MouseHunt AutoBot 1.26 – Rollback Patch for Firefox

29. October 2011 · 76 comments · Categories: MouseHunt AutoBot · Tags: , , ,

As you all know Firefox screw the script again. During version 1.23, Firefox update cause unsafe windows broken down and I force to use Content Global Reader in version 1.24. Now Content Global Reader stop working in Firefox when MouseHunt running in Facebook frame. So I use back unsafe windows which now can be used again. What a joke.

Thing is running now. I also fix some minor problems when player sound the horn manually. Check the changelog for more detail. Sorry, no mobile page version supported for this version yet, as I’m too busy with other stuff. It will be a long delay for this feature to come. No worry, I will still spend some of my time to fix some major bug if there is any.

Script Description

MouseHunt AutoBot is an advance user script to automate sounding the hunter horn in MouseHunt application in Facebook, Hi5 and offside MouseHunt page with MouseHunt version 3.0 (Longtail) supported and many other features. In a simple word, bot for MouseHunt. Time of next hunter horn and trap check will show on the web page title. The time of the next hunter horn will automatically detected without refreshing the page again. Users can customize the script according to their need by themselves such as add extra random time delay before sounding the hunter horn. Users can choose to bot safety with many safety check features which act like a human, or bot aggressively. Part of the script is actually base on Facebook MouseHunt Game Auto Horn Blower.

Main Features

  • Support MouseHunt version 3.0 (Longtail).
  • Automatically sound horn when time’s up with extra random time define by player.
  • Simulate mouse click on the horn image instead of URL sound horn.
  • Automatically detect and retrieval the next horn time without refreshing the page.
  • Show next hunter horn and others timer in the page and title.
  • Stop bot when player move to location different than pre-define location.
  • Safety features such as check horn image is visible or not before sounding the horn. (bot can sound the horn without the horn appear first if aggressiveMode is on)
  • Cross-browsers support.
  • Set preference setting such as horn delay time directly in the game.

Platform Support

Browser Support

  • Mozilla Firefox with Greasemonkey add-on (Tested with Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 with Greasemonkey 0.9.8 add-on)
  • Opera (Tested with Opera 11.50)
  • Google Chrome (Tested with Google Chrome 15.0)

Precautions

  • Use this script at your own risk because AutoBot script is again the rule set by MouseHunt, that is users are not allowed to use any tool to automate sounding the hunter horn.
  • You are reminded not to use your real name or the same name you use in Facebook to post / reply discussion here because some one might go after you and please don’t ask me why I use my real name here.
  • Do uninstall any other MouseHunt auto sound horn scripts before install this script to prevent conflict with this script.

Known Issues

  • Script timer is running faster than MouseHunt provided timer, this is because MouseHunt programmed the timer in a way to have +/- 5 seconds delay.
  • The script will pause when encounter king’s reward due to MouseHunt 3.0 (Longtail) require user to resolve the captcha first no matter how long the user had idle in the game.
  • The page may have minor refresh due to Facebook / Hi5 fetching data from server, it was not related with the script.
  • Google Chrome will playing King’s Reward sound through streaming but Opera and Firefox will play directly from the script.

How to Install User Script

Download

Download through userscript website.

Changelog

Version 1.26

  • Fix Firefox unable to run correctly in Facebook frame.
  • Fix page refresh unnecessary problem after player manually sound the horn.
  • Fix automatically reset the timer after user sound the horn manually before the timer reach zero.
  • Correct some spelling error.

by Ooi Keng Siang via Ooiks’s Blog

Get Advertisement on Your Windows Phone App

27. October 2011 · 6 comments · Categories: Windows Phone · Tags: , ,

One very common way to generate revenue in phone application is through displaying advertisement. This is one of the very effective approach for free app to generate side income. Currently there are only limited number of mobile advertisement supported on Windows Phone 7. Thing is even worse because I live in Malaysia which lot of mobile advertisements did not support for my country.

Using Microsoft Advertising SDK might sound the most easiest way to put some advertisement on your Windows Phone application. But very unfortunately only limited number of countries is supported in  Microsoft  Advertising pubCenter. I only able to found Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom and United States for the country or state option when registering an account for Microsoft Advertising pubCenter. Although they claim they will support more counties in the future, but I bet there will be still a long time until it reach my country.

Next, I found Smaato who they claim supported in many countries and many different platforms that include Windows Phone 7. Well, they did have a very well documented SDK for Windows Phone 7, but supported in many different countries is a question mark for me. Every time my application request an ad from Smaato, it always return an error for me which is ‘no ads available’. At first I though this error is because they haven’t get my account ready yet but after some research, I found out that this error mean there is no ad available for the combination of device/location/category. There is very high chances that I won’t get any ad in near future with Smaato for Windows Phone in my country. If I can’t even get any ad, how can I generate any revenue through advertisement then? It might be work for you, but definably not me.

Lastly, I went through a post on the forum that some one manage to port AdMob SDK to Windows Phone platform, so I decided give it a try. AdMob is one of the popular choices ad provider for Android and iOS platform which had taken over by Google. Although AdMob main page did not mention anything about Windows Phone, but they already had an official SDK for Windows Phone platform (which is in beta currently). Sweet! You need to register an account first before you can see the SDK for download. It is pretty much simple and easy with just a few line of code to get the ad on my app. You can found how easy through the tutorial here.

Since AdMob is the only option for me, then I left no choice but use AdMob only. Hopefully there are more mobile advertisement company support Windows Phone and my country as well in the future.

 

[Update] This post is outdated, check out my latest post here instead.

 

by Ooi Keng Siang (Microsoft Student Partners) via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup Grants for 2011 Finalist

24. October 2011 · Write a comment · Categories: Imagine Cup · Tags: , , , , ,

As announced during the Award Ceremony in Imagine Cup 2011 worldwide final at New York, Microsoft will given USD 3M grants for finalist to apply in order to kick start their idea. The detail of the grants is finally announced. the grant only have limited place for finalist, thus 2 round of selection will determine which team won the grant.

The grant will judge base on:

  • Problem Definition (10%): How well does the team convey their understanding of the complexities involved in addressing the problem and, how convincing is the argument that the issue they are addressing has broad appeal and relevance
  • Impact and Viability of the Solution (40%): To what degree will the solution have an impact on the issue? Is the solution technically and economically viable? Are the timing and conditions right for this solution? Has the solution already been implemented in some way to demonstrate or test that it is viable?
  • Solution Design and Innovation (20%): Does the solution provide an innovative approach the problem? How does it surpass previous or current solutions to this problem?
  • Team Quality and Motivation (30%): What is the quality of leadership in the team? How solid is the business planning for the solution? What are the obstacles for the team to take the solution to market? How does the team intend to organize itself to accomplish its plan?

It is a great opportunity for finalist to apply and kick start their business using the grant offer by Microsoft. The grant offer the following awards to those who successfully applied the grants:

  •  A Cash grant amount depending on the grantee team’s business plan and project scope. (Estimated between $75,000 U.S. Dollars and $100,000 U.S. Dollars)
  • Software required to support the implementation of their solution. Software offerings will be determined based on the needs of the grantee’s solution and go to market plan.
  • Mentorship by a Microsoft representative in their country or region.
  • Introductions to potential funders and partners.
  • Support from Microsoft local partners.
  • Access to Microsoft resources including Microsoft Innovation Centers, premium BizSpark benefits, time and support from Microsoft employees and product groups.

For more information on Imagine Cup Grants visit: http://www.imaginecup.com/CompetitionsContent/ImagineCupGrants.aspx

Every year Microsoft surprise me with how much money and effort their put on students through Imagine Cup. I can’t think of any student competition that can beat Imagine Cup, they give free trip, prize money, news coverage, grant, hardware and many more students to make sure they create something innovative. I’m looking forward the listen to the success story of the students through the grant offer by Microsoft.

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

MouseHunt AutoBot Stop Working After Opera Update

22. October 2011 · 7 comments · Categories: MouseHunt AutoBot · Tags: , , , ,

MouseHunt Auto will stop working without any error after Opera web browser update and if you enable secure connection (https) for your Facebook account. This is because Opera will reset the UserPrefs after update. You need to enable back UserJavaScriptonHTTPS in  UserPrefs in order for any user scripts to run in secure connection or https.

Here explain how you can enable user script in secure connection for Opera web browser.

I very busy on other stuff lately. Please expect some delay answering your question and script update need to be postpone unless got major problem only.

by Ooi Keng Siang via Ooiks’s Blog

Tally Counter – My First Windows Phone 7 Assignment

22. October 2011 · Write a comment · Categories: Windows Phone · Tags: , , ,

Few week ago, I had gone through a Windows Phone 7 workshop conducted by Microsoft Malaysia for students. I was required to develop an application in order to try out the Windows Phone marketplace submission process. Lot of ideas flowing through my mind, but none of those great ideas can be completed within 2 days time limit. So I decided to create a simple application. Just a simple application doesn’t make thing interesting, so I did some research before I start coding (something I learn in Imagine Cup ya).

I decided to create a simple tally counter application. Then I do a simple search on Windows Phone marketplace for similar applications. As I expected, there are quite a number of similar applications out there, but I also found out that there are still room for improvement in this simple application through the reviews and comments from user posted on the other applications. Done with the research then I direct jump into development.

What user want in a simple tally counter app:

  • A big button to tap and increase the count
  • Undo button just in case they did some mistake
  • Previous count number

None of existing tally counter app can answer all 3 requirement of user, so the TallyCounter app I came out with:

  •  A simple and clean design of tally counter app.
  • Can count up to 9999.
  • Can tap at almost anyway on the screen to increase the count.
  • Move all unnecessary button like reset button to the top because I understand user always use their thumb to tap on the screen.
  • Undo button with extra bonus that the app can tell you up to  5 history records which you had just pressed for the last 1 seconds.
  • Previous count number as requested by a lot of user in the marketplace.

  

Without any problem, my app went smoothly through the certification of Windows Phone marketplace and it now up on the marketplace. You can check it out here. Yes, it is free and without any advertisement as I don’t have any reason to price a simple app like this.

In my opinion, Windows Phone marketplace is still very new. There are still a lot of improvement you can make on existing application which many had ignored like in my case which is a simple tally counter app. Next, I’m going to create an application for Magic the Gathering as I found out the features in most of the app out there in Windows Phone marketplace are far behind than other platform like Adroind or iOS.

by Ooi Keng Siang (Microsoft Student Partners) via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2012 – First 4 Categories Announced

21. October 2011 · Write a comment · Categories: Imagine Cup · Tags: , , , , ,

Imagine Cup official website just announced 4 categories for Imagine Cup 2012 which will be held at Australia. They are Software Design,  Game Design (Xbox/Windows),  Game Design (Phone) and IT Challenge. For those who are interested to join IT Challenge, you better act fast as IT Challenge round one end earlier than any other categories. Are you looking for other categories like side award? They are not announced yet, but I’m sure Imagine Cup will reveal more and more categories in the future.

The theme for Imagine Cup 2012 is “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems”. Imagine Cup challenge student to solve the toughest problems in United Nations Millennium Development Goals which help to create a better world. Remember to check out the MDG to make sure your idea is fit for the MDG problem.

What? You haven’t even register yourself in Imagine Cup yet? No worry if you haven’t think of which category to join or haven’t come out the idea. Just register yourself first so that you can receive the latest update from Imagine Cup through e-mail.

[Update 1] : What happen to Embedded Development, Game Design (Web) and Digital Media this year? Embedded Development is combined with Software Design while Game Design (Web) and Digital Media was removed in Imagine Cup 2012. This is kind of sad. Source: http://www.imaginecup.com/CompetitionsContent/FAQ.aspx

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog