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A Challenge to Coders: Argent Dawn Writ Calculator

Postby nightfighter » Tue Jul 25, 2006 8:28 am

Looks pritty good. Looking at the numbers, not sure if they calculate out right. I put in a 1 in for Craftsmans Writ: Brightcloth Pants and got:

Runecloth x180
Gold Bar x24
Ironweb Spider Silk x6
Rune Thread x6

in one place and twice that for total. Not sure why it is two time the quantity.

I then went and put 1 in Craftsmans Writ - Flask of Petrification and I got the right numbers in both places.

I am also not sure what the quantity column is for. Is that how many I have to make in one batch? How do you set that? Is this the quantity available already made by people? If so why does it multiply the quantity I enter by the other quantity to see how many need to be made?
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Re: A Challenge to Coders: Argent Dawn Writ Calculator

Postby Rihlsul » Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:14 am

nightfighter wrote:Looks pritty good. Looking at the numbers, not sure if they calculate out right. I put in a 1 in for Craftsmans Writ: Brightcloth Pants and got:

Runecloth x180
Gold Bar x24
Ironweb Spider Silk x6
Rune Thread x6

in one place and twice that for total. Not sure why it is two time the quantity.

I then went and put 1 in Craftsmans Writ - Flask of Petrification and I got the right numbers in both places.


Ah, Brightcloth Pants are one of those buggy professions items. If you search under Tailoring in Made By, I bet you'll find two copies of the recipe. I know I do on mine:
http://www.ironcladgathering.com/roster ... loth+Pants

I'll see if I can cope with that particular foible. I think I had with the subassemblies, maybe just not the top level item.

nightfighter wrote:I am also not sure what the quantity column is for. Is that how many I have to make in one batch? How do you set that? Is this the quantity available already made by people? If so why does it multiply the quantity I enter by the other quantity to see how many need to be made?


A breakdown of the quantities is a good idea and might as well (since I'm touching things) probably put some tooltips in with these:
  • Writ Name - Just the name of the writs you've selected
  • Writ Quantity - how many writs of that type. For example, you might have two "Craftsman's Writ - Runecloth Bag" and want to see the materials for two of them
  • Quantity - Each writ requires an item, for example Brightcloth Pants. The Quantity is how many of that item per writ are needed.
  • Reagents - Per 1 item, how many of each reagent is needed (to give a rough idea of the item's makeup
  • Who can make it - people in the roster with that recipe
  • Raw Materials - the calculator delves 3 levels deep to try to rule out all 'made' items (with special handling for leather) and give a listing of the gatherables


So, in the case of you having, say, 2 writs for Brightcloth Pants, you require 12 (2 writ qty * 6 qty) of them.

There were a lot of questions in there that I'm now sure how to tackle at this late hour, but I hope the explanation above helps.

If there are better column descriptions, I'm open to dialogues on that.
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