I've been having some bad PUGs and some good PUGs but I have not kept track of players in either of them. So I thought, what if there was an add on that let you rate the players in you PUGs? So I did what all programmers do, ignore the web to see if there is one out there and just write their own.
Here is mine called Grouper. Basically it just keeps track of the people in your group and if you spend more than 15 minutes with them it will add the players to your lifetime list. It will also allow you to rate them (1 to 11).
To use it just type /grpr to bring up the panels (you see in the screen shot).
New to 3.0.2:
Grouper has just gone trough a massive re-write. Not only for 3.0.2 but all functionality in general.
The biggest change is the Ratings, Listening Ratings, and Notes have been consolidated into one list for all of your characters. So if you have a rogue named Igorina and group with a Priest named Anghammarad, rate Ang as well as give him some notes, you can switch to another character, say Igork a Shamman, you can see those ratings and notes that you entered using Igorina.
The panels are different. On the main panel you will see only the rating and notes. If you want to change how often you see a character speaking in General or Trade, you can access the listening panel from the Listening button on the main panel.
If you click on a line in main you will see the start of the instance panel. This is not completely working yet so I won’t go into explaining it.
There are quite a few options, here is a list of them:
-Show chars I've been in a group with (default:true)
This will filter out characters you have added with the Add Button or right clicking on their name in the chat window. True will only show you characters you have actually grouped with, false will show you everyone.
-Show only chars for the current char (default:true)
This will only show you lines for the character you are currently playing.
-Sum up each instance to only one row
-Remove BG players now
-Don't add BG players
These are not really working so I won’t explain them, but you can get an idea of things I’m thinking of doing.
-Minutes to wait to talk (1) (default:60)
-Minutes to wait to talk (2) (default:20)
-Minutes to wait to talk (3) (default:5)
-Minutes to wait to talk (4) (default:0)
These are the minutes between times you will see a character talking in General or Trade. The lower the number the more often you will see them. The default listening rate everyone has is 4 so you probably want to set 4 to 0 minutes to see everything people are saying.
-Minutes before adding char to main list (default:10)
The amount of time you have to group with someone before Grouper will add them to the main list. This is to filter out people who join your group and then imediatly leave.
-Minutes before swaping instances (default:20)
No really working, there is the start of keeping track of characters in instances.
-Show the debug lines (default:false)
Really only for me to debug problems.
0309:
Fixed a bug in the true/false option window
0308:
Moved the options to the WOW option tab. Option button on the main goes to that one.
One the main panel added a click on the player name function which brings up the locations panel.
On the locations panel you can delete a player.
Fixed the into and out of instance logic. Unfortunatly all the locations of previous players are screwed up, however I have not figured out how to clean up those lines. So we have to live with it until I think of something cleaver.
The locations are working. This keeps track of which instances you have grouped with this char.
Two options:
--Minutes before adding char to main list
This option tells grouper how long to be in a group before adding them to your main list.
--Minutes before swaping instances
This option tells grouper how long you can be outside or inside an instance before changing your location. For example: You are in Stormwind and enter Stockades. Once you enter grouper puts anytime into a unknown bucket of time. If you are in the Stockades longer than this option then the time goes into Stockades, if you leave before this time and stay out of any other instance then the time will go into the World bucket. This option keeps your time in for an instance even if you release out of the insance and run back in.
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)...
