Description
This addon is allows you to see which player in your raid/party is speaking on external voice chat program (aka Ventrilo / Teamspeak). It can also mute all game sound when someone speaks. Just two things are needed:
- bind the same key you use on voice chat on VoiceKey under the Key Bindings settings of the game. If you want to use special keybinding use the addon settings instead. To setup voice activated chat see FAQ.
- only players having this addon are shown.
Features
- lightweighted
- easy-to-use
- requires party, raid or guild
- selectable voice chat guild channels.
- can be auto-hidden when noone speaking
- shows all speaking players at the same time.
- NEW in 1.4.0 : voice activated voice chat !
- can be used with any voicechat as it interacts only by keybinding.
- works with voicechat bound to any standard key plus ctrl, shift or alt !
- NEW in 1.4.2 :X-Perl UnitFrames integration
- shows raid leader icon.
- NEW in 1.3.1 : can mute all game sounds on any speech.
Slash Commands
Here is a list of english slash commands available in the game under /rv or /raidvoice.
Note that the second parameter is localized in other languages.
- /rv show, enable Set addon window to enable state, making it visible at all times.
- /rv hide Set addon window to autohide state, making it visible only when someone speaks.
- /rv disable Set addon window to disabled state, disabling its visual part, but allowing other people to still see you.
- /rv ping, gping Lists the players with this addon in your party/raid or guild and the addon version they use.
- /rv settings Opens the addon settings.
- /rv skin 1-9 Manually changes the addon skin.
Feedback Wanted
Please post any feedback you have regarding this addon and what you like /dislike, or what doesnt work. I am especially interested in:
- voice activation - the general usability and feel of the feature, is sampling voice level every 2 second sufficient ? Do you notice a fps drop if you compare it to push-to-talk?
- silencing game sound on any speech feature - does it work correctly?
- does you addon settings occasionally reset to default?
- is localization correct ?
FAQ:
1)Can I use a voice activated voice chat?
- Yes! But remember voice activation is still in beta and push to talk is recommended. You must enable blizzard voice chat ( ingame settings) and correctly set up voice activation there ( you must leave it enabled) . Try recording a sample file to see it is set up correctly.Then just enable voice activation in raidvoice addon settings.
2) Why Cant i bind my key to ctr, shift (or some other single key) ?
- Yes, you can ! You can find some special key binding in addon settings.
3) I see only myself speaking and not other players.
- You can only see players with this addon. Check if they have bound the VoiceKey.
4) I want to hide the addon when noone is speaking.
- Type " /raidvoice hide " to enable autohide feature. (Now in addon settings too)
5) Can I have this addon localized to language XY?
6) Can I have this addon loaded on demand?
- Yes, You use some load managing addons like MyAddOns, but you have to manually edit raidvoice.toc and add following line:
7)How do I customize guild channel names?
- Ingame interface for this feature is not implemented, but you can change channel names manually. In the file C:\games\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\<ACCOUNTNAME>\<SERVER>\<Character>\SavedVariables\RaidVoice.lua you can change channel names to match the channel names of you Teamspeak/Ventrilo server. Please note that combined length of all channel names is limited to around 220 chracters. Increasing the number by 1 in channels version will set these channel names for all guild members with enabled guild channels synchronization.
2.0.3
Fix in guild voice channels
new libRaidVoice
2.0.2
Added possibility to hide yourself
Changes with libRaidVoice
Code cleanup
2.0.1
Fixed settings menu issues
Update of included libraidvoice
2.0.0
Major rewrite to accomodate ace3 libraries - expect bugs.
new options menu with easy keybinding.
voiceactivation improved
Communication efficiency increased.
Faster, should be more stable in the end.
Fixed reseting saved options bug.
1.4.6
Code cleanup due to issues with other addons.
1.4.5
fixed longstanding channel synchronization issue.
1.4.4
added new localization - Traditional chinese
1.4.3
Error mesage for voice activated chat.
Minor changes.
1.4.2
Xperl integration
1.4.1
Hide blizzard voice chat box (always).
Fixed fadeout bug.
French translation updated.
1.4.0
Sound activated voice chat! Nice fadeout effects for autohide feature.
1.3.6
Better fix for sound issues. Correctly load default guild channels for other characters.
1.3.5
Updated German localization.
1.3.4
Fixed a sound issues.
1.3.3
Fixed a bug when addon used for a first time. Updated french translation.
1.3.2
Fixed a bug when addon used for a first time.
1.3.1
Added mute-sound-on-speech feature - activated by default. Added possiblity to disable guild channel names synchronization. Fixed reocurring bug - you are not in party. Updated russian and french(partial) translations.
1.3.0
Added guild channels - can be selected by clicking speaker icon. Changed ping slash command to show players in current channel. Automatic change to and from battleground - party channels. Minor speed improvement.
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)...
