Future versions of Spam Guard Plus will appear as part of the new WoW++ project.
Summary
This easy-to-use addon monitors say, yell, tell, emote and the default numbered chat channels for spam and automatically ignores spammers for the rest of the session. Additionally, your ignore list and friends list will be shared across all same account characters on the same server, and your ignore list will effectively have no limit. Unlike other addons which also offer the limitless and/or shared ignore list, Spam Guard Plus implements a 'real' ignore which effectively blocks emotes, mail, duels, rolls and speech bubbles in addition to ordinary chat text. SGP will not auto-ignore anyone on your friends list, any of your guildmates, or anyone in your party or raid.
Localization Note
This addon does NOT function properly for French and Spanish clients. It depends on exact translations of system messages to work properly, and currently translations from English to French and Spanish are needed. If you use this addon with an unsupported client, you do so at your own risk. Side-effects may include system message spam on login and mysterious system messages throughout the play session. If you find a bug, please mention which client you're using when reporting the problem, and if applicable, provide the English translation of the error text.
Features Listing
EASE OF USE. Just install and forget. Users may continue to use the original in-game slash commands as well as the built-in functionality of the socials window. There are no new slash commands to learn, settings menus to navigate, or additional on-screen buttons to fiddle with.
SPAM DETECTION. SGP monitors major chat channels for spam and automatically ignores spammers for the rest of the session. Currently, spam is defined as either rapidly sending any messages in a very short length of time (macro spam) or repeating the exact same message several times in a row in quick succession (copy/paste spam). To give spammers a chance to "act right", Spam Guard Plus gives them another chance to chat the next time you log in. (Note that this strategy applies only to automatic ignore. Standard /ignore is still permanent!) See screenshots above for illustrative examples of copy/paste spam and macro spam.
ADVERTISEMENT FILTERING. Spam Guard Plus uses a filtering strategy to identify and block advertisements in general and trade chat channels, including gold merchants and levelling services. Though by no means a perfect system, SGP's filter intercepts and drops many of those annoying ads before they ever reach your chat box.
LIMITLESS IGNORE. Even though the in-game ignore list is limited to 25 players, Spam Guard Plus blocks incoming messages from anyone you have ever /ignore'd, regardless of whether they can fit on your list or not. When SGP notices those players are online, they are additionally worked into your standard ignore list to prevent them from sending mail and abusing you with speech bubbles and commands like /roll and /duel.
SHARED IGNORE AND FRIENDS. Both your limitless ignore list and your friends list (max 50) are shared across all characters on your account on a per server basis. A change to your lists on any character will be reflected on the friends and ignore list of your other characters on the server. (Note that if a user you /ignore'd is not on a character's ignore list in the social window, Spam Guard Plus is waiting for that person to log in so that it can place them there.)
SESSION-LENGTH IGNORE. Type /tempignore <name> (English client) to place a player on your ignore list for the rest of your play session. The next time you log in, that player will no longer be on your ignore list. See below for translations.
German - /tempignorieren
All Others - /tempignore
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-Belgor for providing localization code and German translations.
-Antonio Farinetti for pointing out the solution to merging friends lists across characters.
-Arith for providing Traditional Chinese translations.
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)...
