ESR - [userscript] qlping, ql ping utility

<< Comment #1 @ 05:31 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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fKm

Great! Thx a lot [+]

Edit: If someone is searching for the script install URL like me, this is the one you search for: http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/171037.user.js

Edited by feLixM at 05:34 CDT, 16 June 2013

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<< Comment #2 @ 05:45 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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Lam |

I ripped off SockIt sources to make qlping browser plugin.

SockIt is LGPL-licensed.

Please send me source code for the library I've just downloaded.

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<< Comment #5 @ 05:56 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #2

i did not find any mention of GPL. there's nothing much to see, but if you need it, i can send it to you.

Edited by simonov at 05:58 CDT, 16 June 2013

<< Comment #7 @ 05:59 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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Lam | - Reply to #5

It's LGPL, runtime-linkable to non-GPL code, but you're still obligated to deliver source on request. This is my request :)

<< Comment #10 @ 06:06 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #7

please show me, where have you found that sockit is lgpl? :)

<< Comment #11 @ 06:16 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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Lam | - Reply to #10

Firebreath is, and SockIt is based on that, right?

<< Comment #12 @ 06:19 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #11

BSD of LGPL, it is a user's choice.

<< Comment #13 @ 06:22 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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Lam | - Reply to #12

Pwned :(

<< Comment #14 @ 06:42 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #13

sent sources anyway. there's nothing to hide. :)

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<< Comment #61 @ 06:39 CDT, 5 July 2013 >>

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anvi - Reply to #14

From http://sockit.github.io/ I understand that the plugin is already in a working state � one just needs to use it from JavaScript. One thing that you added is that the plugin works only on quakelive.com. Are there any other changes? If not, then it would be great to just have a small patch that can be applied to the original SockIt sources to produce the plugin.

Even better, have you considered making a feature request to the SockIt author about that the plugin should only work on whitelisted websites by default (if this is possible at all with NPAPI)? If this is implemented, then you could just tell people to install the SockIt plugin and add a whitelist entry, instead of building and distributing your own binaries.

Edited by andreyv at 06:41 CDT, 5 July 2013

<< Comment #64 @ 11:57 CDT, 5 July 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #61

i've stripped out everything tcp-related and left only udp client. also added a simple feature of measuring roundtrip time. script doesn't register its methods if a current page is not on quakelive.com.

sockit can be a harmful thing in hands of a malicious script, so i strongly advise against using it. sockit is definitely a good thing to tinker some ideas, but it is too insecure to use in production. also, it looks like it is not maintained right now - half of the links on site are broken.

<< Comment #3 @ 05:48 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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nsx0r

Pretty good job!

For QLPrism: use " http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/171037.user.js " as user script link.

Maybe I'm asking for the impossible, but it would be awesome if we could have some sort of automatic best server location picker from this kind of script.

Edited by nsx0r at 05:49 CDT, 16 June 2013

<< Comment #4 @ 05:54 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #3

If your friend have this script installed, when one replies another with location info, script automatically adds best server location suggestions.

<< Comment #6 @ 05:59 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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nsx0r - Reply to #4

you mean with ingame announcer? or in the browser?

<< Comment #8 @ 06:01 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #6

in browser, when you right-click on your contact. maybe i didn't write it in features list clear enough. :)

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<< Comment #9 @ 06:05 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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nsx0r - Reply to #8

oh my bad :D
sunday morning etc

<< Comment #15 @ 07:54 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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sirax

Awesome.

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<< Comment #16 @ 07:59 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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kk-super_koziol.pl

this is like a gift from the elders to me. all the plusses

<< Comment #44 @ 10:21 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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harosh - Reply to #16

i know how much this means to you mate - congrats on your new baby <3

<< Comment #17 @ 08:21 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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ashy

thanks a lot!

i might be wrong but this seems a bit less accurate than "quakelivepinger by tequilaburp", as it shows the same ping for different IPs in the same location (example: i ping 65 on de 225, 55 on 137, 50 on 121 and so on)

is there any way i can fix that?

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<< Comment #18 @ 08:28 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #17

just right click on locations tab and update pings. sometimes pings are bit off when quakelive.com is loading.

Edited by simonov at 08:28 CDT, 16 June 2013

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<< Comment #19 @ 08:30 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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mi - Reply to #17

Yeah, it assumes all server in a location have the same ping. A "ping" column on Match Browser would be useful - to show directly ping of every server, sort them by ping etc.
Still, a great tool that is finally here, thanks simonov :)
Shame id couldn't do it!

<< Comment #22 @ 08:39 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #19

ah, now i understood the question. yes, script pings only the first server returned in array from the location. they all have the same ip so i don't see a point to ping every one of them.

i thought about additional column in server browser, but decided that there's too much clutter already and went for standalone tab and tooltips on servers.

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<< Comment #20 @ 08:34 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #17

reread you comment, decided that i don't understand what you are asking. can you rephrase?

btw, ping results may differ from icmp ping because my script is doing getchallenge request to the actual quakelive server and measuring response time.

also, you can go to the Locations tab and see last four measurement results by hovering mouse over ping value. displayed ping is an average between those four.

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<< Comment #23 @ 08:48 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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ashy - Reply to #20

rephrasing:
some servers in the same location have different IPS which as a result give different pings

for example

frankfurt has 4 different ips:
91.198.52.152. 225
91.198.52.152. 211
91.198.52.152. 137
91.198.52.152. 121

some people get different pings on these, for example for me it varies between 50 and 70

is there any way i can fix this, or will it be fixed?

nevertheless, thanks a lot for your work

<< Comment #24 @ 09:07 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #23

oh, didn't know about it, thanks. i will look into that.

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<< Comment #26 @ 09:59 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #23

quickly made small script to show all ips from all location. maybe it would be useful for someone. open quakelive site, open developer console (ctrl-shift-j in chrome) and

enter this



$.each(window.locdb.locations, function () {

	var location_id = this.id;

	var filter = {

		"filters":{

			"group":"any",

			"game_type":"any",

			"arena":"any",

			"state":"any",

			"difficulty":"any",

			"location":location_id,

			"private":0,

			"premium_only":0,

			"invitation_only":0,

			"ranked":"any"

		},

		"arena_type":"",

		"players":[],

		"game_types":[5,4,3,0,1,9,10,11,8,6],

		"ig":0

	};

	var location_ips = {};

	$.ajax({

		type: 'get', 

		data: {'filter': Base64.encode(JSON.stringify(filter))}, 

		url: '/browser/list', 

		success: function (data) {

			var json = quakelive.Eval(data);

			if (!json || !json.servers 

			|| json.servers.length < 1) {

				return;

			}

			console.log(window.locdb.locations[json.servers[0].location_id].location);

			$.each(json.servers, function() {

				var hostport = this.host_address.split(':');

				if(!location_ips.hasOwnProperty(hostport[0])) {

					location_ips[hostport[0]] = hostport[0];

					console.log(hostport[0]);

				}

			});

		}, error: function () {

			}

		}

	);

});

looks like there are a lot of different ips in same locations, but they are in the same /24 subnets, so i don't think that ping will be different, but will check that.

results

Edited by simonov at 10:00 CDT, 16 June 2013

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<< Comment #27 @ 10:13 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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ashy - Reply to #26

just marry me already

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<< Comment #53 @ 11:43 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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Lam | - Reply to #26

they are in the same /24 subnets, so i don't think that ping will be different

Shouldn't and for most people aren't.

However, some cheap ISPs use multipath load balancing based on IP hash (or even IP/port pair!)

It looks to be the case for ashy - his packets go through different physical links depending on destination server, so the pings are different.

<< Comment #60 @ 18:49 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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ashy - Reply to #53

nice ty, didn't know that
actually i have no idea what one whole sentence meant but thanks to you too anyway for the explanation
(btw just out of curiosity: had this exact "thing" with two different main providers, do you think it's bad luck or something else?)

<< Comment #21 @ 08:38 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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ischju

neat script, thank you. works like a charm.

<< Comment #25 @ 09:50 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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drink.more

very very goog job!

<< Comment #28 @ 11:27 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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easytarget

I added this to Prism but can it get added in the next update that would be awesome for users too

<< Comment #30 @ 11:54 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #28

i wrote to syncore about qlprism integration, didn't get reply yet.

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<< Comment #39 @ 05:50 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #28

syncore said that he will definitely include qlping into next qlprism update.

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<< Comment #29 @ 11:46 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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0TT0

Great work. But no Opera plugin :S

<< Comment #31 @ 11:55 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #29

i do not like opera.

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<< Comment #32 @ 12:09 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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amOKchen - Reply to #31

nobody likes opera

<< Comment #33 @ 12:28 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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h8m3

Small startup tip - make a website
1. You register there
2. Install browser plugin
3. Choose your game (Quakelive at first)
4. Press "Update pings" on the website
5. All your pings to all QL servers are reported to the website and shown in your profile
6. When you need to play someone in some cup - just enter the nicks of the players in the matchmaking page.
7. It shows 3 most suitable and fair locations to play and pings of both players to that server
Also:
- Make a team mode to find best servers for 4v4/5v5/whatever battles
- Few minutes long "Full ping update" to check the packetloss/jitter aswell to know the "quality" of connection to different servers
- Add some multi-connections (i.e. someone also has VPN or 2nd connection so you can choose it when you update pings)
- Some API to integrate with other websites (i.e. Full ping update when you check-in on some cup like Faceit)
- Pings older than 12h are considered outdated, add some 'competition mode' in matchmaking to find servers only if your pings are up to date, else notify the player
- Maybe make some daemon software to ping servers and report them automatically.
- Add other games in the future
...
- PROFIT

Edited by h8m3 at 16:38 CDT, 16 June 2013

<< Comment #36 @ 12:59 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #33

it is hard to force all players to install something. also, there's not much monetization options.

i thought about adding an option of anonymous reporting of player's pings to a server to create a map of quake pings, but got lazy.

<< Comment #38 @ 16:37 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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h8m3 - Reply to #36

Well, if it's required to sign up for a cup, installing something ain't really a problem for anyone. Moreover it's just a browser plugin and it's way more comfortable to sort out problems with your opponents in the end. People in other games are forced to use standalone anticheat software for example and that doesn't really stop anyone from playing.

Edited by h8m3 at 16:39 CDT, 16 June 2013

<< Comment #54 @ 11:51 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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Lam | - Reply to #36

Compare: http://cqe.rytir.com/pingdb/

Of course not everyone uses that, but league admin can easily require people to use such service in order to participate in tournaments.

<< Comment #34 @ 12:37 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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generic nickname

this, id software, is how it's done

<< Comment #35 @ 12:59 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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kazzmir

Thank you, this plugin works great. I didn't realize I had such a good ping to a couple of servers.

<< Comment #37 @ 13:44 CDT, 16 June 2013 >>

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greenfish

good job!

It is very convenient especially for tournaments, which often gets lost a lot of time searching for the best server for all

To add to the rules a prerequisite, usage of the script

<< Comment #41 @ 06:07 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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houD

Simonov, your contribution is invaluable to the quakelive community!

<< Comment #40 @ 06:06 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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-nixon-

Good job dude, thank you

<< Comment #42 @ 08:47 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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Fr0zzen

What about Opera?

<< Comment #43 @ 09:25 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #42

it is your own problem. btw, it should work with installation instructions just like firefox (except scriptish maybe), but if it doesn't work - well, it's opera.

Edited by simonov at 09:32 CDT, 17 June 2013

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<< Comment #45 @ 10:21 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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anvi - Reply to #42

The upcoming release of Opera is based on Chromium.

Perhaps it is time to choose another browser.

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nor - Reply to #45

... or keep using 12.* until they've implemented all the unique UI features that make Opera outstanding.

<< Comment #52 @ 11:16 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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Anonymous (95.95.182.224)

THank you!

<< Comment #46 @ 10:55 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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dogja

any way that this can be implemented on a new qlprism release or something

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HustLah - Reply to #46

http://www.esreality.com/post/2436588/re-user...pid2436471

<< Comment #50 @ 11:06 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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dogja - Reply to #48

ah, didnt see, ty

<< Comment #47 @ 10:59 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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HustLah

my "Refresh" button ( on the right to "demo" button ) on qlprism is gone...

anyone else with the same problem ?

<< Comment #51 @ 11:13 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #47

http://userscripts.org/topics/127297

there's no place for it under linux. i will hide it only in linux in the new version. use shift+r meanwhile.

<< Comment #57 @ 13:00 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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Lam | - Reply to #51

Firefox on Linux - no problem at all.

The "Refresh" button/link is very much needed, because it clears the Live Game Info cache, so you can update scores / people on servers when needed.

OTOH, the "Demo" button is actually useless. You can do +demo "xxx" on "Parameters" dialog, or better use QLDP for demo playback.

Edited by Lam at 13:15 CDT, 17 June 2013

<< Comment #59 @ 13:41 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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HustLah - Reply to #51

im on win 7, thats weird
but shift+r works fine

<< Comment #49 @ 11:03 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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ProT :

The heavens owe you free, wild sex all the time of the day, kind sir. :)

<< Comment #55 @ 12:42 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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zb0t

Nice

<< Comment #56 @ 12:42 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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zb0t

Nice

<< Comment #58 @ 13:13 CDT, 17 June 2013 >>

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Lam |

Two enhancement ideas:

1. For Firefox/Prism, instead of bunch of plugins + userscript, it would be best to release as an add-on, just like QL itself and QLDP.

This way installation instructions would be just "click here and confirm installation".

2. Would be nice to show scoreboard ping. You can easily get cvars from quakelive.cvars, so that will be:
ping + 1000/cl_maxpackets/2

Why scoreboard ping? Simply to give impression of very reliable product :) Right now the ping in "Locations" is not the same as on in-game scoreboard. Even though it differs by only 4 on cl_maxpackets 125, I can bet some people will make up stories how it's unreliable and shows garbage. Better prevent it :)

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<< Comment #62 @ 10:11 CDT, 5 July 2013 >>

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illiterate

Refresh button is gone for me with this plugin, anyway to fix it? I'm using QLPrism.

And LOTS of [+]

<< Comment #63 @ 11:51 CDT, 5 July 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #62

will be fixed in new version. use shift-R meanwhile.

<< Comment #68 @ 03:06 CDT, 29 July 2013 >>

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simonov - Reply to #62

you should see your refresh button now.

<< Comment #65 @ 13:00 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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simonov

New version:

2013-07-28 (1.0)
No need to reinstall plugin, only userscript is updated.

New location info tab.

Showing pings for every IP address of a location. Still using average values for ping announcements (didn't find much difference between different servers on one location).

Nice formatting for ping announcements on website. Works only for people with installed userscript. People without userscript see that only as text, like in earlier versions.

Website location filter is updated when clicking on location in info tab or in web chat announcement.

Some small fixes.

Edited by simonov at 02:29 CDT, 29 July 2013

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<< Comment #67 @ 17:45 CDT, 28 July 2013 >>

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kk-super_koziol.pl - Reply to #65

I love you. here are the flowers

http://imgur.com/697lB8e

Edited by kk-super_koziol.pl at 17:45 CDT, 28 July 2013

<< Comment #69 @ 11:50 CDT, 12 August 2013 >>

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simonov

New version:

2013-08-12 (1.11)

No need to reinstall plugin, only userscript is updated.

I am terribly sorry for my mistake with autoupdater, and now you have to uninstall older version of QLPing to get rid of a double "Locations" tab and double sending of locations info after updating to this version. You will see instructions for your browser in the first of a double "Locations" tab, or you can do it by yourself.

Autoupdater is finally fixed, will work normally in the future.

To update script in QLPrism, click Scripts -> Script Commands -> QLPing: Enable updates.

Fixed formatting for ping announcements in QLPrism.

Fixed "Locations" tab positioning in QLPrism.

Fixed counter in "Send my locations" procedure.

Fixed coloring and counter in the ingame ping announcer.

Added "Refresh Locations" button in "Locations" tab.

Added "Display scoreboard ping" option. Scoreboard ping may be closer to what you will see at the scoreboard in game and is calculated by formula (actual_ping + 1000/cl_maxpackets/2) ms.

More small fixes.

Edited by simonov at 13:17 CDT, 12 August 2013

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