Update

  • New OpenSSL libraries
  • Faster ping test when uploading sessions
  • Added ping test for NA uploads and server test
  • Moved “Visual Styles” to the Settings window
  • Added new visual styles
  • Added visual indicators for App updates and Session uploads
  • Fixed Prigga auto-clear for EU (still bugged for NA)
  • Fixed hits over 500K dmg not being recognized
  • Added taskbar buttons to Start/Close Aion, Upload Session, Switch UI
  • Smoother switch to transparent UI
  • Added a separate transparency setting for transparent UI
  • Fixed looted items recognition
  • Speed ups
  • When you receive a whisper in-game, the ARM taskbar Icon will change just like the tray one, until you whisper back or hover the mouse over the tray (only works if your taskbar isn’t set to display small buttons)

2.9 update

  • Added an option to session uploads to include debug information. Use this if you see any error in the session data so we can better analyze what went wrong.
  • Fixed some graphical issues on start-up
  • Fixed a crash when auto-clearing the Chat.log
  • Fixed items names recognition for 6.x clients
  • Fixed wrong class recognition when using WoW/SoD
  • Double-clicking on ARM session files while ARM is running no longer displays an admin prompt
  • Added a feature “Restore/Remove Symlink” to move the Chat.log back to the AION folder
  • Improved the “MOVE” feature for Chat.log location
  • Added a link to a few freeware Ramdisk applications
  • Added a setting (default: on) to automatically clear ARM when Beritra or Prigga (Frigida for NA) transform, plus an auto-backup option
  • Fixed some issues when uploading sessions
  • Fixed some missing skill icons
  • Fixed ARM freeze/slow when closing the settings window
  • Fixed crashes when switching UI styles
  • Some speed improvements
  • Added a shortcut button to switch transparent UI
  • Fixed “Hide Interface” button

How do NA and EU regions manage server merges?

NA-NCSoft:

They added a new server recently, which is now getting merged into an old one, I guess due to low population. Players from the old server are safe, if there is a character name collision, only the characters from the new server are affected:

https://www.aiononline.com/news/server-consolidation-may-2019

we will be consolidating the Ereshkigal server into the already existing Katalam server on May 22. Players on Katalam (and Danaria) will not be impacted by this consolidation, however, players coming from Ereshkigal will need to be aware of a number of very important things that could affect your character

EU-Gameforge:

They added a new server recently, which got merged into an old one, I guess due to low population. Players from the old server got screwed if they were not so active lately, with charnames from the new (few months old) server taking precedence over the server they merged into. Result: people have lost their charnames which they had for over 10 years since even before Gameforge took over the EU region, for characters which could be even just a few days old.

ARM 2.9 update for Aion 6.5

Major update with many fixes for the Aion 6.x client for NA/EU (there might be more issues left for NA)

  • 6.5 client support
  • AionDPS session uploads: after pveranks site closed, a new website is born: www.AionDPS.com – you can now upload your game sessions here
  • Added new tool: “Magic Suppresion Tool” in the Tools menu (probably useless now)
  • Added skill icons in the Skills window and re-arranged the columns
  • Notification windows redesigned
  • Parsing speed improvements
  • New session extension: “.ArmV2”. This is now the new default extension for session files (you can still open the old ones)
  • Updated the Help menu, removing dead links and adding new ones
  • Some new options in the Settings:
    * “Set system.cgf read-only”
    * “Delete chat.log on start-up”
    * “Move” feature, explained below:

With this feature you can move the chat.log file to another location, like from your SSD to a HDD to save the lifespan of your SSD, or much better: move it to a RAMDISK. If you move the log to a ramdisk, the file will never be written to your disks, only to your RAM memory, and it’s also several times faster than even the best SSDs. Previously ARM had this feature but it wasn’t working very well (Aion client was reverting the change), now it has been improved and should work properly. Consider this a Beta release, so please inform me of any issues. (Set the RAMDisk to at least 500MB -1GB)

ExitLag featured in ARM, a word from the CMO:

ExitLag is a service developed from players to players. With ExitLag you can get rid of connection problems. Our innovative multipath system allows the user to get the best performance in sending and receiving packages that results in lower ping and excellent connection stability. ExitLag solves ISP, Route, Jitter, Packet Loss and ethernet problems. The software was designed especially for gamers, thinking of all the requirements, so the interface is intuitive and easy to use. The ExitLag system has several differentials that other competitors do not have:

– Multiple route system (Multipath)
– Support for over 120 games
– Multi internet system (it is possible to count two different internet networks)
– Automatic route optimisation system
– The most efficient optimisation algorithm on the market.
– Servers on whole world
– FPS boost ( A free tool that helps with FPS )

When playing AION you will feel the game smooth, consequently the actions will be fast obtaining better DPS and the response time of the game will help in the overall performance. You can also play on your location or other one with ExitLag, enjoy the performance to its best.

join our Discord server!

Discord: there is now a Discord server for ARM and AionDPS.com where you can ask questions and get support: https://discord.gg/zeaH94A

What’s next? for ARM 3.0 I will add network mode, so the data will be gathered from the network instead, thus no longer needing the chat.log. I will then also add healing meter and support for the Korean client and any EU language packs available.

 

 

Some news

The next major update for ARM (2.9) is almost here, to be released within the next few days, with support for the EU/NA 6.5 client, AionDPS.com session uploads and a few extras. For 3.0 soon after I will add network mode support (parse dmg and heal data from network packets) and support for the Korean client.

I’m also releasing a little tool to extract PAK files: