mods, feel free to move this around if this topic is better suited for another forum. I feel that this was the best place to put it, since it's more of a tool rather than a question about clamming.
During my time spent on FFXI I've yet to find such a peaceful and relaxing hobby as clamming is. The area is just beautiful and it's a very nice break from farming and leveling. Of course clamming involves keeping track of your bucket weight and making sure you don't go too far over.
Well, I knew I had to sit down and write my own very quick program for that. There are several online tools that do the exact same thing. One of which, "The Clamming Kit" (http://ffxi.lokyst.net/clammer/clamming.html) has been my
inspiration in making this program. So now you're asking why you should be using this program instead of the online ones. Well, my program not only keeps track of the weight but also the value in gil that your current bucket is worth (estimated).
This means that you can assess your risk in trying to dig up another item as you get closer and closer to your bucket weight cap. If you're at 43/50 for example and your bucket is only worth 42 gil you might want to take the risk. However, if your bucket is at 43/50 and is worth 1700 gil you will obviously not want to take the risk.
I'm posting it here for those who might find this useful. Also because I wouldn't mind some suggestions on how to improve it, even if the improvements are just design. But mostly I just hope someone out there will find it useful.
Version 1.0
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** This program does require the Microsoft .NET Framework, at least version 2.0.
Edited, May 8th 2008 5:36pm by Iyouboushi