EmoTracker

Where do I get the tracker? https://emotracker.net/download/ Frequently Asked Questions Does/will the tracker run on MacOS, Linux, or iOS/Android? No, and I have no plans/interest in making it so. It is a heavily WPF-based application, and will be Windows-only unless a suitable cross-platform .NET Core implementation of WPF becomes available. Is the tracker open source? No. While it may go open source at some point in the distant future, I am trying to push for core feature additions with people able to do what they need to do via packs, because I am hoping to increase platform adoption. So for the time being, I have zero plans to open source the core app. I am seeing weird squares in the title bar... Install this font and restart the app. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/386970120616148994/406207753531686933/seguisym.ttf What do the location colors on the map mean? Blue Checkable (visually, by hint, etc.) but not accessible Green Fully accessible Yellow Accessible via sequence break/allowed glitches, or in dungeons, potentially clearable without being able to check every chest Red Inaccessible Orange Partially accessible - some portions are accessible, but some are inaccessible. Grey Cleared (edited)

Downloading & Installing EmoTracker

Keyboard Shortcuts F2 Show Broadcast View F5 Reset Tracker F11 Toggle all locations visible CTRL-S Save CTRL-SHIFT-S Save As CTRL-O Open/Load CTRL-Z Undo CTRL+Mouse Wheel Zoom Enabling ChatHUD To get started, add the following line to your Documents/EmoTracker/application_settings.json file, right after the "last_active_package" line...

"twitch_channel": "your_channel_name_here",

You will need to activate the ChatHUD functionality each time you run the tracker - right click on the Twitch icon to do so. By default, you and your channel moderators will have access, but you can edit the settings file to include moderators, and you can use chat commands to whitelist/blacklist specific users. ChatHUD Command Reference All ChatHUD commands start with !hud. reset - reset the tracker add username - add the specified user to the whitelist remove username - remove the specified user from the whitelist ban username - add the specified user to the blacklist unban username - remove the specified user from the blacklist item - track the item (behavior is item dependent) item off - deactivate/untoggle the item, if applicable item down - decrement the item, if applicable item extra - instruct the item to acknowledge the value in extra (e.g. !hud ether mm flags ether as the Misery Mire medallion) (edited)

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Color Blind Support for Map-Enabled Packs The tracker supports customizing the location colors used on the map, in order to help color blind players use the tracker effectively. To customize the colors, create a json file named 'application_colors.json' in your Documents/EmoTracker folder. This file should contain a JSON object, and you can add keys to override various map colors. An example file which replaces the default yellow color for sequence-breakable locations with magenta is attached to this. The following keys are recognized, and standard web format colors should be used.

accessibility_none accessibility_partial accessibility_inspect accessibility_sequencebreak accessibility_normal accessibility_cleared status_generic_active status_generic_success status_generic_warning status_generic_error

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Frequently Asked Questions Pt. 2 I am having issues installing packs... It's probably your virus scanner being over-aggressive. Try disabling it temporarily, or add an exclusion for EmoTracker. Packs are stored in Documents/EmoTracker. I am actively developing (or have developed) a new pack... If you have a pack you want to distribute via the package manager which is complete and that you are prepared to provide ongoing support for, please DM @EmoSaru to request the pack developer role. Please note that this role does not gate any of the information necessary to build a pack - only distribution information. Everything that’s available for building packs is already available in #customization-support. (edited)

Important Notes on Save/Load Invalidating Saves Your save files will fail to load if any of the following things occur since saving… * You update the pack used in the save * You make customizations (overrides) to the pack that affect items or locations * You uninstall the pack used in the save Make sure to finish your run before doing any of these things. (edited)

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Game-Specific Discords Lately, we have had some people trying to use this Discord as a support forum for various games, rather than e.g. specific help with various packs or the app itself. Sometimes conversations necessarily live in a gray area, as somebody may think they've found a bug because of something they're unaware of. This is all well and good, and by and large we keep things on topic, but when your question is really about learning how to play a particular game, please ask those questions on the game specific Discords. It's more topical there, and there are likely more resources to help you. In order to assist with that, here's a (periodically updated) list of Discord servers for various supported games. A Link To The Past Randomizer: https://discord.gg/fRGPCUm Wind Waker Randomizer: https://discordapp.com/invite/r2963mt Ocarina of Time Randomizer: https://discordapp.com/invite/xbTVhNz Link's Awakening DX: https://discord.gg/2vmyjPh A Link Between Worlds Randomizer: https://discord.gg/dmAJh2uY7M ALTTP + SM: https://discord.gg/PMKcDPQ Super Mario RPG Randomizer: https://discord.gg/kSgvhxr Zelda 1 + Metroid Crossover: https://discord.gg/kCGzPYp Zelda 2 Randomizer: https://discord.gg/DS6ph9u Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages: https://discord.gg/d2wRkuD Zelda: Minish Cap: https://discord.gg/ndFuWbV Hollow Knight Randomizer: https://discord.gg/cmVDbW6 Resident Evil REMaster Randomizer: https://discord.gg/DPdwpMK Metroid Prime Randomizer: https://discordapp.com/invite/gymstUz Zelda 1 Randomizer: https://discordapp.com/invite/NJXayH2 Terranigma Randomizer: https://discord.gg/nMNU83F Pokemon Randomizers: https://discord.gg/nT56DbT Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix Randomizer: https://discord.gg/KwfqM6GYzd (edited)

How do I customize the tracker? To customize the broadcast window that's generally used with OBS, In EmoTracker, click on

> Advanced > Export Overrides. You will need to find the packs broadcast layout (use the search box to help find JSON files), and selecting it and exporting will place a copy of the json file inDocuments/EmoTracker/user_overrides/[Pack Name]. To quickly reach this folder, click on

> Advanced > Open Override Folder. You can override any file in a pack using the override system. It is not general recommended to override items or locations unless/until you're a bit more experienced with the program, as things can break more easily if/when the pack author releases an update. Be sure to check out #customization-support if you require further help. (edited)

The app crashes on startup, or packs refuse to download or update, and I am running Windows Defender, Avast/AVG, or another anti-malware tool with anti-ransomware protection on my Documents folder Windows Defender has a feature called "Controlled Folder Access", which can prevent EmoTracker (and other apps) from writing to your Documents folder. While you can turn that feature off entirely, that is not necessary. You can follow these steps to add an exclusion. 1) Follow the directions here to get to the "Controlled Folder Access" settings: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4046851/windows-10-controlled-folder-access-windows-defender-security-center 2) If "Controlled Folder Access" is enabled, select "Allow an app through Controlled folder access" 3) Add EmoTracker as an allowed app. The default install location, if you didn't change it, is "C:\Program Files (x86)\EmoTracker\EmoTracker.exe If you were running the tracker, you will need to close and restart it. The Avast/AVG security suite also has a similar feature, which can cause the same problem. If you are running Avast/AVG, you can find directions for allowing an exclusion to the controlled folder system here: https://help.avg.com/en/avg_free/17/antiransomware.html (edited)

Allow a blocked app in Windows Security

Use Controlled folder access in Windows Security to review apps that can change files in protected folders.

How to use the Voice Control alpha Follow your game community's rules for racing. I am not responsible for anybody getting in trouble, Enable voice control using the context menu for the microphone in the bottom bar. In this release, only your default audio input and output device are supported. All commands start with Hey tracker, and the following commands are supported: English only, enunciate, and bear in mind that some of these item/location names are WEIRD. Track an item by name (behavior varies by item type): track [item name] Mark a secondary state on an item: mark [item name] as [secondary state (e.g. mark bombos as mm) Mark an item in an item marking spot mark [item name] at [location name] Clear all available chests in a location: clear [location name] Reset all available chests in a location: reset [location name] Pin a location: pin [location name] Un-Pin a location: remove pin for [location name] Undo the last operation: undo that Show/hide all locations: enable show all locations (disable show all locations to disable) Stop voice control: stop listening There is no support currently for adjusting individual chests in locations, but it may be forthcoming in the future, Dungeons will have to be tracked manually, as will any more specific tracking requests. (edited)

I am running 32-bit Windows... What does this mean for me? While the tracker currently runs on 32-bit Windows, some features are not supported.

* Voice Control (currently in alpha) may work on 32-bit Windows, but I cannot provide support for it there.

Upcoming features may or may not be supported on 32-bit Windows. I will try my best, but I cannot guarantee that support will not degrade over time in some ways. I do not have an internet connection, and autotracker is not working? Autotracker requires an active internet connection. I am seeing "The community package server is down", my packs are not organized properly by game, or auto-tracker was working and no longer is... A while back, we dealt with a certificate error on the hosting used for this stuff. Unfortunately, that error also impacted auto-updated, which prevented you from getting the fix. In order to get working again, please manually re-download and install the latest version of the tracker from: https://emotracker.net/download/ How do I uninstall a pack? Delete the package zip file from your Documents/EmoTracker/packs folder and restart the application. Is there/when will there be a pack for <insert game name here> Packs are built by community volunteers. The answer is always "whenever somebody steps up and builds one". If you'd like to build one, then the information you need to get started is in #customization-support. (edited)