It is with great sadness that I write this but it seems real life is taking up most of my free time and I feel that I am no longer doing justice to the monthly updates nor the Asheron's Call community.

This is an open call for anyone who would like to take over maintaining the database. The only requirements really are : Time and Accuracy.

The database code is written in .xml but I have always just done the adding/editing in wordpad.


Code:

<location>
<id>9494</id> <-- Increment by one per each new item
<latitude>22.200</latitude> <-- North = -22.000 (22.0n) South = 22.000 (22.0s)
<longitude>6.200</longitude> <-- West = - 6.200 (6.2w) East = 6.200 (6.2e)
<restrictions></restrictions> <-- Portal/Entry/Level restrictions
<name>Taylarn bint Tulani</name> <-- Name of the Npc/Location ect.
<type>NPC</type> <-- Types: NPC, Landmark, Dungeon, Wilderness Portal, Portal Hub, Lifestone, Village, Outpost, Town
<imgsrc></imgsrc> <-- Not Used
<hyperlink></hyperlink> <-- Not Used
<arrival_latitude>0.000</arrival_latitude> <-- Portal Arrival Latitude
<arrival_longitude>0.000</arrival_longitude> <-- Portal Arrival Longitude
<description>Quest(s): Contract: Stone Tablet Collecting.</description> <-- Notes/Info/Related Quests ect.
<date_added>2011-5-25 12:00:00</date_added> <-- Date Added
<last_update>0000-00-00 00:00:00</last_update> <-- Date Modified (If applicable)
<monsters></monsters> <-- Not Used
<dungeon_id></dungeon_id> <-- Used for Dungeons Only (Type /loc in dungeon for ID) See : Here
<retired>N</retired> <-- Location Retired Y/N (Y will hide it from visibility in GoArrow ect)
<settlement></settlement> <-- Y or Blank
<tod_req>0</tod_req> <-- Not Used
</location>

That is the short version of the requirements for updating.


I will try to update as I can via my current links, but my hope is that someone else will update it and bring to the table their own skills and style of doing it.

Thank you all for the support and time put into verifying and reporting errors to me, I hope that will continue for the next maintainer.

 

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Darktorizo, I sent you a PM.

More info to come ...


I should have a new website going in a couple of weeks for the Go Arrow/Dereth Explorer/CoD Database updates.


In the following weeks, new updates will start to be release again. There will be a couple of months to catch up on. And I'm sure there be plenty of corrections and suggestions for you all to keep me in line with, once they are released.


As I understand it, Darktorizo's site will remain up for a while as I come up to speed on mine.


We appreciate the patience with us as this migration happens.

Any Update on a new site Yet?

 

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Silo, check out RoogonII's post here http://vnboards.ign.com/ac_utilities/b5432/115462952/p1/?6 for more recent updates on this.

 

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OOPs! *ahem*


I would like to announce my new website at http://maps.roogon.com where you can find all your GoArrow database file needs.


*ahem*


Sorry about that Silo


Thank you for pointing that out Maglett !!