- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
For those of you who have been around long enough to remember, I started this project back sometime around March or April of '05. The project sadly never made it into programming, as I encountered a lot of problems with the programming languages I wanted to use (mainly that I didn't know how to use them).
Then Hurricane Katrina nailed me and I started graduate school and I had to move - a huge sad story graciously reduced down to a single sentence.
So I woke up this past weekend staring at my bookcase and what did I see? My project notes' manilla folder. So I started over. This time I'm using java to process the HCE server logs. This time I already have a considerable amount of code written. This time I'm doing it myself. This time I'll finish it.
So, first, I'd like to apologize to the community for leading you guys on for so long. Now, I'll be making good on it.
The new program will be called 'Kamehameha'. Laugh all you want. There's legitimate history behind the name, not just some Japanese Cartoon. I'll give a brief synopsis of what it will do and how it will work.
Kamehameha will process Halo CE Dedicated Server Logs and compile player statistics for each gametype (except race - sorry guys). Different statistics will be gathered for each gametype, but they will essentially include:
Kills, Deaths, Suicides, Assists, Team Kills, Games Played, Time Played, Score, Time, Kills/Time Played (Deadliness), Kills/Game, Kill/Death Ratio.
As I've said, each player will have a separate table for Slayer, CTF, Oddball, and King.
Kamehameha will not run in realtime. What that means is that stats will only be updated as often as the server administrator runs the program. The program will run server-side, which means that if you don't run a Halo CE server, you won't be able to use it.
It's tough for me to post updates everywhere I go, so here is the link to the official update thread:
http://halomapscouk.proboards50.com/index.cgi?board=hc&ac tion=display&thread=1139116081
You should note that the page won't display unless you register there. I don't mean to be a punk, but those are the rules there, and I'd appreciate it if you'd respect them.
I'll try to repost the big updates here. I know this thread used to be stickied, and I honestly can't remember if the mods unstickied it to reduce clutter, or if they unstickied it when I was blacklisted for awhile, or if I asked them to unsticky it. It doesn't matter - I don't want anyone to argue over it. I won't ask for this thread to be stickied until I have something to release. I think that's only fair.
It is my hope that this will enrich the HCE community and draw more players to HCE who want to get more out of their game.
Your encouragement and support are appreciated.
Peace,
'';aM;'' Inspire