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Guild Alliance

Version: 5.00a
by: saruman [More]

Guild Alliance is a mod for combining multiple guilds with ease. Another guild page is added to the 'friends frame' like CTRA. It lists guild members from the other guild and other functions such as combined guild messages.

The aim of this addon is to create a 'guild of guilds' hopefully uniting them and forming trust while still maintaining individual control of each guild. It is a large step to disband and reform and that's where this addon tries to help.

Guild Alliance (GA) has no limit for the number of guilds you wish to view.

For this addon to work, someone with the same version of this program must be online from a guild you wish to view. Having more than 1 person online has no affect on gathering data.

GA seeks out more members with the addon whenever data is requested from pressing 'Refresh'. At the same time as updating, it sends out requests for more users and adds them to the list. Therefore, it is only necessary to add a single user from a particular guild, press 'Update' and all other users in that guild will be added automatically. If you wish, you can do this manually, but only members that are online will be added.

Pressing the 'Reset All' button will remove all the members which it formally gathered information from as if it is a fresh install. This option is mainly used if you no longer wish to view a particular guild.

You don't need to press this button to change the password your guild uses. Simply re-add someone (yourself is fine) with the new addon password and it will be updated accordingly. Make sure everyone you wish to communicate with does the same. It is also important for everyone to have the same version as this is considered as part of the password. When the 'Refresh' button is pressed by anyone in the guild, it sends out a version check. If yours is out of date, a message will appear once per time you are logged in.

To help unite guilds, the option for transmitting guild messages was added. Only the messages sent by you will be sent so it is most useful if everyone has the addon.

To see your own guild in the same list, simply add yourself in the setup menu.

The lists can be sorted by different types by pressing the title tabs above each column. By default, the lists are sorted by name.

I have also added support for other localizations to a certain degree. Most things are translated by using the standard 'GlobalString' constants.

If you press the 'Refresh' button and it doesn't complete the update, try again. If nothing, it means no one is online to receive your request OR you have the wrong password.

To view a member's full public note, click the note and it will be displayed in your chat frame.

Clicking a member's name will bring a list to whisper or invite them, just like the normal guild page.

I hope to add MOTD soon. Not sure how to implement it just yet.

**** PLEASE NOTE! ****
This is a beta program. It's still very much in development but I want others to try it because I havent been able to test the addon with multiple people (more than 2). I expect it will work, but there is a good chance I have missed something. Any feedback is much appreciated

Example of how to use:
* Open the 'Alliance' tab.
* Press 'Add Friend'
* Enter a user with the addon that is online
* Enter a channel/password. Note that you can only use one password at a time. You can't use different passwords for different guilds.
NOTE! You can nominate multiple people, but you must enter at least one person from each guild.
* Press 'Accept' - You should get a message that the person was added if they are online and have the same version. Or press "Friends List" to scan through your friends.
* Press the 'Refresh' button to request guild data. This will also scan for more people with the addon who are in the same guild as the person you entered before.
* While the check box 'Send Messages' is ticked, any guild messages you send will also be sent to the other guild.
* Press 'Reset All' to delete everything like a fresh install.

Patch Notes
v3.09a
- Added key bindings for the GAM and GAO chat messages
- Clicking the MOTD area now adds the slash command to the console for you (if you have permission to do so)
- Added some more information to inspections (not much)
- Changed the layout of the settings
- Inspecting the same person twice gives you the option to view old information or requesting new.

v3.08h
- Fixed bug with adding new contacts

v3.08g
- Guild Leaders can send mass messages to their own guild members

- Can now inspect people with the ability to 'always allow' or 'always deny'. Otherwise the mod will ask for permission. Inspections are disabled while in combat to minimise lag in those massive fights where there's already enough going on.

- Guild Leader Controls. I still plan to add a few more, but they can now set permissions by rank (like the normal guild controls). Here they have the ability to give permissions for 'Alliance Officer Chat', 'Alliance Chat' and being able to set the 'Alliance MOTD'.
The Alliance List now indicates if a user has the addon. Those with the addon are yellow, everyone else is white.

- I've added the new communications channels and they are not connected to normal guild/officer chat. I did this for privacy reasons. To use the channels, type /gam (normal) or gao (officer). THey must be enabled in the options menu and be given permission by your guild leader.

v3.07d
- NEW! Ability to inspect those in the alliance. When you refresh the alliance list, click the name to inspect and go to "Inspect". If that person has this version, the standard inspection window should appear. This is still in testing. Errors will occur knowing my luck

v3.07c
- Addon now works with "Skinner"
- Removed ability to talk over guilds for now. I did however fix a bug with it causing an error when more than 2 guilds were in the alliance.
- Alliance MOTD can now be set by those that can set the normal MOTD. Other users can't change it.

v3.07b
- I added 'Alliance Message of the Day' and allowed everyone to be able to change it for testing purposes. Once I know it works, I'll put restrictions on it (perhaps so only guild leaders can change it).
- Added the ability to search for more people using the 'who' function. Enter the search string in the 'user' field and press 'Who List'.
- The GA list will now be updated when a new user is added.
- People coming online will trigger a soft refresh

V5.00a - Updated for Cata
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Unread 12-06-10, 07:09 PM  
saruman
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Localization

Hi stephenmarquis,

Would you like to help me update the localization file for your language? If anyone else would like to help, let me know.


I would be interested in how well the addon works with a larger number of users with the addon, even if it's just between an alt guild and the main guild. Any comments welcome.

Thanks
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Exclamation Less DK?

GA_LOC_CLASS_DeathKnight = "死亡騎士";
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Continued

Just wondering if anyone would be interested if I worked on this addon again.
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Re: Clarifying

I must be doing something wrong. i cant seem to get this to appear on my interface addons list.

Originally posted by saruman
You have reminded me of something I was going to change with the addon. It doesn't automatically add yourself to the list. If you were to, you would see your own messages. I think I might make it so your own char is automatically added.

As for your other comment, you are technically correct. The data is stored per character, not per account. Although this may seem like extra work, I believe its necessary for those with chars from different guilds. So yes, currently you need to add at least one person from each guild for each of your chars.

Just a reminder, the addon searches for others with the addon in the guilds you have added, so its only necessary to add one from each guild. Using the 'who' function in the 'add friend' section and typing the guild's name you wish to add is another way to search for new users.
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There may be an issue with previous version settings after you download the latest version. If the addon doesn;t load on start, try deleting the WTF files associated with the addon.
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Re: Rework

I've added a new version. Taken out a number of features but will put them back in once I get the fundamentals working. Let me know of any bugs
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Rework

I've started re-writing the communications of the addon. Not sure when it will be ready, I can only guess a week or so. I'll be cutting back a few of the features until I can get the basics right.
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I cant seem to get this to work, I have downloaded this as have 2 of my captains, and our alliance guild also downloaded it with a couple of their captains....but none of the buttons work, let me be clear, we can open the options tab, but cannot allow officer chat (wont click) we can all change the color, but cant change the channel, it displays in the chat log that we have, but it remains the same default channel.
So far only Myself from my guild and one officer from theirs can actually see the chat, however none of us can add anyone, the search function wont work. The add friends function wont work. The reset function wont work, the windows come up, but nothing happens when clicking anything.
we have tried logging on and off...its weird.
How come only 2 of us can chat? all the versions are the same, with the last patch to fix the tab....

This is a fabulous idea and I really want it to work. Please help.
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This looks like just what we need

We are splitting our guild to Raid content, and "just for fun" This looks like it will allow us to keep our friendly ties, our alternate toon ties and still have fun. I'll come back and comment after using it for a while.

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Re: Re: check pm

Originally posted by saruman
Does anyone use this mod at all?
I use to use this mod and would like to use it again. With my guild I have around 12 Kara attuned people. Another guild we are entering into an alliance with are about the same. To be able to use a mod like this would allow both guilds to have officer chat between the 2 guilds and schedule attunement runs together as well as doing kara runs.


I downloaded it and it does still work but I no longer have the raid tab in the social box. Patch 2.3 added the chat tab and now GA has replaced the raid tab. If you could fix this it would be great to be able to use it again.

This addon would really be beneficial to all the casual guilds like mine who want an alliance to be able to raid kara and up.
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Re: check pm

Does anyone use this mod at all?
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check pm

I have a few more quantifiable bugs for you.

I sent them to your PM box so please check PM =)
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long time for sure =)

yeah long time no see...

yeah ... I can see your point about the notes... still would be nice... but not seriously important. Only reason I was thinking that... unlike the show player status... it would be nice to put in "holy pally" "Restro Druid" ... etc ... a friends list is only so long ... and while one can control their own guild, one can't control another's guild... That's the only reason I was thinking that that would be a nice feature, but not terribly important.

I can think of LOTS of other additions to keep you busy for months.. lol but they are mainly incorporations that other ui's take care of. =) right now I'm trying to restrict my suggestions to stuff that would work particularly well with your package that a stand alone won't work quite to par as if it was incorporated with yours.

Hell, who knows... you build this thing well enough... maybe people will start writting addons to your addon =) (or maybe you have to write that ability in... not sure?)
  • BUG ALERT! when you inspect someone .... no matter if you go to melee, ranged, etc etc ... the base stats don't change
  • Can you make it so if you where lost talking in gam and you hit enter.. you'll still be talking in gam ... as it stands.... you either have to type /gam or /gao all the time ... or make a marco for it.
  • An alliance guild leader suggested you put in an option to mass mail all those in the alliance
  • OH yeah, and if you wish to make an alliance character on skywall ... you are welcome to join my guild so you can debug if you wish. We're still working on getting everyone up on it.. but we plan on having 4 guilds using this.
  • Please check your PM box =)

Anyway, keep up the good work, everyone in my alliance is loving the ui so far =)
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Re: Re: Re: a few requests

Hey Lokiaro, long time no see

I would consider adding notes but it kinda seems like a bit of work for something which 'kinda' already exists. If you press the 'Show player status' button it shows the public note of the person. I know this isn't fool proof but if guild leaders can't control their members then... maybe they shouldn't be guild leader? lol

As for the MOTD, I'm a step ahead of ya. In the next upcoming patch, pressing the area where the alliance MOTD is placed will automatically put the slash command in for you ready for the new message to be typed in the chatframe. Only those with permission will have this capability.

Let me know if there's anything else you would want to see. Once I finish the inspection upgrade the new patch will be out and I'll be ready for new orders
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