HUGE update!
Sorry for it taking so long.

• Database Patched to 18.01.01
• Added support for Patch Versions to Searches
• Re-Wrote almost ALL of the search code, including item display
• Added a flashplayer AggDef inits calculator to weapon items
• Added "QuickTabs" to search results; This will allow you to jump right to a type of item within your search without having to guess which page it's on
• Several bug fixes
• Attributes list was Narrowed. Extra attributes on item pages are hidden, but you can still view them by clicking a link.
• Re-defined some code definitions and added playfield support.
• Nanoline Definitions was revised but is missing a few that I forgot.
• Added arpa3 rollability checks to items. just click the "Rollable?" link to goto arpa3's clicksaver page.

What to expect for next update:

1. QL Interpolation
2. NanoListings
3. Equipment Configurator <--

Just a note:
I've fixed my tools to work with the new DB formats and added support for patch version searches.
I just need a few more days to rip all of the databases from 14.07.03 to current and I'll upload the changes to the site.

I still haven't figured out how to link [item ID pairs] together for reliable interpolation tho I have come very close a few times.
Until interpolation is fully implemented with a margin of error < 5%, Equipment Config and other wanted features is a long way off.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

As some of you are aware, the forums have become a target for advertisement spam.
as a counter-act measure, I've changed a few things to the registration process, both client and server side.
This should help detour spam bots/scripts from registering new accounts so easily.

Because of these modifications, I've disabled email confirmation and made the visual confirmation picture easier to read.

if you have any problems registering a new account, please send me an email xyphos@xyphos.com

Funcom fixed their probes.
The 'Server Status' tool should display information correctly now.

• Converted this portal page to work from the forums.
  This way, I can post news and updates as they happen by replying to a thread, instead of writing HTML to a text file and uploading it
  Old news and updates from the old text file have been reposted below, with their estimated timestamps placed at the beginning of each one.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Recently, I've been playing on TestLive servers, trying to figure out the new database format.
it seems that AO's old database has grown so big that it was very close to the game's 2GB database limit.
As a result, the new database has been spliced in two separate database files and my current database tools can't read from them yet.

As a result of this, The next Database Patch might not get here to this site for quite a while.

The "Server Status" tool IS working properly.
but it's showing offline states for a while now.
I learned from Macrosun, an AO Dev (one of AO's best devs imho) that the new game servers that AO moved to don't support or use the XML file the tool uses. He also mentioned the small possibility that the new servers might support this feature in the future.
until then, if at all, the tool will always show the servers being offline and/or locked.

<Reposted Message, Original Post Date: 23 Apr 2009>

• Database patched to 18.00.04

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• Added 'Redefine Search' link at the top-right of search results.
  Clicking this link will take you back to the main search page, with your previous search criteria pre-loaded so you may change things around.
• Changed the search code a little to include Notum Wars items into 'Froob Only' item searches, since everyone has NW by default now.

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• a HUGE thanks goes to "Taz" for making the awesome site header banner. lots of <3 to you mate!

<Reposted Message, Original Post Date: 08 Apr 2009>

• Database Patched to 18.00.03