To everyone who wanted to know if I can make it work with Catacombs: yes, DAOC MapperGUI will render Classic through TOA zones from Catacombs just like it did with the TOA client. Nothing has changed there. However, it will not render dungeon and city zones any better than it ever did, which is to say, not at all. Unfortunately, ALL of the new Catacombs zones are "dungeon" and "city" zones.

I am working on some improvements to DAOC MapperGUI. When I took over maintenance of the program from the original author.... well, as a Python programmer, I'm a great C/C++ coder. It turns out I knew only a little less about Python than the original author of the GUI interface--there's a lot that can be improved using really nifty Python features I knew nothing about before, but have been learning about from studying the code of Python coders who know what they are doing. Coders like Kort of Kort's Spellcraft Calculator fame.

Here's what I have in mind:


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I don't keep this journal up very well.. I'm not sure LiveJournal suits me. Dreamhost now offers a blogging program I can integrate with my own website, and that might be handier. I'll consider looking into it.

Deceiver's Legacy

Yes, I'm still working on Deceiver's Legacy, slowly with much distraction. I haven't posted chapters because I want to finish it before I do; there's a good chance that I'll have to re-write recent chapters before I'm through. I don't want to inflict rough draft versions of events on you, because those events are "subject to change".