Trinary

Trinary is a macOS application for those who play the online role-playing game called Clan Lord. It requires macOS version 15.6 and above.

TLDR: Do check the 'Utilities' menu.

Trinary shows the information from the CL Status website plus astronomical information like the current time, the next sun rise or sun set, etc. The list of players can show additional information that you provide, saved in a database. In addition you can set alerts when specific characters log in.

CL Status

The CL Status window (shown above) is mostly used to monitor what is going on in Clan Lord (CL) while you're not playing. CL is an online role-playing game with a persistent world. People "log on" at various times, either for planned events or just to see what's happening. There is a status web site with an XML feed that Trinary queries to see who is online and what the latest news are.

The astronomical information lists:

• the current date and time
• the next two "sun events" like sun rise or sun set
• the rising zodiac and the next one
• the current moon phase and the next FMOCR (at noon)
• the time the Coliseum will be opened
• the current tide and the tide for the next (CL) 24 hours

IRL vs CL times: for all events the CL time and the IRL time corresponding are given. The FMOCR time, for example, give the CL time for the next full moon (at noon) and the corresponding IRL time that represents.

Trinary may be considered "information intensive" and some people don't like that, but I personally like it that way.

Notifications

Trinary can alert you when friends log on, for example, so that you may decide to join them in the game. You can right-click on a name in the players list to turn on/off notifications for when that character logs on.

Rising Zodiacs

The CL Status window gives the current zodiac sign and when the next one will occur (in CL days). There is also a tool for determining when the all the next 12 zodiacs will "rise with the sun." The rising zodiac affects some puzzles in the game (or other things), and it's useful to know what is the currently rising zodiac (which is shown in the CL Status window), but it's sometimes useful to know when a particular zodiac will start rising with the sun in the future. The Rising Zodiacs utility does that.

Friends Information

You can add information on other characters in the game. Players often have multiple characters (which are called "alts"), and there are sometimes role-playing information to remember, like which of your characters has done what with whom for example. You can write that information in Trinary. It's not very pretty and it could be more functional, but it does the job for now.

The "friends" list is filled automatically by people online while the app is running. The "last seen' and 'before that' date are also automatically filled. The last seen for the default list (the Brions) will show the date of the first time you launched the app.

You can add information about these characters, or add characters not currently online by selecting 'Friends list' from the Utilities menu and clicking on the new button.

You can list alts for that character, separated by ', ', add notes, and set the notification.

When you specify alts, if those characters are not present in your database, they show in red. Alts present in your database show in yellow.

You can then edit the character and fix the alts by using the 'Add missing alts' button.

Once you do and save the reciprocal alts will be fixed.

The default friends list includes the six Brion brothers, set for notification. You can set NPC with a notification so that you can be aware when they are online.

Clock

If you don't want the whole Status window while playing (or don't have the screen size for it), you can open a 'Clock' window with some astronomical information that you place beside the ClanLord windows.

Adjust Time

Over time it's possible that the time shown in Trinary drift apart from the CL time. There is a utility to fix discrepencies.

Made by Drablak

I created this tool for my own use in 2015 and I recently decided to make some modifications so that I can share a “public version.” I hope you find it helpful. If you do and you see Drablak in the game, please consider contributing to his library fund.