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Educational toolkit for analyzing Albion Online fishing mechanics through network packets

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🎣 AlbaFish

Educational toolkit for analyzing Albion Online fishing mechanics through network packet analysis

⚠️ FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY =)
This library is designed for learning about network protocols, packet analysis, and game mechanics research.
NOT intended for creating game bots or automation tools.

📚 What is this?

AlbaFish is a Python library that captures and parses Albion Online network packets to understand fishing mechanics. It's built for:

  • 🎓 Learning about Photon protocol and packet analysis
  • 🔬 Research into game networking and event systems
  • 📊 Understanding MMO client-server communication

✨ Features

  • 🎯 Real-time fishing event monitoring (cast, bite, catch, etc.)
  • 🐟 Complete Albion Online item database (11,000+ items)
  • ⚡ Both sync and async API support
  • 🎨 Decorator-based event routing
  • 🔧 Middleware system for event processing
  • 📦 Type hints and comprehensive error handling

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

pip install albafish

Requirements:

  • Python 3.7+
  • scapy>=2.5.0 (installed automatically)
  • Administrator/root privileges (for packet capture)
  • Windows: Npcap
  • Linux: libpcap-dev
  • macOS: libpcap (usually pre-installed)

Basic Example

import albafish

# Create item database
items = albafish.ItemDatabase()

# Simple callback
def on_catch(event):
    fish_name = items.get_name(event.item_id)
    print(f"🎣 Caught: {fish_name}")

# Create monitor
monitor = albafish.FishingMonitor(on_catch=on_catch, items_db=items)

# Start monitoring (requires admin/root)
monitor.start()

Decorator Style

from albafish import create_router

router = create_router()

@router.on_catch(tier=8, fish_only=True)
def rare_fish(event):
    print("🐟 Rare T8 fish!")

@router.on_bite()
def bite_alert(event):
    print("🎣 Fish is biting!")

router.start()

Async Support

import asyncio
from albafish import create_async_router

router = create_async_router()

@router.on_catch()
async def handle_catch(event):
    print(f"Caught item: {event.item_id}")
    await asyncio.sleep(0.1)  # async operations

asyncio.run(router.start())

📖 Documentation

Events

  • on_cast - Rod cast started
  • on_cast_end - Float landed in water
  • on_bite - Fish is biting
  • on_start_pull - Started pulling
  • on_pulling - Pulling in progress
  • on_catch - Item caught
  • on_failed - Fish escaped
  • on_death - Player died

Filtering

# Catch only T7+ fish
@router.on_catch(min_tier=7, fish_only=True)
def rare_fish(event):
    pass

# Specific tiers
@router.on_catch(tier=[6, 7, 8])
def high_tier(event):
    pass

# Specific items
@router.on_catch(item_ids=[142, 143, 144])
def specific_items(event):
    pass

🛠️ Advanced Usage

Custom Event Bus

from albafish import FishingMonitor, EventBus, LoggingMiddleware

bus = EventBus()
bus.add_middleware(LoggingMiddleware())

monitor = FishingMonitor(event_bus=bus)

Player Filtering

# Auto-detect player (default)
monitor = FishingMonitor(auto_detect_player=True)

# Specific player ID
monitor = FishingMonitor(player_id=12345)

📋 Examples

Check the /examples folder for more:

  • basic_monitor.py - Simple event monitoring
  • decorator_router.py - Decorator-based routing
  • async_example.py - Async/await usage
  • filtered_catch.py - Advanced filtering

⚠️ Important Notes

  1. Requires elevated privileges - Run as Administrator (Windows) or with sudo (Linux/Mac)
  2. Educational use only - Not for game automation or botting
  3. Network capture - Monitors UDP port 5056 by default
  4. Privacy - Only captures game packets, no personal data

🤝 Contributing

This is an educational project. Feel free to:

  • Report bugs
  • Suggest improvements
  • Share your learning experiences

Not accepted:

  • Features for game automation
  • Bot-related functionality
  • Commercial use requests

📜 License

Non-Commercial License - Free for educational and research purposes only.
See LICENSE for details.

👤 Author

evyshape


Disclaimer: This tool is for educational purposes. The author is not responsible for any misuse.
Albion Online is a trademark of Sandbox Interactive GmbH.

=)

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