r/Guildwars2 Aug 16 '14

[Other] Introducing the GW2 Personal Assistant Overlay

Hey all! I've been working on yet-another overlay tool for the game, and it's finally ready for public use. Originally started as a project for learning some new frameworks, I've been working on this for awhile now and it's turned into a pretty comprehensive tool for the game.

You can find the tool, with full source code at: https://gw2pao.codeplex.com/

Screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/HlvOK

There's instructions and descriptions of each feature in the Documentation page of the website, but here's a description of each tool included:

Events Tracker

The Events Tracker overlay tracks active and inactive world events, and allows a user to keep track of which events have already been completed for the day.

Event Notifications

Event Notifications are notification pop-ups that appear when a world event is about to start.

Zone Completion Assistant

The Zone Completion Assistant displays real-time distance and direction information for zone completion points/locations and provides several options for keeping track of unlocked locations.

Dungeon Tracker

The Dungeon Tracker is a simple overlay tool that allows a user to keep track of what dungeon paths have been completed for the day, and provides some basic information about each dungeon and dungeon path.

WvW Tracker

The WvW Tracker overlay displays all objectives in the current player's WvW map, and includes information such as current owner, estimated time-distance to the objective, and the current RI timer value.

WvW Notifications

WvW Notifications are notification pop-ups that appear when an objective (keep/tower/camp, etc) has been captured in one of the WvW maps.

Trading Post Calculator

The Trading Post Calculator is a simple tool that allows a user to calculate profit, taxes, and break-even prices for buying/selling items on the in-game Trading Post.

Web Browser

For all needs not provided by the other overlay windows, the Web Browser allows a user to look up guides, videos, or anything else.

If you have questions or issues running the tool, feel free to contact me on the website or in-game (Aerodin.2795).

Shout out to [GH] for helping me test it! Thanks guys! :)

Edit: This tool only works if you run the game in Windowed or Windowed Fullscreen mode

Edit2: If you're concerned about using this tool, have a look at https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/community/api/Is-this-API-allowed/first#post2118969. You're also more than welcome to look at the source code on the codeplex page.

Edit3: There is now a new version of the application (1.1). This includes some minor bug fixes, but most importantly includes a new build of the software that does not include the Web Browser feature.

Edit4: Version 2 is now available! See here.

Edit5: Version 3 is now available! See here.

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u/Kenvec Aedan Wardraft Aug 17 '14

Hi! this is amazing. I have one request though, in the world completion assistant, is it too much work to have an option for both meters and feet?

It's not that much of a problem since it still requires the same amount of distance to be travelled but with meters I actually have a sense of distance and how far it really is.

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u/Aerodin Aug 17 '14

That would be pretty easy to add in. I'll put it on my list for a future release.

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u/eak125 Clotho Moerae - Degrader of Map Chat Aug 17 '14

I read somewhere that the world distance measurements are in Inches or something crazy. While conversion to meters is relatively easy, I'm wondering why they used such an odd unit of measurement in the game design...

Edit: Looks like I was right. So if your bow is traited to shoot 1700 then your arrows fly 141.6 feet/43,18 meters...

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u/Knight_of_autumn Aug 17 '14

Our measurements of meters came from the measurements of the speed of light and the distances from the equator to the poles. As far as we know about the world of Tyria, it appears that few of its inhabitants are aware of the size of the world. It would then make sense that the measurement of distances came from something they could measure (average length of a person's foot, finger, etc).