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  • World of Warcraft
  • 121 Monthly Downloads
  • Supports: 5.0.4
  • 71,805 Total Downloads
  • Updated 07/04/2012
  • Created 11/09/2008
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  • Release Type: Release
  • License: All Rights Reserved
  • Newest File: 5.0.1
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About Swindler Preventer

This addon adds information to the tooltip to remind you that you could buy an item from a vendor instead. Never get swindled again!

Currently supports Recipes, Vanity Pets, and Bags!

Frequently Asked Question:

"I have a lot of data to submit. Is there a file I can just e-mail you or something?"

In fact there is. (English localizations only please!) The file is saved in your WoW/WTF/Account/AccountName/SavedVariables folder, under SwindlerPreventer.lua

Look for the line that has SP_DataVersion. This should match the currently available version, if it doesn't, your addon and your data are out of date!

Copy everything from that line to the end of the document and get that to me, and I can use that to update the data with. If you're lazy, you can e-mail me the entire file.

If you have an addon that allows you to copy messages in the chat frame easily, then feel free to submit the in-game message instead. Either way works.

"But what if I'm not using English Localization?"

Then there's more work for you. Sorry. =( The only language I'm comfortable with is English.

But if you want to do all the work, feel free to edit your localization.lua file with your new data (it's in the zip file or WoW/Interface/AddOns/SwindlerPreventer). You'll have to do the editing by hand basically so basic coding knowledge would be required. Submit the edited file to me and I'll include it with my next update!

5.0.1 (15799) BETA - 2012/7/4

Yes, I'm still around.  Between having a kidney stone a couple months ago, and playing Diablo 3 and going to school, I haven't been playing WoW much these last few months.  But I'm still here.  =P

Now that Mists of Pandaria finally decided to turn addons on, we can get down to some beta testing!

I will add MoP Beta recipes to Swindler Preventer, but beware changing prices/locations/data as the beta updates!  I'll try to stay on top of it but it's much easier to detect new data than it is to detect old/bad data.  When the expansion is released I will wipe all data from the beta and rebuild again to make sure there's no bad data.  But in the meantime, feel free to report 'new' data!  Wowhead doesn't yet have full data on vendor-sold non-bop recipes yet so reports from users is the only way to build data at this time.

Since the BETA data shouldn't bother live users, I'm marking this version as a 'release' so you can still use it on live.  But since the toc is set for the Beta it will show as 'out of date' in 4.3.4 and you will need to use 'load out of date addons' to use it.  If you don't want to do this you can manually set the toc to 40300 instead of 50001 in the SwindlerPreventer.toc file.

- BETA:  In MoP the game would freeze when talking to a vendor if the data wasn't fully loaded into cache yet.  With even a 0.01 second delay it doesn't freeze.  I can live with a 0.01 second delay.  If you have any WoW API knowledge, take a look at SwindlerPreventer.lua starting at line 288 and feel free to see if you can improve upon my method.  I'm still a beginner!  But this seems to work for me and stops the freezing.
- Zan Shivsprocket has been corrected to Zan Shivsproket.  This should be the last of the typos in pre-Pandaria data.  That I know of, nobody has reported any!
- Added some new reported information for vendors and locations for Cataclysm as well.  Of note is Enchant Weapon - Executioner, new in 4.3.
- BETA:  Added vendor Nam Ironpaw for 2 Cooking recipes and Nat Pagle for a pet.  So far that's the only MoP data that's been reported.

... Not to be a beggar, but donations would be *really* useful right now.  Rent's gone up, but my income hasn't.  Right now my bank account's actually sitting in the negative and the overdraft charges are piling up.  I've gotten rid of a few of my bills so I should be good if I can get back in the black, but first I need to pay off what I already owe.  =/  Plus I turn 30 on July 15th 2012 and it looks like I won't even be able to afford to celebrate my own birthday!  Help a broke college student out?  ^_^  (Oh, and if anyone wants to hire a student programmer, feel free to contact me!  Right now I'm taking classes in Visual Basic and XHTML/CSS.  I'm a straight-A student!)

But enough about my woes.  Even if you don't donate, hope you enjoy the addon!  ^_^

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File Name Release Type Game Version Downloads Date
5.0.1 Release5.0.44,53807/04/2012
4.3.3 Release4.34,36103/03/2012
4.3a Release4.33,15501/23/2012
4.3 Release4.33,45312/15/2011
4.2b Release4.210,26311/22/2011
4.2a Release4.23,07011/21/2011
4.2 Release4.22,69711/20/2011
4.1a Release4.17,23905/11/2011
4.1 Release4.11,96905/09/2011
4.0.3 Release4.0.3a7,57301/02/2011
Swindler Preventer 4.0.1a Release4.0.16,91910/20/2010
4.0.1 Release4.0.12,17410/18/2010
3.3a Release3.3.012512/28/2009
3.3 Release3.3.01012/27/2009
3.3 Release3.3.0812/27/2009
3.2 Release3.2.02909/01/2009
v3.1.3 Release3.1.02106/30/2009
v3.1.1 Release3.1.03005/05/2009
Swindler Preventer 3.0.9a Release3.0.91803/17/2009
Swindler Preventer 3.0.9 Release3.0.9802/24/2009
Swindler Preventer 3.0.3f Release3.0.3801/14/2009
Swindler Preventer 3.0.3e Release3.0.3712/24/2008
Swindler Preventer 3.0.3d Release3.0.3112/02/2008
Swindler Preventer 3.0.3c Release3.0.3111/25/2008
Swindler Preventer 3.0.3b Release3.0.3411/16/2008
Swindler Preventer 3.0.3a Release3.0.3211/10/2008
Swindler Preventer 3.0.3 Release3.0.3411/09/2008
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  • Posted 11/28/2008 4:14:41 PM #26
    ParallaxTZ
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    [Small Quiver] [5439] sold for 1s by Hagash the Blind (Horde) in Hellfire Peninsula.
    [Medium Quiver] [11362] sold for 10s by Hagash the Blind (Horde) in Hellfire Peninsula.
  • Posted 11/26/2008 11:48:27 AM #20
    Thortok2000
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    Map position is beyond the realm of this addon. I suggest Recipe Radar for you. =P
  • Posted 11/26/2008 3:12:21 AM #19
    arioso27
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    I try to add Map Position info to SP_NewVendorLocations
    edit the AddOns/SwindlerPreventer.lua
    Line:643

    SP_NewVendorLocations[vendorName] = GetRealZoneText();

    local LocTEXT = "";
    local lx, ly = GetPlayerMapPosition( "player" );
    0 ) then
    LocTEXT = string.format( "", lx *100, ly * 100 );
    end
    SP_NewVendorLocations[vendorName] = GetRealZoneText()..LocTEXT;


    ^^ So you can find it in SavedVariables\SwindlerPreventer.lua
  • Posted 12/2/2008 5:31:22 PM #29
    Thortok2000
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    I don't always need to visit the vendor to actually add the information to the database. The in-game message, or the saved variables file as it currently is, is enough information (combined with websites like thottbot) to add to the database with. Since the tooltip does not display the coordinates of the vendor, I don't need this data to show in the saved variables file either. Thanks for the suggestion, though!
  • Posted 11/25/2008 2:58:21 PM #17
    arioso27
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    My locale is zhTW.
    Is this file Account/SavedVariables/SwindlerPreventer.lua useful ?
  • Posted 11/25/2008 10:03:00 PM #18
    Thortok2000
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    I don't know, actually. May as well submit it and see. ^_^
  • Posted 11/21/2008 10:15:10 AM #13
    ParallaxTZ
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    New data:

    [Small Quiver] [5439] sold for 85c by Cawing Trueaim (Horde) in Feralas
    [Medium Quiver] [11362] sold for 8s 50c by Cawind Trueaim (Horde) in Feralas
  • Posted 11/25/2008 12:26:18 PM #16
    Thortok2000
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    Added in next version!
  • Posted 11/19/2008 12:13:10 PM #12
    Enigma_TL
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    Thor, is there any way you could set up a submission process for new data in the next version to be more like say... Quest Helper? What it does is have you e-mail a lua file wit the new data. That would be allot easier than trying to cut and paste every thing we find since (for me at least) alt tabing out of Wow casues it to have stability issues.
  • Posted 11/24/2008 11:38:04 PM #14
    Thortok2000
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    In fact there is. The file is saved in your Account/SavedVariables folder, under SwindlerPreventer.lua

    Look for the line that begins with SP_NewItemInfo = {

    Copy everything from that line to the end of the document and get that to me, and I can use that to update the data with. If you're lazy, you can e-mail me the entire file.

    The in-game message is preferred, though. But if it's too much to remember, this method also works.
  • Posted 11/18/2008 7:39:13 PM #11
    XylanTrueheart
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    New data

    [Formula: Minor Wizard Oil][20758] sold for 4s 50c by Modoru (Alliance)in Dragonblight

    [Formula: Minor Mana Oil] [20752] sold for 27s by Modoru (Alliance) in Dragonblight

    [Formula:Lesser Wizard Oil] [20753] sold for 36s by Modoru (Alliance) in Dragonblight

    [Pattern: Enchanted Mageweave pouch] [22307] sold for 54s by Modoru (Alliance) in Dragonlblight

    [Small Quiver] [5439] sold for 90c by Sentinel Amberline (Alliance) in Dragonblight

    [Medium Quiver] [11363] sold for 9s by Sentinel Amberline (Alliance) in Dragonblight
  • Posted 11/25/2008 12:25:05 PM #15
    Thortok2000
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    Added in next version!
  • Posted 11/17/2008 2:53:09 PM #8
    Enigma_TL
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    Swindler Preventer 3.0.3b has detected new data! Please report the following message: [Schematic: Mechano-hog] [44502] sold for 380g by Gara Skullcrush (Horde) in Borean Tundra.
  • Posted 11/18/2008 11:01:42 AM #10
    Thortok2000
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    Added for next release.
  • Posted 11/17/2008 12:59:33 PM #7
    Enigma_TL
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    I have noticed what may be a problem. I run Auctioneer Adv (Current build as of 11/17/08) and whne I mouse over auctios I do not see the SP info. If the recipie is in my bag I see it fine but NOT on the AH. Is there a problem with SP and Auctioneer?
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