Windower 4 - Discussion and Support

[Byrthnoth]

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timeit = require 'timeit'

function event_addon_command(...)
    command = table.concat({...},' ')
    if command:lower() == 'test' then
        if testmode then
            testmode = false
            table.sort(timearray)
            local basetime = 25
            add_to_chat(8,'------ Delays ------')
            for i,v in ipairs(timearray) do
                add_to_chat(8,tostring(v))
                if v < basetime then
                    basetime = v
                end
            end
            add_to_chat(121,'TP Delay should be set to about: '..basetime-0.4) -- 0.3 seconds longer than necessary.
        else
            testmode = true
            timearray = {}
            add_to_chat(121,'Start shooting as fast as you possibly can.\7 Really try to spam the shit out of it.')
        end
    end
end

function event_load()
--- You edit this ---
    TPdelay = 0.3
    preshot_script = 'preshot.txt'
    midshot_script = 'midshot.txt'
    aftershot_script = 'aftershot.txt'
    
    
--- Don't edit this ---
    autoshot = false
    testmode = false
    failurecount = 0
    radelay = 0.7
    wsdelay = 1.7
    Cancel_delay = 1
    send_command('bind ^d lua i makeshot startshooting')
    send_command('alias ms lua c makeshot')
end

function event_unload()
    send_command('unalias ms')
    send_command('unbind ^d')
end

function event_action(act)
    local player = get_player()
    if player['id'] ~= act['actor_id'] then return end
    
    if act['category'] == 12 and act['param'] == 24931 then
        add_to_chat(121,'Aiming a ranged attack!')
        if file_exists(lua_base_path..'../../scripts/'..midshot_script) then
            send_command('exec '..midshot_script)
        end
        if testmode and ttime then
            timearray[#timearray+1] = ttime:stop()
        end
    elseif act['category'] == 12 and act['param'] == 28787 then
        if autoshot then
            failurecount = failurecount +1
            if failurecount >= 3 then
                autoshot = false
                add_to_chat(5,j..'3 Shot failures. Autoshot Canceled. Control D to restart')
            else
                send_command('wait '..Cancel_delay..';lua i makeshot checktp')
            end
        end
        if file_exists(lua_base_path..'../../scripts/'..aftershot_script) then
            send_command('exec '..aftershot_script)
        end
    elseif act['category'] == 2 then -- Shot Landing
        failurecount = 0
        if autoshot then
            send_command('wait '..TPdelay..';lua i makeshot checktp')
        end
        if testmode then
            ttime = timeit.new()
            ttime:start()
        end
        if file_exists(lua_base_path..'../../scripts/'..aftershot_script) then
            send_command('exec '..aftershot_script)
        end
    elseif act['category'] == 3 then -- WS Landing
        if autoshot then
            add_to_chat(121,'Autoshot resumed!')
            send_command('wait '..(wsdelay+TPdelay)..';lua i makeshot checktp')
        end
    end
end

function startshooting()
    if autoshot then
        autoshot = false
    else
        autoshot = true
        if file_exists(lua_base_path..'../../scripts/'..preshot_script) then
            send_command('exec '..preshot_script)
        end
        send_command('wait '..radelay..';input /ra <t>;')
    end
end

function checktp()
    local player = get_player()
    if player.vitals.tp < 100 and autoshot then
        if file_exists(lua_base_path..'../../scripts/'..preshot_script) then
            send_command('exec '..preshot_script)
        end
        send_command('wait '..radelay..';input /ra <t>')
    elseif player.vitals.tp >= 100 then
        add_to_chat(121,'Autoshot canceled, WS away!')
    end
end

You can try to use this if you want ^

To get it:
* Copy it from above.
* Paste it into windower4/addons/makeshot/makeshot.lua (a folder with a text document that you create)
* Save it.
* Load it in game with //lua l makeshot

To use it:
* Control D to start auto-shooting. It'll stop for you at 100TP. Once you WS, it'll start again.
** You can use control D again to make it pause for JA use or whatever
** This is comparable to auto-attack, but because you can't use JAs while auto-attacking you will have to stop it (with Control-d) when you want to use a JA.
** If you fail to shoot 3 times (movement, target, etc.), it'll automatically shut itself off and you'll have to reactivate it with Control-d

* Put the equip commands for your preshot gear in windower4/scripts/preshot.txt
** Oldschool windower script style
* Same for your midshot gear (midshot.txt)
* Same for your idle gear (if you have any / feel like it, aftershot.txt)
* Unload spellcast

Balloon helped me test it yesterday. I'd like to confirm that it's working with a few more people before I push it out as the new AutoRA.

Unload it with "//lua u makeshot" when you are done. Do not use weaponskills while wearing throwable ammo on other jobs after forgetting to unload this. IF IT CAN BE THROWN, IT WILL BE THROWN.

[Zirael]

Unload it with "//lua u makeshot" when you are done. Do not use weaponskills while wearing throwable ammo on other jobs after forgetting to unload this. IF IT CAN BE THROWN, IT WILL BE THROWN.

You can unload addons with something like this in autoexec:

<register event="(regex)jobchange_[^g][^e][^o]/[^v][^v][^v](/regex)">lua unload MobCompass;</register>
<register event="(regex)jobchange_[^b][^l][^u]/[^v][^v][^v](/regex)">lua unload AzureSets;</register>
<register event="(regex)jobchange_[^p][^u][^p]/[^v][^v][^v](/regex)">lua unload PetSchool;</register>

The above procs if you job change from GEO BLU and PUP respectively.
Unloading stuff if you job change from RNG/COR would look like this:

<register event="(regex)jobchange_[^r][^n][^g]/[^v][^v][^v](/regex)">lua unload MakeShot;</register>
<register event="(regex)jobchange_[^c][^o][^r]/[^v][^v][^v](/regex)">lua unload MakeShot;</register>

Code might be ghetto, but hey, it works.

[Trumpy]

that code for me seems to try and unload them every job change. but the end result is the same i guess. doesnt hurt to try and unload something that isnt loaded already.

[Arcon]

You should really not use AutoExec at all anymore, LuaCore has entirely absorbed it.

You can add this line to makeshot or make your own addon containing nothing but this line:

event_job_change = function(_, job) if job ~= 'Corsair' and job ~= 'Ranger' then send_command('lua u makeshot') end end

[Zirael]

You should really not use AutoExec at all anymore, LuaCore has entirely absorbed it.

You can add this line to makeshot or make your own addon containing nothing but this line:

event_job_change = function(_, job) if job ~= 'Corsair' and job ~= 'Ranger' then send_command('lua u makeshot') end end

Takes time to learn the new language; for now I try to work with what's familiar to me.
Your code example is nice, I already see I can easily reverse it and write something that loads/unloads addons depending on what job I change to/from (namely MobCompass, AzureSets and PetSchool) - I don't like things sitting in memory or on screen if I don't need them.
Maybe Byrth (or anyone, or me in distant future) would consider adding handling addons vs your job to AddonManager? Might be the best place to incomporate this functionality.

[Trumpy]

I love enternity, but It makes it difficult to see what is inside a chest in abyssea (it spams past the item when you peer through the crack), is that something that could be fixed or no? I had it do the same thing to me when i was trying to look at a armor/weapon at the magian moogle. Also one time my game froze when i checked a geomantic reservoir. i had to reboot and i unloaded enternity and i could do the reservoir correctly.

[Arcon]

Takes time to learn the new language; for now I try to work with what's familiar to me.

Of course, and now it's time to learn

AutoExec was massively useful, but it has always been pretty restricted, especially in terms of syntax, because you had to rely on the unreliable Windower command parser. All of the events of AutoExec are available in Lua now, and quite a few more. See this for a full reference.

I love enternity, but It makes it difficult to see what is inside a chest in abyssea (it spams past the item when you peer through the crack), is that something that could be fixed or no? I had it do the same thing to me when i was trying to look at a armor/weapon at the magian moogle. Also one time my game froze when i checked a geomantic reservoir. i had to reboot and i unloaded enternity and i could do the reservoir correctly.

That is known and it has been tried to work around that, but it turns out to not be that simple. It's still a planned addition to Enternity, but for now you'll probably have to unload it when you want to know items that show up in the text.

The Geomantic reservoir bug was noted, although the reason for the crash is unknown. But it was manually added as an exception to Enternity for now, so at least it should not be happening again on that until someone figures out what was happening.

[Saiken]

autora/autora.lua:115: attempt to compare nil with number - no clue what this is insight please? thank you

[chichicha]

Does anyone keep having C++ error and shut your POL ? I was in the middle with Hurkan and happened a few times. End up, to be safe... I played without Windower until the end.

[Uselessaccount2]

Hello everyone. I just downloaded Windower 4 in an attempt to solve my crashing from old windower. The old version works fine, besides the crashing that has started to happen after the most recent version update, but Windower 4 causes extreme lag. I don't even get above 10 FPS. Is there a way to fix this? I'm not sure why that would be happening.

[chichicha]

Hello everyone. I just downloaded Windower 4 in an attempt to solve my crashing from old windower. The old version works fine, besides the crashing that has started to happen after the most recent version update, but Windower 4 causes extreme lag. I don't even get above 10 FPS. Is there a way to fix this? I'm not sure why that would be happening.

Try to check whether you have Super Sampling turn on. It's under Profile -> Edit (bottom left, pencil icon) -> Game

[Raelia]

Sooooo does the Test Server button work or no? I just get an instacrash after the fadeout.

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Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: pol.exe
Application Version: 1.18.13.0
Application Timestamp: 4e3bcddc
Fault Module Name: FFXiMain.dll
Fault Module Version: 3.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 51e7e5f2
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 003a91fc
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

[Martel]

I've been doing shield testing on the test server for the last 6 hours or so. so yeah, it works. I was getting a crash right after plugins loaded. Shortly after, not right when they load. But it stopped after unchecking spellcast.

Also, the test server is really screwed up right now. Spellcast can be loaded after logging in fully, but crashes itself on any action. Receiving a tell would crash all my plugins. Battle mod does nothing. find and findall do nothing.

Most of the rest of the plugins work though

[Raelia]

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Well I just updated an ancient install (last time I was on the test server was like... level 99 TotM weapons introduced), took a few hours.

Checked registry settings and whatnot.

All addons and plugins off...

Could be related to my non-testserver always crashing on /shutdown, plugins unloaded or whatever, because this is a migrated install pushing about six years old now, but the test server files are all separate so that doesn't make any sense...

Nevermind. Crashes regardless of windower. My install must be dicked.

File check: Problems were found in 21742 files.

(Did I just nuke half the folders or something? lol)

Okay and it only spent 30 seconds fixing it. Still crashes. DON'T EVEN CARE NOW. Dumping files from regular folder into it.

[Trumpy]

Did someone fix the shutdown crash? cause the last 4 times i /shutdown i havent crashed at all, which is amazing!

[chichicha]

Microsoft C++ Run time error, crashed.

Does anyone has any idea?

Random Crashed at :
1) Random JA used
2) Random Warp, Item Warp, or Blood Port
3) Random Zoned
4) IDLE for a few hours, then /away or /online command, crashed

With/ Without Windower

[Kohan]

If it's without Windower, we've obviously excluded that as a potential culprit.

I've already made this suggestion in relation to other cases before, but usually, if sudden and new crashes start happening in FFXI, and it isn't due to corrupt DATs, it's assuredly computer-related. To ensure it isn't DAT related, though, you should run a File Check if you haven't already. Beyond that, what changes have you made to your computer since FFXI was working normally? Have you installed new graphics card drivers? Have you installed any other hardware, software, or games? Have you changed your FFXI configuration (e.g., to a higher resolution)?

[Kaces]

I recommend a thorough RAM->HDD->GFX card check in that order. Back when I used to run XI on my XP machine from '04 or so, I ran into such a problem that gave both GFX/HDD errors. At the end of it all though, the culprit was the RAM. I was dumb enough to replace the HDD and GFX back then without considering anything else as errors were found, they were obviously false positives created by the bad RAM though so take caution.

[chichicha]

If it's without Windower, we've obviously excluded that as a potential culprit.

I've already made this suggestion in relation to other cases before, but usually, if sudden and new crashes start happening in FFXI, and it isn't due to corrupt DATs, it's assuredly computer-related. To ensure it isn't DAT related, though, you should run a File Check if you haven't already. Beyond that, what changes have you made to your computer since FFXI was working normally? Have you installed new graphics card drivers? Have you installed any other hardware, software, or games? Have you changed your FFXI configuration (e.g., to a higher resolution)?

I did have graphic driver updated, and bitdefender installed.
I'll uninstalled both to try again.

Thanks for the advise!

[macross]

Why do I keep crashing after logging out mule3 then logging on char 4 every time!