Showing Posts For Gil.9346:
The few things:
- the setup gets language from operating system, the client also, but in settings you can change language between german and english
- you can choose installation path by clicking options at the installer. the path is not prefilled though, for which a ticket is already open
- arranging all maps in a full row, 2by2 or as continent view do make maps too small to have all the maps/items visible when sized minimum. we wanted to provide a way to show as many maps possible but not beeing too big as an overlay. when you observe multiple maps you still do not want to sacrify too much space onscreen. we found a three maps view to be a good balance between items/map visibility and minimal client size. we already have a ticket open for a continent view
- that’s a good idea. we never thought of it that way. this focusmode just evolved over time, espacially as i like the client left to my minimap with the map i currently raiding in wvw
- the public demo channel shares all positions from all that try it at the same time. together with the random match it is not usable for playing, but you can still test all options, including voting, leaders, map switching, focusmode and everything else because you share positions. it is to test the client and as we are still in beta, channels are limited
- contacting me for a channel is not complicated, you did it
more feedback options will come in the future. as long we are in beta, channels can only be created by us
i’ll look up gw2wvw.org about what can be displayed additionally. thanks for this tip and the feedback. as you see some of your notes are already addressed
Greetings,
Gil/Comes Mors
Thanks a lot!
Greeting,
Gil/Comes Mors
PS: I sent Heimdall a PM yesterday. There’s also a link for a Beta version of the Overlay for Heimdall and you, just ping him if you can/want
Thank you, just did this
Greetings,
Gil/Comes Mors
Hi,
I’m creating an overlay right now using the API, MumbleLink and my own server.
I have the positions of WvW players on my server sent from the overlay client, doing some kind of grouping and send position information back (not all).
I want to asure noone can get this informations without my overlay client and that the client cannot be compromized to reveal enemy players positions.
Basicly I will use SSL for connection of course, I will also use client obfuscation and an encrypted data format to protect the data connection.
But I also need two more things from the MumbleLink data to verify the sent information and authenticate the user.
First I need the HomeWorldId. The worldId is currently not set when 1) on overflow 2) in WvW. I will ask the user to login to his homeworld when the client starts for the very first time to get the id, but this can be fooled by guesting on another server, switching back, logging into an overflow map and then join WvW via the portals in LA or directly for example. I simple don’t want to look after the worldId and save it to the registry or exclude players that are on a overflow map, so please add the HomeWorldId to the Players identity or make sure the correct worldId is set in WvW. That would be even easier
Second the MumbleLink Data itself can be manipulated by creating a little program, let GW2 run to bypass process check and write the data by yourself. As my overlay client cannot check for the vality of tha data and the game write to MumbleLink only when yours actually on a map this can be used to pretend another worldId and doesn’t even require to hack the overlay client.
So can GW2 include some kind of fingerprint that then can be checked against the API to verify that a player is actually really on a map in game? I think that would be enough to protect the players positions. Correct me if I’m wrong.
These are my basic concerns before I can release a serious overlay application into the wild that hopefully many will use to expand their WvW experience and noone can compromize (I hope).
Please help me with those issues, thank you very much.
Greetings,
Gil/Comes Mors
Elona Reach[DE]
PS: I’m not good at math. Has someone a simple example how to get the direction the player is looking in degrees relative to the north (= 0°, South= 180°) from MumbleLink data (which field)? Cannot search the forum afaik. Thanks!