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.
ikays, is that on Live, PTR, or Cataclysm Beta?
With addons like guild2guild that supposedly sync up gchats with multiple guilds and make it private could vanas kos be shared via these channels to our aliances of guilds?
hi, i can't remove pvp stats entries so it's eating more and more memory. r466
thank you guys for this great addon.
Please keep working on this addon. I really like it!
Date: 2010-08-04 15:48:31
ID: 1
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\VanasKoS\VanasKoSGUI.lua line 923:
attempt to index global 'ChatFrameEditBox' (a nil value)
Debug:
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[C]: ?
VanasKoS\VanasKoSGUI.lua:923: OnHide()
..\FrameXML\StaticPopup.lua:3452: StaticPopup_OnHide()
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[C]: Hide()
..\FrameXML\StaticPopup.lua:3489: StaticPopup_OnClick()
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AddOns:
Swatter, v3.1.14 (<%codename%>)
Ace3, v
AckisRecipeList, vv2.0
Atlas, v1.15.2
AtlasBattlegrounds, v1.15.2
AtlasDungeonLocs, v1.15.2
AtlasOutdoorRaids, v1.15.2
AtlasTransportation, v1.15.2
AtlasLoot, vv5.11.03
AtlasLootFu, vv5.11.03
Bagnon, v2.13.2b
BagnonAccountSearch, v1.1beta
BagnonConfig, v
BagnonForever, v1.1.2
BagnonTooltips, v
BeanCounter, v5.8.4723 (CreepyKangaroo)
BonusScanner, v5.3
Configator, v5.1.DEV.130
CurseProfiler, v
DBMCore, v
DrainSoulTimer, v2.3
Enchantrix, v5.8.4723 (CreepyKangaroo)
EnchantrixBarker, v5.8.4723 (CreepyKangaroo)
Gatherer, v3.1.14
GathererHUD, v3.1.14
GearScore, v3.1.17 - Release
Gladius, vv1.2.0
HealBot, v3.3.5.0
Omen, v3.0.9
Quartz, v3.0.3.1
QuestHelper, v1.4.0
RecipeBook, v
Recount, v
SilverDragon, vv2.3.4
Stubby, v5.8.4723 (CreepyKangaroo)
Titan, v4.3.8.30300 - Revision 386
TitanAmmo, v4.3.8.30300
TitanBag, v4.3.8.30300
TitanClock, v4.3.8.30300
TitanCoords, v4.3.8.30300
TitanGoldTracker, v4.3.8.30300
TitanHealBot, v3.3.0.2
TitanLootType, v4.3.8.30300
TitanPerformance, v4.3.8.30300
TitanRegen, v4.3.8.30300
TitanRepair, v4.3.8.30300
TitanVolume, v4.3.8.30300
TitanXP, v4.3.8.30300
VanasKoS, v4.21-$Rev: 432 $
XAspectBar, v3.07
XBar, v3.31
XBuffBar, v3.12
XCompanionBar, v3.09
XCustomBar, v3.07
XPetStuffBar, v3.09
XPortalsBar, v3.05
XRogueBar, v3.06
XSealBar, v3.05
XTotemBar, v3.05
XTrackBar, v3.05
XTradeBar, v3.09
XTrapBar, v3.05
XWarlockBar, v3.07
zzhuntar, v2.8.8
ID: 4
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\VanasKoS\modules\Notifier.lua line 430:
attempt to concatenate field 'reason' (a nil value)
Debug:
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[C]: ?
VanasKoS\modules\Notifier.lua:430:
VanasKoS\modules\Notifier.lua:394
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[C]: updateFunction()
..\FrameXML\UIPanelTemplates.lua:241: FauxScrollFrame_OnVerticalScroll()
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[C]: SetVerticalScroll()
[string "*:OnValueChanged"]:1:
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[C]: SetValue()
..\FrameXML\UIPanelTemplates.lua:163: ScrollFrameTemplate_OnMouseWheel()
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Warning window is not listing names regardless of zone. The warning window does change from neutral to green or red, but it will not list any names.
But since you're using the alpha versions... After importing, did you still have all your old lists and pvp statistics?
If you frequently run with the alpha version prepare for possible breakage starting at r450. I've done several tests on my own data, but YMMV, so please, please backup your WTF/Account/<account_name>/SavedVariables/VanasKoS.lua to a safe location. You will need to import your old vanas kos entries if you do decide to upgrade to the alpha version. This is because the list entries will now be stored for realm and faction, and not just realm. The initial import will copy the list to both Alliance and Horde lists.
CHEERS!
So learn from my mistake boys and girls. Don't trust this mod to protect your data. It won't, and sooner or later VanasKOS is going to burn you. Since it only writes to the lua.bak file once in a blue moon, it behooves you to do what this mod doesn't and copy your current data to the lua.bak file (or elsewhere) manually much more frequently, to ensure your KOS list remains up to date no matter what happens.
p.s.: The .bak mechanism is also provided by blizzard - there is no way a addon author can change that mechanism.
So you have to backup your lists regularly.