will remember information about friends and display it in your friends list while they are offline.
allows you to write short notes about these friends.
allows you to back up and restore your friends list.
allows you to synchronize your friends list between characters. (This is disabled by default, mind you.)
provides a FuBar plugin with all this information, all sortable, with configurable colors. (You can also use the plugin's menu to configure the rest of AuldLangSyne.)
AuldLangSyne is modular. Any and all parts of it can be disabled if you don't want them around.
Things this does better than CT_PlayerNotes:
Notes can be set to display when a player logs on, and in tooltips for that player.
You can have different notes for characters with the same name on different servers.
Things this does better than FriendsFacts:
Has a "compact" mode, showing all the info on one line, and the note on the next.
Colors class names in the friends list.
Has options to adjust which bits of friend info get displayed.
Has been updated for recent patches. Oh yes, I went there.
I wrote this because CT_PlayerNotes was the last CTMod I was using, and I wanted to get some practice writing a non-FuBar Ace2 addon. So this resulted. Yes, I know, it's derivative. But I think I do a better job than either of the inspirations.
If you already use CT_PlayerNotes, load the game with both addons enabled, and type "/auld data ctimport" to load its notes. (Due to the way CT_PlayerNotes stores its data, you will have to do this once for each character whose friends you have made notes on.)
Documentation for the friends list tag syntax can be found here: http://wowace.com/wiki/AuldLangSyne
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Auld Lang Syne is the name of a song, mostly sung around New Years Eve, whose opening line goes "should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind." (Literally, "auld lang syne' translates from Scots as "old long since", but may be better rendered as "times gone by".)
Fix for the frame renaming in 2.4.3, which was causing some errors.
Split the tainting stuff out from Info into a new (disabled by default) module called Panel, which someday I will get around to rewriting so it's non-tainting.
Probably other things. I mean, it's been almost a year of it being intermittently updated on wowace and not here.
1.1.49802
TOC update for 2.2
Split out friend list coloring into its own module
Add guild list coloring
Minor bugfixes
1.1.45259
Switch to a tag-based system to customize the friend list display. It can now look however you want it to.
Offline friends are now shown just as faded versions of online friends (see the screenshot). Level of fading is configurable.
Modules can now all run without the core. So if all you want is friend list syncing, you can have just that.
Use libraries for friends and guild list.
Fix info gathering for unguilded /who results.
1.1.43668
Adjusted sorting in the plugin to: name>level>class>(zone|rank|online)
Alt-clicking on the fubar plugin will open the guild frame.
Stop notes flowing down in the fubar plugin if the character in question has no note.
Don't try to add the current character to the friends list while syncing.
1.1.42583
Modularize.
Add FuBar plugin.
Major changes were made. This might be subtly broken in some way. Other addons that think they know things about ALS' interior no longer will.
1.1.36304
Update for 2.1.
Bugfix when syncing friends.
1.1.29385
Add friend list syncing. (If you have a total of more than 50 friends between all your characters, this will complain and not work ideally.)
Add new slash-commands:
/fnote. Usage: "/fnote <player name> <note text>". Adds a note to an arbitrary player name. This note will appear in that player's tooltip and whenever they're /who'd. (If called with just "/fnote <player name>", all the notes for that player will print out.)
/fnotedel, for removing a generic note from a player. Usage: "/fnotedel <playername>".
Fix CT_PlayerNotes import (now part of CT_Core), patch provided by Sekuyo.
1.1.25615 - Add a Spanish translation by Shiftos. Update for new TOC version number.
1.1.19032 - Final WoW2.0 compatibility updates.
1.1.18659 - Various WoW2.0/TBC updates. zhCN localization. Fix PvP rank number display in compact mode. Get rid of delay on opening the friends list.
1.1.15514 - Scan /who results for updated friend information. Streamlined the scanning of frequently fired events. Reorganized the options slightly (moved several items under /auld data). Should be ready for Burning Crusade, for all you beta players.
1.1.12320 - Fixed a typo when importing ignore/guild notes from CT_PlayerNotes.
1.1.11323 - Added option to backup and restore friends lists. Options are under '/auld backup'.
1.1.10285 - Added friend note display when friends sign on. Added notes in player tooltips. Added options for both these under "/auld show".
1.1.10156 - Initial release on WoWI.
Optional Files - AuldLangSyne
Sorry, there are currently no optional files available.
Any Plans to write a DataBrooker Output instead of (or better in addition to) fu-bar? (I think all Fubar addons work anyhow, but just to make sure and so)
As second: my english isn't perfect, please excuse.
And now for the problem:
Ever since patch 2.4, AuldLangSyne has been tainting my raid management window in the social frame, making is show just an empty page while in combat.
As Raidleader of our guild this is obviously something i cant have happening.
So after some experimenting I found out that the problem is caused by the Info module, as after removing the Info subfolder the problem no longer ocurs.
This, however, leaves me unhappy, as the Info module is one of my favourite parts of AuldLangSyne.
Somebody on the wowace forums seems to have the same problem, and has posted an error log about it in the AuldLangSyne 2.0 thread.
I'd be very glad if this error could be fixed, and would be offirign whatever support i can give.
I try to add some note to the people who show up in the chat frame, but as i right click the people name then i notice there is no "EDIT_NOTE" menu. While the other addons named 'playernotes' can do that.
And now i must select the people as target, then right click the target frame to "EDIT_NOTE".
I wonder if that's a fault or just it should be.
Thank you for such a good plugin!
Last edited by bikikitty : 08-03-2008 at 12:44 AM.
Oh, cool, Grizzly. I was having the same new errors starting recently. Just for the record, here are the complete errors as reported by BugSack. I'll try the update from wowace and see what happens:
Code:
[2008/08/01 20:46:12-1044-x1]: AuldLangSyne-r49802\FriendList\FriendList.lua:222: attempt to index local 'nameLocationText' (a nil value)
(tail call): ?:
<in C code>: in function `FriendsList_Update'
Interface\FrameXML\FriendsFrame.lua:124: in function <Interface\FrameXML\FriendsFrame.lua:121>:
CensusPlus-4.1.8\CensusPlus.lua:654: in function `FriendsFrame_OnShow'
<string>:"*:OnShow":1: in function <[string "*:OnShow"]:1>
<in C code>: in function `Show'
Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1341: in function `SetUIPanel':
Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1196: in function `ShowUIPanel':
Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1092: in function <Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1088>:
<in C code>: in function `SetAttribute'
Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:1651: in function `ShowUIPanel':
Interface\FrameXML\FriendsFrame.lua:945: in function `ToggleFriendsFrame':
<string>:"TOGGLESOCIAL":1: in function <[string "TOGGLESOCIAL"]:1>
[2008/08/01 20:46:13-1044-x3]: AuldLangSyne-r49802\FriendList\FriendList.lua:222: attempt to index local 'nameLocationText' (a nil value)
(tail call): ?:
<in C code>: in function `FriendsList_Update'
Interface\FrameXML\FriendsFrame.lua:825: in function `FriendsFrame_OnEvent':
<string>:"*:OnEvent":1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>
[2008/08/01 20:46:14-1044-x25]: AuldLangSyne-r49802\FriendList\FriendList.lua:222: attempt to index local 'nameLocationText' (a nil value)
Aye, I've been using ALS since probably March and it had since been a great addon for me. Sorting stuff much easier and stuff like that. However, with the most recent patch, I seem to have error with the information not showing up in my FL. I attached the image mentioned below.
Could you please rectify the problem of it? Thanks a bunch mate!
Hi, I have been using aud for a while now, and have been having a taint problem for quite some time, I recently broke down and tried to figure out what it was, and aud was the problem, I quite like the things this mod adds, but it is tainting my raid window, so i cannot open it in combat (which is bad if i need to move people)
Was just wondering if you knew about this, I can post my taintlog if you need.
This Blizz-Restriction to 49 friends is _really_ annoying ... I removed so many friends, which I would liked to keep in FL, only because of I needed to add a good tank (tanks are "most wanted").
Now I started to extend my FL my manual writing names on a paper, in front of my screen => not a satisfying solution.
Could you add a feature to add more friends, even if they could not be monitored all at the same time. I read about Holyfriends, which should have this feature, but it seems to be outdated.#
i was just about to look at the code for auldlangsyne to find some sort of way to add 1 thing but found the web address to this place in the lua file first time i was able to find where this addon originated..
anyway the one thing that keeps me from using this addon all the time is, ive loaded down like 3 friends lists (filled them) and was kinda able to keep track of which one i was currently on so i could save it before loading the next one... but i dont have a clue ever which friends list im on (1-5) so i dont know which one to save it as so i can load another friends list and see whos on....
i need to know which friends list i have currently loaded so there has to be a status somewhere
not as important but 1 other really important thing would be, being able to do a dupe check between friends lists so i can erase dupes (only have 5 friends lists which is better than 1 but still only 250 friend slots)
last thing can you increase the friends lists from 5 to 10 for a total of 500 friend slots? thanks
mostly i want to know which list im on more than anything ive overwrote the wrong list a few times cuz i didnt know which one i was on, and ive been on this same freinds list for months because i didnt want to save over another list and didnt want to loose the people i have added since last switch
will check this site and email for response hope its an easy thing to add thanks
I have the same question as a user before me has asked.
"I want to sort my guild members by zone...how do i go about setting that up?"
I used to use GuildFu and it did this perfectly. I love Auld Lang Syne and think it's far more superior as a package but it's missing this obvious detail.
Thank you!
P.S. I'd also be interested in having a toggle so I can turn guild names on as another column for my Fubar friends list.
I use NotesUNeed and interested to change to AuldLangSyne. Is it possible to convert the Player notes to this addon? I don't use the quest or any other module of NuN. Is it possible (like NuN) to add a note to a player thats not in my friendlist/guild? (I use this to mark spammer and thieves)
After updating via the WAU this morning, I now get this error whenever attempting to add a new note to the Friends or Guilds list (and the note is not added):
[2007/10/13 15:41:23-218-x23]: AuldLangSyne_Note\Note.lua:483: attempt to index field 'db' (a nil value)
(tail call): ?:
(tail call): ?:
AuldLangSyne_Note\Note.lua:463: in function <Interface\AddOns\AuldLangSyne_Note\Note.lua:463>
Any Idea how to disable the CT_Playernotes functionality of CT_Core? I want to keep the rest of the niftyness of CT_Core, but I'm having issues with overlapping notes from ALS and CT. Nothing in the CT menu that I could find, and a (very) quick glance at the LUA didn't offer much hope to my meager experience. Suggestions? Thanks!
UPDATE: I logged on to another character and the notes on my friends list were nicely spaced between CT and ALS, couldn't ask for more...but when I turned on ALS' friend sync, the notes overlapped again! perhaps a placement bug spurred on by syncinc, or a spacing bug from the ClearFont ace addon?
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