AntiGrats
Are you in a large guild? Do you constantly see those "gratz" messages that always come from the same people almost instantly right after someone gets an achievement? Well they are running an addon that automatically sends out a congratulations message when someone in the guild gets an achievement. This addon will hide those annoying messages while preserving the other guild chat.
Features:
- Very lightweight addon only taking up around 6kb of memory.
- No configuration needed out of the box. In fact I provide no in game way to change any settings since there really are not any to start with.*
- A debug feature that allows you to see what is being filtered out just in case you are interested.
- A few simple slash commands: /ag or /antigratz will bring up the list with the current status of the options. Note: these are not saved between sessions. See below for information about making permanent changes to the addon.
*There are options that can be changed by editing the addon file itself.
Inside the addon there are two files that you can change a few options if you like. These are easily editable in any text editor such as Notepad on Windows.
Options: Didn't I say there were no options?
In core.lua
- local BLACKOUT_TIME = 30; This is the time in seconds to block "gratz" messages (default: 30)
- local STRICT_FILTERING = true; Change to use stricter filtering such as the match must be the exact word/phrase in the blacklist (default: true)
- local SHOW_DEBUG = false; Change to permanently see whats going on behind the scenes (default: false)
in worldlist.lua
This is the list from which we block from. Feel free to add, remove, or change any entry as you see fit. Use %s will match the achievement receivers name in the filter string.
You should not have to change anything for this addon to be effective right out of the box.
Note: The strict filtering option will change the way the addon matches the "gratz" message. With strict filtering enabled the addon will only filter out the message if it exactly matches the wordlist word/phrase. For example if someone types "gratz on that achievement", with strict filtering enabled the message will be shown since it is most likely not an automated response. If you disable strict filtering the message will be filtered out since it contained the word "gratz" which is in the wordlist.
I am looking for a list of addons that automatically send "gratz" messages when a guild achievement is announced. Please help me out by submitting a list to the comments section for this addon. I will add additional blacklist words to the wordlist file from those addons.
Changelog:
2009-10-19 - Initial release.
2009-10-19 - Initial release.
Installation Guide
- Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
- Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
- Windows XP has a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
- WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
- WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
- StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
- Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
- Start World of Warcraft
- Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.
Translations
When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".
TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.
If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
Mac Support
WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.
Directory Structure
World of Warcraft
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.toc
|_ *AddonName*.xml
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
