Coding a java app for more in depth level rank analysis!

[ReikonKeiri]

Haven't coded in Java recently so I'm giving myself a little project. It's going to be GUI based with level ranks copied into notepad for input. Things I'm definitely adding:

-Obvious basic sorting
-Display only Challenging, VC, FMOs etc
-Display only blackflags/booflags/missflags/SDGs (within given difficulty range)
-Remove Legacy files/Add Token songs

Given two input files:
-Show files AAAd/FCd by one user and not the other
-SORT BY RANK DIFFERENCE

In the distant future if I learn how to extract data from a web page, I might use that as input instead. Or when I'm done with the basics I could make it opensource. I had a lot of ideas and not all of them are passing through my brain at this exact moment so feel free to shoot me some suggestions! I've always had a lot of things I wished level ranks was capable of and I want to make it all possible. Also, by using an object oriented approach once I have the skeleton in place, adding fuctionalities will be cake.

[justin_ator]

Re: Coding a java app for more in depth level rank analysis!

Comparing any two users level ranks?

[ReikonKeiri]

Re: Coding a java app for more in depth level rank analysis!

Yes. The way I'm coding it you will have to copy the entirety of the two level rank pages you are interested in and place the text files into the source folder.

Also I think I'm gonna ignore anything related to token ranks because I realized that would require twice as many input files. Maybe once I learn how to extract from a web page I'll add that.

[ReikonKeiri]

Re: Coding a java app for more in depth level rank analysis!

double post cause this is real.

I'm making progress fast and should be releasing a beta before the end of the week. Still open for suggestions. Also spoilers:
one line of code omg wat

[PrawnSkunk]

Re: Coding a java app for more in depth level rank analysis!

This is pretty damn cool!

What about users that are not veteran? Will they even be able to compare level ranks with other people?

[hi19hi19]

Re: Coding a java app for more in depth level rank analysis!

double post cause this is real.

I'm making progress fast and should be releasing a beta before the end of the week. Still open for suggestions. Also spoilers:
one line of code omg wat

Couldn't you just like, check if its levelID was between 1 and 110 (or whatever)

Seems a bit contrived to do it that way but still... I'm excited to see how this turns out! Could be really cool.

[TC_Halogen]

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I'm definitely interested in this.

However, I can't help but feel that the way that this is coded almost seems overly tedious, but then again, I'm not exactly a programmer (yet, only because I haven't sat down to learn syntax for different languages).

Is it at all possible to use an incrementing variable along with a loop to pull the levelIDs, and then have another loop that would grab the data for the respective levelIDs? I know it's possible to do something like this with while loops. You'd also probably want to break when a levelID doesn't exist in the game...

I don't know. I probably sound like a complete idiot right now, lol

[ReikonKeiri]

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Because the input file is just copy paste from what is on level ranks, there's nothing I can do regarding Song ID because the data isn't there. The only thing actually distinguishing Legacy files from anything else in level ranks is their song names. That's the only thing I've coded so far that required me to type anything out like that. The rest of this isn't really tedious at all, and I'm having a blast coding it !

I'm about 6 hours in coding, going at about a rate of 3 hours/day. By the end of the week I should have something pretty impressive. I'll be constantly updating it as time goes by and I think of new things to add, but right now I'm just focusing on the basics. Plus, every week I'll have to update the constant NUM_SONGS lol. Maybe someday Velocity will integrate my code as an applet on FFR so that kind of thing would update automatically. That'd be neat XD.

Yes, unfortunately non veterans would not be able to compare users. Are you even able to use FFR's built in compare users as a non vet? Basically when the GUI opens it's going to ask if you have one or two input files so you'll just have to say there's only one whenever you run it.

[SKG_Scintill]

Re: Coding a java app for more in depth level rank analysis!

Why wouldn't you use an SQL server for all the data storage and comparison?
It may be more work, but definately more... synoptic (if that's the right word)

[ReikonKeiri]

Re: Coding a java app for more in depth level rank analysis!

because I don't know SQL obviously. I'm learning it this semester though, and if it seems convenient/appropriate I'll modify my code at some point. This is an application I want ASAP and it's not only possible but fairly easy with what I know now. Also I don't know if this really makes sense, but I'm also doing it this way for practice. I've built up a lot of java skill in my first few years at college but I haven't had to do much with Java for a while and I don't want to get rusty.

[qqwref]

Re: Coding a java app for more in depth level rank analysis!

-Display only Challenging, VC, FMOs etc
-Display only blackflags/booflags/missflags/SDGs (within given difficulty range)
-Remove Legacy files/Add Token songs

These are some interesting ideas. Perhaps someday they will be in the real FFR level rank page

[TC_Halogen]

Re: Coding a java app for more in depth level rank analysis!

These are some interesting ideas. Perhaps someday they will be in the real FFR level rank page

i.e. "give me 5 minutes", right?

[ReikonKeiri]

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Today's progress:

I have actual homework to do tonight so I'm not doing much until I get that done. I did finish the basic outline for the GUI, however.
closeenough.png

Most of the buttons don't do anything yet, but my the level ranks are storing properly in my design so adding the button commands will be very easy. I estimate a beta by Friday night. The beta will not include user comparison yet. I have special plans for that.

[hi19hi19]

Re: Coding a java app for more in depth level rank analysis!

That's actually a very impressive GUI for java

swing is a ****in nightmare

[ReikonKeiri]

Re: Coding a java app for more in depth level rank analysis!

Edited the image. I totally forgot something important lol. The only thing bugging the hell out of me is how far apart the sort options are split. It's because all the sort options are on the center of a border layout so it wants them to fit in the entirety of the open space there. I can fix anything in 100 lines of code, but I want to find a way to do it in 4 lines or less :[