Before you proceed please make sure that Anarchy Online has been
closed down otherwise the following will not
work!
Default behavior of the AO installer is to install Anarchy Online
into "C:\Program Files\Funcom\Anarchy Online" but due to localization
issues where "Program Files" is likely called something else, makes
this fact impossible for me to guess in advance, what it might be
called on your particular computer, which is why I have chosen not to
guess at all but leave it up to you to fill in that last information
to Clicksaver.
Basically what Clicksaver is asking you is this: Where do I find
the Anarchy Online executable file called "Anarchy.exe"
There are 2 ways to find this information:
- You most likely have a shortcut icon to Anarchy Online situated
on your desktop. That icon will actually refer to "Anarchy.exe"
so if you right-click on the icon and choose "Properties" the
correct directory path will reveal itself to you.
- Click on the Start button situated in your taskbar and chose to
perform a search. Now simply search for a file called
"Anarchy.exe"
Once the Anarchy Online directory path situation has been taken
care of, it is time for yet another error message saying that
"The local AO items database is missing or outdated"
This is because Clicksaver was downloaded without the Anarchy Online
Items Database and thank heavens for that because the database itself
takes up an astonishing +78 Mb, which would have made the download
take much longer.
Now we simply click on the "Continue" button and wait while the
local database is being created. Please be patient since this process
can easily take up to 5 min to complete.
Every time FunCom issues a new patch to Anarchy
Online the database usually gets updated as well, so expect from
Clicksaver to need extracting an updated database accordingly.
After Clicksaver has finished creating the database
the animated picture below is what you can expect to see:
The animation shows all the different tabs along with my
recommended configuration for Clicksaver.
- If you have downloaded your copy of Clicksaver from this
website, then Clicksaver already comes with my recommended
settings.
- If you have downloaded your copy of Clicksaver from Halorn's
website, then you must verify that your local configuration
matches the one shown on the animation above and change if
needed.
- Alternatively you can download the settings file and import
them under the "Options" tab by pressing the "Import Settings"
button.
- If you have downloaded your copy of Clicksaver from any other
source, then I recommend that you delete it and download a fresh,
clean & untampered copy from this website or from Halorn's Clicksaver website.
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Missions:
This tab will display detailed information behind any given mission
that you may have pulled. Use this tab to localize what mission that
triggered Clicksaver to stop its search. Furthermore you can specify
how many missions that Clicksaver should try to pull before giving
up. Feel free to change the 1000 pulls to something else if you
experience problems, or you are pulling a QL that is difficult to
target. This tab will be your main work tool along with the "Items"
tab
Items:
The "Items" tab is where we insert the name of the item that we wish
to search out a mission for. Multiple items can be added at the same
time and the search will react to any given item match. Don't use the
"Items" tab and the "Locations" tab in the same search. This tab will
be your main work tool along with the "Missions" tab.
Locations:
If you wish to search for any given mission that is located in a
certain area, then use this tab to insert the area name. Although it
is tempting to insert your own neighborhood into location so you
won't have to travel so far, this however is not recommended. Don't
use the "Items" tab and the "Locations" tab in the same search.
Type:
With the exception of "Kill Person" mission then all other mission
types are blitzable. That is why the "Kill Person" button is OFF.
Often you are blitzing missions at a QL (QL = Quality Level)
far above your own level and any need to stop up and kill someone
will mean your certain death which is pointless!
Please note that the "Return Items" mission gives a double chance of
a search match because whatever item you are blitzing for may very
well be the item that you are supposed to return in the first
place.
In that case you can simply carry out the mission and delete the
mission again once you have picked up the item to be returned.
Note: In extremely rare occasions I have experienced
that a given item would only be given as a mission reward in a "Kill
Person" mission. If it is absolutely impossible for you to avoid a
"Kill Person" mission here is what you should do:
- Make sure you are friends with a one or several high level
players that can do the killing for you.
- Try to copy the mission key with a Mission
Key Duplicator which can be bought in any general shop and
give your high level friends a copy of the mission key so that
they can follow you into the mission.
- If duplicating the key fails then make sure that one of your
high level friends is an Engineer. Trade your mission key to the
Engineer, let the Engineer enter the mission and let him/her Beacon
Warp your team inside the mission room.
Values:
This tab is the result of an attempt to enable Clicksaver to search
out missions based on the anticipated sales value of an item
reward.
The "Buy Mod" input field represents a sales price modifier
where selling in a clan shop will yield the least beneficial modifier
and selling in a Trader shop terminal (not related to AI player
shops) will yield the most beneficial modifier. Only Traders have
access to the Trader shop terminals!
Please note that your Computer Literacy skill also
influences the final sales price which is not entered into Clicksaver
which is why I am labeling this as an "attempt" and not as a "working
function".
It is still unclear what exactly the "Single Item"
& "Total Value" input fields are supposed to do and what kind of
syntax rules that applies to the input.
My recommendation is this: Leave this tab alone - It
it irrelevant to blitzing for a specific item anyway, and will
hopefully disappear in an updated version of Clicksaver!
On a side note I would like to refer to the "Sell Item Calculator" integrated on the search result pages at Anarchy Mainframe
There you can enter your Computer Literacy and your anticipated shop
terminal and a sales price will be calculated for the item that you
have made a search on.
Sliders:
Clicksaver has the ability to setup your slider bars as well but
personally I prefer to do this manually since it is less hassle.
Below is a slider bar settings setup that traditionally has been used
when blitzing although any given slider bar setting can be used:
- Easy/Hard: (Adjust accordingly so you pull desired QL of the
missions/item)
- Good/Bad: (Adjust to 100% Bad)
- Order/Chaos: (50% = Default)
- Open/Hidden: (50% = Default)
- Physical/Mysterious: (50% = Default)
- Head On/Stealth: (50% = Default)
- Money/XP: (Adjust to 100% Money)
For information regarding slider bar settings in general you should
read this thread at the Anarchy Online Bulletin
Board.
Options:
This tab controls some of the more "behind the scenes" oriented
settings. The name of the buttons should speak for themselves and if
in any doubt then simply copy the shown settings in the animation.
Often a failure to get Clicksaver to work will be caused by a given
setting on this tab.
Another often mistake that users do is to activate
"Match in Buying Agent " on both the "Items" tab as well as the
"Locations" tab in the hope that they can limit the blitzing to their
own neighborhood and thus don't have to travel anywhere.
I got a newsflash for you: That is not going to
happen.You simply have to go travel to which ever location the game
sends you to.
Make a choice: Either you clicksave for locations or
you clicksave for items. Do not attempt to do both and since this
guide is about clicksaving for items, that is how I have configured
Clicksaver.
