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Compatibility:	Guardians of the Dream (10.2.0)
Updated:	11-26-23 04:18 AM
Created:	unknown
Downloads:	461,754
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Categories:	Bags, Bank, Inventory, Character Advancement, Mail, TradeSkill Mods

Altoholic

Version: 10.2.007

by: Thaoky [More]

Hi, my name is Thaoky, and I'm an Altoholic

Altoholic is an Ace 3 add-on written for people who dedicate most of their time to leveling alts, and who want to have as much information as possible in one place.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

I am back in the game since 28/12/2020.

If you are upgrading from a version below 9.0.003, YOU MUST CLEAR YOUR SAVED VARIABLES !!

This means cleaning the following files in \WTF\Account\<your_account>\SavedVariables : Altoholic.lua & All DataStore*.lua

About the add-on:

The add-on has been in development since December 2007 and was officially released in late March 2008. It provides you information about your alts (bags, mails, AH, etc...) without having to reconnect them all the time.

Supporting development:

You might not know this, but add-ons do not write themselves.
If you want to help development, or simply show your appreciation, use one of the following ways:

Making a Paypal donation here : [email protected]
Make a gift from my Amazon's wish list : https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3A2XOLZ09V2A8
Make an in-game donation (EU only : gold, BOE's, pets, mounts, ..) : Thaoky @ MarécagesDeZangar

About the author:

I was born in '76 (you do the math) and I work as a Project Manager + Software Architect + Full Stack Web Dev (yup, multiple hats) in a large multinational, so my coding time is limited, and Work > Gaming.

I live in Belgium, and obviously play on EU only.

Assistance will be provided on a best effort basis, but in any case always be polite and respectful when asking for help, I am neither a teenager, nor a punching ball. I am a cool guy with people who are cool with me. Respect that rule and we'll be fine.

Availability:

2020/12/28: I am back in the game.

Current Issues:

2020/12/28: Due to Teelo's actions, I have reverted his changes and resumed development based on my latest version of the code. Some of his new features are temporarily not available anymore, some are gone forever. The main Shadowlands features will be back though, just be patient.

Credits:

I'd like to thank my guild, Odysseüs on EU-Marécages de Zangar, for assisting me since the earliest phases, thanks guys for everything you've done
Thanks to the all the people who have supported the add-on since 2008, and also all those of you who came on board later.
Thanks to all the guys who have helped with code/translations/bug tracking.. and well, project support in general, especially during my long absences. Such projects can be long and tedious, it is good to not feel alone

Join the #altoholic IRC channel on Freenode : irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR 8.0 : As with every new expansion, many things have changed in the API, and it is REQUIRED to clear your Saved Variables for the addon.
This means cleaning the following files in \WTF\Account\<your_account>\SavedVariables : Altoholic.lua & All DataStore*.lua

There WILL be bugs if you use your old files without cleaning them first.
Some fixes to work around API changes are too time consuming, so cleaning is required. A meagre price to pay once per expansion.

How to support Altoholic's development :

- Use the donate button either on Curse or on WoW Interface
- Support me on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/Thaoky , the page is still being setup, it might take a few days before it can be used, I still need a banner.
- Make a gift from my amazon's wish list : http://amzn.eu/7xWdnbZ

If you like the addon, consider supporting it, this has been the long term effort and commitment of a single person. #OneManArmy

10.2.007 (26/11/2023)

- DataStore_Crafts: The module is now shared between all versions of the game.
- This concludes the conversion of all DataStore modules to make them compatible with all versions.

10.2.006 (20/11/2023)

- DataStore_Quests: The module is now shared between all versions of the game.
- DataStore_Talents: The module is now shared between all versions of the game.
- DataStore_Reputations: The module is now shared between all versions of the game.
- DataStore_Containers: Fixed COMMON_NUM_BAG_SLOTS to be NUM_BAG_SLOTS + 1 for retail, and NUM_BAG_SLOTS for non-retail, instead of the opposite.

10.2.005 (17/11/2023)

- Fixed an issue where sorting the bags while the merchant frame is opened would trigger a slow down (Thanks Belazor !)
- DataStore_Containers: Removed an invalid test when closing a bank frame.
- Events : fixed a Lua error when a tracked item like an egg actually hatches.

10.2.004 (14/11/2023)

- DataStore_Containers: The module is now shared between all versions of the game.

10.2.003 (11/11/2023)

- DataStore_Currencies: Added the Dream Infusion currency.

10.2.002 (08/11/2023)

- DataStore_Currencies: Added the Emerald Dewrop currency.
- Summary Tab : Added the Emerald Dewrop currency (Thanks Feral!)

10.2.001 (08/11/2023)

- DataStore_Crafts & DataStore_Currencies: Fixed a lua error related to artifacts.
- Added new 10.2 currencies & reputations (Thanks Feral !)
- DataStore_Auctions is now generic and works will all versions of the game.
- DataStore_Inventory is now generic and works will all versions of the game.

10.1.005 (18/05/2023)

- DataStore_Agenda is now generic and works will all versions of the game.
- DataStore_Currencies is now generic and works will all versions of the game.
- Fixed texture coordinates in the QuestLogRow template. (Technohunter)

10.1.004 (12/05/2023)

- Summary Tab : fixed garrison enums in the activity panel.
- DataStore_Pets : updated scanning functions for the new API. (Technohunter)

10.1.003 (11/05/2023)

- DataStore_Quests : fixed scanning of spell rewards.

10.1.002 (04/05/2023)

- Updated Ace Libraries
- DataStore_Mails : fixed the events triggered when opening the mailbox AGAIN !

10.1.001 (03/05/2023)

Many thanks to Feral & Technohunter for providing fixes on Discord during my absence !

- Several fixes related to the change of the garrison enum. (Feral & Technohunter)
- Updated the ToC to make all DataStore modules mandatory dependencies, in order to avoid issues/complaints caused by missing modules.
- DataStore_Quests : fixed an error when scanning spell rewards of a quest (Thanks Technohunter)
- DataStore_Mails : fixed the events triggered when opening the mailbox.
- Summary Tab => Added support for the new 10.1 currency.

Older patch notes : see changelog.txt

Archived Files (48)

File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date
Altoholic	10.2.006	2MB	Thaoky	11-20-23 04:49 AM
Altoholic	10.2.005	2MB	Thaoky	11-17-23 12:25 PM
Altoholic	10.2.004	2MB	Thaoky	11-14-23 12:22 PM
Altoholic	10.2.003	2MB	Thaoky	11-11-23 10:16 AM
Altoholic	10.2.002	2MB	Thaoky	11-08-23 02:41 PM
Altoholic	10.2.001	2MB	Thaoky	11-08-23 12:59 PM
Altoholic	10.1.004	2MB	Thaoky	05-12-23 11:47 AM
Altoholic	10.1.001	2MB	Thaoky	05-03-23 02:53 PM
Altoholic	10.0.011	2MB	Thaoky	02-23-23 01:00 PM
Altoholic	10.0.010	2MB	Thaoky	01-11-23 11:59 AM
Altoholic	10.0.009	2MB	Thaoky	12-11-22 01:44 PM
Altoholic	10.0.008	2MB	Thaoky	11-27-22 10:46 AM
Altoholic	10.0.007	2MB	Thaoky	11-20-22 12:17 PM
Altoholic	10.0.006	2MB	Thaoky	11-17-22 12:00 PM
Altoholic	10.0.005	2MB	Thaoky	11-16-22 02:45 PM
Altoholic	10.0.004	2MB	Thaoky	11-02-22 10:00 AM
Altoholic	10.0.003	2MB	Thaoky	11-01-22 08:49 AM
Altoholic	10.0.002	2MB	Thaoky	10-31-22 11:32 AM
Altoholic	10.0.001	2MB	Thaoky	10-30-22 09:24 AM
Altoholic	9.2.006	2MB	Thaoky	08-05-22 12:21 PM
Altoholic	9.2.004	2MB	Thaoky	06-05-22 06:14 AM
Altoholic	9.2.003b	2MB	Thaoky	04-27-22 10:33 AM
Altoholic	9.2.003	2MB	Thaoky	04-24-22 07:59 AM
Altoholic	9.2.002	2MB	Thaoky	03-28-22 10:32 AM
Altoholic	9.2.001b	2MB	Thaoky	03-16-22 11:33 AM
Altoholic	9.2.001	2MB	Thaoky	03-15-22 01:36 PM
Altoholic	9.1.008	2MB	Thaoky	11-09-21 12:08 PM
Altoholic	9.1.007	2MB	Thaoky	09-26-21 11:05 AM
Altoholic	9.1.006	2MB	Thaoky	09-19-21 09:08 AM
Altoholic	9.1.005	2MB	Thaoky	09-04-21 11:58 PM
Altoholic	9.1.004	2MB	Thaoky	08-29-21 02:44 AM
Altoholic	9.1.003	1MB	Thaoky	08-22-21 06:14 AM
Altoholic	9.1.002b	1MB	Thaoky	08-15-21 07:59 AM
Altoholic	9.1.002	1MB	Thaoky	08-15-21 01:49 AM
Altoholic	9.1.001	2MB	Thaoky	07-01-21 11:27 AM
Altoholic	9.0.009b	2MB	Thaoky	05-03-21 08:46 AM
Altoholic	9.0.009	2MB	Thaoky	05-02-21 08:23 AM
Altoholic	9.0.008	2MB	Thaoky	04-05-21 06:26 AM
Altoholic	9.0.007	1MB	Thaoky	03-22-21 12:56 PM
Altoholic	9.0.007	1MB	Thaoky	02-28-21 10:55 AM
Altoholic	9.0.006d	1MB	Thaoky	02-22-21 11:25 AM
Altoholic	9.0.006c	1MB	Thaoky	02-21-21 09:42 AM
Altoholic	9.0.006b	1MB	Thaoky	02-21-21 08:51 AM
Altoholic	9.0.006	1MB	Thaoky	02-21-21 06:31 AM
Altoholic	9.0.005	1MB	Thaoky	02-14-21 07:28 AM
Altoholic	9.0.004	1MB	Thaoky	01-24-21 10:14 AM
Altoholic	9.0.003c	1MB	Thaoky	01-16-21 09:47 AM
Altoholic	9.0.003	1MB	Thaoky	01-13-21 12:22 PM

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09-13-09, 08:54 PM
thandrenn A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 6 File comments: 42 Uploads: 3	Calendar Warnings Is there anyway to get Altoholic to not spam me about every Calendar event that has passed when I logged in? I have all Calendar options Unchecked except "Disable Warnings" which is checked. Thanks!

09-13-09, 08:24 AM
Malizzar A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 4 Uploads: 0	Cannot get rid of deleted character post deleted... figured it out. Last edited by Malizzar : 09-13-09 at 10:25 AM.

09-11-09, 07:40 PM

Helidoc

Hoghead

Forum posts: 31

File comments: 15

Uploads: 1

Originally posted by Thaoky
Can you check if it was properly installed ? You should have one Altoholic directory (with no space in the name) and 16 DataStore dirs. Check that all of them are enabled in the addon list.

Checked and properly installed, even reinstalled it to cover bases, all dataStore s accounted for. Still get the error

09-11-09, 03:37 PM
Whitewolfxx A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 0 Uploads: 0	Adjusting the tooltip info to reflect only 1 faction First off, great addon. I've used it for quite a while and I find new uses for it all the time.... Sorry if this has been asked before and answered... I rely on Altoholic for crafting glyphs. I have a scribe on both the Horde and Allied faction so I don't need the two faction totals added together. I read, from patch notes dating back to January, that the option of showing both faction totals in the tooltip was added. This seems to be the default setting for me. Is there still a setting to force the tootip to display only the inventory totals of a single faction? (It would help me eliminate some crafting errors i make at 3am without enough coffee in me.) And could somene take the trouble to tell me where it might be? Thank you in advance for your help.

09-11-09, 01:46 PM

InOneEar

A Kobold Labourer

Forum posts: 0

File comments: 0

Uploads: 0

Re: Re: Error every time I open addon.

Originally posted by Thaoky
Other users who had reported this had forgotten to clean their SV file, did you try that ?

I am having the same error as well as a problem with Altoholic showing that i have more of a item in the ah then i actually do.

How do I go about cleaning my SV file?

Edit: I discovered that datastore files, as well as my sv.lua files, in the wtf folder needed to be deleted to reset all my alto data.

Last edited by InOneEar : 09-11-09 at 02:59 PM.

09-11-09, 10:14 AM

Duman

A Murloc Raider

Forum posts: 9

File comments: 35

Uploads: 0

Re: Re: Can't view equipment for more than 10 chars on a given server...

Originally posted by Thaoky
It's not stupid, other people have asked this before, but you will understand that I cannot support a solution that is OS-based. At best, I wrote small safeguards to make sure that things don't break when there are too many characters. The built-in account sharing is the only way to go so far.

A side-by-side view is something I've had in mind for a while though, but that won't be implemented until blizzard allows us to have more than 10 chars per realm (for 4.0 ? who knows..). It's not that it can't be done, it's that I'm receiving a lot of feature requests, and I have to prioritize them. It's not a no, it's a maybe, but a very long term one

Hehe, I totally understand.

Hmm, is there no "quick and dirty" way to just allow the viewing of simply ONE character's equipment (at a time)? Doesn't have to be fancy in the least - just functional... I was hesitant to just dive into the code and see if I can't hack something together, since then I'd have to re-apply the patch each time a new version came out

The hard-linking of directories makes every other aspect of Altoholic (and other addons) work so beautifully, except this one

Not having to re-set-up an addon (that supports profiles) each time I add a new one - regardless of which account I'm on - is invaluable; I can't lose the hard-linked directories :-/

Anyway, thanks for the response, I guess I'll have to just try hacking something in that will "work", for now -- or find some supplemental addon

-T

09-11-09, 08:39 AM

AnrDaemon

A Chromatic Dragonspawn

Forum posts: 156

File comments: 2231

Uploads: 5

Originally posted by Thaoky
You mean in the tooltip ? Shouldn't be too hard, low priority though. I have little time to code these days, and bigger things to take care of unfortunately

I understand. Life striked me too, a bit.
Another issue related to tooltip that i've spotted recently, but not yet reproduced, i've had two items in my inventory, one on me only and another on me and other char, strangely enough, moving mouse from one item to anotehr and back persistently showed me data for first item, but moving mouse away to something else non-item-related and back to item2, it showed correct data, then moving to item1, it show data for it, back to item2 - no change, still data for Item1.
I'll try to get more info today.

I would like to reach the point where this becomes possible. What bothers me the most at the moment is that LibTradeLinks deprecates itself after a patch (through version control) and I need to understand why the author decided to do that (there must be a good reason, I just didn't dig into the whole thing enough to understand it). It's a goal anyway, and if/when DataStore gains a bit more visibility, maybe other authors will help making that a reality. [/b]

With about every patch, the link format gets changed and no longer works, even ingame - the 3.1.3 links stored in macro became unclickable in 3.2.
The current scanning routine could be kept as fallback to LibTradeLinks and to determine the recipe colors. Also comparing tradelinks is a fast faw to decide if the book needs rescanning, which is a good thing, as tradelink is not altered by filtering.

Last edited by AnrDaemon : 09-11-09 at 08:42 AM.

09-11-09, 02:38 AM

Thaoky

An Aku'mai Servant

Forum posts: 30

File comments: 19

Uploads: 1

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Can't view equipment for more than 10 chars on a given server...

Originally posted by gizmogeek
Mind you, I am NOT complaining about how Altoholic works. This is perhaps my most favorite addon ever in WOW, this and ArkInventory. A merge of the databases from both would be heavenly bliss,

I left a note in a forum post written by ArkInventory's author suggesting him that DataStore could be interesting for him (since he was trying to optimize his DB), that would be some work for him, but the benefits would be important

09-11-09, 02:35 AM

Thaoky

An Aku'mai Servant

Forum posts: 30

File comments: 19

Uploads: 1

Re: Re: Can't view equipment for more than 10 chars on a given server...

Originally posted by gizmogeek
I've had a similar problem when hard linking multiple accounts to the same directory, so I've been trying to figure out a way to make it feasible to select the 10 toons to display and thought that checkboxes might be the answer. When the feature is enabled, a person could check up to 10 boxes on the main page to have that information shown in the frames like armor where there is a 10 toon limit. This is probably not the most elegant solution, but I have been unable to come up with another alternative. How difficult would this be to include as a feature, Thaoky?

As far as the design is concerned, there's nothing to worry about, I already know perfectly how I'm going to do it, it's just a matter of priority

Originally posted by Duman
Or maybe Thaoky will find an even better way to accommodate the situation

Indeed, I don't want to reveal everything yet, but there are other features I would like to implement that will require similar code execution paths, so maybe it will get into the addon sooner than I expect.

09-11-09, 02:25 AM

Thaoky

An Aku'mai Servant

Forum posts: 30

File comments: 19

Uploads: 1

Originally posted by grandthrash
I have a small request. I use the mail system as a sort of bank so I mail stuff to an alt and then let it expire and return. That gives me 60 days before I have to figure out what to do with that item. Altoholic showing mailboxes on tooltip makes this much nicer but it lacks the ability to tell if expiring mail is going to return to an alt or be deleted. Can you add that and also give an option to disable expiring mail warning for stuff returning to my own alts? That would be very welcome.

I added early support for that in the next version. The option is not there yet though.

09-11-09, 02:23 AM

Thaoky

An Aku'mai Servant

Forum posts: 30

File comments: 19

Uploads: 1

Re: Can't view equipment for more than 10 chars on a given server...

Originally posted by Duman
Yes, I know that subject sounds stupid, but I have multiple accounts, and I have the account directories hard linked (NTFSLink) so that I can share addon data cross-account. This is awesome for most Altoholic-related stuff, but tragic for the Equipment View.

Since I therefore have more than 10 characters on a given realm, the "View Equipment" tab is basically broken/somewhat-useless for me. I end up seeing some of my mules' equipment, rather than "real" characters, for example

I'm not sure the best way to prevent this, unless you are willing to have an alternate view where you simply see a single character's equipment (rather than the nice side-by-side for (up to) 10 chars).

Perhaps give the side-by-side view a left-right scroll? Or some way to select which characters are shown?

Thoughts?

Or am I just SOL?

-T

It's not stupid, other people have asked this before, but you will understand that I cannot support a solution that is OS-based. At best, I wrote small safeguards to make sure that things don't break when there are too many characters. The built-in account sharing is the only way to go so far.

A side-by-side view is something I've had in mind for a while though, but that won't be implemented until blizzard allows us to have more than 10 chars per realm (for 4.0 ? who knows..). It's not that it can't be done, it's that I'm receiving a lot of feature requests, and I have to prioritize them. It's not a no, it's a maybe, but a very long term one

09-11-09, 02:19 AM

Thaoky

An Aku'mai Servant

Forum posts: 30

File comments: 19

Uploads: 1

Originally posted by nikneven
Altoholic does not seem to be picking up anyone in the guild without Altoholic. There are 12 other people online in my guild at the moment, and I am all alone in my Altoholic Guild Members Tab. Also, Under Guild Skills, its is not grouping people correctly. Well, it is grouping them per account, but every toon on the account has a group like this, where A, B, and C are all alts on the same account:
A
B

C

B
C

A

C
A

B

I got this error a while ago, I'm not sure if it is related:
Date: 2009-08-24 19:59:33
ID: -7
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\Altoholic\Frames\TabOptions.lua line 260:

I assume this happens at login, and that's most likely what hinders the rest. Can you confirm me that the SV file has been cleaned before trying the latest version ? Is everything correctly installed (1 Altoholic directory + 16 DataStore, all of them enabled in the addon list) ?

09-11-09, 02:16 AM

Thaoky

An Aku'mai Servant

Forum posts: 30

File comments: 19

Uploads: 1

Re: Error every time I open addon.

Originally posted by sconley
I have Altoholic and Swatter installed.
As soon as I bring up Altoholic I get the following error:
Date: 2009-09-05 11:29:30
ID: 1
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ...AddOns\DataStore_Characters\DataStore_Characters.lua line 80:
attempt to concatenate field '?' (a nil value)
Debug:
[C]: ?
...AddOns\DataStore_Characters\DataStore_Characters.lua:80:
...AddOns\DataStore_Characters\DataStore_Characters.lua:79
(tail call): ?

Please look at this. I really like this addon.

Other users who had reported this had forgotten to clean their SV file, did you try that ?

09-11-09, 02:15 AM

Thaoky

An Aku'mai Servant

Forum posts: 30

File comments: 19

Uploads: 1

Originally posted by Helidoc
Great add on, first time trying it out and I get the following error.

It happens as soon as it's loaded. Not enough to effect game play so far but does spam my error file.

Thanks

Can you check if it was properly installed ? You should have one Altoholic directory (with no space in the name) and 16 DataStore dirs. Check that all of them are enabled in the addon list.

09-11-09, 01:48 AM

Thaoky

An Aku'mai Servant

Forum posts: 30

File comments: 19

Uploads: 1

Originally posted by AnrDaemon
Mmm... just an idea, but I think it's worth a look into.
If it's easy to implement, i'd like to have current char to be present atop of other when listing materials availability on alts.

You mean in the tooltip ? Shouldn't be too hard, low priority though. I have little time to code these days, and bigger things to take care of unfortunately

Originally posted by AnrDaemon
Hmmm... just a thought. You're using LibTradeLinks-1.0
It is possible to use it to decode tradelink into recipes list?
If yes, that would reduce the need of actual scanning of the book.

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