17 Apr 2014 - Tags: javascript, overwolf, planetside
After being playing with Javascript, HTML and CSS for couple weeks, I decided it was time for me to give this technologies a chance. So I came up with this overlay for Overwolf that will give you live data as well as record you most epic moments.
As some of you know I am a very involved Planetside 2 player. I am working on the Auraxis Control Center and I always trying to see what can do to help the community. With my outfit(Derp Company) me and some members have tried to come up with some ideas of projects we can work on.
One member, Beljoda, started working on a squad-lead assistant application for the Overwolf Overlay. He also developed a Javascript script that wrapped over the Census API and retrieved the information and populated the web page dynamically. At that point I had never worked with CSS or JS but I decided to keep digging, and by using his code I manage to come up with a nice page that gives real time data for a given user(Link). But that page was mostly a prototype to see what data I could use as well as learning how to use the new c:join function.
But having a page that displays data straight from them API was nothing really new or special. So I decided to do something a bit more interesting and came to the idea of checking kills or deaths to trigger a screen shot. And this is the result:
I have a key bind that I use to show or hide this panel, and I also added a link to go to a ‘lite’ mode of the panel. This will minimize the window but it will keep taking screen shots based on the settings.
It is not Recursion Stat Tracker but it is a neat project, and I like keeping some records of my kills.
I have already submitted the application to the Overwolf team and it will be hopefully accepted in couple weeks.