UpdateExtractor

UpdateExtractor is a tool to help extract useful and usable information for LandSandBoat servers from installed game clients. POLUtils's MassExtractor extracts the relevant information for a given client install, but it is just a data dump. UpdateExtractor takes this data dump, sanitizes it, and modifies your server install in place (or provide easy copy/paste) so that you don't have to spend hours fixing shifting IDs or hunting down content changes.

It is primarily designed for use between nearby modern retail versions, but should work for extracting information from historical clients too.

Requirements

• Python 3
• xmltodict installed through pip
• POLUtils installed

Features

• Extract client version string for version.conf
• Extract data and update globals/titles.lua in place
• Extract data for globals/status_effects.lua
• Extract data and update zones/<zone_name>/IDs.lua text ID's in place, handling:
  • Formatting and spacing
  • Ordering
  • ID shifts

TODO

• Extract and update in place:
  • sql/items_*.sql
  • sql/mob_spawn_points.sql
  • sql/npc_list.sql
  • Mob/NPC ID shifts in zones/<zone_name>/IDs.lua files

Usage

1. Make sure the following files from POLUtils are copied into the root folder next to update_extractor.py:

   • MassExtractor.exe
   • PlayOnline.Core.dll
   • PlayOnline.FFXI.dll

2. Go into config.py and fill in your server install location. For example:

   # Set this to your LSB root dir
   SERVER_DIR="C:/ffxi/server"

3. Run: python update_extractor.py

Output

~>>/ffxi/UpdateExtractor/update_extractor.py
Looking for exes
Creating folder layout
Did not need to run MassExtractor.exe
Fetching installed client version
30210604_1
Generating out/scripts/globals/titles.lua
Generating out/scripts/globals/status_effects.lua
Generating out/sql/item_basic.sql
Generating out/scripts/zones/Phanauet_Channel/Text.lua (1)
Generating out/scripts/zones/Carpenters_Landing/Text.lua (2)

...

Generating out/scripts/zones/Dynamis-Windurst_[D]/Text.lua (296)
Generating out/scripts/zones/Dynamis-Jeuno_[D]/Text.lua (297)
Generating out/scripts/zones/Walk_of_Echoes_P1/Text.lua (298)
SKIPPING AHT URGHAN WHITEGATE PART 2!
Done