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  • Supports: 5.2.0
  • 5,338 Total Downloads
  • Updated 03/09/2013
  • Created 11/07/2008
  • 42 Favorites
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  • Release Type: Release
  • License: GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 (LGPLv3)
  • Newest File: v3.7.0.1
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About Tacticator

An addon for storing and sening tactics and other messages
to the party, raid, battleground, channel # or say channels.
The stored information is shared between all your characters
and is stored between sessions.

Usage:

/tacticator - Opens the Tacticator
/tacticator hide - Hides the Tacticator
/tacticator history - Shows the incoming message history
/tacticator buttons - Shows windows with buttons that can be bound to messages
(You can also set a key shortcut in the usual way)

Creating a tactic:
Enter a name of a tactic in the top left edit box.
Press add.
Select the tactic in the dropdown.
Enter a text in the big text box in the center.
Press save if you want to store it.
Select the right channel.
Press send.

To bind a message/tactic to one of the four shortcut buttons:
Select the tactic and channel you want to use.
Press one of the number buttons in the main window.
Open the shortcut frame (by pressing the turn-right button next to the numbers or by typing "/tacticator buttons")
The bound button should have the same name as the tactic.
Press the button to send the message (useful in fights).
You can also use key bindings to achieve the same thing. They key bindings have the same number as the buttons.

Once a tactic is slected in the dropdown it can be deleted
or renamed by the user.
If you want to rename it just enter a new name in the top left
edit box and press rename.

Incoming messages:
If another user of tacticator sends a message to the raid/party/battleground
that you are in the message will pop up in the history frame.
The incoming tactics will be sorted in the order they came and can be copied
to your own list of tactics by pressing save. If no name is entered into the
small textbox when you copy the tactic the default name in the
dropdown will be used.

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  • #40

    having trouble linking to custom channel, ie our guilds heal channel.  i select "channel" and type in the name of our channel, but it does not link to it.  it does not return any error message it just does nothing.  love the addon, it saves me so much time assigning raid cds

  • #41

    You need to enter channel number not the channel name

  • #43

    /facepalm haha thank you

  • #38

    v3.7.0.0 will include basic linking functionality:

    You can link to: Spells, Items and Journal sections
    To link: Click in the edit box (set focus) and shift click whatever you want to link, a text on the format {type:id:name} will appear in the box.
    When sending the message the tag that was created will be replaced by a proper link in the output/chat window.

    Note that items will be displayed in their basic form without enchants, gems and so on.

    The links can me made by hand as well but make sure that the two first parts (type and id) are correct. The name is only there to help you figure out what it is your editing. Valid types are: spell, item, journal

  • #42

    Found some bug..:
     1- Getting an error message if I try to shift+click the boss to link boss name (just to make it beautifully linked)
     2- Same problem if I try to shift+click it from the chat frame and cant use {npc} so... I'm fucked lol ;p
     3- Shift clicking journal always put the link at the very end of the text.

    Once again, nice work! Cant wait to have a organiser in that! 

  • #39

    Nice work!! Works fine!

  • #36

    If that can help... pretty sure it would be easy for you do something like that to ur addon

    SLASH_Tester1 = '/test'
    function SlashCmdList.Tester(msg, editbox)
        print(gsub(msg,"{spell:(%d+)}",GetSpellLink))
    end

    Type /test blablabla {spell:130774} blablabla

    got that from wow forum.. http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/7004457683#5

    Last edited by Geldow on 1/8/2013 4:25:24 PM
  • #35

    Thank you for all the improvements!

    More suggests: 

    1. Position modifier (up/down)
      I would like to be able to change the orders.

      Example: I made a strat for everyboss on a instance, Now I'm making the Heroic version of it. Dont want the other instance we did inbeetween. Like MSV, then HoF then MSV heroics, then ToES... I would like to be able to organize it.
       
    2. Sub groups (like folders)
      If it could be possible to add subgroups just like Folders for instances and then tactics for the bosses in it. (Expendable or collapsable with a [+] [-].
      So having a folder for every possible instances + a boss tactic for each of em would be a super hudge list, but collapsing all of em would make a small list of all instances.
      Sub groups could be a sub group of another
      Examples: Cataclysm/Fireland/Normal/Baleroc.tactic
                       Mist Of Pandaria/Mogu Shan Vault/Heroic/Stone Guards.tactic
                       RBG/Twin Peak.tactic
       
    3. Linked items/spells
      Possibility to link items or spells with shift+click or with ID.
      I would prefer with ID and it migh be easier to do for you (it does not pop out the dungeon journal but a tooltip link) You just need to search the spell/ability/item on wowhead and you can get the ID on the url. The spell ID works for NPC or class spells
      {item:87156} would link the legendary staff
      {spell:130774} would link the Stone Guard Amethyst Pool
      {spell:12472} Would link the mages Icy Veins

    Later on, I will ask you a place where we could all share our strats on the web or simply a database of them all idk just like wowhead database for gatherer. Being able to import it from the web.. from a file.

    (I always have shit tons of Ideas! Just dont have the knowledge/time to do it!)

    Last edited by Geldow on 1/5/2013 8:55:20 PM
  • #37

    I started working on links some time ago and got links to items to work (I have used it in my EasyLoot addon) but had problems catching the shift-click in the Encounter Journal (or Dungeon Journas as it is called in game) so I put it on hold.

    The idea is to be able to add links to spells, items and to the journal in your tactics of which I think the last  is the most important one since that is what I think is most commonly used when describing how to down a boss.
    The links would probably be on the format {type:id:description}, for example {spell:12472:Icy Veins} to help you identify which ability/item you are moving or editing in a lengthy tactic. If you have 4-5 abilities listed it might get a bit confusing if there is no indication of what is what part from a number.

    If I can just get the hooking of the journal events to work I should be able to release the linking functionality pretty soon.

    Last edited by Zaman on 1/11/2013 1:41:41 AM
  • #33

    I'm capped on the list, if you could put it unlimited please! :D

  • #34

    v3.6.1.0 should fix it

  • #31

    Added Instance channel for LFG/LFR

  • #26

    Is it just me or since last patch I cant select anything from list? The list is just not there anymore and no new side tab listing them all. Am I missing something?

  • #27

    Are you getting any errors?

  • #32

    It work now witht he new version. I would suggest to implement a "up" "down" or drag&drop to change order display in the list. Like you had a tactic for a boss and make a new tactic for same boss on heroic would like to put it right after the normal version... or just add a "sort" button on that list.

    Love that list!

    Tank you very much

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