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Player ratings across multiple accounts

Adeon Hawkwood

By Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2010-01-19 08:47 in Suggestions and Ideas

 

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I went back 5 pages and didn't see this one, forgive me if it comes up every week.

I'm really getting some use out of the player rating system. Loving it. Nice to see someone go by with those stars above their heads.

The problem is, playing 2+ accounts makes it much less useful. Suddenly, all the helpful stars I've given out on one account disappear when I switch to the other one.

I would love to see this become something that is stored on my computer...kinda like how your AE missions show up on both accounts when you open up that screen. Don't know if it is possible, but it would certainly make the system more useful.

I also wouldn't mind having an easier way to view the notes, not sure what that would be. Not a huge deal that one.

 

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Unless you didn't already know, Player ratings ARE stored on your computer as a text file. You could technically copy that file and put it into your other directory before starting the other account and be able to retain your new additions and changes. And then copy that file over when you go to your other account again to sync things up.

However, there's currently no tool to automatically sync player ratings. This is because AE missions are stored server-side, not client-side like ratings are.


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You'll also lose them if you don't back up before reinstalling, go and play on someone else's computer and more. (Having two systems and two accounts, I'm well aware of that - four sets of notes to synchronize. If I cared to.)

As mentioned - they're .txt files stored locally.

 

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That's awesome! I didn't know that. Thanks guys.

 

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Originally Posted by Oneirohero View Post
Unless you didn't already know, Player ratings ARE stored on your computer as a text file. You could technically copy that file and put it into your other directory before starting the other account and be able to retain your new additions and changes. And then copy that file over when you go to your other account again to sync things up.

However, there's currently no tool to automatically sync player ratings. This is because AE missions are stored server-side, not client-side like ratings are.
Wait...are we talking about the same thing?

I mentioned AE as similar in that I can see all arcs I have created no matter which account opens up the window.

The "ratings" I'm talking about are the "notes" you can add to players you play with. (Hence the stars floating above their heads) Is that stored on my computer?

 

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Originally Posted by JeetKuneDo View Post
I mentioned AE as similar in that I can see all arcs I have created no matter which account opens up the window.
Quick clarification: Arcs you create as local content are available cross-accounts, yes. Arcs that you PUBLISH are not, and are unique to the viewing/editing of your particular publishing account. (This also means that if one acct has unlocked maps or whatnot, and you try to edit it from the other acct, it can error out for you, so watch your step.)

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The "ratings" I'm talking about are the "notes" you can add to players you play with. (Hence the stars floating above their heads) Is that stored on my computer?
The previous poster was correct in saying: "Player ratings ARE stored on your computer as a text file. You could technically copy that file and put it into your other directory before starting the other account and be able to retain your new additions and changes. And then copy that file over when you go to your other account again to sync things up."

Player ratings are tied to your login from C:\...\City of Heroes\USERNAME\playernotes.txt. The format of the file structure is:

Field 1: Global Name.
Field 2: Star rating.
Field 3: Alternate names seen.
Field 4: Player commentary.

For example:

"Turgenev" "5" "Dr. Turgenev, Supreme Soviet" "This guy likes to talk."

You can review this file at any time in Notepad or any other text editor.

 

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Originally Posted by Turgenev View Post
The previous poster was correct in saying: "Player ratings ARE stored on your computer as a text file. You could technically copy that file and put it into your other directory before starting the other account and be able to retain your new additions and changes. And then copy that file over when you go to your other account again to sync things up."

Player ratings are tied to your login from C:\...\City of Heroes\USERNAME\playernotes.txt. The format of the file structure is:

Field 1: Global Name.
Field 2: Star rating.
Field 3: Alternate names seen.
Field 4: Player commentary.

For example:

"Turgenev" "5" "Dr. Turgenev, Supreme Soviet" "This guy likes to talk."

You can review this file at any time in Notepad or any other text editor.
Awesome. Sounds like a minor bit of work, but that will pretty much solve the problem.

Just to clarify, I would copy the entire file over as an additional file to the one that already exists in that username file? I was assuming I would just open it up and copy over information the other one doesn't have and vise-versa.

 

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Originally Posted by JeetKuneDo View Post
Awesome. Sounds like a minor bit of work, but that will pretty much solve the problem.

Just to clarify, I would copy the entire file over as an additional file to the one that already exists in that username file? I was assuming I would just open it up and copy over information the other one doesn't have and vise-versa.
You need to open it up and copy over the information that doesn't exist in the other one. However once you've gotten them combined you can keep a master copy and copy that one back and forth to make it easier (hint: batch files are your friend here).