BadBoy_Levels: Filter Whispers By Level

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Project Updated:

Files Updated:

Mon, Sep 21 2009

Supports Game Version:

3.2.0

Category:

Chat & Communication, and Plugins

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Project Manager:

funkydude

Additional Authors:

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Current Version:

v2.1.2

License:

Development Site:

CurseForge

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Downloads Total:

17,202

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Support BadBoy_Levels: Filter Whispers By Level development!

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About BadBoy_Levels: Filter Whispers By Level

BadBoy_Levels is a plugin to BadBoy, the anti spam addon. It works by using lists:

Good: Friends/Guild & everyone above the level you choose
Bad: Anyone below and equal the level you choose (default 1)

Simply, if a "bad" person whispers you, the whisper is blocked (hidden), then you send them a whisper (also hidden) of what level they must be for you to see their whispers.

What sets this aside from other whisper blockers? BadBoy_Levels is made to be extremely light, simple, has no ingame options, and works automatically without asking the user.

I decided to separate this addon as it's not a feature everyone wants.

Can I change the filter level to be higher than 1?

Yes, use:

Quote:
/script BADBOY_LEVEL = N

N = the number you want to filter, all levels <= N
Please note the level you enter will also be filtered, so if you enter 3, everything under 3 and at 3 will be filtered.

What's changed in v2?

The core lookup system has changed. Instead of using Who on players that whisper you, they are momentarily added to your friends list, so that their level can be retreived, then removed. This was done because:
1. Using Who was untrustworthy, if a player with a short name like "Ka" whispered you, you might not see it.
2. Using Who has a cooldown, if you had lots of whispers at the same time, they would be significantly delayed.
3. Using who took away the ability for the player to use Who at that point in time.

Please help with localization here!

Created On:	Sun, Apr 26 2009
Localized:

1 Installation Guide
2 Translations
3 TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
4 Mac Support
5 Directory Structure

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.

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)...

Downloads (5)

	File Name	Release Type	Game Version	Downloads	Date
	Addon Curse.com	Beta	2.3.3	0	9/29/2008

File Name	Release Type	Game Version	Downloads	Date
BadBoy_Levels: Filter Whispers By Level v2.1.2	Release	3.2.0	3,166	9/21/2009
BadBoy_Levels: Filter Whispers By Level v2.1.1	Release	3.2.0	29	9/21/2009
BadBoy_Levels: Filter Whispers By Level v2.1.0	Release	3.2.0	1,347	9/15/2009
BadBoy_Levels: Filter Whispers By Level v2.0.5	Release	3.2.0	2,197	8/23/2009
BadBoy_Levels: Filter Whispers By Level v2.0.4	Release	3.2.0	1,531	8/17/2009

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JLBurnett04 said

Hey...this is technically not really a bug, but an annoying problem between this addon and HoloFriends. Let me explain. HoloFriends is a friends tracker and allows you to keep more friends on your list than Blizz's hardwired limit, but can only track (as in seeing when they sign on and off, ect) a certain number at a time (the rest are just there for reference and you can choose which ones ot track). When BadBoy_Levels temporarily adds someone to my friend's list to check their lvl, HoloFriends puts them on this overall friends list and although they are not "Tracked" per se by the addon, they are still on the list and I have to manually remove them. It is complicated to explain but i hope you and the author of HoloFriends could work out this annoying little conflict.

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funkydude said

I'll take a look.

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JLBurnett04 said

Thanks for trying to get it worked out with the other author--appreciate the quick response and solid effort.

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AxnJackson11 said

hey, just to let you know, i noticed about 15 min ago while doing brewfest, a lvl 1 whispered me and i did not see the incoming whisper which is normal, but i did see my response back to the person which is not normal. the thing i noticed, was that when i responded, the text i sent had the ...hic! attached cause i was drinking at brewfest. i haven't been able to recreate it cause i haven't tried to, but i think when extra words are added or are changed due to being drunk, the response is shown. not a big deal at all, just thought i'd let you know what i saw.

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funkydude said

Hehe, hopefully fixed in v2.1.1

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funkydude said

Actually I improved it in v2.1.2

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AxnJackson11 said

Very cool. Thx for the updates :D This is still the best spam filter in the game.

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funkydude said

v2.1.0: Now Filters level 55/56 Death Knights by default, no options to change this currently. A whisper will be sent just like other classes, but asking to be level 57.

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DesertDog said

If possible, because right now I just block everything 59 and under to avoid having spammer use death knights, could you add an option to raise only DKs to 58 so that I can reduce non-DKs to level 5 and below.

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funkydude said

Heh, this is the way it currently works, moving your level option back down to 5 will still filter 55/56 DKs.

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DesertDog said

Well yeah, but what I was asking is if you could develop an option to set the DK level limit, like 59 and below or something.

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funkydude said

Not until I deem it necessary, no.

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danboos said

hmmmmmm, I have been trying every combo of "/script BADBOY_LEVEL = N" to get the "level 1 default" changed to a higher level. It is not changing and its staying as level 1.. and all the gold spam fags are leveling up to 4 and higher. maybe another addon i have is messing with it, but really would like to know how to fix this.

THX

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funkydude said

Hello danboos, you can easily check what level your setting is at by typing this ingame:
/dump BADBOY_LEVEL

If it says 1, then you've probably typoed something, if it says 5 (and that's what you set it to) then it could be a conflict with another addon. If that's the case, could you please PM a list of your mods? Also, make sure they are all up-to-date!

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Kerecha said

[2009/09/15 13:22:59-4289-x1]: <string>:"BADBOY_LEVEL <= 5":1: '=' expected near '<='
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:1879: in function `value':
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:3526: in function `ChatEdit_ParseText':
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:3176: in function `ChatEdit_SendText':
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:3200: in function <Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:3196>:
<in C code>: in function `ChatEdit_OnEnterPressed'
<string>:"*:OnEnterPressed":1: in function <[string "*:OnEnterPressed"]:1>

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this error pops when i try to use /script BADBOY_LEVEL <= 5 to set level, i tested /script BADBOY_LEVEL <=5 to and that generates a simmilar error.

[2009/09/15 13:19:19-4288-x1]: <string>:"BADBOY_LEVEL <=5":1: '=' expected near '<='
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:1879: in function `?':
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:3505: in function <Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:3458>:
<in C code>: in function `ChatEdit_ParseText'
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:3176: in function `ChatEdit_SendText':
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:3200: in function <Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:3196>:
<in C code>: in function `ChatEdit_OnEnterPressed'
<string>:"*:OnEnterPressed":1: in function <[string "*:OnEnterPressed"]:1>

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/dump BADBOY_LEVEL generates the following:

[13:18:47] Dump: BADBOY_LEVEL
[13:18:47] BADBOY_LEVEL=nil,
[13:18:47] empty result

I also tested turning of Prat incase it was messing things up, but no change.

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funkydude said

If you look closer at the quote, it doesn't tell you to use "<" that's what's causing the error, you are changing a variable in the game, so all you want to use is "=", simply, if you think of it in the term of math, you're turning "BADBOY_LEVEL" into "5", so you want /script BADBOY_LEVEL = 5

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Kerecha said

The "N = the number you want to filter, all levels <= N" part threw me of into thinking /script BADBOY_LEVEL = 5 would ONLY block lvl 5 and nothing else and that <= 5 would be needed to include all levels below that.

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picro said

I have update!! i want low lvl filter!! and nothing else! that add to holofriend list i don't want, so from now it uninstall "BadBoy_Levels", at all it not meany lvl 1 there /w me,

i like you work badboy, but i don't like the conflict between Holofriend and BadBoy_Levels !
i dont under stand why it have to add to friend list at all!!
line 134-137 i put -- on!! i dont want AddFriend(player, true)

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funkydude said

Putting "--" there means you will never get any whispers from unknown people.

I've explain why I use the friends list in the addon description "What's new in v2", using Who results in loss of whispers.

Conflicts with holofriend isn't my problem, I've added the extra passed argument "true" for friends addons to use, if the author doesn't use this, then there's nothing I can do.

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picro said

i use holofriend, and my friend list are go to be to big whit this addon!!
i just need a filter for low level, not freind add!
how can i turn it off?
every time one /w me, it add to freind list, at holofriend! i dont want all over level 1 to be my freind!

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