In-game objective information overlay

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Posted by: Thuron.5648

Thuron.5648

Hi everyone!

I’ve created a program that allows you to view WvW objective info ‘inside’ your game. Guild Wars 2 Battle Support is an overlay that shows the objective icons you see on your map inside your world: Look towards N camp and you will see a camp icon with the information of the camp, look towards garri and you will see a keep icon with the information of the keep. This includes the supervisor buff timers.

After programming and testing the application on my current server, I think it’s at a state where it’s far enough to be tested by the rest of the Guild Wars 2 community.

Want to try it out yourself? Download the latest version at http://www.gw2battlesupport.com/download

If you have any questions, comments, ideas, bug reports,… let me know on the forums: http://www.gw2battlesupport.com/forum/. Update notes can be found here as well. I’m looking forward to hearing what you think about this application

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Posted by: Fuzzion.2504

Fuzzion.2504

Will this get me banned if i use it?

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Posted by: Thuron.5648

Thuron.5648

Will this get me banned if i use it?

No. There are a lot of websites and overlays that provide the exact same information. This program is just a way of getting the same information neatly integrated into your game.

http://www.gw2battlesupport.com/ – World’s first dynamic WvW Overlay

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Posted by: Vyx.8607

Vyx.8607

So, what’s the advantage of your system over http://wuvoverlay.codeplex.com/ which is the same thing except a whole lot more compact and cleaner?

Meaning no offense, but something with the same capability already exists.

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WvW Community: Forums, Videos, GvG – http://www.gw2wvw.net

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Posted by: Thuron.5648

Thuron.5648

So, what’s the advantage of your system over http://wuvoverlay.codeplex.com/ which is the same thing except a whole lot more compact and cleaner?

Meaning no offense, but something with the same capability already exists.

It’s what you prefer yourself, but I don’t think it can be compared. My application is integrated with Guild Wars 2 in such a way that it shows you the information in the right place as you move around.

EDIT: I’ve added some screens to the initial post that should make the functionalities of the application a bit clearer.

http://www.gw2battlesupport.com/ – World’s first dynamic WvW Overlay

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Posted by: Corbin.2560

Corbin.2560

I downloaded and tested it, seems to work very well. Took a little 30-second video to show what it looks like in-game. It’s not quite like the wuoverlay I think.

http://youtu.be/IQ8SGucxS10

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Posted by: denimdan.8642

denimdan.8642

just installed it as well. works great, and doesn’t inter fear with my game play if i mouse over the icons +1 for you thuron, recommending this to my guildies now

Ranger
Storm Bluff Isle [EVOH]

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Posted by: cephiroth.6182

cephiroth.6182

Open source or no ty.

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Posted by: Straegen.2938

Straegen.2938

Interesting… might be nice if distance was factored in a bit so the further away an objective is the smaller the icon would show. Minor suggestion at best though.

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Posted by: Thuron.5648

Thuron.5648

Interesting… might be nice if distance was factored in a bit so the further away an objective is the smaller the icon would show. Minor suggestion at best though.

Right now the opacity does that, but I think I’ll add an option for re-sizing as well. Thanks for the idea

http://www.gw2battlesupport.com/ – World’s first dynamic WvW Overlay

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Posted by: Thuron.5648

Thuron.5648

Looking at the feedback I’ve been getting, it looks like there are no serious issues that stand in the way of Guild Wars 2 Battle Support’s release. I have at least one more beta patch which will be pushed in a day or two, after that it depends on the test results whether the beta is over or not. Thanks for the support everyone

http://www.gw2battlesupport.com/ – World’s first dynamic WvW Overlay

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Posted by: Mitycondria.7052

Mitycondria.7052

The overlay is working really well. As one of the beta testers i can only say that the software became a must use for me.

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Posted by: Moloch.8013

Moloch.8013

i find it very usefull, it’s very well done.
i’d like to be able to set custom names for the objectives, using the same names i use to call them.

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Posted by: Thuron.5648

Thuron.5648

i find it very usefull, it’s very well done.
i’d like to be able to set custom names for the objectives, using the same names i use to call them.

I’m working on an option that makes it possible to use the original in-game names as well as the cardinals that are currently displayed, but if there are solid reasons to make them user-definable as well I would definitely consider it. If you have any more ideas you can always let me know on the forums: http://www.gw2battlesupport.com/forum/ (no registration needed)

http://www.gw2battlesupport.com/ – World’s first dynamic WvW Overlay

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Posted by: Anen.1742

Anen.1742

Why no source code?

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Posted by: nirvana.8245

nirvana.8245

Will this get me banned if i use it?

No. There are a lot of websites and overlays that provide the exact same information. This program is just a way of getting the same information neatly integrated into your game.

Is there any way we can get an official response on that. To me it just looks way too much like an ESP hack. But if I definitely won’t be banned for using it then I definitely want to use it because it will quite frankly be very useful.

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Posted by: Anen.1742

Anen.1742

Will this get me banned if i use it?

No. There are a lot of websites and overlays that provide the exact same information. This program is just a way of getting the same information neatly integrated into your game.

Is there any way we can get an official response on that. To me it just looks way too much like an ESP hack. But if I definitely won’t be banned for using it then I definitely want to use it because it will quite frankly be very useful.

From our perspective, having an overlay is just a different way of presenting content. We are not currently banning players simply for using overlays, and have no plans to do so.

In-game objective information overlay

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Posted by: Thuron.5648

Thuron.5648

Will this get me banned if i use it?

No. There are a lot of websites and overlays that provide the exact same information. This program is just a way of getting the same information neatly integrated into your game.

Is there any way we can get an official response on that. To me it just looks way too much like an ESP hack. But if I definitely won’t be banned for using it then I definitely want to use it because it will quite frankly be very useful.

From our perspective, having an overlay is just a different way of presenting content. We are not currently banning players simply for using overlays, and have no plans to do so.

Thank you Anen! nirvana: I hope this answers your question, if not, let me know!

http://www.gw2battlesupport.com/ – World’s first dynamic WvW Overlay

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Posted by: Thuron.5648

Thuron.5648

Release coming up! More info on the forums: http://www.gw2battlesupport.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9

http://www.gw2battlesupport.com/ – World’s first dynamic WvW Overlay

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