the visual jar could still be helpful for catching my eye because half the time i'm running on autopilot while grinding and i hit next before all the loot can load lol

..b I'll get to poking at this, thank you for the suggestion!

[gremlincache]

An update that includes this new sorting method has been pushed to the Beta branch of the GitHub. If you have old data, it will not sort by most recent since the sorting data for recent drops was not created for that data. Please let me know if you notice any errors or weird stuff ..b

[gremlincache]

i was thinking the second option! tbh the visual jar could still be helpful for catching my eye because half the time i'm running on autopilot while grinding and i hit next before all the loot can load lol

..b I'll get to poking at this, thank you for the suggestion!

[gremlincache]

is it possible to create an option to sort the loot list in the overview tab by "most recent" in addition to alphabetical? maybe it's something you've already considered but i know i'd find it helpful at least haha

It should be possible ..b With this, do you mean:

First time you ever got the item in a session - item appears at top when first dropped, then stays in that position even if you get more of it later

Most recently dropped in any quantity - item jumps to top every single time it drops, regardless if you already had it or not. This is how I think "Stacks newest to oldest" works in the hoard?

The visuals of the 2nd method might be a bit jarring if used continuously since items would constantly jump to the top, and it could take more performance (which should be fine since it's an optional sort mode, similar to "all venues"), but would presumably be more useful?

I imagine it would work like the amount/name/id options in that you can sort all recent items regardless of category or sort recent items + category.

But either method should be possible ..b Please let me know which one would be most helpful! (Or if I misunderstood and you mean something else)

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2.1.0 update (BETA)

A 2.1.0 update has been released in the beta branch of the Coliseum tracker. I don't plan on keeping this in beta for very long, just enough time to tweak things and make sure it works as intended.

This new update adds:

A new tab for the settings panel containing manual resize and position values for the main panel and the settings panel. This is primarily intended for users who can't use the resize handles and drag handles, such as mobile users. Please use caution if you use this feature as large values could move the window off screen.

New toggle contrast option in the panel tab, giving the icon style for the toggle a background when checked (using the button background + text color)

Moved toggle settings to the panel tab in settings to reduce clutter in the visual settings tab

ETA: Also added a new padding preset in case you prefer less/more padding in the layout

And some bugfixes:

Fix for moving the toggle button registering as a click, which opened the window and caused the toggle button position to not save.

Fix for the font size resetting to default on refresh

Fix for window moving the scrollbar width to the left if the panel was moved and the page refreshed without minimizing the panel

Fix for a bug where changing the column mode would not refresh the UI

[gremlincache]

The 2.1.0 update is now live on the main branch. Please let me know if you run into any issues or unexpected behavior, especially on mobile ..b

[gremlincache]

2.1.0 update (BETA)

A 2.1.0 update has been released in the beta branch of the Coliseum tracker. I don't plan on keeping this in beta for very long, just enough time to tweak things and make sure it works as intended.

This new update adds:

A new tab for the settings panel containing manual resize and position values for the main panel and the settings panel. This is primarily intended for users who can't use the resize handles and drag handles, such as mobile users. Please use caution if you use this feature as large values could move the window off screen.

New toggle contrast option in the panel tab, giving the icon style for the toggle a background when checked (using the button background + text color)

Moved toggle settings to the panel tab in settings to reduce clutter in the visual settings tab

ETA: Also added a new padding preset in case you prefer less/more padding in the layout

And some bugfixes:

Fix for moving the toggle button registering as a click, which opened the window and caused the toggle button position to not save.

Fix for the font size resetting to default on refresh

Fix for window moving the scrollbar width to the left if the panel was moved and the page refreshed without minimizing the panel

Fix for a bug where changing the column mode would not refresh the UI

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Small Update + future Coli tracker 2.0.2 patch

I released a quickfix for an issue where the initial panel size is 0 on a fresh install. This was fixable for PC users with the resize handle, but unfortunately that does not work for mobile users.

Alongside this quickfix I'm also working on new settings where you can type in the panel sizes in pixels, as well as the desired position. This is mainly for mobile users since the drag handles and resize handles might not work as they should (and I introduced the resize option to make the tool better for mobile m(_ _'')m I never thought to test it, I'm sorry)

Not sure when it will be ready for release, but hopefully the quickfix will at least show the window for mobile users.

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Small Coliseum Tracker update

Added enemies back as a type of goal tracking, letting you track encounters with a specific enemy. This used to exist and some of the logic was actually still present.

Important note: there is no validation of the enemy name to make sure it exists, so make sure to copy the name from the game database for the exact match! Some monsters have names that are slightly different from the familiar names.

If it isn't a match the tracker will not track encounters with the enemy.