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Curious about what appears when CensusPlus is started
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:48 pm
by qanini
I appologize in advance for what may be a silly question but I have perused your site and not found the answer. When I first type /censusplus in game and the screen comes up, what is the data that is being displayed before I hit any keys? I am curious where that data is from because it was registering no gnomes, no dwarfs and no rogues. At the time I was standing in IF and saw planty of little people running by. Thank you for your reply.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:03 pm
by Rollie
If you have not actually done a snapshot, then the only data collected would be people you hover your mouse over (and get a tooltip). That data is added to the local Census database.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:59 pm
by qanini
Thank you for the reply. The second time I logged in I saw the information was updated.
One more question for you. I am on server Icecrown (Alliance) and noted that it is in need of updates. How often would you like a census to be ran? Once per day? At different times of the day? I ran two today one at 11:30 and one at about 3:45 and noted vast differences in number of players. Just wanted to know what would be most helpfull for the site.
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:49 pm
by Rollie
What I do is just put it on Auto-Census, turn off Verbose and let 'er rip! It'll take a Census snapshot about every 30 mins or so. Then you can just submit your data every couple of days or so and you'll get pretty good coverage!
Even just 1 consistent updater can really cover a faction/realm. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated!
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 10:16 pm
by Valalvax
Hmm... should I purge data before running the census?
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:08 am
by Rollie
You don't have to, but it will clear out all old data.
It is good to do a Purge when you upgrade to a newer version.
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 10:52 pm
by Valalvax
Ahh... I usually do, but then the way you guys were talking I thought I shouldn't...