New MLN stuffz!

[Trijhak]

You're screwed then. You don't get it from GA- they were just early rumours.
Only those finished after January 22nd could get it.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

It seems that way >_> And it DEFINITELY doesn't come from GA, unless it's a future update or from the Download version. But I 100%ed it, and it's not from that.

[mtmerrick]

dang...

[Obi]

Soo... did anyone find something in XML?

[ekingsley]

First there is a new Sticker for Haul...

Soo... did anyone find something in XML?

Well in trying to confirm the Delivery Prizes I found this...

/Please don't put up the code

Doing further research on the "Guest Yield" area I am able to translate the ItemID to the following...

Delivery Arcade Sticker
Honey Pie
Delivery Blueprint
Nails
Red LEGO Brick
Arcade Token
Heroic Story
Engine

This Confirms the Prizes right from the XML unless LEGO Changes them.


The last LEGO Magazine E-mail came out on February 20th.  I would think the next E-mail would probably follow to come out around March 20th.  My guess is that will be the source of the Delivery blueprint in some way either through a code, new networker, or other means LEGO has devised.




Other XML related to Delivery...

Code:

"New Arcade game - play now" text="{Sender} has built a great Arcade game called Delivery - collect this item and play for free! You can win exclusive items and Blue LEGO Bricks, if you beat the game."

Delivery Help Code...

Code:

You need to place a "start" on your map to test this game.
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DELIVERY REMINDER<br>1st.    Green House<br>2nd.  Yellow House<br>3rd.   Red House

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Click and drag a tile on to the map to place it.<br>Click a placed tile to delete it.

Scenery, add some spice to your game!
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Use the arrow keys to get to the different houses in the right order.

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In Delivery, your goal is to deliver packages in the correct order to three different houses.

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<br>First delivery to the green house, then the yellow house, and finally the red house before the timer runs out!

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Here is where you can make your very own personalized versions of the game. Start with the paths to set the walkable areas of your map and where each checkpoint of delivery should be.

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<br>Remember, the houses need to be set on paths or you won't be able to reach them for delivery!

To me this makes the Game a little intriguing but the prizes are confirmed to be rather lame and aimed at lower level players who don't have the same resources to obtain tokens to play the game with...

At least it only takes up one slot on your page.

[Ddude The Insane]

Man! I was hoping they would be for rank 5!

[mtmerrick]

agreed.

[Ddude The Insane]

I believe you just spamed,mtm.

[mtmerrick]

 

[Trijhak]

Spam again.

Delivery=Lame.
The concept is intrigueing... but it could have much better prizes.
I mean, 1 NAIL for FIVE PERCENT CHANCE?
That's the worst prize I've ever seen.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

It is, and I found out yesterday >_> The only reason I didn't mention was because it would be confirming I took a dive into the XML. And just a note, I'd like the basic coding to remain out(Ok, I may have gone overboard with removing the text tags >_>''), like the id Numbers...

[ekingsley]

It is, and I found out yesterday >_> The only reason I didn't mention was because it would be confirming I took a dive into the XML. And just a note, I'd like the basic coding to remain out(Ok, I may have gone overboard with removing the text tags >_>''), like the id Numbers...

I will make sure I don't copy and paste next time. 

As for "diving into the XML" it is no worse than viewing the page source of any web page which any browser lets you do.  You really can't modify it by looking at it that way.  It would take a lot more knowledge and work then I want to give to get that far.  I really see no problem LOOKING at the xml, it really isn't that hard to find.  But of course you will have to find it yourself as I did.

Also another guess, this one isn't far fetched either.  I think there will be at least a 1 month gap between the release of Delivery and Haul.  They will not be released at the same time like Destructoid and Hop were.

If LEGO isn't going to release a challenging Mini-Rank how about at least 1 or 2 real ranks.  If not that how about a crazy idea and do a parallel Rank path.  By that I mean a new Rank 1-10, new users could pick their path, once a user reaches Rank 10 in either path they can then do the other path.  It may be that Rank 0 is the same for both.  While users could not work both paths at once trading of path specific items between paths would be permitted.  Just a crazy dream I had the other day...

[Ddude The Insane]

Actually,i have thought about that too. The only problem would be if one was heavily favored,and not many would take the other path.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

That would be what the end is for, to dive into the other path.

And I've got a suspicion that the XML could be abused, which is why I'm so cautious about it, not the XML file itself, but what could be done with it...

[Ddude The Insane]

What is XML?

[mtmerrick]

in all essentiality, its the HTML source code for MLN.

[Trijhak]

Neither do I, since Gatanui, Forum Mentor of BZP, goes into all the time.
The only problem is, you have to hack to get into the XML.

[ekingsley]

Um, no you don't?  It doesn't involve hacking.  You just have to know where to look, that's all.  It's out in the open, you just have to look carefully.

Right, this is not a hack.  We are just looking at something that anyone with just a little knowledge of websites can look at.  A hack would be figuring out how to mess with your avatar and make it transparent...

http://mln.lego.com/en-us/publicview/kamimura521.aspx

That is a hack and I wouldn't recommend trying it if you like your account.  I am actually surprised that account hasn't been shut down yet.

XML is just a plain text series of attributes for any type of program to look at.  It can be on the web or any number of other programs your computer might use.  In this case the XML isn't editable, at least not in any way I have figured out, it is just like looking at a plain text web page that you can't manipulate.  I know a fair amount about websites and looking at the XML in this way is not a hack or dangerous.

I have seen how you do what kamimura521 did and it is not the same thing at all.

[Obi]

Of course, XML doesn't list everything... there's still some code not listed.

[ekingsley]

Of course, XML doesn't list everything... there's still some code not listed.

Actually XML isn't really code at all.  Again it is attributes that another program uses in order to produce a result (in this case it has attributes for MLN objects).  Sure there are "tags" around the different objects but this is only so the program knows what it is looking at.

This particular XML I believe is there in order to make MLN page loads faster.  XML lookups are much faster than Database lookups.  If the program had to read a database for all that information every time it loaded a page then MLN would load slower.  Having the XML residing "where it does" allows MLN to work "better".

XML is only as good as the "code" that reads it whether it is HTML, Flash, ASP, PHP, or some higher level language.

Of course I just realized we strayed WAY off topic...  Sorry about that but it took me a long time to write that and I don't want it to go to waist...

Just to make this a little more on-topic.  They are giving folks a second chance to get the Electro-Pellet Generator...

http://us.universe.lego.com/en-us/newsnetwork/story.aspx?id=106758

I have a feeling LU is going to be a big part of MLN for the foreseeable future.