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SMQueue

Version: 1.6

by: sorcerermerlin [More]

SMQueue

We are now updated for 5.0.4, and should be stable! Please let me know. SMQueue was re-written from the ground up and seems to be performing quite a bit better, as I learn more from grdn (author of iQueue) about LUA code and World of Warcraft. Stay tuned!

Description

SMQueue is a small LDB-plugin that was created to keep track of queue times when queueing. It is intended to replace eQueue and be a viable alternative to iQueue. It is a work-in-progress, and is based somewhat on iQueue and eQueue, but includes some additional features.

Requirements

As stated above, SMQueue is a LDB-plugin, which means you will need to have an LDB display AddOn of some sort in order to make use of it. **Otherwise it will not function.** My favorite LDB display AddOn is [[http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/bazooka|Bazooka]], although there are others out there!

Features

Hooks the mouse-over tooltip and displays it on the LDB button instead of the Minimap button (which is hidden). Updated: Also allows display of custom tootlip.
Has options to mark the tank, send chat messages on dungeon arrival/leaving, leave party after loot is distributed (with confirmation).
Has option to sound an alarm at max volume (no matter what current volume is set to) when LFD/LFR proposal is displayed, and flash the screen.
Will display time waited of time estimated for selected queue (cycle thru them by left-clicking the LDB buton at any time). Due to the way MoP/5.0.4 changed queues to be able to queue for all things at once, this is the way I have chosen to still show time text. If anyone has a better suggestion or idea, please let me know! Updated: Also allows auto-selecting of queue when only in ONE queue, and only displaying queues that are being used.

Known-Issues

SMQueue is stable, however, there are a few things here and there that are not working quite the way I intend for them to do so. Any issues of this nature will be listed/explained here:

PVP support is now available, although I am not necessarily qualified to test it, as I don't PvP too often. As far as I am aware, tracking World PvP basically disappeared with MoP/5.0.4 but if anyone can better explain this or has a resolution please let me know!
Occasionally for some reason, the code that checks for the looting and dungeon completion bugs and the event fires early or doesn't fire at all. This seems to happen far and few between, and the code is sound as far as I can tell, I have been using the same procedures to determine the loot cycle for a while, so I am unsure what the problem is.

Reporting Bugs / Feature Requests

Please use the ticketing system for major bugs or issues. If you would like to make a suggestion for a feature, or something similar, post a comment on the page. Thanks!

Slash Commands & Options

You can reach SMQueue's in-game options by going the usual route through Interface Options or using the slash command: /SMQ.

Version 1.6:

Took away Auto Select and Show Active options and made them the default behavior of the addon.
Added ability to display filled roles (i.e. THD) in LDB text instead of time waited / estimated wait time.
Small code optimization.
Pet Battles are still unsupported, Blizzard API isn't documented yet, and I haven't figured it out :D

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File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date
SMQueue	1.5	152kB	sorcerermerlin	09-23-12 03:55 AM
SMQueue	1.4	150kB	sorcerermerlin	09-19-12 10:47 PM
SMQueue	1.3b	150kB	sorcerermerlin	09-06-12 01:39 AM
SMQueue	1.3a	150kB	sorcerermerlin	09-04-12 11:11 PM
SMQueue	1.3	150kB	sorcerermerlin	09-04-12 12:28 PM
SMQueue	1.2	195kB	sorcerermerlin	07-07-12 11:45 PM

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10-30-13, 05:52 AM
Vis A Pyroguard Emberseer Forum posts: 1796 File comments: 45 Uploads: 0	Error on PVP Just started doing a bit of PVP and noticed an error. It seems an event has been removed so the PVP window no longer opens. In core.lua at line 176 if you change Code: _G.TogglePVPFrame(); to Code: _G.TogglePVPUI(); It will work properly again. Thanks again for a great addon. __________________

11-27-12, 07:29 PM

sorcerermerlin

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Originally Posted by Vis

Morning Sorcerermerlin

Everything is still working fantastically for me. Just have a question regarding savedvariables this time around. Does the savedvariables file only hold settings that have changed from default?

For example, in the config.lua file, "MarkTank = true," is the Default. I go in game and uncheck that option in the settings. If I then look at the savedvariables file I see the line "["MarkTank"] = false,". No other lines besides toon name, server, and profile name are listed. So the other settings that are possible do not get listed until they are changed from the Default as it's seen in the config.lua file?

Just clarifying how it all works in my head/out loud

@ViS,

Sorry, I have been out of loop forever. PCSing with the military is a giant pain, and I have been stuck with my laptop that is incapable of doing much of anything (especially WoW!). Anyway, in the next few weeks I will be getting back to being a regular addon author again. As far as your long over due answer here, I will have to get back to you because I honestly don't remember LOL. I know that I was using AceConfig/AceDB libraries, so your observations could be true. I'll look into it and let you know.

Talk again soon.

- Sorcerer Merlin.

Last edited by sorcerermerlin : 11-27-12 at 07:30 PM.

11-01-12, 04:56 AM
Vis A Pyroguard Emberseer Forum posts: 1796 File comments: 45 Uploads: 0	Morning Sorcerermerlin Everything is still working fantastically for me. Just have a question regarding savedvariables this time around. Does the savedvariables file only hold settings that have changed from default? For example, in the config.lua file, "MarkTank = true," is the Default. I go in game and uncheck that option in the settings. If I then look at the savedvariables file I see the line "["MarkTank"] = false,". No other lines besides toon name, server, and profile name are listed. So the other settings that are possible do not get listed until they are changed from the Default as it's seen in the config.lua file? Just clarifying how it all works in my head/out loud __________________

09-29-12, 02:03 AM
keLston A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 11 File comments: 174 Uploads: 0	Yea this is what I see now with the latest SMQueue as you reported when I finally have some solid play time in. The right click option is anchored to the lower left corner. http://i.imgur.com/wiXZJ.jpg

09-28-12, 02:52 PM

Vis

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Originally Posted by keLston

That is why it totally baffles me. The mouseover tooltip works fine. Everything displays properly on screen and above the bar as it should.

It is only when I attempt to access the queue with the right click that becomes unavailable. The tooltip portion shows above and I guess the enter dungeon portion shows below the tooltip which ends up below the screen.

I just installed a new copy of DockingStation, SMQueue, Ace3 and also Broker_Micromenu for testing. I left all settings on default except for enabling SMQueue, moving the bar to the very bottom and also locking the bar. The mouseover tooltip is working perfectly fine just like you experienced. I joined a queue and everything worked fine there. I decided to leave the queue so I right clicked on the LDB text for SMQueue. The right click menu actually appeared above the bar as it should, but, it appeared to the far left as if it was anchored to the bottom left of the screen.

The tooltip is there with a default install, just not directly over the LDB plugin for some reason.

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Last edited by Vis : 09-28-12 at 02:55 PM.

09-28-12, 02:10 PM
keLston A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 11 File comments: 174 Uploads: 0	That is why it totally baffles me. The mouseover tooltip works fine. Everything displays properly on screen and above the bar as it should. It is only when I attempt to access the queue with the right click that becomes unavailable. The tooltip portion shows above and I guess the enter dungeon portion shows below the tooltip which ends up below the screen.

09-27-12, 07:48 PM
sorcerermerlin A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 14 Uploads: 3	@Vis: Answering posts from phone until done moving. Probably tomorrow I will look at the code again. I can't find any Blizzard API that gives you an estimated wait time for Pet Battles. So I may just do a time diff to show how long you've been waiting... and no role display needed either lol so I'm not sure yet. @keLston: I use placement code that shouldn't move the tooltip off screen unless the data container modifies the placement on its own. I have tested it with ChocolateBar and Bazooka and it works fine When I get done moving I will look more into it. Stay tuned. - Sorcerer Merlin.

09-27-12, 05:45 PM
Vis A Pyroguard Emberseer Forum posts: 1796 File comments: 45 Uploads: 0	I haven't really had a chance to test out the new layout yet. From what I see, it all looks great. Still not encountering any issues. Out of curiosity, what were you thinking of adding for Pet Battles? @keLston: I just checked using Bazooka at least and the tooltip does properly change to be above the bar when Bazooka's bars are on the bottom of the screen. It may be a setting within DockingStation that is causing an issue or could also be a difference in how the displays show information. __________________

09-27-12, 03:48 AM
keLston A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 11 File comments: 174 Uploads: 0	I haven't tested the newest version yet so I may be a few versions behind but I was glad to see a replacement for eQueue so I tried this a few days back (this was I think Monday, before MoP's release). When I tried it, I ran into an issue that I couldn't seem to find a way around. As I noticed in your screenshots, your LDB display bar is on the top of your screen but for my UI I decided I was more comfortable having it on the bottom (I use DockingStation if that matters) of my screen. With it on the bottom, whenever I try to right click to bring up the queue options like trying to use it to teleport to the dungeon when the queue pops but i'm dead and had to rez so needed a teleport after rezzing, I couldn't bring up the menu because for some reason it pops the menu below my visible screen. None of the other LDB plugins I have running with DockingStation in the years i've run with it has even run into this problem so i'm stumped as to how to try and fix it.

09-26-12, 12:47 AM
sorcerermerlin A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 14 Uploads: 3	Alright everyone (Vis?!). I have updated the addon again. Still no Pet Battle support, when I have worked that out I will post another version. This one should be pretty stable, check out the Time Wait Mode option (turning it off will give you the role status as LDB text instead of default behavior). Removed the two options that were added last time, and made their behavior part of the addon and not available as an option. Optimized a few pieces of previous code that needed it. Test and report! Thanks. - Sorcerer Merlin.

09-23-12, 01:09 PM

sorcerermerlin

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Originally Posted by Vis

It appears that Auto Select Queue and Show Only Active options will both do the same thing on my end. It may be best to combine the two options into a single one.

A small recommendation on the options page as well would be to change the text for the Builtin Tooltips option. On first glance, seeing it checked by default I got the impression that I would see the Addons Builtin tooltips, not Blizzards. So the text confused me a bit until I toggled it a couple times. Changing the text to read "Show Blizzard Tooltip" may be a clearer way to let the user know what it does.

As usual though, I like the changes. They are little features that add big "feel" to your addon.

Vis? Now how did I know you would be the first one to test everything?

Anyway, after much consideration and a small amount of frustration, I am testing with the option of the auto-select queues and show active queues removed, and having this functionality built-in. It seems that checking for the options isn't working quite the way I wanted, and the functionality seems to make more sense. Anyway. I also changed the name of the tooltip option to reflect what you suggested, as it was a good suggestion. I appreciate your support for my addon and good, yet constructive as well, feedback. Thank you. I haven't posted it yet, want to test it a short bit longer.

Originally Posted by tordenflesk

I would much rather see which roles are missing than how long I've waited in the LDB feed.
sort of like this: "T/H/DX" where X is the number of missing DPS. if for example the Tank and one DPS is missing it would be T/D1.

@tordenflesk, this feature is something that iQueue used to do (pre patch 5.0). I personally didn't like it because I wanted to know how long I've been waiting, rather than just knowing which role I'm missing. Never the less, it seems to be a popular request, so I will look at a way to add it as an option instead of the time waited mode. Stay tuned!

-Sorcerer Merlin.

09-23-12, 08:40 AM

Vis

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I've had a chance to play with your addon again and it's looking great. I like how the new custom tooltip looks. Nice and simple and easy on the eyes. And again, no errors for me yet.

From my testing, if you have the Auto Select Queue checked, but Show Only Active unchecked, you are still limited to only being able to see the active queues. That's with multiple active queues and with only a single active queue. I can still cycle through the active ones if I'm in more than one queue as intended though. Otherwise, it does work as intended by auto changing to show the first active queue timer.

It appears that Auto Select Queue and Show Only Active options will both do the same thing on my end. It may be best to combine the two options into a single one.

A small recommendation on the options page as well would be to change the text for the Builtin Tooltips option. On first glance, seeing it checked by default I got the impression that I would see the Addons Builtin tooltips, not Blizzards. So the text confused me a bit until I toggled it a couple times. Changing the text to read "Show Blizzard Tooltip" may be a clearer way to let the user know what it does.

As usual though, I like the changes. They are little features that add big "feel" to your addon.

Originally Posted by tordenflesk

I've seen something similar in one of the other queue addons that showed it like this "THDDD". The letters would change color depending on who was missing. Red letters would represent missing roles, green would indicate a filled role. So at a glance if you saw Green DDD and TH was red, you'd know that you had all 3 dps'ers but were still missing a tank and a healer. Something along those lines would be clean and easy to read as well without taking up too much space.

*I apologize for yet another wall o text, lol.

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09-23-12, 06:59 AM
tordenflesk A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 11 File comments: 161 Uploads: 0	I would much rather see which roles are missing than how long I've waited in the LDB feed. sort of like this: "T/H/DX" where X is the number of missing DPS. if for example the Tank and one DPS is missing it would be T/D1.

09-23-12, 04:06 AM

sorcerermerlin

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Originally Posted by Vis

I think it would be a great idea to implement both of those ideas. That would make it even easier to see the current queue time/s. Obviously no rush is needed. Free time is precious, get your changes when you can, the addon works great without them

OK! So I have updated it to version 1.5. It is sort of a bit experimental, meaning to say that I was able to mess with it a bit on my end, but not enough to ensure there are no bugs. Anyway, the options are set up by default, but turning on Auto-Select Queue and Show Only Active Queues will immediately set the LDB text to the only queued time (when you only have ONE queue in use), and only cycle thru those that are in use when left-clicking the LDB plugin. Also, turning off Builtin Tooltips will display the custom tooltip with all the queue times that we discussed a few posts ago. Let me know how it all works out! Thanks

- Sorcerer Merlin.

09-21-12, 06:29 AM

Vis

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Originally Posted by sorcerermerlin

I have been thinking about adding two smalls things. One if you are only in one queue, to add the option of defaulting to displaying that queued time in the LDB. And two, as you suggested, to only loop through showing the queues that have times (possibly also as an option). As far as the icons, there is still only one display, one plugin. I just changed it so a different icon would display with each associated queue so you don't see just the eye all the time. I have few more ideas that I am messing around with that I will share in the near future as well. Thanks for your support, when I get some more free-time there will be another small update.

- Sorcerer Merlin.

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