rpgo-CharacterProfiler

I was also a little confused by the two seperate updates for this addon - especially since each of them make the exact same change (I don't mean to imply that one copied the other's code or anything, just that the changes are logically identical).
If I were to translate the code from the first version of the fix, it would be something like "if this piece of data is missing, go to the next piece of data".
Well, the second fixed version from a different author [the one hosted at wowsage.com] posted would go someting like "if this piece of data is missing, ignore that it's missing, and go to the next piece of data".

Both updates are great workarounds - prevents users from dealing with constant UI error messages, which is always good.....but, they don't fix anything.

It's actually really easy to fix on your local copy of the addon, if you're one of those types that is confident doing stuff like that. Open the CharacterProfiler.lua file located in the Interface\AddOns\CharacterProfiler subdirectory of your WoW installation
(make sure you are not looking at the file of the same name from the "WTF\Account\YourAccountName\SavedVariables" folder. That file contains your previously saved character profiles.....and to be honest, you could probably just delete that one entirely)

Anyway, in the Interface\AddOns\CharacterProfiler\CharacterProfiler.lua file,
- replace each occurrence of "DAMAGE_COLON" with "format(STAT_FORMAT, DAMAGE)", no quotes
- replace each occurrence of "ATTACK_SPEED_COLON" with "ATTACK_SPEED_SECONDS", no quotes.


What I'd like to do is sort of expand this add-on a bit to add some much-neeeded features. (like an "enchanced", "jr.", "Plus" version....whatever). Personally, I think this addon is very well written and extremely useful, and I hate to see it fall by the wayside.

As far as I can tell, the license allows for derivative works [with certain provisions], so unless someone else is like "oh, yeah i have version 4.0 just about working", I'll start working on a few things.

This'd be nice if it could also export detailed information about every addon.

Has anyone gotten this and the latest Rawr to work? I've tried the wowsage version and also the edits listed below, can't get Rawr to open the lua file properly.

Any info is helpful, thanks.

It's very important to ~not~ set up a second account on RPGOutfitter.com, even if you play multiple accounts. Also-- avoid having anyone else log into their WoW from your computer, as the UniUploader will upload *their* character information. If they do not use RPGOutfitter, their characters will be uploaded on *your* account.

It would be a seemingly easy thing for the site owner to fix-- simply purge the characters deleted on the site, and then they could start using RPGOutfitter if they wanted to.

Unfortunately, the developer/site owner does not respond to any inquiries at all and the site appears to simply be running on autopilot. If you look further down, you'd see my earlier posts from last year almost a year ago. There's been no fix in all this time. So, it's a nice site and if you are careful about what uploads to your characters page, it may work really well for you. I only wish I could say the same for me!

Wowsage has a version that he says he's updated, since it wasn't working. He's asked to be made a maintainer here as well. The site is
http://www.wowsage.com/download?phpMyAdmin=5689d44571b416d002c2706a0c2bd206

and the direct download link is
http://www.wowsage.com/files/CharacterProfiler.zip

Thanks works perfect.

I just tested it, and it works with Rawr where the version above did not.

Is someone going to fix this error? I get error boxes all the time when opening, closing the bank etc. Not everyone is a coder so maybe someone(authors)can release a fixed version. Would appreciate it, has been a while since the patch.

There's a bug in CharacterProfiler in the WoW 3.3 client which prevents it from saving updated profiles.

To fix it, replace line 237 in rpgo.lib.lua with the following:
if(tmpbuff) then
tmpbuff=tmpbuff.."\t"..ttFontStr:GetText();
else
tmpbuff="\t"..ttFontStr:GetText();
end

Thanks for that... Working great so far...

I always hate seeing "fixes" like this. The original line worked in the past, which means that either they changed something in LUA to make the operation illegal now (I haven't read of any engine changes), or tmpbuff is not supposed to be nil, and that's the real problem. This "fix" only succeeds in making the error go away and hide the real problem.

The "real problem" is that the lua interpreter in WoW 3.3 changed.

Whereas it was possible before to concatenate a string with a nil value, it now generates an error.

Look at like 236:
tmpbuff=nil;

The fix (which is a true fix) is to do a value check an ensure that tmpbuff is not nil before attempting to concatenate it with a string.

You're right that tmpbuff is not supposed to be nil, hence the error. The old code assumes that it's not empty and throws an error when it is. The fix checks to see if it's empty and sets it properly if it is.

Characterprofiler is no longer working properly with Rawr as of patch 3.2. None of the Trial of Champions or better loot is showing up in rawr when I use profiler to save my character and load into rawr. Any fix or do I have to manually add all the new item ids?

I've replaced line 1176 of CharacterProfiler.lua from
icon = TokenFrameContainer.buttons[idx].icon:GetTexture();
to
-- icon = TokenFrameContainer.buttons[idx].icon:GetTexture();
that fixed the rawr issue for me

I cant find the characterprofile.xml, any idea why?

This doesn't generate a xml file on its own
You need to find a utility that will convert the CharacterProfiler.lua file to xml

There are a few utilities that will do this, just Google for them.

I moved a character from one account in WoW to a new account I own. I have separate RPGOutfitter accounts and I deleted "Britz" from jdmaddison, but it won't make the leap and properly update RPGOutfitter under the catspawn account. I did remove the character from the first account's RPGOutfitter... here's the info from the log:

myProfile prescanner
SERVER: Staghelm
CHARACTER: Britz CPv3.10 [enUS] not your character

p.s the forums on rpgoutfitter.com have not had any responses in at least the last 8 months...

Actually they do.. I am the one who has be responding.. As for yoru problem.. if you ahd actually read the forums, you would see that 2 accts (rpgoutfitter accts, not wow accts) is a real bad idea.. there is never a need to have seperate accts.. as soon as Bob or Cal get the chance they will fix all the probs on site. Just their RL is real busy currently

Yes, I have now read the forums and yes, it is pasted everywhere to not have multiple accounts. I did not know at the time and I promise to be better about that from now on.

Unfortunately, I am unable to undo this mistake by myself, there needs to be something done on the web site, perhaps simply deleting one of the accounts, I don't know.

I understand that everyone is really busy. However, *this* thread was started on 05/28/09.

I have also posted similar threads on the RPGOutfitter forums, see http://www.rpgoutfitter.com/MessageBoard/viewtopic.cfm?TID=13191 started 08/03/09 and my last post was 12/01/09.

Also, see the 12/01/09 post at http://www.rpgoutfitter.com/MessageBoard/viewtopic.cfm?TID=7576&pg=4 .

My point is, it's been a long time since this addon last worked for me. That is, it's been broken for the better part of a year and that really sucks.

jdmaddison