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Using Stream Helper

January 11th, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

Get the bookmarklet on the Spockholm Mafia Tools testing page.

This bookmarklet was developed by F.M. with some additional features added by Spockholm.

The first time you use the bookmarklet, you need to add extended permissions to Mafia Wars.
1. Launch the bookmarklet in a unframed MW page, the bookmarklet will ask to unframe if needed.
2. Tick the box, “Ask permission”.
3. Press Scan.

A popup will ask if you want to allow Mafia Wars to read the facebook wall stream.
This is only needed one time per Facebook account (hopefully).

You can now launch the bookmarklet again and use the QuickTick link for fast selections.
It is recommended to use the filled in values until you are familiar with the bookmarklet.

When Scan is pressed, the bookmarklet will show a line similar to this: Found 173 interesting wall posts.
This means the bookmarklet found 173 items related to the searches you ticked. (Jobs, Boosts, Loot etc…)

You can now press the “Next link” in the top left to start checking all the 173 found items, one by one.
It is recommended to do this a few times to see if it actually works.

When you have seen the pages load and some stats being logged, you can press the green play icon to start checking all the links with a random delay.

Stream Helper Beta

Configurating Stream Helper

Hours to load: Here you enter how many hours of stream to load. High numbers will take longer time to load.
Delay interval: The delay between page loads will be randomized in this range, modify it to fit your computer/broadband performance.
Ask permission: Ask for permission to read Facebook stream? Only needed one time.
Achievement: Scan for achievement links for collecting the bonuses.
Bonus: Scan for bonuses (boosts).
Boss: Scan for boss jobs. (Moscow bosses)
Jobs: Scan for jobs in selected cities and selected tiers.
Launder: Scan for money laundering jobs.
Loot: Scan for loot help jobs.
Stash: Scan for secret stashes.
War: Scan for wars. Wars older than 6 hours will be ignored (since wars are only active 6 hours).

Problems?

No matching links were found, increase time or add more categories.
Also make sure you have asked for permission on this account.
You may need to re-ask for permission. Try that.

You must be logged in to Facebook to use this feature.
Not sure why this popup is shown when asking permission, press Okay a few times and then the x to close. That might resolve it.
You can also try reloading the game, maybe it is session related?
It is also possible that logging out and logging in again to FB will solve this.

The bookmarklet stops running.
Increase the delays, maybe you are requesting pages faster than your computer/internet connection can handle.
Also it could be game related, be patient and try again later.

Additional resources

Usage Guide (TopMafia Disabled forums)
Usage Guide (Mafia Tools blog)
Discussion on Facebook fan page.

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  1. Manja khamis
    January 15th, 2010 at 08:11 | #1

    Try it out ,

    Status: Requesting more data… Last time was [13:17]

    Any idea?

    Thanks

  2. Kerri the Crippler
    January 16th, 2010 at 12:09 | #2

    Stream Helper is one hell of an impressive tool.

    What I particularly like about it compared with the other bookmarklets that scan for jobs, boosts etc. is that it collects the relevant data nearly instantaneously and in parallel, rather than sequentially for each mafia member. You can then open up the results for a given category (jobs, wars etc.) and quickly click on as many as you want, as an alternative to the timed but automated link-checking function. For someone with a large mafia this could be a real boon, especially when used alongside the capability of searching for a particular rank of job (e.g. pakhan-level jobs versus all Moscow jobs).

    One thing you may need to do first to permit the bookmarklet to work is to enable your Facebook wall’s Mafia Wars feed. (At the bottom of the Facebook wall, click on: Edit Options > Applications > Mafia Wars > Add to News Feed > Close.)

    If you use your FB account for other things besides playing Mafia Wars, this could be a bit of a nuisance compared with using Job Helper, which does not depend on having the MW news feed enabled to operate. However, you can easily switch the MW feed off again after each occasion that you run the Stream Helper tool.

  3. achin
    January 17th, 2010 at 06:15 | #3

    Stream Helper is not working right?

  4. michael dezern
    January 19th, 2010 at 18:23 | #4

    how i can solve this problem for this wall? can you help me to fix this wall ? thanks :)

    Next link
    Stream Helper v1.02 beta – Spockholm Mafia Tools – Play Pause Close
    Found 0 interesting wall posts.
    Status: Add more categories or increase time to find links.

  5. bojan
    January 19th, 2010 at 23:06 | #5

    i run like its written up and than when i open bookmarklet it shows tick box and it goes in white screen. whyt should i do

  6. January 19th, 2010 at 23:22 | #6

    I have been using Stream Helper since the first day. As you know , I only use Beta bookmarklets (or experimental ones, including the Alpha Remove Non Friends)

    I published screenshots .

    http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=267299146868

  7. January 20th, 2010 at 18:54 | #7

    Hi, i´ve tried your Stream Helper and it´s not working :( I´ve tried to increase the loadtimer i´ve tried to only tick 1 thing and still it wont work. It does not go past Status: Requesting data… it gets stuck at that page… I´ve got 1000+ mafia so this Bookmarklet is exactly what i need so if anyone knows what i might be doing wrong or if anyone has any ideas why it´s not working please contact me on my E-mail or on facebook. Crille91@hotmail.com

  8. x
    January 20th, 2010 at 21:55 | #8

    You should make the “Hours to load” option to handle less amount of time, such as minutes. Wars end and stash loots deplete in seconds, not hours!!

  9. rudi
    January 21st, 2010 at 19:43 | #9

    Hi, how do this work?? Is a file to download?? I can only see the link but nothing happen if I click…
    tnx

  10. Neo Trix
    February 4th, 2010 at 04:33 | #10

    I have used in the past several of the marklets, however with streamhelper, no matter what I do I continuously get “Add more categories or increase time to find links.” I have doubled the default time and the look back time from 1 to 4 to 8 to 10 t0 12 hrs back still with no success. I am running out of things to try. Please advice.
    Neo

  11. A. Burch
    February 11th, 2010 at 07:31 | #11

    Neither booklet has worked for me at all. Deleted the booklets and added them again and still nothing.

  12. Rohan
    February 14th, 2010 at 04:13 | #12

    I have tried using the Stream Helper, but when I try to ask for permission, the pop up appears then disappears within a second. How do I fix this?

    Thanks

  13. Peter Kantropus
    February 15th, 2010 at 15:33 | #13

    I tryed yi today and is excelent, a big thank you .

  14. February 15th, 2010 at 22:57 | #14

    I m trying to use streamhelper beta, however I can’t get it to work whatsoever. Tried logging in and out. It continually tells me I have to log into facebook even after clicking ok a dozen times. I receive the following messages,”You must be logged in to Facebook to use this feature and Status: No matching links were found, increase time or add more categories.
    Also make sure you have asked for permission on this account. Can someone explain what I am doing wrong?

  15. Michael
    February 25th, 2010 at 14:12 | #15

    I keep getting this…..Add more categories or increase time to find links.

  16. Adrian
    March 10th, 2010 at 09:02 | #16

    I cannot use the Stream Helper Beta or the old one at all. Using Firefox and i keep getting logged in error. Please help

  17. March 16th, 2010 at 17:16 | #17

    No matching links were found, increase time or add more categories.

    Also make sure you have asked for permission on this account.
    You may need to re-ask for permission.

    when I ask ask for permission again, I get a quick pop-up box it pops up then its gone. thats when it reads ( No matching links were found, increase time or add more categories.) I’ve tried everything can you please help me.

    P.S. I am using firefox but I have tried chrome with similar results.

  18. Hargoth
    March 18th, 2010 at 13:29 | #18

    Hi there,

    I’ve just installed SH and it’s not working – I’ll try again at home, but here at work it doesn’t seem to work at all – I’ve tried with permissions and all options enabled (hours to load 24, post/request at 10k) – and it doesn’t seem to work (I see all the time inscription: “Found 0 interesting wall posts.
    Status: Add more categories or increase time to find links.”).

    Does it mean I’m not lucky and I cannot use it? :(

    Thank you in advance for response.

  19. Muh
    March 18th, 2010 at 17:31 | #19

    The Stream Helper is beeing stopped, when the bonus of the Holiday jobs appear.

  20. Nicky
    March 19th, 2010 at 15:51 | #20

    I was able to get this to work 1 time now every time i click scan all i get is “Status: Requesting data…”

    I have tried changing all the settings and none seem to work. Is this bookmarklet still working?

  21. Mezlo
    March 22nd, 2010 at 00:42 | #21

    I couldn’t get past the “You must be logged in to Facebook to use this feature.” prompt until I enabled “Accept third-party cookies” under Tools, Options, Privacy (Firefox 3.6). After that I was able to authorize the script and it ran flawlessly.

  22. ZzZZZ
    March 22nd, 2010 at 11:11 | #22

    does this tools restarts and does all things automatically??
    cos in my situation it doesnt ;(

  23. Steve
    March 23rd, 2010 at 03:45 | #23

    Just have to say that I’ve been using this for a few days now and it is truly awesome!

    When I get up in the morning, I can leave it to run and catch up on all the stashes, jobs, boosts etc from the overnight hours.

    It is also a great help in finding wars to help in – one more achievement under my belt!

    Thanks for creating it!

  24. March 26th, 2010 at 13:51 | #24

    First, thanks for a great tool!
    When the status on Stream Helper starts it always starts looking 20-40 minutes before the current time. Is their a way to start it on the current time or a little closer such as 5 minutes, because it seems that all the good loot and jobs have been done by the time I get to them using stream helper.
    Thanks in advance for your response!

  25. justin bloom
    April 8th, 2010 at 08:31 | #25

    i have never used this

  26. justin bloom
    April 8th, 2010 at 08:32 | #26

    are you their

  27. Cheri Spence
    April 10th, 2010 at 00:53 | #27

    I am just learning the Stream helper. It was working good – but I was getting alarmed when I watched each transaction and saw that it was giving away my building materials!! They are hard to come by, especially the new Weapon shop materials. Why is it giving them away? Or am I reading it wrong (I hope!).

  28. April 10th, 2010 at 08:22 | #28

    i still get this status;
    Status: Add more categories or increase time to find links.

    i try to re-ask for permission and the result is,
    The requested permissions have already been granted or do not apply.

  29. April 10th, 2010 at 08:23 | #29

    i tried e few times but still cant use this bookmarklet.plz help me

  30. Viktor
    April 11th, 2010 at 15:42 | #30

    Is a really nice script, i wish to send you more than one pint , you really deserve them but have no money, sorry. And just an idea: Is possible to add an auto reload? Thanks again for the good job =)

  31. Gururaj
    April 13th, 2010 at 08:43 | #31

    i loved the tools…was using it since a few days…from yesterday i guess the streamhelper beta has been giving some problems…it wont show posts of more than a hour…today of only a few minutes…

  32. Sammy
    April 13th, 2010 at 17:03 | #32

    Hello,

    The stream helper is not working due, I think, because of those “Show X similar Posts” recently added by FB.

    I hope it can be fixed as this is a great tool.

    Cheers.

  33. Teasa Bean
    April 13th, 2010 at 18:37 | #33

    I have been using stream helper for weeks without issue, now I’m noticing when I scan for jobs, achievements etc… I receive this “NAN Post” message not sure what that is. I’ve also tried removing the bookmark and reapplying it and asking for permissions again, this doesn’t seem to help it!!

    (This is the message received after scanning for 2 hours)

    Found 5 interesting wall posts.
    Status: Received NaN posts
    Jobs Done:
    Achievements: 1 achievement
    Bonuses: 2 bonuses
    Jobs: 1 job – New York: 1
    Stashes: 1 stash

  34. ashraf
    April 14th, 2010 at 01:09 | #34

    i need it my friend

  35. wael
    April 14th, 2010 at 16:46 | #35

    it was greeat great and helpfull

    but it stop running in 11th of April , 2010, it can read more than couple of the feeds only ……
    :(

  36. Cathe
    April 16th, 2010 at 20:18 | #36

    Stream Helper will not work for me, I tried everything the MW tools said to but no go

  37. April 22nd, 2010 at 13:03 | #37

    Hey guyz…just tried it and it worked for me..its AMAZING…!!!!!!!
    so damn cOOL..thankss a lot…^^

  38. April 23rd, 2010 at 16:30 | #38

    Hey thanks for getting the site running yesterday went in to it today to run the stream helper and i keep getting this message. i tried several things increasing and deacreasing the time amount of check marks but still got the message.

    Found 0 interesting wall posts.
    Status: Add more categories or increase time to find links.

  39. Michael
    April 25th, 2010 at 07:42 | #39

    Had no problems with Stream Helper, but since it came back a few days ago, whenever I try to access, I get this…Found 0 interesting wall posts.
    Status: Add more categories or increase time to find links.
    I tried to make adjustment, and still get …..Found 0 interesting wall posts.
    Status: Add more categories or increase time to find links.

  40. Rob
    April 28th, 2010 at 10:58 | #40

    No matter how long I haven’t run Stream Helper I have NEVER found more than 199 interesting posts. I can typically get about 180 over an hour to 2. If I am gone for 5-15 hours, I will still only get under 200. Usually not 199. It doesn’t matter how high I put “Posts / request:” . I can put 300 or 10K. I still never hit even 200 interesting posts. What am I doing wrong, or wont Stream Helper go higher than 199 interesting posts.

    I am using Windows 7, Chrome. The only tabs I do not check are ask for permission, and wars. I sometimes click on “Do newest jobs first, instead of oldest?”, and sometimes I don’t.

  41. Rob
    April 28th, 2010 at 11:00 | #41

    Michael,

    I find that sometimes opening a new tab, and using that tab the no interesting posts goes away.

  42. allen
    April 29th, 2010 at 05:55 | #42

    HOW DOES WARS WORK _ mainly want to make sure it doesnt make me betray my friends – I ant o fight on the side of my frieds only…??

  43. jane newhall
    April 30th, 2010 at 03:18 | #43

    I would LOVE to get this working!! I’ve followed all the directions, have deleted cookies and caches, reloaded, tried both the old and the Beta versions, and get nothing. The errors are as stated above by many others….

    Found 0 interesting wall posts.
    Status: Add more categories or increase time to find links.

    I’m running with Google Chrome. Please advise…. I KNOW this will be an awesome tool if I can just get it to work!! (Oh, and also stuck using Windows Vista) thank you. janen

  44. Jack
    April 30th, 2010 at 21:33 | #44

    Seems Zynga broke the steam again…Now we have to agree to accept the bonus and then get the bonus…I get nothing out of running the stream as it stops on “Loading the real url in… 0 seconds…”

  45. Ling
    May 7th, 2010 at 03:06 | #45

    1 of 1 Stream Helper v1.22 beta – Visit Spockholm Mafia Tools – PintWare – Play Pause Close
    Found 1 interesting wall posts.
    Status: All links checked. Done.
    Gained: Money: Exp: 0
    Jobs Done: Limits Reached:
    Loot Gained: 1x Hot Coffee
    Achievements: 0 achievements
    Bonuses: 1 bonus

    I’ve > 5,500 mafia family members. And it just turn out 1 Hot Coffee. I’ve followed all the instructions stated. I’ve uninstalled FF Filter. Also, it runs only after I turn my “web protection shield” off. Is there any clue for this?

  46. Mitch
    May 8th, 2010 at 14:24 | #46

    Works perfectly!

  47. Jack
    May 11th, 2010 at 22:32 | #47

    Is Stream Helper (Beta) not working again? I get 0 links, tried many different configurations…nothing, tried the old Stream Helper as well, no links…..

  48. Anita Mamba
    May 14th, 2010 at 00:52 | #48

    What does the “(Sent)” note mean next to most of the Weapon Shop items collected? The stats say something like 18 Arc Welders collected, but I do not get 18 of them in my Weapon Shop. Do I send them as a gift to someone without knowing?

    Thanks
    Anita
    id=1554911152

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