stats for 1st person shooters...

you have a game server running? ... got tons of log files loaded with information? ... looking for a parser that will generate statistics and ranking in form of neat html pages? ... fast, easy to use and configure?

if so... then æstats⁺⁺ is just the thing for you.

start with the list of features. then for an overview check out the html output example pages. then grab a copy of the latest files, and finally go for the installation.

news...

wednesday, august 19th 2009

ætats⁺⁺ - development dead

due to a forced site migration - planetquake is shutting down - i am migrating this site over to the new host: hugelaser.com.

after four years down the line, alas, it has become apparent that any development on æstats⁺⁺ is extremely unlikely, thus can be considered dead. i really regret this, the site presents quite a few spiffy ideas that would have been interesting to implement, but i simply don't have the time, and even worse i completely lack the energy to take on such a huge project. sorry everyone.

since the time and effort to add a few things to æstats are way more manageable, i am hoping to release some updates for it over at my old æstats site.

friday, may 20th 2005

ætats⁺⁺ - site re-launch

after so many years, and since i am finally getting the original æstats code re-written, i thought it was high time to update the site design for æstats⁺⁺, to be more practical (without frames) and to better fit in with my other sites.

the information on these pages is not yet up to date. many things still need to be written. that will happen once æstats⁺⁺ is in a releasable state.

in case you are wondering what the old æstats⁺⁺ site used to looked like, just click on the icon to the right. i kept the basic design (glowicons-look) and color design, since even after all these years i still like it very much. hope the page is now more functional... back to programming :).

thursday, may 5th 2005

æstats⁺⁺ development status

the development of æstats⁺⁺ has started off quite well, presently the new parser aepar, will support every quake iii arena mod via external obituary configuration .cfg files. alas i lost quite a bit of coding time, due to a pollen-allergy that hits me every year, plus in the last two weeks i was helping write an article on level editors and their sdks (sandbox, doomedit, hammer), so i did not get to do to much programming. but work will continue now. presently i am working on half-life engine log parser code (includes cs and tfc).

good news, i have received log files for ut2004 and counter-strike: source, so those two modern games will definitely be supported next. if you happen to have log files for doom 3 or any other "modern" shooter, do not hesitate to send me an email about them.

monday, march 28th 2005

æstats⁺⁺ development in d!

just wanted to let everyone know that after about 2.5 years of not doing anything with æstats, code-wise, i have started programming again. presently this is day 7 of coding (started 3/19/2005). i am re-coding æstats in d, the project will turn into the new stats tool called æstats⁺⁺.

why would that merit much attention, you may ask?

because i recently learned to love a new programming language called d. it combines the features of c and c++, but packages everything in a very much more practical and more modern language. this "adds" classes, garbage collection (no manual memory allocation required, for all those "trivial" temp variables), and *many* more features.

if you are sick and tired of ansi c (and all the forced use of pointers, i.e. i have not used one pointer "knowingly" in d sofar), and find c++ just plain too bloated (in notation) and too slow, then d could be interesting for you as well. i certainly will never go back to c or c++. oh, and d can be learned very quickly, took me about a week (to understand all the basics and start coding).

visit digitalmars.com for more details, and for a quick rundown of d, visit the d programming language page for more information. it will be well worth your time.

to the point: d lets me quickly program things that would be nearly impossible in ansi c.

so what is the advantage of re-coding æstats in d?

new features! since the code is a *lot* more transparent, and less error prone, it is much easier for me to add powerful new features. basically all the things i had hoped to add to the (original) æstats⁺⁺ project will now be possible.

the first thing i have already added to the new parser of æstats⁺⁺ called aepar are non-hardcoded obituaries. this means you can now simply edit an easy to read .cfg text file to add/change the obituaries of any game æstats used to support. this also lets you "program" a parser for a new game mod, as long as it abides to the basic format of a parser engine aepar already supports. i.e. a new quake iii arena mod, called abc comes up: simply define a new abs.cfg file, and define the mod "q3a" engine based. you can then immediately generate stats for that new mod. i had already written a "ripper" tool that let me analyze new log file formats, and extract obituaries, i will update the code for it and release it with the æstats⁺⁺ package.

i am presently re-writing the parser code (based on the old preaes), cleaning it up, optimizing the parser speed, fixing any possible bugs along the way. q3a engine games will be supported first. from there i will start re-coding the stats module. all in all i should be able to finish recoding everything in about 2 months, if all goes well. And release a æstats⁺⁺ beta then.

what is planned for æstats⁺⁺?

after re-coding, the old æstats code in d, plus adding a few new nice features. the next step will be to add the following:

• æstats⁺⁺ will let you "collect" all stats data in a mysql database. basically turning it into a real-time stats tool with stats history. i.e. old log files could be deleted, only new logs would be fed into æstats⁺⁺ (huge project).

• the web based pages will be written in php, and contain tons of new info in addition to you have come to know from æstats. since æstats⁺⁺ will be database driven, you can imagine all the nifty things you will be able to look up. e.g. search for buddies, compare of stats etc.

• æstats⁺⁺ may possibly turn out to be linux only. depends on if it will be possible to control mysql from d, possible under linux. would the lack of an æstats⁺⁺ windows exe be a problem to admins out there?

• code a parser script language that will let you program the log parser to understand *any* log file format. this would let you e.g. translate one log file format into another if you wanted. more importantly, you could add support for any new game yourself. (no idea when this will happen).

but i am getting ahead of myself. at the very least mysql has become possible with d, so chances of that happening are a *lot* better than with the old ansi c code æstats was written in.

feel free to email æstats⁺⁺ requests. or if you want updated support for any of the gametypes æstats supports, now is the time to ask for that support. since i am re-coding the parser, i can add it on the fly. log files for new games æstats does not yet support are also welcome, e.g. far cry, half-life 2, hl2 counter- strike, doom 3, etc.

hope that is a bit of good news for the faithful æstats users out there.

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copyright and disclaimer

æstats⁺⁺ is copyright (c) 1998-2009 by christoph 'aeon' loewe.
i am providing the æstats⁺⁺ package as is, there is no warranty whatsoever.
install and use it at your own risk. commercial use prohibited!

the neat glowicons on this site where developed for the amiga and
are copyright to matt chaput & pixelstudio.

last updated on wednesday, august 19th 2009 up since: monday, october 2nd 2000 re-design: monday, may 16th 2005