Rostermaster

RosterMaster StandAlone v5.1.0 is now available for download.  This is a required update, to accomodate changes SOE did in their data feeds.

Changes since v5.0.0:

• FIXED: Updated data parser to match format changes SOE did to the REST data API on January 31st.
• IMPROVED: When you enable Debug Mode (under Display Settings), if the XML query you send to SOE's server generates an error (for example if something was changed in the data feed structure), the error message generated by SOE's server will be emailed back to me.
  If for some reason you want to use Verbose Errors and don't want the SOE servers to report back query errors to me, this can be edited in includes/urls.php - just set both $identifystring to "".
• IMPROVED: Reduced the time window during which two roster updates might happen at the same time if two visitors hit the site when the local cache is stale.

RosterMaster StandAlone v5.0.0 final has been released.  The highlight of this new major update is that it interfaces with new data feeds provided by SOE.  These new feeds provide a lot more data than the old data feeds did, and they should also be more reliable.  Over 30 different fields are available for you to chose from to customize your roster.  Those fields can be separated on up to 5 separate pages, so you can have a page dedicated to basic character information, and another page dedicated to combat-related attributes such as critical mitigation and resistances.

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Beta 2 is now available, mainly resolving issues for people doing a new installation.

And we're now up to Beta 3 :)

If you are already running Beta 1, simply unpack these new files on top of your current installation.  No changes were made to the database itself.

Changes in 5.0.0 Beta 3 (22-Dec-2011)

• FIXED: Failed to parse the DKP database on roster updates
• FIXED: DKP grouped sorting
• FIXED: Two HTML errors (re-validated HTML markups)
• FIXED: Characters had the wrong "id" stored (truncated integer)

Changes in 5.0.0 Beta 2 (21-Dec-2011)

• IMPROVED: Better database connection testing/reporting
• IMPROVED: Better error handling when failing to initialize the database.
• FIXED: PHP warning when chosing your initial password
• FIXED: Creation of new database would fail
• IMPROVED: Guild ID search will also make use of Curl when available (to work around servers with castrated file_get_contents())

After two weeks of intense work, I am excited to present RosterMaster StandAlone 5.0.0 Beta 1!  This version is definitely the biggest update in years, thanks in big part to SOE making some very detailled data feeds available for guild and roster data.  This new version offers over 30 different fields that can be displayed on your roster, and should update more regularily than their old half-broken XML/CSV feeds.

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Rostermaster Stand Alone v4.5.0 is now available!  Just like its younger sibbling, the two main novelties are the addition of custom fields, and integration with DKP management applications.  This release also integrates a couple of fixes, including some important ones: newer characters might fail being added to the roster as their character ID had grown too large to fit in the database, and all EQ2Players pages being moved to everquest2.com (preventing RMSA from updating).  Therefore this update can be considered as mandatory if you want RMSA to work properly.  Click on "Read more" for the details.

A recent update to the EQ2Players website broke RosterMaster Stand Alone's HTML parser.  Version 4.4.1 is being released with an updated parser to resolve the issue.

Changes in 4.4.1 (6-Apr-2010)

• FIXED: HTML parse error due to an EQ2Players update.

RosterMaster StandAlone v4.4.0 is now available.  This release adds support for the latest Everquest II expansion - Sentinel's Fate.

Changes:

• IMPROVED: Added support for level 81-90.
• IMPROVED: 9th color added for the charts.  Don't forget to update your configuration.
• FIXED: Logged character link of removed members was incorrect.

RosterMaster Stand Alone v4.3.0 is now available.  This update mostly deals with the recently revamped EQ2Players website changes.  This update is mandatory for users of previous versions, as they will not be able to obtain updated data from EQ2Players.

Changes in 4.3.0:

• IMPROVED: Changed char/guild profile links to point to the new EQ2Players pages.
• IMPROVED: Guild Summary info are now parsed from the new EQ2Players HTML page.
• IMPROVED: Path handling in the phpBB auth module should be more robust (phpBB doesn't validate whether paths are configured with or without trailing slashes).
• FIXED: Parse error when updating due to changes to the EQ2Players website.
• NERFED: No longer points to the properly localized EQ2Players profile (EQ2Players no longer relies on the URL path to determine the display language)

The revised version of EQ2Players pushed live today has had some changes that prevented RosterMaster Stand Alone from properly parsing the HTML Guild summary (Average Member Level was changed for AverageMemberLevel on the Guild Summary page).

I have put together a quick hotfix to work around thie issue (by converting this field on-the-fly at parse time).  Download the attached hotfix archive, and unpack it on top of your RMSA 4.2.0 installation, replacing both files with the updated ones.

If you are still using an older version of RMSA, you will have to upgrade to 4.2.0 first, then apply this hotfix on top of it.

This hotfix is still accessing pages from the old version of EQ2Players.  I will try to find some time in the coming weeks to adapt RMSA to parse data from the new version of EQ2Players instead.

RosterMaster Stand Alone v4.2.0 is now available.  This version essentially consists in support for more CMS/forum platforms, and a few display improvements.

Click on "Read more" for the list of changes.