How To Update Advanced Combat Tracker

FFXIV Human action Setup Guide

This guide is intended to get a FFXIV player setup with Act and an overlay for parsing purposes and be able to upload logs to the FFLogs website.

Last updated: 2/11/2020

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Installing Deed
Configuring ACT
- Running equally Admin
- Adding Firewall Exception
FFXIV ACT Plugin
OverlayPlugin
Adding an Overlay
- Preset Overlays
- Custom Overlays
FFLogs Uploader
- Installing the Uploader
- Uploading a Log

Installing Deed

Navigate to the ACT website, click on the Download page tab, and then click on the Advanced Combat Tracker - Setup link to download the Deed installation program.

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Detect the ACTv3-Setup executable in your downloads and run it to brainstorm the installation (If y'all go a User Account Control prompt, click yes).

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The setup program will enquire you for the installation location and showtime carte folder (You can leave the default options). Click Install and then Shut to complete the installation.

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Configuring Deed

Running as Admin

It is recommended that Human action be run as Admin. You lot can right click on the Act shortcut and select the Run every bit administrator selection. Yous may get an UAC prompt, select aye.

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Yous tin besides configure ACT to always run as admin by right clicking on the shortcut and so selecting Properties. In the Properties window, select the Compatibility tab, then bank check the Run this program as an ambassador option. Click Apply to salvage the changes. This will ensure Deed is e'er run every bit admin.

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Calculation Firewall Exception

Open up the windows Control Panel (you can search for control console in the taskbar search bar). Select the System and Security category and nether Windows Defender Firewall click on Let an app through Windows Firewall.

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Inside the allowed apps window, click on Alter settings button, then on the Allow another app... button. This will open upwards a dialog window to select an app.

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Click on the Browse... push button and navigate to the Deed install binder. The default location should be in C:\Program Files (x86)\Advanced Combat Tracker.

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In the ACT folder, select the Avant-garde Combat Tracker awarding and click on Open.

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Back in the dialog window, click on Add to add Deed to the windows firewall exceptions.

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Advanced Combat Tracker should now appear in the list of Allowed apps and features. Click OK and get out the Control Panel.

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FFXIV Human activity Plugin

Upon commencement running Act, it will prompt you with the Startup Wizard. If you forget to download a parsing plugin, Human action will prompt you once again the adjacent time you run information technology, or you can manually open the wizard by going to Options > Miscellaneous > Prove Startup Wizard.

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In the Parsing Plugin department of the startup wizard, ensure FFXIV Parsing Plugin is selected from the dropdown, and so click the Download/Enable Plugin push button. Yous volition receive an alert when the plugin has been added to ACT. Click Ok to dismiss it.

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Click Side by side to move to the log file department. Deed will enquire if information technology will be used for Terminal Fantasy XIV. Select Yes to configure Human action logs for FFXIV.

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Click Next to movement to Startup Settings, then Shut to have the default settings and finish the startup wizard.

At this point FFXIV_ACT_Plugin.dll should be enabled in Plugins > Plugin Listing.

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OverlayPlugin

From the Plugin Listing tab, click on the Go Plugins... button well-nigh the upper right corner. This will open a window that will populate with available plugins for Deed.

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In the Become Plugins window, select the [FFXIV+others]Overlay Plugin option and click on Download and Enable. This will add together the latest ngld OverlayPlugin to ACT (the OverlayPlugin machine-updater may also run during this step).

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The OverlayPlugin should now be setup. Click on the Ten to close the Go Plugins window.

At this point it is recommended to restart ACT before standing on.

Adding an Overlay

Preset Overlays

Ngld's OverlayPlugin comes with built-in presets for a bulk of pop overlays. To setup an overlay go to Plugins > OverlayPlugin.dll and click on the New push.

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This will open the Create new overlay dialog. Enter a name for the overlay and select a preset from the dropdown (the overlayplugin will bear witness you a preview of each preset). Once you take selected your desired overlay, click on the OK button to add your overlay.

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Your overlay should now announced in the overlays list. Select it from the list to view and edit its settings. You can move your overlay to the desired position, so check the Lock overlay box to lock it in place.

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You can add together boosted overlays using the same steps. Certain plugins, e.g. cactbot plugin, volition populate the preset dropdown with additional presets for their corresponding overlays.

Custom Overlays

For an overlay not available in the presets, select the Custom option from the dropdown and the desired Type. For near overlays, it will be the MiniParse blazon.

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In the overlay settings, brand sure to add the overlay URL source. Information technology tin be a spider web url or the path to a local html file.

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FFLogs Uploader

Installing the Uploader

Navigate to the FFLogs Download page and download the FFLogs client application for your platform.

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Discover the FFLogsUploader install awarding in your downloads and run it. The application will ask you whether to install for all users or only yourself. Click on the Install push button after selecting your pick then Finish once the installation is done.

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Uploading a Log

Annotation: You lot will demand to register for an FFLogs account in social club to upload logs.

Run the FFlogs Uploader awarding. Enter the business relationship information you used to sign upwards. Once you are authenticated, click on the Upload a Log button.

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Click on Choose to select the log to upload.

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In the File Explorer, navigate to the folder where the log is saved. The default location is at %APPDATA%\Advanced Gainsay Tracker\FFXIVLogs. You tin re-create and paste that path in the explorer bar to go straight to the default folder.

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In the log binder, selected the desired log to upload, and click on Open. To ensure the latest log is on elevation, you can sort past Date modified.

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Cull the desired access level for the log: Public, Individual, or Unlisted. Public will be ranked and Private and Unlisted are united nations-ranked. Anyone will exist able to view a Public log. Private logs tin only be viewed by you. Unlisted logs tin be viewed by anyone with the link to the log.

If you want to upload only a specific encounter, toggle the Select Specific Raids To Upload option, then click on the Go! button.

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Select the specific encounter you want to upload from the list and click on the Go! button. You lot may select multiple encounters by belongings Ctrl on your keyboard.

Annotation: this view is only available if y'all selected specific raids to upload.

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Once the uploader is finished uploading the encounters to the FFLogs website, click on View Written report to open up upward the page in your default browser and view the log results.

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