FreeSoftwinâ„¢ RuneScape Toolkit

[FreeSoftwin]

Hi there people!

I am making a RuneScape toolkit and I am now looking for some sweet suggestions on how to make the toolkit really good.

The current features are:
- Highscores
- Grand exchange (does not work properly, would love some recommendeations on how to make a good GE tool)
- World map
- Media player
- Addons manager (still in early BETA)
- Profile (log-in required on startup unless playing without a profile)
- Notebox
- Stopwatch and other timers
- Nice design with good looking icons etc.

More features to come...
- Calculators (such as those Swiftkit uses)
- Merchanting guide (with daily updates on what item to merchant)
- Alching guide (with daily updates on what item to alch)
- Editable themes
- Chatroom
- Facebook plug-in
- Spotify plug-in (if I can make it work)
- World jumping
- YouTube plug-in
- Screenshot manager
- Better media player
- And more...

Please post your suggestions!
I am coding with .NET (VB 2010), any source codes to help me with my project would be greatly accepted! Your name will also be in the Credits window

Thanks!

 

[Darthatron]

How does your Grand Exchange thing work at the moment? What do you want it to do?

 

[iJava]

As for the GE tool, have it return the prices. Then have a button to a popup window of the graphs.

 

[Covey]

If you want source for a client, click the link in my sig, you'll have have the work done for you.

 

[FreeSoftwin]

@Darthatron - It doesnt work at ALL at the moment. I have tried several different methods (using WebBrowser etc) but can't figgure out a good way of getting it to work properly...
@iJava - But how do I know what string a browser uses for each item's price?
@Covey - That would be "cheating" But I can give it a look Thanks!

 

[iJava]

@Darthatron - It doesnt work at ALL at the moment. I have tried several different methods (using WebBrowser etc) but can't figgure out a good way of getting it to work properly...
@iJava - But how do I know what string a browser uses for each item's price?
@Covey - That would be "cheating" But I can give it a look Thanks!

The document source remains constant in every browser, just look for the pattern and split the surrounding text.

 

[Covey]

@Darthatron - It doesnt work at ALL at the moment. I have tried several different methods (using WebBrowser etc) but can't figgure out a good way of getting it to work properly...
@iJava - But how do I know what string a browser uses for each item's price?
@Covey - That would be "cheating" But I can give it a look Thanks!

That's how i basically taught myself vb6 and .net, by looking at sources. You don't generally have to used source, but at lead you'll get a good idea of how to do it.

 

[Darthatron]

@Darthatron - It doesnt work at ALL at the moment. I have tried several different methods (using WebBrowser etc) but can't figgure out a good way of getting it to work properly...
@iJava - But how do I know what string a browser uses for each item's price?
@Covey - That would be "cheating" But I can give it a look Thanks!

Read this thread: http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1271380

And if that doesn't work, I made a C# version I can translate/comment for you, found here: http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1291897

 

There's a Grand Exchange API available now, just FYI. Google that shit

 

[Darthatron]

There's a Grand Exchange API available now, just FYI. Google that shit

Yeah, that's fine if you want specific details on a single item (which you know the ItemID of), but not for listing/searching.

http://services.runescape.com/m=rswiki/en/Grand_Exchange_APIs

 

[panickeyaxer]

I have a good list of features that would make EVERYONE use it:
MAKE IT A NEW ELITE SWITCH WITH....
Auto Account creator,
Fast world switcher,
Every feature that elite switch had, but supporting the new runescape,
ELITESWITCH.

 

An MSN plugin would be a great idea too if possible, considering that majority of sythe's dealings are done via MSN.

 

[Kyle_Undefined]

If you want an idea on how to do the GE feature, take a look at my VB program. It's pretty simple and basic, and should help you figure out how to do it.

https://github.com/Kyle-Undefined/GrandExchangeParser

 

An MSN plugin would be a great idea too if possible, considering that majority of sythe's dealings are done via MSN.

Does Microsoft offer the API anymore?

 

[xxaaronxx46]

For the alching guide I recommend taking a look at this website.
(http://www.scape-xp.com/runescape-high-alchemy.html)

Personally I believe the website is efficient and works well for what I need. Even if you're not making it exactly the same, I believe this is a good method for this section of your Toolkit.