Vanas KoS
Vanas KoS is a Kill-on-Sight notifier, that uses every possibility, to detect nearby KoS targets, and notifies the user in different ways. Additionally it records PvP-Stats in outdoor PvP and shows these in the tooltip (configurable).
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.
Q: I have a great idea for the addon! Want to hear it?
A: Goto http://www.wowace.com/addons/vanas-kos/tickets/ and post your idea.
Q: I like living on the edge. Where can I get the latest alpha version?
A: Use these versions at your own peril: http://www.wowace.com/addons/vanas-kos/files/
A: Make sure that you do not have "Show only my entries" checked. You and your guild members must also enable sharing of their lists with the guild.
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."
A: Fine, Thanks! It doesn't right now.
Q: I see weird messages in my Chat Window on the Channel CrbZ????, What's up with that?
A: It's not normally supposed to be visible. But 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".
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.
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.
Features:
- KoS List for Players and Guilds
- Nice list
- Hate list
- Sorting of these Lists
- All Lists are saved per realm
- PvP Event Map
- PvP Statistics
- 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
- Command line interface for managing KoS lists
Distributed Tracking - Other People help you tracking down your KoS-Targets- Minimap Button
Can dock itself into the Friends Frame.- Automatic synchronization with people on your guild
- LibBroker support
- Can add a context menu to the player portrait
- Saves a list of the last attackers for easier adding via minimap button or libBroker
- Automatic synchronization with others you request
FAQ:
General:
Q: How can I backup my KoS-Data & SettingsA: 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.
Q: I have a great idea for the addon! Want to hear it?
A: Goto http://www.wowace.com/addons/vanas-kos/tickets/ and post your idea.
Q: I like living on the edge. Where can I get the latest alpha version?
A: Use these versions at your own peril: http://www.wowace.com/addons/vanas-kos/files/
Synchronization
Q: Why aren't my guild members entries displaying?A: Make sure that you do not have "Show only my entries" checked. You and your guild members must also enable sharing of their lists with the guild.
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."
Distributed Tracking:
Q: How does the Distributed Tracking works?A:
A: It's not normally supposed to be visible. But 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.
In reply to xilcoy:
Ha, that was it. I figured an anchor would show when I unlocked it, but there was nothing. I flagged myself now and it's up and running :)
In reply to StrayLilCat:
This addon rocks!!!! Can we get a feature where the addon reports to guild when you get a kill or a loss? You should be able to turn the notification on and off I'm down for a 20 dollar donation when this feature gets added, if you take donations :)
I can't get this to work for classic. No menus will come up or anything.
I have most of it complete. The curseforge packager doesn't seem to understand subversion tags though. The packager seems to always use the trunk branch, and just use the tag for what to name it.
The code is in the classic branch of the wowace svn, and on my personal github.
In reply to xilcoy:
Just made a github organization to hold the source, and was able to get the packager to make the classic build finally.
Are there any plans to make it work for classic?
In reply to Forge_User_65775781:
Yes please, update this addon for Classic... if there are wow expannsion where this addon is essencial that is Vanilla. Please!
In reply to Forge_User_65775781:
Yes please, update this addon for Classic... if there are wow expannsion where this addon is essencial that is Vanilla. Please!
Good day to the authors of the modification!
I express my gratitude for your work! Your mod allowed me to feel freer in world pvp, now I know when the enemy is nearby and I don’t need fighting music for this :-D
I wish you further success and really hope to see the modification work on the classic version of the game. Thank!
5.01-beta completely broken
In reply to vsaR1SK:
Guess the curse packager doesn't handle @project-revision@ in included sub-projects. Reverted that change in the liblevelguess library dependency.
Аfter death, list of attackers is cleared
In reply to vsaR1SK:
Same here.
I always wondered WHEN that list is cleared, since it sometimes appears and sometimes doesn't.
I think you're right. It is always after death.
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Mouseover in upper area frame still didnt work, fix please
In reply to vsaR1SK:
I found and fixed a bug in the mouseover for the warning frame. Is that what you meant?
Some settings has broken.
I cant disable pvp events map, chat messages.
Additional information on mouseover didnt work also.
It's back!
It's working again!
Now this is a comeback!
Many thanks to you, Xilcoy, for your effort in order to make this work gain!
PS: I don't know why I need to finish every sentence with an exclamation mark! Maybe it's because I'm so fckn happy about this!
Hello, can you fix import for the old PvP stats? Now all of them contains "Unknown Area" :(
Ver: alpha-563
In reply to vsaR1SK:
I'm not sure... I wasn't planning to fix that. I would need a list of all previous areaIDs and how they relate to new uiMapIDs. It seemed like a lot of work. Maybe there is an addon that does that already I can look it though. Do you have backup copy of your Saved Variables with the old areaIDs?