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Updated: | 11-04-10 08:51 AM |
Created: | 09-20-09 03:13 PM |
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== Introduction ==
Have you ever wanted to run an adventure in WoW, like you did when playing Dungeons and Dragons, or any other tabletop game? You can do it in the game, but you have to make a lot of compromises. You could pretend to be an NPC using your characters, but the players would still see that they interact with their old buddy.
Verisimilar helps you create that sense of immersion that's sometimes hard to achieve when running your own storylines. It allows the Game Master (GM, and when used in the context of the add-on it does not mean the Blizzard GMs, but the player running their own storylines) to enhance the players' game world, by modifying already existing assets, creating new ones, and interacting with the players through them.
Other than storylines, you can also use it for other occasions that could benefit from a little world enhancing. For example, if you are running a tavern, you could give your NPC bartender more gossip options to develop his personality, or even converse with the customers through him. Or a leader of a military guild could give out that day's duties as custom quests.
Right now, the only assets a GM can modify or create, are NPCs and quests. In the future, you will be able to add new items, books, and create custom loot tables for monsters, among other things.
== Legality and Limits ==
This add-on is completely legal in accordance with the Blizzard add-on policy. It does not add or modify game assets found in the .mpq files. That also means that there are a lot of limitations to what it can do. You cannot, for example, add the 3D model of a character to the game world, much less be able to fight it.
You can, however, affect most of his interaction with the game world that happens through the user interface.
== Verisimilar and other Add-ons ==
Unfortunately, due to the nature of Verisimilar, it does not function well when there are other add-ons present that try to modify or affect the same assets. For example, it will not work with any custom quest log add-ons (like Quest Guru, for example, but it WILL work with QuestHelper). Also, while working seemingly fine, SpamSentry will block the NPC speech, even if you have that option disabled in the add-on. However, you can disable Verisimilar's ability to merge with the interface (and conflict with other add-ons) through it's options page. This, however, will result in a sub-par experience for you, as it will try to interact with the player through other, less verisimilar ways. I suggest that you give it a chance though, and try it with the other add-ons disabled at least once.
== The Verisimilar Suite ==
This is actually a two-part add-on. The zip you downloaded contains the Verisimilar Player and Verisimilar GM add-ons.
Verisimilar Player is what normal players will use. It is what affects their interface and brings the GMs vision to life.
Verisimilar GM is the toolbox that the GM uses to construct and orchestrate his world.
You will find detailed guides for both add-ons in their respective folders
Made by Erethas (Moonglade EU)
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04-26-11, 05:46 AM | |
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Thanks for the heads-up, but I have decided to move beyond libTourist for the next version. As helpful as it is, it does not provide me with the yard sizes for all maps (that includes instances), which is what I really need it for.
So right now Verisimilar will be running "yardless". This means that GMs must take into account the size of the map when deciding things like an NPC's speak distance, but on the other hand I have created a very good interface for doing these things now. |
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04-21-11, 07:55 AM | |
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libtoruist was updated http://www.wowace.com/addons/libtourist-3-0/
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02-11-11, 05:38 AM | |
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Yes, I am aware of that. Basically, it's that the redesigned zones have changed their sizes, and NPCs in these zones will just not work. Stormwind is one of these zones.
I am using the LibTourist library to get the zone scales. As of now, I am not sure that it is up to date on all the redesigned zones, but it doesn't matter as I am still working on the next version of Verisimilar, and hopefully it will be fully updated by the time I am ready for the release. It's a shame that you can't test the demo version, but Verisimilar still works for other zones. Just be a little patient, I promise that it will be worth the wait. |
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01-31-11, 12:04 PM | ||
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Bug report
Created an account here to get some help on this, as this Addon seems so great! Not using other addons, I get this bug report on startup and when opening the quest log.
Also, when I start the Demo Session, I can accept the quest, but talking to Squire Rowe doesn't show any options.
Hope this is enough information to find out what's wrong. |
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11-20-10, 04:22 AM | |
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It's probably Verisimilar not playing well with another add-on, not surprising at all.
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11-19-10, 05:14 PM | |
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Yes i tried it without Verisimilar and all works fine. I donīt use any other "Questlog-Changing" Addons or Questaddons. The Problemīs only sometimes. Maybe itīs just any Addon that uses the Questlog too and it bites with Verisimilar or someting. Or maybe just an defective file on my WoW Path. If iīm the only guy who got this problem i really think itīs just a mistake an my side as in your sourcecode.
For ArkInventory: Okay...i did not mouseover all empty slots But if it works in Verisimilar with next update itīs all fine Thanks a lot for your Requests. |
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11-19-10, 10:09 AM | |
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Yes, you are correct, I just checked it myself and it seems that right clicking was not working for the Verisimilar inventory due to some patch changing things probably. I fixed it for the next version.
As for ArkInventory, I am aware that it does not display Verisimilar items (I use it too) because of how the creator has chosen to find which icon to display. Not much I can do. It's only the icons, however. If you mouse over the empty slots in the uncategorized part of the bags, you will find your custom items there and they can still be interacted with. And that "L" business seems weird, because even though I wouldn't put it past Verisimilar to mess things up when trying to display the questlog, I find it weird that only happens with the key-bind and not the interface button. Have you tried it with Verisimilar disabled and other add-ons enabled? |
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11-19-10, 07:47 AM | |
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It happendes just by using "L". WoW freezes then everytime so i have to end the process with the taskmanger and can#t give you any error messages.
The Items donīt appear in my "normal" bags!? I work with ArkInventory... Edit: Ok...problem is by ArkInventory, i think it canīt handle with the items. Without ArkInventory it works with normal bags. But shouldnīt it work out of the Versimiliar Inventory Frame?
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11-19-10, 06:44 AM | |
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No, no script. You merely need to add even a single page to the item, and it will behave as a document.
Are you using them only from the verisimilar inventory panel? Have you tried using them through your normal bags? (verisimilar items appear there, too) And as for the questlog bug, does it happen only when using "L", or even when you open it with the interface button? |
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11-18-10, 06:18 PM | |
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So well...
i tried it out without any other addons activated and WoW doesnīt freeze anymore if i use Questlog. But the Problem with that "document" function still doesnīt work. Iīm not a programmer or something maybe i just handle it wrong? But the items with texts in the DemoSession shows me no "documents" too...is there any script i have to write for it? |
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11-17-10, 10:47 AM | |
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I just tried both and they work fine. There also haven't been any other's with the same problems, which leads me to believe that it is an add-on conflict issue (which could very well be on Verisimilar's side).
Could you try it again with all other add-ons disabled, and also give me a list of your addons? Also, if you are running an error-suppressing addon, could you disable it (just that) and send me any error reports? Otherwise I am completely on the blind. |
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11-15-10, 04:16 AM | |
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There seems to be a problem with the Questlog Frame with Blizzard at the moment. If session runs and i push "L" ingame for the Log so WoW completetly freezes. This happens for 50% i think.
Are you gonna fix it or am i the only one with that prob? IDīs arenīt longer than 20 Characters and starts with a letter. And the Document Option for Items doesnīt work. I write an Text but nothing happens on right / leftclicking instead of "delete".
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11-01-10, 10:17 AM | |
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Bug
Regarding the flipping-questchains bug that some people have reported:
This is probably a bug with how Lua uses strings as table indexes, or how WoW stores them. In any case, don't use long names with spaces and special characters when naming your IDs. Use short, yet descriptive names. Use only letters, numbers and the underscore ("_"). Always start with a letter, and don't make them longer than about 20 characters. Next version these rules are going to be enforced when creating elements, but for now just try to follow them. |
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08-27-10, 09:56 AM | |
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Well documents are a plus but i was thinking for any 'quest rewards' someone might want to keep.
I know that a GHI item needs name,icon,quality,white1,white2,comment,amount,stackSize,copyable,rightClick,rightClicktext,editID,duration,durationWhenTrade,durationRealTime,editable,changeStack for its function..Though you may already be talking to pilus in seekrit about this in whitch case i am gonna go over here and smash bugs with a mallet. |
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