Infobar

Hello, not sure we are actually using the same version, But i'm playing with Windower on FFera (private server) and since the last update on Darkstar servers the Infobar plugin shows only Name of the monster and notes, is there a way to fix this or to know which version of infobar I have, thanks

I think mods here doesn't support the private servers.

Infobar doesn't work for me even on the official server, I get only a green text when I traget an npc/mob [NPC/Mob name_Note:].

I read somewhere that we will get a new update but there is no ETA because there is more important stuff to fix/update 1st.

Infobar was my favorite addon since it had information on the monsters level + weakness...now I get nothing. It just says "notes:" and that's it. Is there a database or something I can download to fix this problem? Even an outdated one is better than nothing.

The database and the actual plugin are two separate entities.  I was working on an updated database but have since stopped (it's updated to some of the Adoulin zones) but it doesn't work as long as the dll isn't updated to work properly. 

I'm a little sad too.  It's definitely my favorite of the info plugins/addons.  I'm almost lost without it, having to rely on memory or having to stop to look at the wiki for info every time I zone into something I'm not sure about.   I hope the actual dll gets updated soon.

Well I did find a 2013 database, but as you said, since the .dll is messed up there is nothing to do. Also what is the name of the .dll anyway? All i see is a file marked database.db, and another one marked infobar.ini. Doesn't really matter since I lack the know-how to fix it, but it might help if another person were to come in, and wanted to take a shout at fixing it.

My database was updated in 2014 (September).  You can find that here.

The DLL is infobar.dll and it's in \plugins\     The database is in \plugins\Infobar\

The dll will have to be recompiled to work correctly after all the changes SE has done.  Unfortunately that means you need the source code to do so.  Seeing as how there's only one, maybe two, people who have it (and I'm not one of them) it means we have to wait for them to get around to it.

I think mods here doesn't support the private servers.

its not that thay dont but its not easy to do with the current hook

no to mention windower will only work with one that is up-to date with the live servers anyways

Just came back to the game after ages of being away! I loved loved infobar! It's awesome that you're looking into fixing it, Iyouboushi. Until it's updated, is there any current apps that will work similar? Keep up the great work! I wish I was smart/knowledgeable enough to assist you! 

Until it's updated, is there any current apps that will work similar?

The other FFXI windower program (whose name I won't mention here) has something that works fairly similar to Infobar, though not quite as nice in terms of what all it displays or how it displays it.  But it's coded in LUA meaning it would be much easier to update (as it doesn't need to be compiled to a DLL like Infobar does).  However, I have no idea how hard it would be to convert it over to the way Windower works.  I've never messed with LUA before. And honestly, it might be possible for someone to write a LUA addon that can read the SQLite database from Infobar and just pull the information that's already there (but again, I'm not sure how hard this would be).

Something to look into for anyone who knows anything about LUA, I guess.  Basically I imagine it working like so:  Reading which monster is highlighted on screen -> Get the zone name -> Pull the data from the database that already exists (or code a new one in LUA, like that other addon) -> Output info into information bar like Infobar does.

Just chiming in here to provide some context.

Other than the discontinued Spellcast, InfoBar is the hardest plugin we have to maintain. It makes minimal use of the Windower plugin API and does everything its own way. It even implements its own scripting language using a custom-built interpreter. What happens when we fix all of the other plugins is we make a few minor changes to the plugin API source files, and then we can just recompile all the plugins and they're good to go. With Infobar that doesn't work, and we have to re-implement all of those fixes again for a completely different API that none of us are familiar with. Knowing this, you might be able to understand why none of us really ever want to tackle fixing InfoBar, and it's perpetually put off for later.

So, on to some good news, It should be possible to create an InfoBar clone in pure Lua. LuaCore ships with LuaSQLite3, so accessing the database should be straightforward. It's just a matter of implementing all of the other stuff on top of the database.

I started an infobar addon, but I don't know how to access the database from lua, so some guidelines will be apreciated. I also though about using a lua file as a database, similar to the way the other windower program addon does but it requires a lot of work for just an human being.

Here's the documentation for LuaSQLite3: http://lua.sqlite.or...c/lsqlite3.wiki
 
The one thing you'll need to keep in mind reading the documentation is to use require('sqlite3') instead of require('lsqlite3').

After hours looking at it and trying to get the values from the database, I got nothing clear. :/

I'll try to get something workable for that @Kenshi. I'll post here when I have something.

I ended up writing some code that could pull the sqlite database data and sent it to Kenshi. So the addon is almost finished. I think at this point it's just down to how to actually display some of the information in the bar so that it doesn't eat up a ton of space.

I just wanted to thank Kenshi again for the hard work on writing the addon to emulate the old plugin. Hopefully it will be released soon. It looks awesome and works just as I remember it.

One thing to note though: the Infobar database is still incomplete.  There's still lots of monsters that are missing (mostly from SoA areas) and a few that have mistakes (I saw that Leaping Lizzy isn't marked as a NM for some reason).  I'm probably not going to have the time to get the database fully up to date so hopefully someone else can pick up the mantle and finish it.  But the new addon works with the old database so at least we're not starting from scratch.

Any update on this?

Sucks that such a useful addon was abandoned. Would have been nice to at least have the "mostly-finished" version, even if the database if incorrect for some mobs. Something is better then nothing.

I definitely miss this addon as well. If there is any grunt work needed to get it back up and running, I'd be more than happy to help.