What is it?
The
submitter is a javascript file that runs in Firefox's Greasemonkey plugin. On each pageload it submits the information from the page to the Duke's unified storage.
How do i run it?
First of all, browser in which you play Urban Dead has to be Firefox. I recommend using the
latest version. Then you need to have the
Greasemonkey extension installed. Then you just click on it's
link to install the submitter script.
What is the purpose?
The most important and useful purpose right now is submitting the locations of barricaded buildings in Borehamwood. The city is ghostish and finding those last remnants of the infested lanscape hiding behind their makeshift shelters is for high importance. The 'cades info gathered by submitter can be viewed in the map.
What are the "privacy settings" for?
Being initially created for the small group of the rotten hunters, the tool has a design feature of hiding the gathered reports from the publicity so that survivors that could theoretically take a look at it would not get a heads up on our plans. So the drilldown of the privacy levels is "public" - "group" - "private". You need to have at least "group" priviledges to see info submitted with "group" setting and "private" users see even stuff submitted as "private".
How do i actually use these settings?
In the top-right corener of the game, where the tool inject's it's "graphical inteface" click on
settings to have the panel with them slide down (click on
settings again to close it). There you can change the default privacy setting that will be applied to later submits and switch the setting of the current submit.
Just tell me what should i set it to?
If you're a public user, just leave it on public. If you're a member of the group - set default to the group. If you are suspicious that there is a spy in the group - set default setting to private.
Will there be more features?
Yeah, i'll continue to work on them as time goes. Next big thing is the notice of the closest 'caded building in "5N-12W" format right in the game. And also you will be able to get an iwitness-like screenshot of your submit.
How do i keep the script up to date then?
Sometimes i make changes to the front-end or back-end of the script. If there is a new version available - you should get a sentence about it with a link in the submit panel. Just click that link and the newer version will get installed.
Where's the map?
here
Do i need to run it in Firefox?
No, any browser except the IE6-7 is fully supprted for it. If you use IE6 you should look into upgrading it, because it's a sad browser, really. If you think you have problems and browser is supported - mail me your bug report.
What tools are there?
By clicking on the
tools word that hangs in the top-right corner you open up the toolbox. The basic tools are positioning on coordinates and searching for location. Also you can switch the map to the "eagle mode" - the top-view without location names and in there color-code the buildings-blocks and open blocks. There is also authentication as
(auth) and
advanced tools that are available after the authentication.
How to use the positioning?
Enter the numbers in two edit-boxes and click the
"center" link right to them. Or just hit
Enter on the keyboard. The map will scroll to that block and blink it with yellow highlighting.
How to find a location?
Enter part of the location name in the long edit box that has
find next to it and hit
Enter on keyboard or that
find link itself. Note that the name is case-sensitive! (this might change in future). Then you'll get a box with the first 10 locations that have the string you entered. By clicking on them you position the map on said location.
The eagle view is awesome!
I know, right. I expect you shouldn't have any problems with understanding how to enable and disable it? Just a checkbox.
How do i get login information?
If you are a member of the group - you should already have it or know how to get it. If you are a public user - you can mail me to get a personal name/code pair or use the public ones posted online.
How to use the current cades advanced tool?
Click on the tool name and a box of currently caded locations will slide down. They are separated by the region. Click on the location name to scroll the map to it (it works just like positioning to it's coordinates). You can also see it's current reported status (hover that white abbreviation to see what it means in a tooltip), who and how long ago last submitted it (time is in "hours ago").
Where is this info from?
Everything that is gathered by the submitter.
Will the more features?
Oh, yes, a lot of stuff in the work, although i don't have a lot of time to spare.
The map is very nifty.
It is! I make a good use of the
jQuery library here. Thanks to those guys.