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  • Created 5/2/2009 4:24:43 PM
  • Updated 7/6/2011 3:51:18 PM
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  • Newest File: 1.3.3
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About Guild Mains

Guild Mains

This addon shows you the name of the main character when one of your guildmates chats using a known alt. This is done by scanning the guild roster, looking for the name of a main in the player note of an alt. Many guilds already do this just as a matter of record keeping, so this addon works right out of the box (or out of the zip file I guess!)

The names show up in parenthesis after their alts name like this: 

[Bravehearth (Pitchifus)] whispers: Hey, is the download ready yet?

Also, achievement and logon/off messages are displayed like this: 

Bravehearth (Pitchifus) has earned the achievement [Home Alone]

and 

[Bravehearth (Pitchifus)] has come online

Finally, it also extends the /who command so that if you do a /who on someone's main and they're not online but they are online on an alt, you'll see a message like this: 

/who Pitchifus
Pitchifus is online on [Bravehearth]
0 players found

It was designed using the default chat UI and compatibility with custom chat windows is not tested. I'm confident that the achievement and logon/off message will work with any chat addon, but the feature of showing mains in communication messages (whisper, say, guild, etc.) may or may not work with other chat addons depending on their design. Please file a CurseForge ticket if you find a chat addon that doesn't appear to work and I can try to make it compatible.

Version 1.3.3 changes

  • FEATURE: Updated for WoW 4.2

Version 1.3.2 changes

  • FEATURE: Updated for WoW4

Version 1.3.1 changes

  • BUGFIX: Fixed loading error on patch 3.3

Version 1.3 changes

  • FEATURE: Shows name of main in "player left guild" messages
  • FEATURE: Bumped .toc for patch 3.3

Version 1.2.2 changes

  • BUGFIX: Fixed bug causing "report spam" option to be missing from chat messages

Version 1.2.1 changes

  • BUGFIX: Fixed nil value error when settings haven't been configured

Version 1.2 changes

  • FEATURE: Supports WoW's class coloring feature
  • FEATURE: Searching Officer note can be disabled

Version 1.1.2 changes

  • FEATURE: Bumped .toc for patch 3.2 (no compatibility issues found)

Version 1.1.1 changes

  • BUGFIX: Remove reference to Group Calendar (copy-and-paste bug)

Version 1.1 changes

  • FEATURE: Custom patterns. To access the settings, open the WoW Interface panel and switch to the Addons tab. The pattern should be set to whatever syntax your guild uses for alts, but with "playername" (sans quotes of course) as a placeholder for where the name will appear. For example, the guild I'm in uses something like "AKA Baylord" for an alt, so the pattern would be "AKA playername" to make it work for our roster.
  • BUGFIX: Removed some code which was intended to help with poorly-maintained rosters but which really just confused the addon and caused it to find the wrong alt sometimes.
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1.3.3 Release4.21,4977/6/2011 3:51:18 PM
1.3.2 Release4.0.12,48210/15/2010 2:11:27 PM
1.3.1 Release3.3.0712/8/2009 3:55:31 PM
1.3 Release3.3.019312/8/2009 3:13:55 PM
1.2.2 Release3.2.01,24310/8/2009 6:45:53 PM
1.2.1 Release3.2.08079/13/2009 3:06:08 PM
1.2 Release3.2.03429/13/2009 12:51:36 AM
1.1.2 Release3.2.0-8/6/2009 4:29:59 PM
1.1.1 Release3.1.0-7/24/2009 1:43:08 PM
1.1 Release3.1.0-7/15/2009 8:14:56 PM
1.0.1 Release3.1.0-6/5/2009 8:27:02 PM
1.0 Release3.1.0-5/2/2009 4:54:04 PM
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  • Posted 10/31/2010 5:20:19 AM #37
    Dearthmaul
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    Hi, I've only recently started using this add-on, but I find it a great help with so many alts in our guild.
    I was wondering if it was possible to have it search the Officer note first if that option is enabled; we use EPGP which always has the Main in the officer field, but some players have got other alt's names in their "player notes", so sometimes it doesn't display the correct toon name.
  • Posted 10/16/2010 8:31:53 AM #34
    Darias
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    I see you updated this recently, and frankly, I love it.

    Previously, my guild used an addon created by a former member which was called "GuildPal" (http://www.toolness.com/wp/?page_id=14). It didn't put the names in-line for text, but did do login and log off announcements. We loved it, but it broke with 4.0.1, and the developer no longer plays WoW (I think).

    While I totally dig guild mains, one feature his addon had that yours didn't was the ability to search the roster -- including logged off guildies -- and find all their toons, exporting them to the main chat window. This is the "/gwhoall" feature in his addon.

    If yours had that, it would be 100% awesome. Any chance of having it added in?
  • Posted 10/16/2010 10:37:58 AM #35
    Mundocani
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    I like that idea, that'd be really handy. I'll see if I can get it worked in sometime soon.
  • Posted 10/18/2010 5:19:41 PM #36
    Darias
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    Sweet! Also, here's a slightly-more-up-to-date version than what I had linked above (in case you wanted a basis for the search/export routine).

    http://mareyn.perenolde.googlepages.com/GuildPal-0.6.zip

    I've done some dev work, but I just don't have time for it any more. I leave that stuff to you guys. Thanks for your work on this project. :)
  • Posted 10/14/2010 11:23:32 AM #33
    PhoneDaGnome
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    Is this still being updated?
  • Posted 1/30/2010 12:59:20 AM #32
    PalletjeNL
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    The only chat addon I have got is "prat" but guildmains does not work as it is supposed to according to the addon info. I only the the main char when that char logs off. in any other situation, like logging on, whispering or /who playername or achievement I do not get to see the main char. Main chars in my guild are noted in the public note and are written as main: playername or main:playername. Is it possible for you to fix this issue?
  • Posted 10/8/2009 6:46:32 PM #28
    Mundocani
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    Version 1.2.2 changes

    * BUGFIX: Fixed bug causing "report spam" option to be missing from chat messages
  • Posted 10/3/2009 1:59:00 PM #27
    Kindari
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    Any way I can do my own marking of alts? Like a private note? Or look at CT Mod's notes? My guild's notes don't record alts names.
  • Posted 10/8/2009 6:47:41 PM #30
    Mundocani
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    No, it only works through the player and officer note fields
  • Posted 9/20/2009 2:28:47 PM #26
    tlcrn76
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    Ok...it was working...now its not. I recently added Group Calendar and guild2guild perhaps one of those is interfering??
  • Posted 10/8/2009 6:47:23 PM #29
    Mundocani
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    Shouldn't be Group Calendar since I write that one too and run it myself, not sure what guild2guild is or does. Can you disable it temporarily to see if the problem goes away?
  • Posted 10/8/2009 6:53:58 PM #31
    Mundocani
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    I looked at the guild2guild project page and it looks like it inserts its own chat messages. If it doesn't filter those messages through the standard WoW chat filter hooks then Guild Mains can't work with it. Shouldn't cause any problems, but you won't see the mains in guild chat messages.
  • Posted 9/13/2009 12:51:49 AM #24
    Mundocani
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    Version 1.2 changes

    * FEATURE: Supports WoW's class coloring feature
    * FEATURE: Searching Officer note can be disabled
  • Posted 9/13/2009 3:08:21 PM #25
    Mundocani
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    There's a minor bug in 1.2 where you get an error if you've never visited (and okay'd) the Guild Mains settings located in the WoW Addon settings tab. You can visit that panel and okay it to fix the problem or update to 1.2.1.

    Version 1.2.1 changes

    * BUGFIX: Fixed nil value error when settings haven't been configured
  • Posted 8/7/2009 6:21:04 AM #21
    Callahan
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    First of all thx for this addon!
    Is it possible to add a function in the options for not searching in the officer notes?
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