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 Lakshmi.Byrth
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By Lakshmi.Byrth 2015-06-26 04:48:31
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GearSwap works via outgoing action packet injection, and in the last patch SE increased the outgoing action packet size quite a bit (16 bytes -> 28 bytes). Until we figure out what the last 12 bytes are doing, it probably shouldn't be used.

No one is currently in danger because Windower API problems prevented it from injecting packets, but when that is fixed it would become an issue.

As such, I've disabled it by uploading a version that has an unload command on line 131 of gearswap.lua. If you remove that command, it should load and will probably work after the Windower API problems are fixed, but you're risking your account by sending out bad packets. When the new packet structure is understood, someone will upload another version that doesn't have the unload command and everything will go back to working.
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By Cerberus.Tidis 2015-06-26 05:00:29
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Completely understandable and I'm glad you guys take these pre-cautions rather than adopt a "*** it, it'll probably be ok" attitude.

That said an extended period of time without Gearswap is probably going to kill me! ^^
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By Asura.Shiraiyuki 2015-06-26 05:21:31
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Thanks for the heads up.
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By Ragnarok.Camlann 2015-06-26 05:27:27
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So many people in my LSs left paralyzed by no gearswap it seems. Time to take a vacations boys!
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By Cerberus.Tidis 2015-06-26 05:28:41
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Ragnarok.Camlann said: »
So many people in my LSs left paralyzed by no gearswap it seems. Time to take a vacations boys!
Ha I think Avalon was moaning at us for not wanting to do anything with no Gearswap.
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By Bahamut.Seekerstar 2015-06-26 05:33:58
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Cerberus.Tidis said: »
Ragnarok.Camlann said: »
So many people in my LSs left paralyzed by no gearswap it seems. Time to take a vacations boys!
Ha I think Avalon was moaning at us for not wanting to do anything with no Gearswap.

That was what I was doing yesterday.

Maybe I'm not as good as some who use it, but at times like this I'm glad I have 8553 macros that, while slightly cumbersome, work well enough to get the job done.

100 gearsets really isn't enough if you play a lot of jobs...
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By gargurty 2015-06-26 05:38:27
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No lua makes me gimp as hell lol
Time to learn macros ingame till its solved :)
Thanks in advance for all the work you all put in those windower programs.
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By Nyruul 2015-06-26 05:39:27
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Sweet, I have an excuse to put my BRD on vacation.
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By Cerberus.Tidis 2015-06-26 05:41:22
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I suppose I could always level a new job, want to get that level sync RoE done.
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By Odin.Tamoa 2015-06-26 05:42:24
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Thanks a lot for the heads up - and for all the work you all do!
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By Asura.Saevel 2015-06-26 06:04:56
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Thanks for the info, I can't help but think reasons like this is why spellcast should of never been fully discontinued. Back to windower scripts, assuming those still work.
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By Odin.Jassik 2015-06-26 06:10:26
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Asura.Saevel said: »
Thanks for the info, I can't help but think reasons like this is why spellcast should of never been fully discontinued. Back to windower scripts, assuming those still work.

Spellcast wasn't really discontinued, I'm sure you'd be welcome to try and keep up with it's breaking, but the windower guys got sick of having to fix plugins constantly breaking when there has been a replacement for quite a while.

Besides, as far as I'm aware, there's basically one active windower developer right now.
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By Rooks 2015-06-26 06:42:23
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Spellcast was discontinued because it was impossible to keep maintained.

In addition to the usual complications with plugins vs addons (have to recompile them, have to fix them individually vs just fixing luacore), Spellcast in particular was a pain to deal with.

I've taken a couple of pokes at giving Gearswap a Spellcast style mode, where it would just spit out /equip lines instead of doing packet injection, but it's not really built for that and it was never a real concern previously. If this ends up being an ongoing issue maybe I'll dust that off and get it to work.
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By Lakshmi.Byrth 2015-06-26 06:49:38
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If anyone is playing with windower but without GearSwap, I'd appreciate it if you could load this addon:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a7lweujwsxgogzp/action_monitor.lua?dl=0

I logged in to a spare account and played around with the new action packet, but I find the new bytes are always zeroed out. This addon will display a message if the new bytes are used or an unfamiliar action packet is sent. If you see a message, please report the full message to me and tell me what you were doing when you saw it.


As far as I can tell, they just put a bunch of zeros at the end of the old action packet. The live version is still stubbed off with the unload statement (probably for another day, assuming no reports from this addon), but the dev repository just has a longer action packet now.

For the rest of the Windower API problems, Arcon figured out how the target struct changed and fixed it in hook but didn't have time to rebuild plugins. Those will probably be fixed before tonight.

[Edit: Fixed your link, B. --Rooks]
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By Bahamut.Seekerstar 2015-06-26 06:53:23
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Lakshmi.Byrth said: »
If anyone is playing with windower but without GearSwap, I'd appreciate it if you could load this addon:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a7lweujwsx...nitor.lua?dl=0

I logged in to a spare account and played around with the new action packet, but I find the new bytes are always zeroed out. This addon will display a message if the new bytes are used or an unfamiliar action packet is sent. If you see a message, please report the full message to me and tell me what you were doing when you saw it.


As far as I can tell, they just put a bunch of zeros at the end of the old action packet. The live version is still stubbed off with the unload statement (probably for another day, assuming no reports from this addon), but the dev repository just has a longer action packet now.

Call me a moron, but do I need to put this someplace special in my Windower folder for it to work properly? I just want to make sure I'm doing it right so I can pass on accurate info (if any).
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By Rooks 2015-06-26 06:56:11
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The addon system wants a directory and lua named appropriately - for this, you'd make an action_monitor directory in addons, and put that lua in there.

Windower\addons\action_monitor\action_monitor.lua
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By Nyruul 2015-06-26 06:57:19
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Lakshmi.Byrth said: »
If anyone is playing with windower but without GearSwap, I'd appreciate it if you could load this addon:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a7lweujwsx...nitor.lua?dl=0

The link is giving me a 404.
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By Rooks 2015-06-26 06:59:35
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Nyruul said: »
Lakshmi.Byrth said: »
If anyone is playing with windower but without GearSwap, I'd appreciate it if you could load this addon:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a7lweujwsx...nitor.lua?dl=0

The link is giving me a 404.

Fixed.
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By Nyruul 2015-06-26 07:00:30
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Edit: Nvm durped
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By Rooks 2015-06-26 07:01:47
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Nyruul said: »
Idk I'm still getting the error. Maybe it's just me.

I only fixed Byrth's original post. Use that one, not any of the quoted ones.
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By Bahamut.Seekerstar 2015-06-26 07:03:27
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Rooks said: »
The addon system wants a directory and lua named appropriately - for this, you'd make an action_monitor directory in addons, and put that lua in there.

Windower\addons\action_monitor\action_monitor.lua

Thank you sir, I'll put it in there and post if anything funky pops up.

Edit: I'll also let my LS know of the project and direct them here.
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By Esrevatem 2015-06-26 09:00:30
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I don't know if this is important, but everytime I try to talk to a gobbie box goblin I get the following lua error:

action_monitor: Lua runtime error: .../Windower4//addons/action_monitor/action_monitor.lua:22: attempt to call method 'hex' (a nil value)

Same message pops up in the console from the goblin in West Adoulin and the one in Lower Jeuno.
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By Lakshmi.Rooks 2015-06-26 09:02:46
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Esrevatem said: »
I don't know if this is important, but everytime I try to talk to a gobbie box goblin I get the following lua error:

action_monitor: Lua runtime error: .../Windower4//addons/action_monitor/action_monitor.lua:22: attempt to call method 'hex' (a nil value)

Same message pops up in the console from the goblin in West Adoulin and the one in Lower Jeuno.

I'll look into it. Thanks!
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By Ramyrez 2015-06-26 09:05:41
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Ragnarok.Camlann said: »
So many people in my LSs left paralyzed by no gearswap it seems. Time to take a vacations boys!

We used it as an excuse to cancel last night, but it was largely just because we were all pretty beat so we figured...eh. Why not take it easy?
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By Lakshmi.Byrth 2015-06-26 09:05:47
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Hmm... I talked to the goblin in West Adoulin and didn't get a message.
By ithorien 2015-06-26 09:09:25
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After seeing the light, I don't want to live on a planet where Gearswap doesn't work.

Goodbye cruel world.
By ithorien 2015-06-26 09:17:21
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Got a runtime on line 22 when calling method 'hex' with actionmonitor when interacting with the home point in Kamihr; waypoint by MH in West Adoulin; Gobbie in South Sando; Survival Book in North Sando.
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By Esrevatem 2015-06-26 09:33:51
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Esrevatem said: »
I don't know if this is important, but everytime I try to talk to a gobbie box goblin I get the following lua error:

action_monitor: Lua runtime error: .../Windower4//addons/action_monitor/action_monitor.lua:22: attempt to call method 'hex' (a nil value)

Same message pops up in the console from the goblin in West Adoulin and the one in Lower Jeuno.

Ok, it's not just the gobbie box goblins... It seems most NPCs I talk to in West Adoulin are prompting this error. I went around the corner and talked to everyone in mummers coalition, the only ones that DO NOT trigger the error are the Task Delegator, the Civil Registrar, and Peladi Shalmohr who triggers a small CS for me for some quest I ignored. All other mummer NPCs trigger the hex called on a nil value error, as well as the porter moogle, the nearby food merchant, the linkshell NPCs, and the delivery specialist.

Edit: Pagnelle the elf just outside mummers doesn't cause the error, nor does the waypoint. Charutata the Tarutaru outside does cause the error. It seems like "Quest NPCs" are not causing it.
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By Cerberus.Tidis 2015-06-26 10:38:43
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I just about read all that but seriously, use paragraphs.
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