I may not be the “end-all be-all” of VTCL Mastery, but I think I can help those new to VTCL get started. And any VTCL Masters out there are welcome to chime in too.


Goal:

Those new to VTCL submit a detailed description of an item to be looted, and we all work together to hash out a VTCL rule that accomplishes the looting of that item. But not just spoon feeding a exported rule and saying here, use this. I want it to be elaborated why we chose which rule requirements to use, and how we decided what values to have said requirements look for. Hopefully, after only a few different requests, we will have simplified enough of the basics in a manner for everyone else to refer to and derive their own more complicated rules from.


Assumptions:

Those new to VTCL have read through the “Tutorial” (http://www.virindi.net/wiki/index.php/VTClassic_Tutorial) and are simply too overwhelmed to make sense of it all. ?


Help request procedure:

“Quote Reply” my next post in this thread and fill in the blanks as best as you can. Be as detailed on the first essay question as possible.


When choosing a sample item to copy/paste a “/VT PropertyDump” from, don’t worry about the specs of the item, just match the general category/style. (ie: weapons, if you want a uber sword, use a gimpy sword sample not a mace, wand or bow. If you want uber platemail armor, use a gimpy piece of platemail armor not scalemail or slugemail or cov.) To obtain this propertydump, you need to select the sample item and then in Chat, type:

/VT PropertyDump

Press enter. Now you’ll see your chat window get filled up with a lot of info. Select it all and copy/paste it into your request. If you are unable to procure a sample item, we will fall back to the essay question details which will hopefully paint a clear picture of what you’re looking for and maybe I or someone else can procure a sample item.


(Optional) If you have attempted to make your rule, feel free to include it in your request. VTCL has a built-in copy/paste feature in the upper left corner.

Name of requester:


Details of item being looted: (essay question)


Sample “/VT PropertyDump” of a similar item:


Attempted Rule:

Excellent! Thank you! When Decal memlocs get updated I'll post something.

You know after looking at some stuff with the /vt propertydump command I actually figured out how to do the stuff I needed. I knew about the command but it never occured to me that the things it lists are the same things that are in the dropdowns in the classic looter options! This thread was worth it to me for me for making that simple connection in my brain. THANK YOU!

This is an awesome post/idea .. I've been bamboozeled by the rules for a while now and have been trying to pilfer as much from the few sample files available ... will be great to learn how to do this for all my toons from high lvl stuff to mid range ... thanks for doing this .. looking forward to seeing responses :-)

cheers

LoL! well gee wiz! your both welcome, but I haven't done anything yet, somebody needs to post an actual request.

The copy/paste feature really comes in handy when taking rules from one profile and copying them into your own.

For example, you can easily pick rules out of my master.utl here, and add them to yours, like the aetheria rule: http://magtools.codeplex.com/releases/view/78138

When the weapons are consolidated in February, weapon rules will also become much more consolidated, much like bow/caster rules now.

Also, you can use Mag-tools to help test your rules. Virindi tank has built in /vt testitem, but you can also simply right click an item and Mag-tools will spit out its id info with a + in the front of the name if it would be looted according to your currently loaded loot profile.

let me be the one to post probably the dumbest question to be asked in this thread.


once i DL the VT CL html example/starter file which folder does it get moved to?

 

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I've got one for ya. How do I set up a rule in the classic looter to loot "Crystalline Shard" but not "Rare Crystalline Shard"? Is there a way to do an exact name match?