The following is an archive of comments made before threaded discussions was implemented (November 16th, 2008)

So Piotr, are you going to try and create a new script for the new packrat, if its even possible......if you are let us know, thanks.

Would it be possible for someone to create a small script just to stalk markets?

It must really suck to put this much effort into a code and then to have it rendered useless and have to start from scratch :/

Features for the new script if one is ever made :D
~ Browse Friends/Rats to Pick Up Credits
~ Buy from the markets
~ Automatically updates cards from the wiki, maybe (?)

*Picking up Draw Cards doesnt matter anymore as you can only hold a max of 5 anyway

Unless there is already a new script going around, then please point me in the right direction

if someone could just make it pick up credits and bonus draws when browsing, would be enough for now. I tryed, but am just not into java enough.

@@ baerana

turn off greasemonkey. pretty easy. click the little monkey in the bottom right

I don't expect the script to fully work with the new pack rat yet (if ever) but I was hoping someone had a workaround for one thing - when I start trying to use pack rat and the script, it tries to check my vault and immediately errors out -

"Error in module 'card' on line 169: div is undefined
Error in module 'collection' on line 1012: div is undefined"

and then takes me to the pack rat error page. Is there a way to prevent it from trying to check my vault, and just go through and pick up credits and drop cards, not try to buy from stores or make trades, steal from rats, etc. (until/unless the script author decides to re-add those featues to work w/ the new pack rat)? thanks.

kaz lives in texas, piotr lives in france :)

The point of the script is to act human, to emulate the most boring parts of th game, so you dont lose your friggin mind. its not ment to allow you to have a better chance than the other "manual" players.

you also have to remember, piotr's limitations added to the script where HIS attempt to make the PR devs happy, the PR devs have NEVER approved of this script. So if it acts human, and doesnt run for 24hrs, you are better off.

@dianthusintl, @Barbra, and others: Please don't forget that kaz is not Piotr Karwasz (unless there's something you're not telling us, kaz?). Kaz is a commenter who knows Javascript, responds fast, and tries to help people out with their questions. When Piotr responds, his comments show up in a different color.

Piotr warned previously that he would be severely delayed in posting responses to comments. I think he's the only person who can really answer your questions about whether he received any payment for changing the script to meet the PR developers' needs. However, I seem to remember that the PR developers had "busted" him and cut off his access to the rats based on the script overloading the servers. We can only assume that this would have happened to the rest of us too - so if you look at it from that way, Piotr HAD to change the script to allow us all to keep using it in any form at all.

I agree with you, Barbra - the new script limitations make it much less usable for me - but I'd rather have *some* access to the script than no script at all, or than face a ban on the game from the PR developers. If you don't like the script in its current version, you can always ask someone who knows Javascript to help you get around the limitations. That's the beauty of "open source".

@Barbra,

you said:

"...was there a payment for the changes to be made by the developers - cause you have ppl asking for things here and don't get it but they ask and they get it..."

OF COURSE kaz updates the script according to requests of the packrat devs b/c this has to work with the game code itself, the servers, and also jive with facebook guidelines! inferring on oct 10 that some sort of "preferential treatment" of pr dev change requests over user requests by suggesting that there's compensation involved is tantamount to calling kaz a liar b/c kaz stated categorically on oct 8 that "no one gets paid for maintaining this script".

third-party scripting to modify the function of software can be rather complex, and oft times features that are requested by users may not be viable in terms of the work involved to code and refine them, let alone the fact that the software might not even be able to adequately support a particular add-on function. everything has it limits!

give 'em the respect they deserve!

@ kaz,

I understand you don't get paid as such, but having the slow ( less than a person doing it themselves) makes it not worth using. I can click faster than this script - don't get me wrong - i and the friends i have introduced to this script love the concept and the script was fine until the 10 pop ups and slow market stalking was introduced...

I dont doubt you are a nice guy :) Im not that advanced to making/changing user scripts so i am at your mercy. Maybe i need to learn. I was simply stating you had a fantastic if not ultimate script but with the changes its gone backwards not forward! I havent used the script since i posted that and have got more cards /credits by me clicking faster than 3 secs! my friends are the same.. I will give it another go - will reinstall it ( yes i did unistall as no point if not using it)..

I was simply trying to give feedback. I still ask the question which i know was asked in these pages - was there a payment for the changes to be made by the developers - cause you have ppl asking for things here and don't get it but they ask and they get it... ;) still makes me wonder.......

@kaz: Is the corrupt data file on Piotr's server you mentioned below still a problem since the recent release of v1.1.1, or does it seem to be fixed now?

@barbra: with user growth and outside lives, things have to change. Server limits had to be imposed, at the request of packrat developers. The automation of the data file had to be done, as piotr couldnt set aside time to manually update it daily. Be patient while some bugs get worked out.

When I find a bug, I try to post a fix until Piotr can get the official fix in place. I do this to be a [relatively] nice guy, helping another addict in need. While editing scripts is not user friendly, it comes along with being an "advanced" firefox user who knows what greasemonkey is. So you can either try and apply fixes, or disable the script until its fixed.

No one gets paid for maintaining this script, its a shame you have to treat it as a commercially supported product.

im afraid - this script has been ruined and now is totally not user friendly and usuable.. such a shame!

for some reason, safari kingdom and tiki island only have 4 or 5 cards in the listed collection when i am making my own shopping list. this is now causing me to pick up "unknown" cards, such as the grass skirt!

marcela, i get the same thing for some reason. i've found that if i just install it instead of trying to save it, that it will work. If you already have the little monkey icon on the bottom right corner, make sure it is turned on before you start. i've also had success with saving it to my desktop, (when the icon is off) then opening it with firefox and then going up to Tools, then Greasemonkey, and clicking on "install user script."

Hi, newbie here.
I tried to install the script but when I try to open the .js file the 'windows script host' comes up with a message saying:
scirpt: c:/documents and settings.......
line: 322
char: 69
error: expected identifier
code: 800A03F2
source: Microsoft JScript compitation error

any help???

how come with the new script does it stop after 10 popups? isn't the purpose of having a script to be able to be away for a bit? I love the script otherwise

kaz that help me a lot mine is up and running fine. thank you so much for all the help !!!! :-)

@sugar_wings: download editpad, it adds line numbers, look at line 44, as mentioned below.

i tried my self to edit it in my notepad and i can't even find the line that says (url.indexOf('apps.new.facebook.com') != -1) Page.fnew = true;..... can some one help me with this ?

@kaz: i posted my mail bellow, here again (pedro7x_hotmail.com), :-)

theres 12 "Pedro Marinho" on facebook, which one? :)