FindRole

The /who system in WoW is finicky and dodgy at best. When it decides there's too many strings in the string match it goes "AHHH! **** me!", spaz' out and looks for whatever it bloody well wants to. Much like a lunatic being allowed into a gun shop or chocolate factory.

There is a small chance that the /who system has had a minor alteration with one of the latest patches. At any rate, I've run a bunch of tests and it all comes up fine. So I guess I'll have to re-code the who matches into something better.

Can't find any bugs. Updated the version interface number. Let me know if you guys find any bugs.

Intentional code is intentional.

Uploaded a new version. For players less than level 78, the max level cap is increased by 2. And for level 78 players, the max level cap is increased by 1.

It will "blacklist" as you say, on a per role basis. And the "blacklist" will last until the player logs out, or resets the UI, or by typing "/fr reset".

I put the level restrictions in place to prevent just this from happening. But I do see your point and think that a cap +2 of the players level would be more than appropriate. I do discourage asking higher level players to do instances for you, especially the level 80 wotlk instances.

The reason why the whispers are short and un-editable is mainly to prevent griefing. Players actually prefer to have short messages rather than having their DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME filled up with text.

The whispers are already logged in the DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME.

Alright, I've updated this for 3.1.0. The only bug I found is that the FriendsFrame would sometimes open when pressing the off button.

Let me know if you find anything else please.

Another version incoming. I've made some great improvements to the search code. I've added a quick search mode, less thorough, but much faster at finding matches.

The default for quick search mode is "on", but if you want more thorough searches you can turn it off with " /findrole quick ", to toggle it off and on.

Also a bunch of other minor improvements, that you may or may not notice. They'll be in changes when the file is approved.

Ok, I've just uploaded a new version, the default search interval is now 5 seconds, and the search interval can now be set to a minimum of 5 also. Keep in mind that if a search fails to find any results, it will be 5 more seconds until the next search (due to blizzard wholist restrictions).

On a busy day, you might want to change the search interval to a higher setting with /findrole interval #.

Ok, I just tried this "Polite" Whisper mod. I can see a few similarities, but I don't really like it over FindRole. One of the major reasons is you have to keep clicking the "Ask" button on the UI. I made FindRole to minimize repeated typing of /who, the constant on clicking things with the mouse, and madly typing in whispers trying to quickly fill up a group. And to -have- to do that (clicking each persons "Ask" button) in Polite Whisper, I just didn't like it. Also when it does populate their custom made wholist, there's chance that an "Ask" will change to another players button right before you press it. When in FindRole, you set the vars, similar to Polite Whisper, then press the start button and watch it whisper people.

Another thing is that you can hear the mod actually opening and closing the FriendsFrame. The "Clunk" noise every 5-6 seconds, you know, the one that drives you mad. I solved that problem in FindRole.

Another thing which I really don't like is there's great potential for abuse with that mod. Why, you could get it to whisper any old thing. Sell gold, advertise some malware, pester players with alts... Probably not what the author had in mind I think.

Not because the mod is slow, but because it's not finding much in the searches. There's a couple of reasons for this. One is because you're looking for players level 1 to 27. And the other is because it's being thorough and looking for players in every zone in the game.

Give it time, and the zones with nil players will be excluded from the search.

No, it doesn't work like that, you only have to press that start button then leave it. You don't use the /who whatsoever.

I don't think you're being very truthful here... Unless you messed around with the .lua, it's not possible for the mod to whisper "? hi" or "dps? hi"

How are you having trouble using it? The UI is very self explanatory, you put the instance you're doing in the instance field, you put the boss you're on in the boss field, set the level requirements, and push the start button.

The search interval is the time it takes after a successful whisper. If it does a search and doesn't find anything it will use 5 seconds because of wholist restrictions.

You can say "dps instance? we are on bossName" or "dps instance? fresh run" by typing that ('we are on bossName' and 'fresh run') in the boss field.

No I don't think that's a very good idea, as it will clog up the users default_chat_frame with 30 or 40 whispers at times, and then further clog it up with 30 or 40 replies.

I may experiment with shorter search intervals on successful whispers.

After some testing from my trusty posse of in-house testers I discovered something alarming. When using it on their low level character they would inadvertently ask level 80 players to do low level instances with them. Certainly not what I intended my mod to do! So, I have uploaded a new version, currently awaiting approval. The instance default will be nil. The min and max level defaults will both be the characters level. And setting the mod to search for players with higher levels than your own will be restricted. Also removing version 1.0 shortly.

Added a screenshot of the FindRole UI.

What do other players think of my latest mod project? Dying to hear your feedback, and maybe, suggestions.