[This version of the script is OBSOLETE. For more informations and newer versions check the PackRat Helper category.]
Since I will be away for most of the next weekends, thus being unable to update the database of known cards, I offer you the possibility to pick-up/steal/buy cards from unknown collections or unknown cards from selected collections.
I would like to thank Texy for her donation to this project.
In other news this script has reached 500 daily users from around the globe (based on the daily database downloads).
Changelog:
- You can select “Add unknown collections to current shopping list” in the preferences panel to collect cards from collections that are not already in the database.
- The “Add unknown cards from selected collections to current shopping list” allows you to hunt for newly released cards from your working collections without having to wait for the database update.
Download PackRat Helper: version 1.0-rc2
Also available at UserScripts.org, where you find a short manual.
For more informations about the installation process please check the FAQ.
[This version of the script is OBSOLETE. For more informations and new releases check the Mob Wars Helper category.]
Since the developers rolled back the multiple locations feature and the changes to the game has stopped for a while, it’s time to release a quick bugfix for the problems caused by the game updates.
Changelog:
- The script does not mark as unused the weapons with attack equal to 0.
- A database reset is no more necessary when starting over.
- Other bug fixes
Mob Wars Helper: version 1.0-rc2
Also available at Userscripts.org
For more informations on installation, please read the FAQ.
[This version of the script is OBSOLETE. For more informations and new releases check the Mob Wars Helper category.]
A couple of minor improvements have been sitting on my computer for almost a month. Since I don’t have time to add any major features, I hope you’ll appreciate the small bug fixes from previous versions.
Changelog:
- Captchas are detected now and the script will stop waiting for human input whenever one is encountered.
- The attack and defence values are now computed according to the formula “sum of weapons + mob size * attack/defence points” instead of “sum of weapons + attack/defence points” previously used.
- Some minor bugs in the total city value where fixed.
Mob Wars Helper: version 1.0-rc1
Also available at Userscripts.org
For more informations on installation, please read the FAQ.
On August, 17th there has been a big update in the Mob Wars application. As a consequence the script must be updated to the new “multiple location” version of the game and for now (at least for characters of level over 45) the jobs module doesn’t work.
It shouldn’t take a lot of time to fix it, but I have plenty of real world work, so you’ll have to be patient.
Concerning captchas, I will probably just stop the script whenever one is encountered to let you insert the answer yourself.
[This version of the script is OBSOLETE. For more informations and newer versions check the PackRat Helper category.]
After several months since the first 0.1 release we are proud to present you the first release candidate for version 1.0. The major improvement from the last beta release is the new stealing module that allows you to steal valuable cards from rats and upgrade the cards you need so that whenever you need to steal something important you’ll have a 7000 points card in your pack.
Another improvement is the way the script decides which cards to steal/buy/pick-up as pop-ups: you’ll have three choices, all cards from selected collections, an automatically generated list of missing cards or a fully personalized list.
Changelog:
- New stealing module to steal important cards from Rats only and upgrade your droppable cards.
- You can select which cards you don’t need under the collection preferences.
- Shopping lists: fully personalized choice of the shopping list for the steal, stalk and pop-up module.
- A configurable delay for the stalking module and the amount of free space to leave in the pack.
- A Pause/Resume button for Brian, in additional to the traditional PAUSE shortcut.
- Many small changes and bug fixes.
Download PackRat Helper: version 1.0-rc1.3
ATTENTION: for those who are upgrading, please flush the scripts preferences (with Tools > GreaseMonkey > Script Commands > Reset PackRat preferences) before reporting errors.
Also available at UserScripts.org, where you find a short manual.
For more informations about the installation process please check the FAQ.
[Update: Version 1.0-rc1.1 corrects the glitch reported in comment #3,
Version 1.0-rc1.2 does not update the pack if the steal failed,
Version 1.0-rc1.3 counter-acts the changes in the stealing procedure done by the Pack Rat developers.]
[This version of the script is OBSOLETE. For more informations and newer versions check the PackRat Helper category.]
A couple of days ago I started working on the ‘Market stalking’ feature. For this purpose I had to parse the information contained in the excellent PackRat Wiki and transform it into a format usable by the script.
We are now proud to present version 1.0-beta of the script.
Changelog:
- The highlighting module can now highlight either all the cards from selected collections or just the missing cards and the ingredients for missing cards from your Vault and Pack. In the previous versions only missing cards from your Vault where highlighted. So (unless there are errors in the card database) only the cards you really need are highlighted.
- There is a database of known cards, recipes and markets where you can purchase them. The database is downloaded daily, but if you want to force an update go to Tools > GreaseMonkey > Script Commands “Update collections database”
- A market stalking module was added. This means that the script can buy all the cards that you need in order to complete the collection automatically.
- Some pop-up recognition problems where solved.
- The grinding feature was improved.
- The script updates your pack’s content on many pages (Make, Steal, Your Pack and Purchase). Before it only did it on the ‘Your Pack’ page. Note that when you purchase a card you must still go to Your Pack in order to make it available for grinding: the ID number of the card you bought don’t appear on the Purchase page.
- There were some changes to stealing made by the PackRat developers. The script takes them into account (meaning that grinding will work again).
The script takes the names of the cards from the name of the image files (they are the only ones available on every page). The PackRat developers added some misspellings to the names of the images (either on purpose or probably by mistake), so some informations in the database may be wrong.
We need your help: to identify the misspelled cards in the database, please go to about:config and look for the key ‘packrat*missing’. It contains the names of the cards that are not in the database. Please go to your vault and then report the entries from the collections you have completed as comments (and check the other comments too in order not to duplicate the information).
If you appreciate this release and were hesitating about making a donation, don’t hesitate any more 
. The database will need a daily update from now on, with the new collections coming and other corrections.
Download PackRat Helper: version 1.0-beta2
ATTENTION: for those who are upgrading you may consider forcing the update of the collections database (which was previously scheduled every week) with Tools > GreaseMonkey > Script Commands > Update collections database.
Also available at UserScripts.org, where you find a short manual.
For more informations about the installation process please check the FAQ.
[Update: Version 1.0-beta2 solves the problem with selecting multiple collections]
