Avalon

Avalon is an official front end for GemStone IV, for use with Mac OS X. Though it does not have a scripting engine or a point-and-click interface, it provides direct compatibility with user-developed plugins.

Unique Features

Avalon can process either the XML feed or the 'Wizard' feed from simutronics. Currently this would not result in a pleasant user experience, but a plugin could be written to process the extra information and display it properly.

Plugins

• YASSE - the original scripting plugin. Also provides a lot of built-in support for DragonRealms
• YASSE lite - a stripped down version of the original YASSE, just the scripting engine with the other features removed
• Avalon Oxide - a GemStone-specific plugin that provides a window for a cleaner viewing of status information (HP, mana, spirit, stance, directions, etc)

All of these plugins are open source, and licensed under the GPL.

Bugs

• Processing the names list and only showing arrivals/departures/deaths of characters on your names list is not functional.
• All incoming text pulling the story window to the bottom (scrolling bug)
• Text on the far right of the story window is covered by the scroll bar
• Health and scar info that is sent to plugins is not properly formatted (keys/values don't make sense)
• Global highlights.plist gets deleted when the game crashes - actually, it overwrites itself with a blank one whenever the connection to the game is closed remotely
• Adding the key "Use XML stream" does not work as it should to send the XML stream to the story window
• Text appears in different sizes depending on the information being relayed. Typing EXP in Gemstone delivers the same font as the Death/Arrivals windows whereas a LOOK delivers the correct font.
• Sounds may not work in DR