Prat 3.0

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In loving memory of Jon Akthar (Sylvanaar)

Hello WoW community, I'm LuciferCatnip, Sylvanaar was my coworker and my mentor. It goes without saying that Jon was an amazingly talented individual. He always seemed to know everything... but he once said to me "It's not about knowing the answers, it's about asking the right questions", he always challenged me to ask me the right questions until I would arrive at the answer on my own terms. Jon was also a champion of the open source movement, and so with special thanks to Gil from Curseforge as well as Sylvanaar's family, there's no better way to honor Sylvanaar's legacy than to keep his project going strong in the community.

If you'd like to help maintain Prat, please reach out to MysticalOS or LuciferCatnip directly. Thank you so much.

About

Prat-3.0 is a chat enhancement addon for World of Warcraft.

It is made up of 30+ smaller "modules" which each provide additional functionality, and can be enabled or disabled individually.

In game, type /prat for a menu. Or use the icon on one of the many data broker hosts.

Prat has just about every feature you can think of, and then some. Really. When I get some more time, I'll try and put together a full list (Even I have lost count)

(Thanks to Dreamsight for this partial list)

Sync your chat settings across your account (Beta)
AI powered spam filter (Beta)
Change arrows, buttons, mouse scroll for chat scroll, scroll speed
you can add player color per channel, color per level, color per class
timestamps (styled)
whether to show timestamp (what format the timestamp should be in)
whether to show players level
you can select the option for channel "stickys" (last channel you used you auto use when hitting enter, that sort of thing – or last thing someone said)
change the looks of the chat's editbox - as well as where it appears (you can even undock it and move it to where you'd like it to be)
chat fading, fading delay
You can change the font to a list of fonts, add an outline to it, monochrome it (if you don’t mind messing with files a bit you could probably even add other fonts to that list)
change the chat frame/chat box appearance
Keep chat history between game sessions
Set channel abbreviations
set brackets and color(or something instead of brackets)round player/lvl
alt invite option (press keyboard “alt” button and click on the player’s name to auto inv them)
raid icon
invite links - click them to invite the person
URL copying
Full chat copying + copy button
Click timestamp to copy line
Configurable alerts when your name or other word is mentioned
enables tell target /tt which whispers your target
Alias options - make macros into short commands
See names of players Alt characters
change chat sounds (incoming and outgoing as well as per channel)
Achievements info and grats
Full chat search and search box
Customizable filters for advanced users
Show item icon next to item links and player class icon next to player names
Icon-only options for newcomers chat
Optional flashing or font color change for chat tabs when a new message comes in.

You can enable/disable all Prat modules - don't have to have the ones you don't use running

While trying to reduce resource utilization, it is also important to note that some people prefer the features, and don't care that an addon uses 500k more.

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watchout_cf
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Posted Sep 8, 2012
For the error in PlayerNames.lua Line 1350 (RealID whispers), apply the patch from the comment here:

http://www.wowace.com/addons/prat-3-0/tickets/601-player-names-real-id-fix/#c1

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Posted Sep 9, 2012
Don't be jerk. Even if you donated (key word: donated) money to the author(s), which is highly unlikely, you have no basis to expect anything to be done for this addon or any addon. Let alone demand an update for an issue that is only a couple weeks old. Give the author(s) who developed this addon out of their enjoyment of the game and community and likely have busy lives outside of WoW a break and stop being a jerk.

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Posted Sep 7, 2012
Lets get a update please, people have been having this problem for over a week now, LETS GO.

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Posted Sep 7, 2012
Having the same issue that everyone else is having, really annoying trying to raid with people whispering me freezing my screen for 2 secs >.>

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Posted Sep 7, 2012
I wish I could help with all the whisper errors, but Prat doesn't handle my whispers. I do have a fix for the SmartGroup error. Open "ChannelSticky.lua" in the modules folder (inside the main Prat-3.0 folder) and make the following changes: line 475
DELETE elseif GetNumRaidMembers() > 0 then REPLACE WITH elseif IsInRaid() then
line 477
DELETE elseif GetNumPartyMembers() > 0 then REPLACE WITH elseif IsInGroup() then
So, from 470 to 482, it should read:
function module:SmartGroupChatType() local _,pvp = IsInInstance() if pvp == "pvp" then
return "BATTLEGROUND"
elseif IsInRaid() then
return "RAID"
elseif IsInGroup() then
return "PARTY"
end

return "SAY"
end
If you do not have a text editor with line counts, just copy/paste the line you need to change into your finder, typically CTRL+F.

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Posted Sep 7, 2012
are u even using the newest version of this addon? the errors your referring to should have already been addressed with this last version.

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Posted Sep 7, 2012
there is a VERY simple fix to that issue posted on these comments about 3-4 pages back. it completely resolved my issue. i think almost anyone is capable of performing this fix, however yes it would be nice to see the author address it as it is very simple.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
This is the error I'm receiving upon login, other than not putting the class colors in RealID whispers, it works great, and would much rather keep using Prat than WIM.

702x Prat-3.0-3.5\modules\PlayerNames.lua:1350: attempt to concatenate local "surname" (a nil value)
Prat-3.0-3.5\modules\PlayerNames.lua:1350: in function "FormatPlayer"
Prat-3.0-3.5\modules\PlayerNames.lua:1467: in function "?"
Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0-6.lua:147: in function <Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[4]":4: in function <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[4]":4
<in C code>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[4]":13: in function "?"
Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0-6.lua:92: in function "Fire"
Prat-3.0-3.5\addon\addon.lua:632: in function <Prat-3.0\addon\addon.lua:573>
(tail call): ?
FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2741: in function "ChatFrame_OnEvent"
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <string>:"*:OnEvent":1
FrameXML\FloatingChatFrame.lua:2637: in function <FrameXML\FloatingChatFrame.lua:2611>

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
Same

3x Prat-3.0-3.5\modules\PlayerNames.lua:1350: attempt to call global "BNTokenCombineGivenAndSurname" (a nil value)
Prat-3.0-3.5\modules\PlayerNames.lua:1350: in function "FormatPlayer"
Prat-3.0-3.5\modules\PlayerNames.lua:1467: in function "?"
Ace3-Release-r1061\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0-6.lua:147: in function <Ace3\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[4]":4: in function <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[4]":4
<in C code>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[4]":13: in function "?"
Ace3-Release-r1061\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0-6.lua:92: in function "Fire"
Prat-3.0-3.5\addon\addon.lua:632: in function <Prat-3.0\addon\addon.lua:573>
(tail call): ?
FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2741: in function "ChatFrame_OnEvent"
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <string>:"*:OnEvent":1

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
definatly can confirm the issue with dealing with realid whispers, to recreate it you can do 2 different approaches. 1 find a friend in real id and initiate a whisper with them, or by someone with your realid initiating a conversation with you, this only tosses and error upon initiation of a realid conversation and doesn happen again as long as your convo is still in session with your real id chatter. however the solution posted in this threadt back many pages does resolve the issue.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
I've been having this error message since the update. I really like this program. Hope it is an easy fix.

Message: Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\AltNames.lua:1411: attempt to index upvalue 'altregistry' (a nil value) Time: 09/06/12 09:50:48 Count: 1 Stack: Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\AltNames.lua:1411: in function `OnModuleEnable' Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\addon\modules.lua:182: in function <Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\addon\modules.lua:174> (tail call): ? [C]: ? [string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[1]"]:5> (tail call): ? ...ddOns\GatherMate2\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:543: in function `EnableAddon' ...ddOns\GatherMate2\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:556: in function `EnableAddon' ...ddOns\GatherMate2\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:636: in function <...ddOns\GatherMate2\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:621> [C]: in function `LoadAddOn' Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:299: in function `UIParentLoadAddOn' Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:322: in function `CombatLog_LoadUI' Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:692: in function <Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:657>

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Posted Jul 10, 2015
I've also been getting this error. Please fix :c

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
For all that is holy... who do I have to kill to turn off the sounds that play every time someone whispers me in real ID or fight in combat? Being spammed with 'fatality!' a million times is driving me mad and I can't find where to turn this OFF.

I should add that when I type /prat and look at the sound option, sound is grayed out and I can't click on it.

Thanks.

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Posted Sep 6, 2012
The Fatality! is coming from Bug Sack not Prat. There is a bug in Prat as it seems to have issues with Real ID whispers, but the noise you're getting is from BugSack.

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Posted Sep 5, 2012
Is there anyway we can move around the Social button that show how many of your friends are online? If I put my chat box all the way in the bottom left corner, it puts the social button in the upper right corner of the chat box which is in the middle of my pets health bar. I'd rather not just have to hide it, but currently its an eye sore.

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Posted Sep 5, 2012
63x Prat-3.0-3.5\modules\PlayerNames.lua:1350: attempt to call global "BNTokenCombineGivenAndSurname" (a nil value)
Prat-3.0-3.5\modules\PlayerNames.lua:1350: in function "FormatPlayer"
Prat-3.0-3.5\modules\PlayerNames.lua:1467: in function "?"
CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0-6.lua:147: in function <CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[4]":4: in function <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[4]":4
<in C code>
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[4]":13: in function "?"
CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0-6.lua:92: in function "Fire"
Prat-3.0-3.5\addon\addon.lua:632: in function <Prat-3.0\addon\addon.lua:573>
(tail call): ?
FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:2741: in function "ChatFrame_OnEvent"
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <string>:"*:OnEvent":1

Locals:
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Posted Sep 5, 2012
Date: 2012-09-05 11:26:10
ID: 158
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\PlayerNames.lua line 1350:
   attempt to concatenate local 'surname' (a nil value)
Debug:
   (tail call): ?
   Prat-3.0\modules\PlayerNames.lua:1350: FormatPlayer()
   Prat-3.0\modules\PlayerNames.lua:1467: ?()
   ...Ons\Ace3\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147:
      ...Ons\Ace3\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147
   [string "safecall Dispatcher[4]"]:4:
      [string "safecall Dispatcher[4]"]:4
   [C]: ?
   [string "safecall Dispatcher[4]"]:13: ?()
   ...Ons\Ace3\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:92: Fire()
   Prat-3.0\addon\addon.lua:276:
      Prat-3.0\addon\addon.lua:258
   (tail call): ?
   (tail call): ?
   WIM\Sources\WindowHandler.lua:844: AddEventMessage()
   WIM\Modules\WhisperEngine.lua:410: handler()
   ...s\WIM\Libs\LibChatHandler-1.0\LibChatHandler-1.0.lua:274:
      ...s\WIM\Libs\LibChatHandler-1.0\LibChatHandler-1.0.lua:259
   ...s\WIM\Libs\LibChatHandler-1.0\LibChatHandler-1.0.lua:326:
      ...s\WIM\Libs\LibChatHandler-1.0\LibChatHandler-1.0.lua:314
Locals:
None
AddOns:
A lot of addons. Message me if you need a list.

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Posted Sep 5, 2012
in the last reelase from Curse Client when there is a REAL ID incoming there is somenthing like a second of freeze....but only from REAL ID incoming wisp....

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Posted Sep 15, 2012
Quote from highguild »

in the last reelase from Curse Client when there is a REAL ID incoming there is somenthing like a second of freeze....but only from REAL ID incoming wisp....

This is my problem too.. someone can help me to fix? :(

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Posted Sep 5, 2012
The solution for the real id whisper problem provided by http://www.curse.com/users/Sarahtje/ in this forum post http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/prat-3-0?page=3#c3220 worked perfectly for me - thanks.

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