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Project Updated:

Files Updated:

Sun, Aug 30 2009

Supports Game Version:

3.2.0

Category:

PvP

Tags:

Project Manager:

Vana

Additional Authors:

xilcoy

Current Version:

4.21beta

License:

Creative Commons

Development Site:

CurseForge

Avg Daily DL (last 30 days):

Downloads Total:

82,418

Favorites:

257

Comments:

152

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About Vanas KoS

Entries not showing up after Update?
Open VanasKoS-Configuration, goto "Import Data" and select "Old VanasKoS"
Vanas KoS is a Kill-on-Sight notifier, that uses every possibility, to detect near KoS targets, and notifies the User in different ways. Additionally it records PvP-Stats in outdoor PvP and shows these in the tooltip (configurable).

Features:
* KoS List for Players and Guilds
* Goodlist
* Hatelist
* Sorting of these Lists
* All Lists are saved per realm
* Golden Dragon around player portrait, if Player is on KoS List, Silver for Guild-KoS List, Red for Hatelist, Green for Nicelist
* Modifies the Tooltip with the Reason you (may) give on adding a Player/Guild
* Notifies you if a player on your KoS list is doing something near you (fight/buff/talk) in Chatframe, Upper Area and via Sound
* Warning Frame that helps you to track hostile or friendly activity around you
* Nice GUI - try /kos menu
* Distributed Tracking - Other People help you tracking down your KoS-Targets
* Minimap Button
* Import of 'Ultimate Book of the Dead' KoS data
* Import of 'Opium' KoS data
* Can dock itself into the Friends Frame.
* Sending List Entries to Party - who doesn't love sharing?
* Automatic synchronization with people on your guild/friend list, manual synchronization with everyone
* fubar plugin
* Can add a context menu to the player portrait
* Saves a list of the last attackers for easier adding via minimap button or fubar plugin

FAQ:
General:
Q: How can I backup my KoS-Data & Settings
A: Copy the file WoW\WTF\Account\*YourAccountName*\SavedVariables\VanasKoS.lua to a safe place of your choosing.

Q: I found a LUA-Error/Bug, What shall I do?
A: Goto http://www.wowace.com/addons/vanas-kos/tickets/ and describe what you did to cause the problem (or when it happened) and post the lua-error-message. As we may have additional questions, please check back in/have a valid email at curse for ticket updates.

Notification:
Q: How can I add some additional mp3 sound files for notifications?
A: You can either send them to me with a license disclaimer that allows the distribution/packaging with vanaskos (if you own the rights) or You can add your own sounds by modifying WoW/Interface/AddOns/VanasKoS/modules/Notifier.lua The list of sounds is at the top of that file. Just put your extra sound files somewhere inside the WoW directory. VanasKoS uses LibSharedMedia-3.0 so it also has access to any other addon's sounds. (One reason Xilcoy created an addon called JukeBox :) )"

Distributed Tracking:
Q: How does the Distributed Tracking works?
A: Fine, Thanks!

Q: I see weird messages in my Chat Window on the Channel CrbZ????, What's up with that?
A: You can disable the displaying of that channel in the settings for the chat window. Just uncheck it there.

Q: My channel-numbers are all screwed up
A: It seems that your computer is too slow. VanasKoS joins the Distributed Tracking Channels 20 seconds after login/changing the Zone. You can modify this value manually in WoW\Interface\AddOns\VanasKoS\modules\DistributedTracker.lua under "JOIN_DELAY".

Help the Addon/Authors:
Q: How can I help with localization?
A: Goto http://www.wowace.com/addons/vanas-kos/localization/ and get started!

Q: How can I support the authors and development of this addon?
A: You can either use the "Donate"-Button on the curse VanasKoS-Page, or get a curse-premium Account. Curse gives a part of their earnings through the premium-program back to the addon-authors.

Q: I can code in lua and want to develop xyz?
A: Write me a PM with your idea and experience - I'll review the idea and if it's finished include it in vanaskos, or if you want to develop more add you as a co-author.

Other:
Q: How much do you make with this addon?
A: Near to nothing - My (Vanas) payment/hour for VanasKoS is less than 10cents, don't worry though - it's a hobby for the authors, so the revenue isn't a factor for development, but it also means that the real-life job is more important, so bear with us when answers/development take a little longer.

Q: Vana...Vana.. I seem to remember this name from Lineage2
A: You are right, I worked on a popular (and the first) lineage2 drop-database back then.

Q: License?
A: VanasKoS is mostly licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. Note: Soundfiles/Graphics/Libraries used may be licensed differently.

Created On:	Thu, Aug 21 2008
Localized:

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r429 | vana | 2009-08-30 16:48:06 +0000 (Sun, 30 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/4.21beta (from /trunk:428)

Tagging as 4.21beta
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r427 | vana | 2009-08-30 16:31:45 +0000 (Sun, 30 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk
M /trunk/VanasKoS.toc
M /trunk/modules/DataGatherer.lua
M /trunk/modules/DistributedTracker.lua
M /trunk/modules/PvPDataGatherer.lua

VanasKoS: removed babble-zone and tourist dependency
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r426 | xilcoy | 2009-08-26 06:11:44 +0000 (Wed, 26 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk
M /trunk/.pkgmeta

Changing outdated external LibTourist library from tagged release4 to trunk.

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r425 | xilcoy | 2009-08-21 07:06:39 +0000 (Fri, 21 Aug 2009) | 3 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/GUICreate.lua
M /trunk/VanasKoSGUI.lua
M /trunk/changelog.txt
M /trunk/modules/DataGatherer.lua
M /trunk/modules/DefaultLists.lua
M /trunk/modules/LastSeenList.lua
M /trunk/modules/PvPDataGatherer.lua

- Made Reason view default, and added a previous view button
- Correct level guessing for enemies 10+ levels above player

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r424 | vana | 2009-08-19 05:04:07 +0000 (Wed, 19 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/modules/DistributedTracker.lua

VanasKoS: delayed joining more
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r423 | xilcoy | 2009-08-18 03:07:47 +0000 (Tue, 18 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Artwork/KoSListFrame-BotLeft.tga
M /trunk/GUICreate.lua
M /trunk/VanasKoSGUI.lua

- Removed semi-transparency in bottom-left of kos frame.

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r421 | vana | 2009-08-17 17:54:42 +0000 (Mon, 17 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/VanasKoS.toc

VanasKoS: prep release
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r420 | xilcoy | 2009-08-17 07:33:44 +0000 (Mon, 17 Aug 2009) | 4 lines
Changed paths:
A /trunk/Artwork/KoSListFrame-BotLeft.tga
M /trunk/GUICreate.lua
M /trunk/VanasKoSGUI.lua
M /trunk/VanasKoSLocals.lua
M /trunk/changelog.txt
M /trunk/modules/DefaultLists.lua
M /trunk/modules/FriendsFrameDocker.lua
M /trunk/modules/LastSeenList.lua
M /trunk/modules/PvPDataGatherer.lua
M /trunk/modules/PvPStats.lua

Changed the UI appearance to allow for easier sorting of lists, and more
compact display of information. Similar to the Who, and Guild Frames, rather
than the Friends Frame.

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r419 | xilcoy | 2009-08-09 06:02:24 +0000 (Sun, 09 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/modules/Notifier.lua

Case typo in notifier english locale

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r418 | xilcoy | 2009-08-08 21:50:50 +0000 (Sat, 08 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/VanasKoSLocals.lua
M /trunk/modules/ChatNotifier.lua
M /trunk/modules/CommandLineHandler.lua
M /trunk/modules/DefaultLists.lua
M /trunk/modules/DistributedTracker.lua
M /trunk/modules/EventMap.lua
M /trunk/modules/FriendsFrameDocker.lua
M /trunk/modules/Importer.lua
M /trunk/modules/LastSeenList.lua
M /trunk/modules/MinimapButton.lua
M /trunk/modules/Notifier.lua
M /trunk/modules/PortraitContextMenu.lua
M /trunk/modules/PvPDataGatherer.lua
M /trunk/modules/PvPStats.lua
M /trunk/modules/Synchronizer.lua
M /trunk/modules/WarnFrame.lua

Adding back the english locale strings. Other languages use the locale app.

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r417 | xilcoy | 2009-08-08 19:14:56 +0000 (Sat, 08 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/modules/ChatNotifier.lua
M /trunk/modules/DefaultLists.lua
M /trunk/modules/EventMap.lua
M /trunk/modules/Notifier.lua
M /trunk/modules/PvPDataGatherer.lua
M /trunk/modules/PvPStats.lua

Localization changes to work better with the localization app

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r416 | xilcoy | 2009-08-08 10:07:16 +0000 (Sat, 08 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk
M /trunk/.pkgmeta
M /trunk/modules/PvPDataGatherer.lua

Changing liblevelguess external from tag v0.1 to trunk

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r415 | xilcoy | 2009-08-08 09:52:49 +0000 (Sat, 08 Aug 2009) | 3 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/VanasKoS.toc
M /trunk/VanasKoSGUI.lua
M /trunk/modules/ChatNotifier.lua
M /trunk/modules/DistributedTracker.lua
M /trunk/modules/EventMap.lua
M /trunk/modules/FriendsFrameDocker.lua
M /trunk/modules/Importer.lua
M /trunk/modules/LastSeenList.lua
M /trunk/modules/MinimapButton.lua
M /trunk/modules/Notifier.lua
M /trunk/modules/PortraitContextMenu.lua
M /trunk/modules/PvPDataGatherer.lua
M /trunk/modules/Synchronizer.lua
M /trunk/modules/WarnFrame.lua

- Cleaned up configuration windows.
- Added option to reverse mouse button actions on minimap

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r414 | xilcoy | 2009-08-08 04:07:33 +0000 (Sat, 08 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk
M /trunk/.pkgmeta
M /trunk/changelog.txt

Updated embedded ace3 libraries to Beta-r820

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r413 | xilcoy | 2009-08-07 05:23:54 +0000 (Fri, 07 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/modules/PvPDataGatherer.lua
M /trunk/modules/Synchronizer.lua

Locale typo fixes

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r412 | xilcoy | 2009-08-07 05:08:00 +0000 (Fri, 07 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/VanasKoSLocals.lua

Rearranged some locale code to prevent lua errors during development.

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r411 | xilcoy | 2009-08-07 04:33:55 +0000 (Fri, 07 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/VanasKoS.toc
M /trunk/VanasKoSLocals.lua
M /trunk/changelog.txt
M /trunk/modules/ChatNotifier.lua
M /trunk/modules/CommandLineHandler.lua
M /trunk/modules/DefaultLists.lua
D /trunk/modules/DefaultLists_localization.lua
M /trunk/modules/DistributedTracker.lua
M /trunk/modules/EventMap.lua
M /trunk/modules/FriendsFrameDocker.lua
M /trunk/modules/Importer.lua
M /trunk/modules/LastSeenList.lua
M /trunk/modules/MinimapButton.lua
M /trunk/modules/Notifier.lua
M /trunk/modules/PortraitContextMenu.lua
M /trunk/modules/PvPDataGatherer.lua
M /trunk/modules/PvPStats.lua
M /trunk/modules/Synchronizer.lua
M /trunk/modules/WarnFrame.lua
D /trunk/modules/WarnFrame_localization.lua

Change to use the automated localization tool

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r409 | xilcoy | 2009-08-07 02:06:14 +0000 (Fri, 07 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk
M /trunk/.pkgmeta
M /trunk/VanasKoS.toc
M /trunk/changelog.txt

Update changelog and toc

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r408 | xilcoy | 2009-08-05 03:03:43 +0000 (Wed, 05 Aug 2009) | 4 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk
M /trunk/.pkgmeta
M /trunk/VanasKoS.toc
M /trunk/changelog.txt

- Updated TOC for 3.2 patch
- Updated libraries to latest tagged versions
- Bumped version number to 4.11

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r407 | vana | 2009-07-11 08:34:57 +0000 (Sat, 11 Jul 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/modules/DistributedTracker.lua

VanasKoS: bugfix
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1 Installation Guide
2 Translations
3 TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
4 Mac Support
5 Directory Structure

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.

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)...

Downloads (5)

	File Name	Release Type	Game Version	Downloads	Date
	Addon Curse.com	Beta	2.3.3	0	9/29/2008

File Name	Release Type	Game Version	Downloads	Date
Vanas KoS 4.21beta	Beta	3.2.0	2,123	8/30/2009
Vanas KoS v4.21beta	Beta	3.2.0	29	8/30/2009
Vanas KoS v4.01-release	Release	3.1.0	19,087	6/13/2009
Vanas KoS v3.16	Release	3.0.9	11,893	4/17/2009
Vanas KoS v3.15	Release	3.0.9	75	4/17/2009

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Picards69 said

Date: 2009-09-27 14:50:19
ID: 1
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ...rface\AddOns\VanasKoS\modules\DistributedTracker.lua line 225:
Usage: JoinChannelByName("name" [,"password"] [,index] [,hasVoice])
Debug:
(tail call): ?
(tail call): ?
[C]: JoinChannelByName()
...rface\AddOns\VanasKoS\modules\DistributedTracker.lua:225:
...rface\AddOns\VanasKoS\modules\DistributedTracker.lua:214
(tail call): ?
[C]: ?
[string "safecall Dispatcher[2]"]:9:
[string "safecall Dispatcher[2]"]:5
(tail call): ?
...dOns\BonusScanner\libs\AceTimer-3.0\AceTimer-3.0.lua:158:
...dOns\BonusScanner\libs\AceTimer-3.0\AceTimer-3.0.lua:132

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Alifar said

Hi, thx for great addon, but i have a question )

how to get only one option !!! : "Kill-on-Sight notifier, that uses every possibility, to detect near KoS targets, and notifies the User in different ways"

i need just that simple window KOS ! without anything else

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Zzyx said

First, big thanks for continuing to develop and support such an essential WoW mod!!

Couple of feature requests, I'd love to see:

1) Ability to save Sort method. I would love to have 'Last Seen' be the default.
2) Interface to quickly add Guilds to KOS (as is available for players recently attacked by).
3) Guild KOS indicate enemy players which have been manually added to KOS _which_ are also part of a Guild KOS. There are times when I only want to engage a KOS Guilded player only if that player is on my Player KOS list. Other times, any member of a KOS guild warrants retribution.

Much regards,
Zzyx

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vtmoon said

Q: My channel-numbers are all screwed up
A: It seems that your computer is too slow. VanasKoS joins the Distributed Tracking Channels 20 seconds after login/changing the Zone. You can modify this value manually in WoW/Interface/AddOns/VanasKoS\modules\DistributedTracker.lua under "JOIN_DELAY".

I'm guilty of having one of those slow computers. I tried to look for the "Join_delay" but couldn't find it, I figured it was probably Q/A based on a old Version. If I'm right can you point me which line of code I'm looking for now?

thank you for a great mod by the way, been looking for something like it since paranoia was discountinued.

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Vana said

It's probably only in the alpha version on wowace.com

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vtmoon said

Sweet, that fixed it, thank you very much again :)

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delvirtud said

Hey Vana/Xilcoy, remember me? Anyway I still use the addon religiously, however I have not migrated to the latest version b/c it seems to have broken FuBar_VanasKoSFu. I love the feature to click a name and immediately add a description. Are there any plans to update VanasKoSFu? As usual, thank you for your hard work on the best/most important addon in the game (for me). del

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Vana said

Broker2Fubar or any other Broker-Display should work fine - if not, what specific feature of the old vanaskosfu do you need?

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Antonie_Kotovski said

Okay this becomes very and very annoying for me. Cannot live with it. This sharing or sunchronizing channel CrbZ#### just changing my channels frames. I got key binds for /1 and /2, so i can fast type in Geberal, Trade. But this KoS Channel just pisses me off now ;/ Please help me, tell me what to do, or fix it pls.
Here is a little screen http://my.curse.com/members/Antonie_5F00_Kotovski/files/AGGR_2100_.jpg.aspx

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Vana said

get http://www.wowace.com/addons/vanas-kos/files/7009-r425/
1. Disable the Distributed Tracking
2. /leave the channel
3. Relog Wow to restore the normal channel order (check if it is)
4. reenable distributed tracking

If the problem still persist, you can disable distributed tracking temporarily and drop another comment, so we may can investigate this further

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Antonie_Kotovski said

Looks like its working for me. Thx for the tip.

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shawnmw said

How can I add some additional mp3 sound files for notifications?

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xilcoy said

Found some old replies to the same question. Maybe we should add a FAQ somewhere.
Vana: "If you send me some sound files with licenses that permit distribution/usage, i'd be happy to include them."
xilcoy: "You can add your own sounds by modifying WoW/Interface/Addons/VanasKoS/modules/Notifier.lua The list of sounds is at the top of that file. Just put your extra sound files somewhere inside the WoW directory. VanasKoS uses LibSharedMedia-3.0 so it also has access to any other addon's sounds. (One reason I created an addon called JukeBox :) )"

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Vana said

Started a FAQ-Section, feel free to suggest other questions.

@Xilcoy: Feel free to add stuff yourself/correct my broken english :)

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Antonie_Kotovski said

Somtimes VanasKos causes my channels swap. Usually channel /1 (general) becomes /3 /4, depends how many channels u got ofc. Some invisible VanasKos channel pushes /1. Any idea how to fix it?
I like new UI but its nice to see Reason in VanasKos List window? or atleast in tooltip. Otherwise you need to press "Change Entry" to check reason for selected player.
Also i would to know how exactly distributed Tracking should work? Enabling add some kind of channel like CbrZ12345

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xilcoy said

> its nice to see Reason in VanasKos List window?
Ok I guess it's not intuitive enough then :)
I modeled it after the guild window, i.e. There is a button to press at the bottom right of the window to change what's displayed in the columns.
Guess it's not obvious enough though. I'll see about adding it to the tooltip. And maybe I should make the name/reason view the default?
> Also i would to know how exactly distributed Tracking should work? Enabling add some kind of channel like CbrZ12345
It uses the same zone channels as Carbonite's punks feature. The change Vana directed you to increases the delay to join the channel from 10 seconds to 20.

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Vana said

please try out the current alpha from wowace.com to see if it fixes that ( http://www.wowace.com/addons/vanas-kos/files/7007-r424/ )

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xilcoy said

Hmmm, looks like I accidentally made the bottom left of the window semi-transparent. I guess that's what I get for writing my own utilities to import blizzard textures. Fixed in alpha.
Now I need to go fix my gimp plugin...

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Vana said

Xilcoy made some adjustments to the graphical interface that are available in the 4.2beta. Please let us know what you think about them.

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KiLLMasTer20 said

Y this site not being updated like http://www.wowace.com is?

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