20 replies to this topic

[Noitidart]

You know the tarla giveaway through the toolbar, how many people run it?

I would really like to find a way to alert people without the toolbar massively and fastly. Is there anyway to detect a give away without the toolbar?

[Waser Lave]

Ok Noit... you only get the items if you have the toolbar. I really don't know how you thought it was just the alert that alerted you to the giveaway... it's a giveaway for people who have the toolbar.

Actually you can get the items without having the toolbar. The toolbar just alerts you that there is a giveaway and contains the link to it, so if a non-toolbar person gets the link then they can get items too.

Presumably the toolbar just checks a page on neopets to see if there's been a giveaway, so if you install it and just watch for the pages which it visits you should be able to simulate it.

Edited by Laser Wave, 16 September 2007 - 04:28 AM.

[Noitidart]

Actually you can get the items without having the toolbar. The toolbar just alerts you that there is a giveaway and contains the link to it, so if a non-toolbar person gets the link then they can get items too.

Presumably the toolbar just checks a page on neopets to see if there's been a giveaway, so if you install it and just watch for the pages which it visits you should be able to simulate it.

Yeah its just a url. But the url changes every give away right? What I want to do in this topic:
- think of innovative ways for non tool users to detect this? hey laser what i want to do if possible set up tool on php server and when it detects it it'll give a global message to everyone and i can hook up an sms too. but is it possible to install on server i dont even know if server is thing id want to install it. cuz its a browser thing right

[Casterous]

I love when people say things they know nothing about.. that is really my favorite part of life, it makes me laugh a lot. Usually, if your active on the neoboards when there is a tarla give away there will be like 20 boards with the link and what they got from it. I wonder if maybe there would be a way to like decode or like take "parts" out of the neopets toolbar so that you find the part that is the "tarla alert" and just like take that and make a program with it... Doubt its possible rofl.

[Noitidart]

I love when people say things they know nothing about.. that is really my favorite part of life, it makes me laugh a lot. Usually, if your active on the neoboards when there is a tarla give away there will be like 20 boards with the link and what they got from it. I wonder if maybe there would be a way to like decode or like take "parts" out of the neopets toolbar so that you find the part that is the "tarla alert" and just like take that and make a program with it... Doubt its possible rofl.

Yeah man im hoping that is an option. Disassembling it.
Another option is have server check the chat section for the links but its gotta be a smart script to read and pick it out. What boards do people post it in. What does the general link look like? What are common titles?

[Waser Lave]

Yeah its just a url. But the url changes every give away right? What I want to do in this topic:
- think of innovative ways for non tool users to detect this? hey laser what i want to do if possible set up tool on php server and when it detects it it'll give a global message to everyone and i can hook up an sms too. but is it possible to install on server i dont even know if server is thing id want to install it. cuz its a browser thing right

You should be able to make a simple php script to check for it, then just run the script every x minutes or whatever. But you'll need to figure out how to simulate it first.

What I meant was that the URL which the toolbar checks must be constant otherwise it wouldn't know where to check, so if you can find that URL you should be able to check yourself.

[Noitidart]

Does the toolbar really check x url periodically? Then packet sniffing should pick it up right?

[Waser Lave]

Does the toolbar really check x url periodically? Then packet sniffing should pick it up right?

Exactly.

Then you just visit that URL and you've got a simulator.

http://vsiupdate.neo...ype=alert|email

That's the link, with a few other parameters but i'm not sure if they're necessary or not.

Edited by Laser Wave, 16 September 2007 - 05:46 AM.

[Noitidart]

holy crap sweetness bro! so that turns into the url when there is an alert?

[Waser Lave]

holy crap sweetness bro! so that turns into the url when there is an alert?

No idea, I've never seen it when there's an alert.

You'll just have to check again when there's actually an alert and see what it says.

That's the URL that the toolbar checked though, try installing it and packet sniffing for a while.

[Noitidart]

No idea, I've never seen it when there's an alert.

You'll just have to check again when there's actually an alert and see what it says.

That's the URL that the toolbar checked though, try installing it and packet sniffing for a while.

alrighty perfect thanks bro! im setting up the mod now to test the page periodically.

[In Hyung]

Hey, tarla is here! You can visit http://www.neopets.c...lotsamsFlippers to get the price

[arthritis]

Tarla is at the prize warehouse right now. She'll send you a message on your Toolbar when she gets back.


gahh!

[In Hyung]

ouch, better luck next time

[Noitidart]

Thanks bro for postin it!

Did you happen to go to that url laser posted when it happend?

What was the prize?

[In Hyung]

I'm a girl She gave Metallic Sun Staff, about 1.9k, but I guess it wil go lower after everyone has at least one. The link to collect the price will change everyday, but I used to seem some of them used different days to give different prices. Maybe this can help you

[Noitidart]

Oh sorry
Well thanks for the heads up

[arthritis]

take into consideration that i wasn't able to get it

[Noitidart]

aw man poor arthiritis sorry

[Bryn AKA Interhacker]

a staff? i got a map piece? a map with an x on it. sold it for 55k in my shop/

[dbh8992]

a staff? i got a map piece? a map with an x on it. sold it for 55k in my shop/

i didnt know that the toolbar could do shit like that im gonna get that