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  • World of Warcraft
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  • Supports: 4.0.3
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  • Updated 01/16/2011
  • Created 07/05/2006
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  • Release Type: Beta
  • License: All Rights Reserved
  • Newest File: r9
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About AltMinder

July 2011: A comment. If I return to play and this addon doesn't work, I might fix it. If anyone want to keep this addon alive please let me know and I'll happily add developers for it.

March 30, 2010

AltMinder has been revived, or so I hope. It seems to work on my system, hoping to get some feedback. I've added a donation button for those who are kind enough to provide a little help for my time. At the moment I'm unemployed and every little bit helps.

SAVE YOUR OLD

\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\account-name\SavedVariables\AltMinder.lua

SOMEPLACE

just in case.

Also, this new version is server aware internally. It WAS not before, and as a result the data is auto imported into the 1st server you log into. If Alts were kept across multiple realms, you MUST do the following: Before Logging out, type the command /altm upg 1 then log into the next realm. This needs to be done for every realm. This need only be done once.

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Sept 12, 2007

When a message is delivered to the client it has a name associated as the sender. AltMinder checks that name and if it is listed as a "main" or an "alt-of-main" the message will be modified to reflect what is known. Normally these are thought of as alts and mains, however, there is also utility in using non-existent "main" names like NINJA, or "GuildLeader" .

My AddOn philosophy is that an addon should do one thing, and do it well. I will add or alter functionality of this addon if they make sense. If you would like to see changes, please ask. If I will not do it, I will do my best to explain why. It is not beyond my time to work on a new addon at this point, but no promises.

Here is a (partial) list of commands:
/altm help
/altm on|off
/altm emote on|off
/altm add main <main-name> <alt-name-list>
/altm add alt <alt-name> <main-name>
/altm del main <main-name>
/altm del alt <alt-name>
/altm change main <oldName> <newName>
/altm change alt <oldName> <newName>
/altm extract guild <verbose>
/altm info <name>
/altm guildchk
/altm mainon <TAG>
/altm mainoff
In the folder: ...\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\<account-name>\SavedVariables folder will be places a AltMinder.lua file that can be modified to do bulk additions to the data stored. Make sure that the alt and main table stay in sync. AltMinder relies on that information being correct and if it gets corrupted the results can be unpredictable.

Note to other AddOn Devs: I hook AddMessage, and as a result the msg variable is ultimately changed and if you hook in after me you might find an issue. Try to use arg2 instead of parsing msg for a messenger name to avoid this problem. (it's also a lot faster than parsing a string for every message.) </pre>

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r9 | elryck | 2011-01-16 06:07:10 +0000 (Sun, 16 Jan 2011) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   M /trunk/AltMLocalization.de.lua
   M /trunk/AltMLocalization.fr.lua
   M /trunk/AltMLocalization.lua
   M /trunk/AltMinder.lua
   M /trunk/AltMinder.xml

Change for Cataclysm.
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  • Posted 4/21/2012 7:37:53 AM #69
    rossit
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    This might sound really stupid but what does this do? I don't see a description of what functions it provides anywhere.

  • Posted 5/4/2012 2:33:57 AM #70
    Elryck
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    Happened by this. The AddOn allows for the tracking of the Alts of a Main character by modifying chat messages as they come in. I have no idea if it still works. 

    Another use is to attach characters to Categories. I always had a "main" called "LOOTWHORE" so anytime someone I tagged sent a message it would stick (LOOTWHORE) next to their name. Same for "Jackass", etc...

    If anyone still cares about it and wanted to maintain they are welcome to. I'm not giving it up entirely, but no reason not to have help.

  • Posted 5/11/2012 12:13:12 AM #72
    Elryck
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    The only changes AltMinder makes is to incoming messages. It was born from a need to track all the alternate characters (alts) that roleplayers use. 

    So if you were to run the command:

    /altm add Ryukishin Minuette Elryck Phaje

    then every time a message came up from Minuette you would see

    [1][Minuette](Ryukishin):Heya there neighbor!

    A message from Ryukishin would look like:

    [1][Ryukishin](+):Hello there!

    Using the LOOTWHORE example:

    [1][Thatwarriorguy](LOOTWHORE):Stacked warrior LFG epix plz! kthxbai!

    Does that explain it a bit better?

     

     

     

  • Posted 5/9/2012 12:58:25 PM #71
    Zhawq
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    I was wondering about the same thing as rossit asked. I saw your addon recommended when I downloaded an auction addon and it's additions, and became interested. When you curse-over the link it says:

    "altminder keeps data about mains and their alts and inserts a notation into messages when it encounters one".

    The problem is I don't understand what this means. What notation does it insert? When it encounters one what? 

    "The AddOn allows for the tracking of the Alts of a Main character by modifying chat messages as they come in."

    You mean if you talk from an alt to somebody who9 only knows you by your main, this way they'll know it's you without you having to tell them "Hey, it's Lootwhore!"? Does it keep doing this everytime you say something or just when you give them the first tell? I can see how this can be convenient.

    "I always had a "main" called "LOOTWHORE" so anytime someone I tagged sent a message it would stick (LOOTWHORE) next to their name. Same for "Jackass", etc..."

    Hey, I saw someone named Lootwhore... yesterday, I think... in a dungeon. Seems we're playing at the same server group, lol. 

    If I understand this correct, then someone you've tagged when you were ingame last with one of your chars, will, when the next time you chat with them ingame from another char, receive a notation that says that char's name which you were ingame with when you tagged them. Is this correct?

    Ps. Since you don't play for the time being that guy I saw was probably coincidentally someone else having a char with the same same as yours. 

  • Posted 7/3/2011 9:03:39 AM #68
    Elryck
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    A note about AltMinder. It was always my intent to make it do what it does, and nothing more. I incorporated suggestions if they were made and appropriate, and occasionally I even put in hidden commands for an individual need.

    So far as I know it still works, but as I'm not playing anymore I need posts to tell me one way or the other. Curse keeps abandoning it and I am happy to have someone else work on it, but it seems it's usefulness is past. I do check back every now and again, so if you want to take it over to keep it alive, post or contact and Arrangements can be made.
  • Posted 1/15/2011 10:11:09 PM #67
    Elryck
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    I've made AltMinder work with Cataclysm as best as I can for now. There are severe changes that make it impossible to accomplish the same thing as I had before. Message formatting will be a little bit different, for example. If you run into errors please report them.
  • Posted 4/4/2010 12:25:27 PM #61
    Mudge
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    Just what I have wanted ... glad I looked before starting to write my own. Note:
    ALTM_MSG_EXTRACT_BEGIN = "Beginning the Extracion Process."
    ALTM_MSG_EXTRACT_END = "Extracion Process is now complete."
    should use Extraction, not Extracion

    Also, when I try /altm del main I get
    AltM_Out("AltMinder: Delete Main has been disabled pending update, sorry =/ .")
    AltM_Out("AltMinder: Try /altm change main " .. argList[3] .. " ")

    I raid in a coalition of several guilds ... I am looking at how to tag the main's name with its guild.
  • Posted 4/4/2010 3:51:03 PM #62
    Elryck
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    I think there are a lot more spelling errors than those! :) I'l fix those. As far as deleting a main goes, that was an item from 2 years ago I didn't get to fixing when I changed how the DB was stored.

    What you want to do is Make the guild names mains and the players alts of those mains. If you're really industrious, once you add one or 2, you can open up the AltMinder.lua in the WTF directory and carefully hand edit it to add a large number of entries.

    I will look into adding/fixing code to delete a main.
  • Posted 4/5/2010 9:17:38 AM #63
    Mudge
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    I am playing with adding an /altm setguild main
    option and storing the guild name at
    AltM_SavedVars[sRealmName].AltM_Mains[main].guild

    so far I added a call to AltM_SetMainGuild(main,guild) in the GuildCheck routine and it properly stores the guild info for my own guild members. Now mains show as Mudge(main-Circle of Freedom) etc.

    This is for my own use of course.
  • Posted 4/5/2010 5:20:57 PM #64
    Elryck
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    I you want dev access to subversion and check in changes, let me know. My only goal with any AddOn I write is that it be very good at one thing and this seems "in scope" enough to be part of the tool. No reason for me to duplicate code you're already writing.
  • Posted 4/5/2010 10:30:52 PM #65
    Mudge
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    That might make sense. I now have what is described above working (I think). I find it useful in this Coalition setting. We have some folks who have an alt in a different guild from the main. I have not decided whether I want to attach guilds to alts. It may get a bit too verbose. Also I guess I want to add an on/off ability to the guild display. Anyway I'll let you know when I am ready to check in a change.
  • Posted 4/6/2010 12:30:34 PM #66
    Elryck
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    I added you as an Author to the project so you can use the repository.
  • Posted 4/2/2010 1:03:20 AM #60
    Elryck
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    Changed code to fix class-color-name issue.
    Please play around with it!
    I also tried to do more filtering to make sure I don't process messages I don't have to.
  • Posted 3/30/2010 5:32:52 PM #59
    Elryck
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    Known bug: Class color names in chat make the names different and they aren't matching. I am working on it.
  • Posted 3/30/2010 2:47:29 PM #58
    Elryck
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    Waiting on curse to catch up to curseforge, not sure why it's lagging...
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