MarySue

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This project is abandoned and its default file will likely not work with the most recent version of World of Warcraft. Whether this project is out of date or its author has marked it as abandoned, this project is no longer maintained.

MarySue is an RP helper mod that's also a secret dragon moon vampire princess with untold magical powers and a dark, mysterious past.

Really though, it's an RP information exchange mod that won't make you hate yourself.

Features:

Prefix, Surname, and custom displayed title
Physical description
Multi-selectable RP status (in character, out of character, etc) and RP level (beginner, fulltime, etc) flags.
Doesn't use a custom chat channel
Extremely light on resources
Can disable inside of instances
Optional extended tooltip information

This mod does NOT communicate with mods like FlagRSP, ImmersionRP, and MyRoleplay. However, by turning off MarySue's tooltip enhancements, you can run it alongside those mods easily.

The motivation was to produce an RP info mod that doesn't consume a chat channel and excessive system resources. It's lean, it's mean, it'll godmode as the awesomest dragon moon vampire princess RP mod ever.

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_ForgeUser440853
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Posted May 30, 2009
Hello, Antiarc!

Firstly, thank you for this addon - I have for years been hoping that someone would make such a RP addon that would not rely on xtensionxtooltip2. I hope that other authors, in seeing your work, will make the leap. I had spoken to some RP addon authors and they had said (in a nutshell) that using WHISPER to send information could bog things down if a player was in a populated area (like Orgrimmar) if many people were using the addon. I haven't been able to test this yet but am hoping that many people find this addon helpful. To me, it seems a great alternative to the others. :)

Feedback:

If there is no status given by the player, could the "(No Status)" be hidden completely, rather than appearing on the description popup? If made an option, this can save the user a line of space.

Thank you so much for the built-in LDB function! I think you should mention this in your description - I didn't realize such functionality was coded until I looked at the core.lua file.

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Ardentvark
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Posted May 30, 2009
The whisper comms could potentially get a little busy, but I address that in several ways. I'm using ChatThrottleLib, which manages data comms to ensure you don't get too chatty, and pings are very lightweight and happen rarely. Honestly, I believe this one will be less overhead than the xtensionxtooltip2 mods.

I'll see about hiding the (no status) line. It's a pseudo-tooltip, not a true one, so the lines don't automatically shift around if one is hidden. I'm lazy, and that's more work :P

I'll see about adding the LDB info to the description!

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_ForgeUser440853
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Posted May 30, 2009
I'm not familiar with addon coding; good to hear about ChatThrottleLib. When I spoke to the other authors, they did not mention the Lib. The potential over-chattiness was my only concern.

About the (no status) bit, it's nothing major and if there would still remain a blank space, it's not really something worth pursuing.

I'm just very happy to see this addon. I remember another addon author (withholding name) had been working on something similar, but he lost interest. Now that such a light-weight addon has come into being (and considering that I'd rather not keep flagRSP2 installed/enabled), I'm going to have to start telling folks on my server that MarySue exists. :)

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Posted Jun 19, 2009
I made an in depth analysis of a few dozen users actual usage habits a while ago in preparation to attempt to get other authors behind this method, and found that the only situation in which the whisper method was inferior was the rare occasion when a large number of people all required the description of the same user at once. While this does occur, it hardly ever happens in every day use, and when it does occur, the situation is usually such that the targeted user will be the center of attention for an extended period - far longer than it will take to get the description out to everybody.

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Posted Jul 18, 2009
I'm glad to hear the behaviour isn't as bad as feared.

If I can figure out a safe way to extend the protocol to allow for a few more fields like MRP has, I'll consider switching...

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