How to Succeed in eUSA Part 8 - Extras and Tools
Gnilraps
What’s He Building? (Mandatory listening)
Day 2259 of the New World
26 January, 2014
by Gnilraps
This is Part 8 in a 10 part series called How to Succeed in eUSA.
Part 8 - Extras and Tools
A community like eRepublik is bound to produce some excellent tools making use of the (sometimes spotty) API or even just scraping data using other means.
I will link you to some of the best tools that I’ve used. I really don’t want to write a tutorial on how to use each one (and in several cases the tutorial would be extremely extensive!) so you are mostly on your own to click around and figure things out. If you just can’t make something work, ask me in PM. I’ll help.
I will be mentioning a script in this review. Scripts are supposed to be against the Terms of Service of eRepublik. For whatever reason, the script that I am referencing doesn’t seem to ever get anyone into trouble. Still, I suppose I should just say, “Use it at your own risk” like everyone else already does.
Remember, you can always bookmark this article in your favorites rather than having to bookmark all of these links separately.
And yes, if there is a tool you really think I should include on this list, send me a link to it… If I think it's worth adding, I’ll add it.
Reader counter
It looks like this:
By adding this tool to your articles, you will know how many unique readers have clicked to open your article. It will tell you how many people visited your article and did not vote it. It’s an attractive tool.
Want one? Here’s what the code looks like in my paper:
Reader/Views counter
This reader counter includes a viewer counter which not only tells you how many unique viewers you've had, but it also runs a separate counter for every time your article is accessed. Because of all of the useful links in this article, it will likely have many more views than readers. It's not as attractive as the blue reader counter, but it's cool.
Want one? Here’s what the code looks like in my paper:
Damage Calculator
This site has plenty of tools, a few of which don’t work. But this is one of the better Damage Calculators available.
The easiest way to use it is to input your Profile ID #. How do you get that? Simple. Just click on your name under your avatar. That will bring you to your Profile page. Now look at the URL. Mine looks like this:
See the numbers at the end there? Those digits are your eRepublik Profile ID#. You’ll use them a lot as you play the game more. Copy those numbers, then insert them into the Damage Calculator where it says, “citizen id - type it here”. Then click the “get influence” button. The tool defaults to showing you what Influence you do with 1 hit with a Q7 weapon. Now you can start playing around with the other fields. It will provide an influence total cumulative of whatever weaponry you ask it to consider.
Battle Hero Calculator
Want to know how many resources you will need to reach a certain level of damage? This is your tool. It works the same way as the previously mentioned tool except it gives you fields to enter energy bars and and Food Fights used.
IRC
The place to be for eRepublikans. The link provided is for Mibbit, though experienced IRC users will scoff at me for even suggesting its use. I barely understand enough about IRC to even use it, so Mibbit seems fine to me. The key, though, is that you need to link up using Rizon if you want to chat with the eUS community. Nearly any experienced Citizen can help you with specific channels to visit.
The bottom line, though, is that it is very difficult to break into an IRC-using community unless you spend some time on IRC. It isn't absolutely necessary, but you're forsaking your best bet for building your future if you eschew its use.
Country Stats
Lots of information here, all in one place. Click around.
Battle Hero Finder
This is an excellent way to find a Battle if you feel like sniping a BH medal. You simply click on whichever Division you fight in, enter how much damage you can do, then an amount of remaining time (less if you want a battle which is almost over, more if you want more choices). People will pretend you’ve killed their dog if you snipe a BH, but the truth is the game has devolved into an environment that rewards selfish behaviour. I won’t judge you if you do it. (You also won't make any friends that way. Still...
FF Finder
And this tool will help you find RW battles that are being won by the Resistance. You determine the parameters. A small green “Fight” button links you directly to the battle screen back ingame.
Let me explain the parameters it is asking for, since it is a little challenging to understand at first.
First, you click on your Division.
Second, you enter the minimum amount of points differential between the winning RW side and the losing defenders side.
Third, you enter the maximum remaining points needed by the Resistance before the battle is won.
Experiment by trying 30 and 30. You will see battles wherein the Resistance is leading by at least 30 points and where they already have more than 52 points accumulated.
Get the idea?
Manufacturing Profits
A semi-good Manufacturing calculator. You can make manual adjustments by clicking the “Modify” button. All in all it will give you a snapshot of how much money you are losing if you actually use those companies you spent your Gold on. Next time spend it upgrading your Training Grounds. But I already covered that topic several times throughout this 10 part series.
Best Manufacturing tool for eUSA
A much better tool for calculating Manufacturing essentials. This tool puts all you need at your fingertips to find out how much money you will lose by investing in manufacturing companies. (I’m being intentionally sarcastic. There is technically money to be made if you dump a lot of gold into manufacturing, but it will literally take you over a year to recover that Gold, and that’s assuming market conditions remain as barely decent as they are. This is not a guarantee.)
egov
If you want Military data, this is where you are most likely to find it. There is a bit of a learning curve as you figure out how to find what you are looking for. But the statistics provided here are amazing. I cannot possibly walk you through all of the pages and what they mean. You are just going to have to start clicking around. Have fun!
Downloadable company guide
This is a downloadable tool for calculating your Company’s essentials. It is VERY good. Requires Excel 2007 or later.
You can keep current with updates to this tool by checking this thread.
Article Editor
Ever have eRepublik eat your article? Write it here first. No more CSRF attacks either. Incidentally, if you use Chrome browser, there’s also a nice app called Lazarus that remembers everything you type into any browser box so if you accidentally page away from it or somehow lose it, you can recover your work.
Many will tell you to just write your articles in notepad or word or whatever. That works too, especially if you know how to manually code the BBCode. I wrote this entire series in a Gdoc.
Google Search for Stuff+
This is the Chrome addon I mentioned at the top of the article. Trust me when I tell you that this will completely change how you interact with eRepublik. It provides countless useful tools. It ranks #1 in my book of eRep addons. I won’t link directly to it because that might cause my article to get taken down. Instead I’ve linked you to a Google search. You can do the rest by clicking on the first listed link.
Several of the tools previously mentioned are rendered unnecessary by this one addon.
eGov’s Map
Even though this one technically falls under the eGov site, it deserves its own mention. This map system will impress you. It does the only thing we truly need a map to do for understanding the strategic value of a particular region - it shows you which regions are adjacent. In other words, this map will show you which European regions (including the Azores) are “adjacent” to the eUS’s East Coast states. Play with it.
eUS Forum
If you don't have an account at the eUS Forum, you're missing half the game.
I hope these tools really open up the gaming experience for you. There are a few that, without them, it would drastically change how I play this game.
In Part 9, I’ll be really stirring the pot as I introduce you to some of eUSA’s most prominant personalities. It’ll be a laugh riot.
You may now return to your regularly scheduled clicking
Comments
/me shines up his brass knuckles for Part 9.
I almost forgot to add eUS Forums. It's added now.
Son I am disappoint
Gnilraps is amazing. I said it first.
aw shucks
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Strongly voted.
NEEDS MORE GREELING!!!
Part 9 my friend. Part 9.
you know I'm impatient.
What about "eRepublik Stuff+"?
It's a Greasemonkey Script including lots of new options. They're shown at the pictures.
Some examples:
- Improves Battle site by Top5 citizen of the country, whereby the name is a hyperlink to the profile.
- There are buttons for creating rockets, bombs and bazookas
- Shows how many hits you need for getting a BH medal
- Improves the Mercenary medal view by showing the current kills without moving the mouse. Shows kills, dmg, hits total on the left side-bar. Improves the main menue "My places" by each own section
- and lot more...
Third to last on my list. Look again.
Yea, sorry man 😃
"egov map
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It does the only thing we truly need a map to do for understanding the strategic value of a particular region - it shows you which regions are adjacent."
really? damn i looked for a map that does that (and didn't realized that egovs does)!
admins should integrate that in the old map and it would be ok: adjacent regions & resources that the regions hold just on the map
don't need nothing more.
I can't tell you how much time I've wasted until I found the egov map.
it is very usefull because in erepublik you not only get regions that are far away but are connected - you also get regions that are right next to each other (and in fact their b4lls are touching) but in erepublik they are not connected
Voted~
Voted so hard I almost broke my keyboard. xD
Excellent series. Among the best I have read for help guides
I don't know of a tool to fix keyboards.
Most of these tools are in direct violation of the eRepublik Terms of Service - http://www.erepublik.com/en/main/terms-and-conditions
5 RESTRICTIONS ON RIGHT TO USE
5.1 You agree that you shall not (and you agree not to allow any third party to):
5.1.1 modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Website and/or the eRepublik.com Service;
The Author says: "Trust me when I tell you that this will completely change how you interact with eRepublik..." and he is correct.
Use of these tools can result in you losing your account.
That being said, these tools are amazing and it is sad that eRepublik Labs doesn't incorporate most of this into the game anyway.
But this is a broken game.
GYPSY POWER
Best article of the series, Gnilraps... which is why i trolled!
Most of these tools are built off of the API which eRep provides. They wouldn't be seen as a violation of ToS. But if Admin wanted to press the issue with anyone using Stuff+, they could as it is clearly a violation.
I wouldn't dream of violating the ToS.
Tools I can definitely use, thank you Gnilraps 🙂
For those who insist on trying to make the economic module work, I didn't see the market analyzer. I've used this one successfully. http://www.erepublikanalyzer.com/MercadoRanking.aspx?id=1&calidad=1
That one's good too.
great stuff, vote
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currahee! I need lazarus for RL. Would have saved me. It's not just eRep that eats forms.
purists will tell you it's a security risk. I use it anyway.
Great. o>
Such great stuff. Well done.
high praise from you PQ.
Pretty good.
That's all I'm really shooting for...
Military fitness academy, and now this.
Gnilraps is becoming a noob Guru.
takes a noob to teach a noob
Ha Ha, Ha Ha Ha. I got csrf attacked while posting this !
Slice a banana into 1/2 inch pieces and set them to the side
Use ice cream scoop to add desired amount of Neapolitan ice cream into bowl(s)
Add sliced bananas over the ice cream
Squeeze desired amount of strawberry and chocolate syrup over bananas and ice cream
Scoop 1-2 tablespoons of crushed pineapple into the bowl
Add 2 spoonfuls of whipped topping over crushed pineapple
Finish your creation by sprinkling chopped nuts over whipped topping and add a cherry to the top
Grab a spoon and enjoy!
Banana splits are good, but this is very succulent... always wanted to used the word succulent in Erepublik... Now I can scratch another mark on the bucket list.
Thanks Gnarly raps.
Oh God I Want To Make This
Thanks 🙂 voted+subbed
vs baby
A lot of work in these articles, the community gains much by your efforts. Small thanks, but I voted 🙂
Just tried to download eRepublik Stuff+ in Google Chrome and got this:
'Apps, extension and user scripts cannot be added from this web site'
Seems Google has a 'better idea';
'We're constantly looking out for ways to make your browsing safer. To that end, we recently changed the way you add extensions that are not in the Chrome Web Store to your browser. Previously, any website could prompt you to add an extension into your browser. In the latest version of Google Chrome, you must explicitly tell Chrome that you want to install these extensions by adding them through the Extensions page.'
Downloading Firefox today....