[BOTANY] Ultimate Botany Profiles - Leveling, Farming, Grinding

Weird, still teleports me to Hawthorne... nvm let's wait for a fix lol. Meanwhile I'll just get to level 26 and resume from there like you. Thanks for everything!

 

Anyone who has used this 1-50, how long would you say it took?

 

In 12 hours I've gone from lv10-35. It currently doesn't work from level ranged 21-26. Dev has to fix the profile.

 

I just pushed a fix, it should work fine now. Sorry for the delay, I've been swamped.

 

Ah, thank you! Will help if I ever decide to make an alt. Thanks for all you do Kagami!

 

No problem kagami. Thank you once again for your awesome work and commitment. Tested and working fine @ Botanist lvl 21!

 

Hidden/Rare Option

First, thanks for all of your work, plus then going back and refining said work to make it even better! I am learning the ropes via osmosis by looking at your XML files and plugins (which work great together) and then trying things out on my own. There is one nut that I have not been able to (well you know the word; it is censored though) and I'm hoping it's due to my inexperience with RB compared to not being possible at this time. I would really like it if when my character came across a hidden/rare mining opportunity, that they would instead focus on that. Thoughts?

Thanks again for showing the different aspects that can be added into a job-specific profile (i.e. activating certain abilities) and it shows how versatile RB really is. Expect a donation in your PP account from when the week is out and my Bitcoins have been sold, so if you get a really weird number, like $8.42, you'll know why .

 

Really great work OP, the profile works excellently so far.

Question for you though, I noticed occasionally a map or other rare item will spawn in one of the gathering slots as a "rare gather". Is there a way I can edit the profile to prioritize rare gathers over the normal ones without effecting the gathering speed much? Or is that not possible?



edit: I would also like to let you know about a spot where it gets stuck (not sure if this needs to go to you or the bot creators), but level 41-45, upper la noscea, exact coordinates of the problem spot are (662,-3.4,168). It tries running directly into a rock, and just runs endlessly.

 

Great work on the Profile!

One thing, level 41-46 section of the bot gets stuck on some rocks every couple of hours. Just requires some babysitting. Wanted to give you a heads up on that one.

 

Nothing I can do about that, mastahg does the navmesh stuff. Report it to him and he should fix it.

 

Programming Gods Smile Down On Us!

Now I'm jealous as I am not ranked high enough to run into this issue yet =p. Any input on what I (and subsequently m00se1; bring the basic forum etiquette people and read the thread, or at least the last few posts before posting - although I'm guilty of this myself *shameface*) talked about or should I take the question to the general programming thread. The bot errors out if I list multiple (possible) entries, which I know should work, so I think my formatting is fubar.

I'm still really impressed regarding what you've come up with and have created some profiles (as well as a plugin for a task that required more functionality than I could pull from an xml file alone) of my own for WHM and SCH now that I know how certain actions are triggered (so thank you + anyone that taught you how it's done). However they are still pre-alpha/insanely buggy (also the plugin might be against the rules/philosophy regarding what RB should do). I'll publicly post any profiles/plugins when they work as intended more than 50% of the time/receive permission.

 

Unfortunately it's not practical for the profile to gather the rare items. That's because you can only hold 1 of each of the maps (and maybe some other rare items), but when the map spawns when you already have one, the bot will try to gather the map anyway, be unable to, and get stuck trying to gather the map. That's why I haven't included the rare items, because the bot doesn't like them very much right now.

 

Thanks for the reply kagami, I'm just looking to gather hidden rare items like seeds and such, if I come up with a list can these be given gather priority (since they stack just fine) or will I hit the same wall you are talking about (I'm not looking at high end/specialty items like maps at the moment, since those come with the stipulations you mention).

Edit:

Heh apparently we both were seeking answers to this question, however even in the link that mast provided, I don't see an answer. I suppose I need to get me sleep and try again when my MPs are replenished x.X

 

It depends on how you make the profile. In order to farm more than one item, you can't use the Slot tag, you need to use the ItemNames tag. With that tag, the first item on the list is what will be farmed first, and if that item disappears it will move down the list. I can make an example for you when I get home, I'm out currently.

 

Thanks m8, but you already provided a perfect example, I was just overthinking it way too much! In your current profile xml, you start off looking for Latex; so I can just take that and expand it (before I was trying to include "if exists" statements, but was doing it in all the wrong way). I finally found where more details are located (even though there isn't an exact function guide for developers). I'll post my findings at different locations for those interested in using items over slots. Thanks 1,000x and I swear I'm not this dim on a good day with proper sleep (I just haven't bothered sleeping for more than a couple hours in a quite a few weeks =p).

 

Now that I think about it, take a look at the mining profile for umbrella or antumbral rocks, I think one of them farms both rocks and grade 3 shroud soil. That would be a perfect example.

 

Yeah I'm doing exactly what is being done there. Thanks for already letting me know that items take priority from top to bottom, and I already have info on what can be found in the area. This is just an example but for instance my BTN level is currently 24 and this is what I have done...

Code:

		<If Condition="Core.Player.ClassLevel &lt; 26">
			<If Condition="not IsOnMap(145)">
				<TeleportTo Name="Camp Drybone" AetheryteId="18" />
			</If>
			<Gather while="Core.Player.ClassLevel &lt; 26">
				<GatherObject>Lush Vegetation Patch</GatherObject>
				<HotSpots>
				   <HotSpot Radius="95" XYZ="-330.0593, -30.75064, -35.12579" />
				</HotSpots>
				<ItemNames>
					<ItemName>Ala Mhigan Mustard Seeds</ItemName>
					<ItemName>Millioncorn Seeds</ItemName>
					<ItemName>Pearl Ginger Root</ItemName>
					<ItemName>Ala Mhigan Mustard</ItemName>
				</ItemNames>
				<GatheringSkillOrder>
					<GatheringSkill SpellName="Field Mastery II" TimesToCast="1" />
				</GatheringSkillOrder>
			</Gather>
		</If>

Edit: Confirmed to work. I believe you still need to manually unlock each "unknown" when you start in an area (something slotting helped avoid). Thanks again for all of your help, even when AFK kagami! +reps you to the moon and back!

 

I noticed your profile for this uses Toil of the Pioneer. Which isn't necessary, though you will always get at least one HQ. Though you can save 300GP and get about 33% chance HQ per swing. Allowing the use of other skills and the ability to get about 2-3 logs on average HQ. I suggest using the slot instead.


Now a Breakdown.

Yours:

Code:

 <GatherObject>Unspoiled Mature Tree</GatherObject>
         	<HotSpots>
         	   <HotSpot Radius="300" XYZ="-203.4157, 11.08931, 90.84132" />
         	</HotSpots>
			<ItemNames>
				<ItemName>Shroud Tea Leaves</ItemName>
				<ItemName>Fragrant Log</ItemName>
			</ItemNames>
			<GatheringSkillOrder>
				<GatheringSkill SpellName="Toil of the Pioneer" TimesToCast="1" />
				<GatheringSkill SpellName="Leaf Turn" TimesToCast="1" />
				<GatheringSkill SpellName="Field Mastery II" TimesToCast="1" />
				<GatheringSkill SpellName="Brunt Force" TimesToCast="1" />
			</GatheringSkillOrder>
		</Gather>

Toil: 300 GP+Leaf Turn: 100+ Field Master II+100= 500GP+ A guaranteed HQ from Brunt Force.

Rewrite of yours:

Code:

GatherObject>Unspoiled Mature Tree</GatherObject>
         	<HotSpots>
         	   <HotSpot Radius="300" XYZ="-203.4157, 11.08931, 90.84132" />
         	</HotSpots>
			<Slot>5</Slot> <!--Fragrant Log -->
			<GatheringSkillOrder>
				<GatheringSkill SpellName="Leaf Turn II" TimesToCast="1" />
				<GatheringSkill SpellName="Field Mastery II" TimesToCast="1" />
			</GatheringSkillOrder>
		</Gather>

Since it uses the slot it doesn't have to waste 300GP for Toil. However this makes it take one swing to get to the item. Making "Brunt Force" not possible here. This makes this profile take 300GP for Leaf Turn II and 100GP for Field Mastery II. Using 400GP in total. Leaving the Gather at 100% and HQ chance at 30%+(Based on Perception). Of course the skills can be reworked on the spruce profile to get about 25 logs of spruce with ease. or even aim for more spruce HQ.

Thoughts?

 

Heh, I was just a victim of this. Here's the log:

Luckily I was watching (had it minimized but wondered why I stopped hearing gathering sounds). 30 seconds sprinting into a rock trying to get to that node. Thankfully it was only seconds and not minutes/hours lol.

You end up getting stuck @ around:

Upper La Noscea (34, 24)
X: 665.4717
Y: -3.406507
Z: 169.666

I'll let mastahg know for the mesh.

 

View attachment 170180 2014-09-10 11.03.txt

Alright, the Logging the Hours Black Shroud III achievement profile generates this error. I attached the log, but the log is hours long because I've been doing my achievements.