Scripting
From [[w:c:Ikariam|WikIkariam]]
[edit] Introduction
WARNING: Use scripting at your own risk. You could get yourself banned!
Scripting is the ability to enhance the user experience, and Gameforge have a section in their Terms and Conditions relating to it (See Prohibited programs below).
This article describes some scripts that are available for GreaseMonkey, and more may be found on userscripts.org.
A list of all approved scripts can be found in the Ikariam forums. Use of an unauthorised script could get you Banned.
[edit] Game Rules
VII. Scripting
- Using a program as interface between the player and his game is prohibited. Any other form of automatically generated information generated for a group of players advantage with malicious intentions is forbidden as well.
This includes but is not limited to:
- Bots
- Macros
- Automated island databases.
A full list of approved scripts can be found here.
Note: Only exceptions to this are programs that are expressly approved by Gameforge.
Please bear in mind that using scripts that are not approved by Gameforge may get your account permanently banned.
[edit] Approved Tools
| Type | Title | Author | Links | Description
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ikariam Animator | Anilo | Install Forum | Animated graphic pack for Ikariam. Also called Animated Ikariam. | |
| Citizin Alerter | Unknown | Install | Alerts when your town hall is almost full. | |
| Ikariam City Select Reorder | Overkill | Install | Allows you to re-order your towns in the town select drop down menu. | |
| Ikariam Friend List | B. Metz | Install | This script adds a small button to your Ikariam playfield. On mouseover a field will expand where you will be able to add friends and their respective URLs to a list allowing quick access to your friends islands. | |
| Ikariam Solarium | Foxtrod II | Install | Adds a day and night effect. Project base by Anilo. | |
| Ikariam Transport Countdown | Matthew Hancock | Install | Convert Ikariam transport (Trade Fleet) and Trade Port Arrival times to a countdown instead of static timestamp. | |
| Ikariam Notebar | EnigmaBrand | Install | Adds a small tab to the left side of the game window. When you mouseover it, it will expand to show you the note taking window. Click into it and begin typing. The script saves what you type as you type it so you don't have to worry about clicking any save buttons. Click the tab again and it hides it! | |
| Ikariam Quickbar | EnigmaBrand | Install | Adds a tab that lets you add quick links to specific saved URLs. | |
| Ikariam Wikibar | EnigmaBrand | Install | Adds a tab that expands and opens wikikariam in game | |
| Shipment Times | Wiisley | Install | A script that adds the loading time of the current amount of resources to the travel time. | |
| Multi-Page Combat Report Viewer | Martynius | Install | This script allows more than 10 Combat Reports to be displayed in the first page of the Military Advisor View. | |
| Ikariam Alliance Sorter | Martynius | Install | Adds links in the Embassy and Diplomacy Advisor to sorts the Alliance Members by last active date, name, rank points and number of towns.
Changes the light bulb showing whether a player is on/offline to (i) if the player has not logged in during the last seven days. | |
| Ikariam Mini-Chat | Sampisa | Install | No longer approved.adds a small window on the left, where a 2-panels chat is enabled. One has violet background, and is server-wide: when someone write on it, the message is shown to every player, on the server, that has the same panel open. This is called "Server Chat". Another panel has green background, and is reserved to the alliance: a message wrote in this panel can be read only by the members ot the same alliance of the writing player. This is called "Ally chat". |
[edit] Illegal Tools
| Type | Title | Author | Links | Description
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hades Army Scripts | arya | n/a | This is a mix script of:
| |
| Ikariam Alarm and Overview table | Suller Andras | n/a | Automatically refreshes the side bar in a game every 5-10 minutes and warns with a sound when you have a new message or you are under attack (Illegal). Also collects the important informations (residents, the quantity of raw materials, the level of buildings, building standing under building), and displays it in a table at the bottom of the page. | |
| Ikariam Auto Login | Pezmc | n/a | Automatic login for any Ikariam server. Saving you time and effort. | |
| Ikariam Auto Refresh | Pezmc | n/a | Automatic refresh of all Ikariam pages for any Ikariam server. Saving you time and keeping you up to date. | |
| Kronos Utils | ecmanaut | n/a | This is an extensive script with hundreds of enhancements, mostly relating to the user interface and visualizing in-game information. | |
| Kronos Overview | ecmanaut | n/a | Requires Kronos Utilities. Inspired by Ikariam Overview Table, this script gives you table overviews of your resources and troops, but without storing any data of its own, and instead asking Kronos Utils (which it thus requires to be installed) for the info. | |
| Ikariam Spam (IsIIMS) | reddwarf | n/a | Allows messages to be sent to all residents of your island.
This script no longer works in Patch 0.2.6, due to a rate-limit placed on outgoing messages. It has been removed from the list of approved scripts and tools. | |
| Blank Canvas | Jerome Dane | n/a | No longer approved by Gameforge
Firefox addon to allow auto select of the preferred login server, fast linking of the buildings on all islands, highscore information of a player in the island view, etc. Includes many useful approved scripts. Contains working Animated Ikariam and several other graphic themes (Christmas, Gunmetal, etc). |
[edit] Uncategorised Tools
| Type | Title | Author | Links | Description
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ikariam Upgrade Watcher | ATND | Install Website | Attaches a simple icon on each building which shows level and if upgradeable. | |
| Ikariam Menu Enhanced | Jawaka | French English | Enhanced menu for Ikariam. | |
| Ikariam Tokens | Scaremonger | Install | Displays small circular icons on buildings, towns and resources that show their level. | |
| Ikairam Utilities | Jawaka | Install | This script adds an array of available resources to the side bar. | |
| ResourcesShortcuts | A. Rosemary | Install | This script adds shortcuts to the resources in a side panel. Moreover, the shortcuts show the increased amount per hour. | |
| Horizontal Scrollbar Remover | subverted / EuroDance | Install | This script removes the useless horizontal scrollbar displayed by Firefox in the world, island and town view at resolution of 1024x768 or less. | |
| Anti - IkariamPlus | sol-666 | Install | This script removes Ikariam PLUS on your supervisors, removes Ikariam PLUS in each view of the supervisors (on the left of the window), removes the mercenary box in the transport page and removes premium trader in the market page. | |
| Ikariam Transporter | darkyndy | Install | No longer on approval list.
Adds a drop-down box that allows you to quickly select an island to transport resources to. |
