GM Tracking ...

[Alatyami]

Let's shift gears a little bit ... with recent susp/bans I though I might release how I track those GM's. It is a little bit of work, but hey it works.

I have a bot and I stick him in some remote hole in the wall, you'll understand why later. Run the following macro:

sub main
/log
:loop
  /who all GM
  /delay 1m
  /goto :loop
/return

Notice that all this does is start your EQ log and do a /who all GM every minute. Now most are going to say "But Alatyami, GM's can got invis!" Good news is that they have to uninvis to interact with the players.

Now, go get EQCompanion, old school log paser, but hey it still works. Now the reason why you want to go to some hole in the wall is becuase the parser gets kinda slow after the log gets to big. EQC parses out /who lines and gives you nice little tab. Select the hide empty. GM's are the only ones that I have seen with a rank that shows up in a /who. And besides it says their rank is GM-Admin or Guide, etc.

Now, using EQIM, add them as a buddy. If they are online invis or not ... they'll show up.

 

[Mochila]

I used to use the Mq2GmCheck Plug that created an Ini file of what zone it found them in, what time, their name, rank etc. It runs every single second....So it usually gets every GM even when they're logging in. You can leave a comp on for a week and see prolly 50+ GM's coming and going on the server just when you check your Ini file

 

[Mantisknight]

When you say.

If they are online invis or not ... they'll show up.

Do you mean that no matter what GM-Lovestoban is doing in game , be it pretending to be a monster or just invis to a /who he will show up on EQIM buddy list?

 

[Alatyami]

As long as their name is preserved yes, they'll show up. When Guides/GM's do a special event they actually create new characters on their GM/Guide accounts.

 

[Threefeet]

How about posting your list? I mean if you have already done the work, why reinvent it? I can understand doing this to keep it updated or for specific servers but a starting list would be very helpful

 

[Cmnjn]

EQIM works off of channel info though, so if they can disable channels for themselves they wont show up on EQIM either. If you want to check this just load eqim next time you lose channels, you wont be listed.

I will be doing this though, since its always a good thing to have a list of who to watch for.

 

[shadowman33]

How about posting your list? I mean if you have already done the work, why reinvent it? I can understand doing this to keep it updated or for specific servers but a starting list would be very helpful

posting something like that public can almost guarentee ALOT of new gm and admin names coming in the future. Remember, sony reads these boards all the time.

 

[Threefeet]

I was thinking that by the time you have a decent list made up most of the older ones would no longer be correct.......But then I thought about how lazy people can be.....And decided you were right

 

[Mochila]

My main problem is EQIM randomly wipes the saved list clear at times. It seems completely random to me but if anyone else has this problem, and knows how to rectify it...say so

 

[Alatyami]

Check you messenger.xml file there shouldn't be any spaces or extra lines.

 

[Mochila]

Wow....Well wasnt an issue with spaces or extra lines, it was an issue with having multiple eqIM clients on same comp...Must have downloaded them everytime I forgot where I stashed them...Lol...They kept using different Messenger.xml's

Issue resolved.

 

[Acidon]

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[RedDog]

Does MQ2EQIM also show the GMs? Or just the actual EQIM client? Also, what about TEQIM?

 

[Mochila]

TEQIM needs to be updated I dream of an updated Teqim

 

[RedDog]

TEQIM needs to be updated I dream of an updated Teqim

I have fantasies about what an updated TEQIM would be like.

That "import your friend list" feature is such a tease.