WoWInterface - Comments for Alexia's AddOn(s)

An update to this AddOn is on the w... (FlagRSP2)

Etarna — Sun, 22 May 2011 13:30:22 +0000

An update to this AddOn is on the way, using MSP instead of xtensionxtooltip2 (so compatible with MyRolePlay and upcoming updates to other RP AddOns, and no longer using a chat channel). Currently in alpha-testing and seems to be functional.

Weird. It wasn't updated that long... (FlagRSP2)

FarseerLolotea — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 06:02:30 +0000

Weird. It wasn't updated that long ago; you'd think the authors would be around.

Originally posted by Fars... (FlagRSP2)

Sec — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:53:58 +0000

Originally posted by FarseerLolotea
I'm trying this out in the beta right now, and I've only got two real complaints. The first is that xtensionxtooltip2 seems very spammy. The second is that I still don't seem to be able to resize description tooltips.

I have contacted all RP description authors in the past on several occasions to highlight that there was one (now two) data transfer protocols that can be used instead of xtensionxtooltip2. I raised this issue 2 years ago but since then, no action has been taken.

Xtensionxtooltip2 is very spammy - I can't agree more with you. If you look around on Curse.com, you will find 2 addons that don't use it, but by that same token, they will not be compatible with any addon that does as far as I know. Further, I have not found out whether these 2 addons are compatible with each other since 1 uses a basic protocol, while the other uses a protocol that is more advanced.

Best wishes.

I'm trying this out in the beta rig... (FlagRSP2)

FarseerLolotea — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:38:44 +0000

I'm trying this out in the beta right now, and I've only got two real complaints. The first is that xtensionxtooltip2 seems very spammy. The second is that I still don't seem to be able to resize description tooltips.

Originally posted by Nyte... (FlagRSP2)

FarseerLolotea — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:53:46 +0000

Originally posted by NyteShayde
I don't suppose anybody besides me roleplays simply for the sake of storyline?I do...

I don't suppose anybody besides me... (FlagRSP2)

NyteShayde — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:19:26 +0000

I don't suppose anybody besides me roleplays simply for the sake of storyline? "Large assets", huh? I seem to have missed the memo that RP now means "literate cyborz pl0x". D:

Originally posted by Tuhl... (FlagRSP2)

Alexia — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:37:10 +0000

Originally posted by Tuhljin
I'm getting these errors with the latest version:

Maybe because embeds.xml puts the "localization\*" files before "AceLocale-3.0.xml"? If so, it may work for some people if they've got another addon that loads before flagRSP2 that includes AceLocale-3.0.

Exactly.

Just uploaded the fix.

I'm getting these errors with the l... (FlagRSP2)

Tuhljin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:44:51 +0000

I'm getting these errors with the latest version:

Message: ..\AddOns\flagRSP2\localization\enUS.lua line 2:
Cannot find a library instance of "AceLocale-3.0".
Debug:
: ?
: error()
...ce\AddOns\!!!_VirtualPlates\Libs\LibStub\LibStub.lua:23: GetLibrary()
flagRSP2\localization\enUS.lua:2: in main chunk

Message: ..\AddOns\flagRSP2\localization\deDE.lua line 1:
Cannot find a library instance of "AceLocale-3.0".
Debug:
: ?
: error()
...ce\AddOns\!!!_VirtualPlates\Libs\LibStub\LibStub.lua:23: GetLibrary()
flagRSP2\localization\deDE.lua:1: in main chunk

Message: ..\AddOns\flagRSP2\flagRSP2.lua line 15:
Usage: GetLocale(application): 'application' - No locales registered for 'flagRSP2'
Debug:
: ?
: ?
...AddOns\flagRSP2\libs\AceLocale-3.0\AceLocale-3.0.lua:136: GetLocale()
flagRSP2\flagRSP2.lua:15: in main chunk

Message: ..\AddOns\flagRSP2\options.lua line 182:
Usage: GetLocale(application): 'application' - No locales registered for 'flagRSP2'
Debug:
: ?
: ?
...AddOns\flagRSP2\libs\AceLocale-3.0\AceLocale-3.0.lua:136: GetLocale()
flagRSP2\options.lua:182: in main chunk

Maybe because embeds.xml puts the "localization\*" files before "AceLocale-3.0.xml"? If so, it may work for some people if they've got another addon that loads before flagRSP2 that includes AceLocale-3.0.

Originally posted by peew... (FlagRSP2)

Tyukashi — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:22:57 +0000

Originally posted by peewee_sweden
If only people would understand what "physical description" actually means. I'm sick n tired of eggheads writing their life's stories as physical desription.

If I see a scar on someone's face, I don't get filled with some divine knowledge that that scar comes from an orc blade as a band of rogues assaulted your parent's farm and killed and raped everything that moved.

Oh that's a beautiful locket you're wearing. I'm just trying to figure out where you're keeping that big sign that explains how you got that thing.
etc.

My problem with this addon is not the addon itself, but the idiots trying to use it and utterly failing. Good work, though!

You sir are the best person ever.

If only people would understand wha... (FlagRSP2)

peewee_sweden — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:40:22 +0000

If only people would understand what "physical description" actually means. I'm sick n tired of eggheads writing their life's stories as physical desription.

If I see a scar on someone's face, I don't get filled with some divine knowledge that that scar comes from an orc blade as a band of rogues assaulted your parent's farm and killed and raped everything that moved.

Oh that's a beautiful locket you're wearing. I'm just trying to figure out where you're keeping that big sign that explains how you got that thing.
etc.

My problem with this addon is not the addon itself, but the idiots trying to use it and utterly failing. Good work, though!

Originally posted by Alex... (FlagRSP2)

Alexia — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:30:15 +0000

Originally posted by Alexia
Ah! I put those two folders into the directory for testing and never removed them. I am moving the repository over to Mercurial and going to remove them from there.

I take that back, I did not do that actually.

LibDBIcon is adding LibDataBroker into itself! I need to fix it individually.

Originally posted by Adre... (FlagRSP2)

Alexia — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:16:43 +0000

Originally posted by Adremma
Ah-ha. On the Wowace svn, you have a nice .pkgmeta file, which is good, and it tells the packager to include all the libraries you need (including, to take harl's example, LibDataBroker).

However, in your repository, you also have a /libs folder, which contains manually imported copies of two libraries (LDB and LibDBIcon). The packager doesn't try to get rid of these, and that's creating the effect harl is seeing.

Svn deleting the libs directory entirely should, I believe, fix the problem.

Ah! I put those two folders into the directory for testing and never removed them. I am moving the repository over to Mercurial and going to remove them from there.

Ah-ha. On the Wowace svn, you have... (FlagRSP2)

Adremma — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:32:50 +0000

Ah-ha. On the Wowace svn, you have a nice .pkgmeta file, which is good, and it tells the packager to include all the libraries you need (including, to take harl's example, LibDataBroker).

However, in your repository, you also have a /libs folder, which contains manually imported copies of two libraries (LDB and LibDBIcon). The packager doesn't try to get rid of these, and that's creating the effect harl is seeing.

Svn deleting the libs directory entirely should, I believe, fix the problem.

Originally posted by Alex... (FlagRSP2)

harl — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:58:50 +0000

Originally posted by Alexia
Could you give me an example of what you mean? The zip archive is automatically generated by Curse/WoWAce from my SVN repository, which I bring here to upload. When I extract the archive it comes out perfect every time.
If you open the archive and then go to ./libs/LibDataBroker-1.1/, there are two files called "LibDataBroker-1.1.lua" with different dates of change. One from August 1st 2008 and one from October 26th 2009, the latter being the one up to date.
This isn't the case with releases prior to this one (meaning r97 and earlier revisions - since I don't know about the other ones between 2.0.10/11).
When archiving files, older versions can be kept if the archiver is set to do so. By default, most archivers shouldn't do that.
All 6 files are in subdirectories of the /libs/ directory.

Originally posted by harl... (FlagRSP2)

Alexia — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:00:18 +0000

Originally posted by harl
Please repack the files for this add-on into a clean archive.
There are 6 files of duplicate names in this one (r108) - which could clearly confuse people without further knowledge and lead to LUA errors with the add-on.

Could you give me an example of what you mean? The zip archive is automatically generated by Curse/WoWAce from my SVN repository, which I bring here to upload. When I extract the archive it comes out perfect every time.

Please repack the files for this ad... (FlagRSP2)

harl — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:31:28 +0000

Please repack the files for this add-on into a clean archive.
There are 6 files of duplicate names in this one (r108) - which could clearly confuse people without further knowledge and lead to LUA errors with the add-on.

Originally posted by Song... (FlagRSP2)

Tuhljin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:10:39 +0000

Originally posted by SongstressCela
I thought at first I merely had to copy the flagRSP.lua and .bak files from my character's Saved Variables in the WTF folder, but that didn't work.
The file you want is in ...\WTF\Account\\SavedVariables, not ...\WTF\Account\\\\SavedVariables. flagRSP2 doesn't use character-specific saved variables. Also, you only need flagRSP.lua, not the .bak file (which is just a backup of the .lua).

Can someone tell me how to preserve... (FlagRSP2)

SongstressCela — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:46:20 +0000

Can someone tell me how to preserve character descriptions?

I recently changed my UI, but when I copied the flagRSP2 folder to my new AddOns, none of my descriptions were changed. Fortunately I kept backups of all the folders I edited, but still...I thought at first I merely had to copy the flagRSP.lua and .bak files from my character's Saved Variables in the WTF folder, but that didn't work.

Any help, please?

Alexia: In case you read this (thou... (FlagRSP2)

Tuhljin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:38:44 +0000

Alexia: In case you read this (though there's a good chance you won't), please read your private messages. I sent you one a few days ago.

It would be great if someone was wi... (FlagRSP2)

Khaira — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:56:02 +0000

It would be great if someone was willing and permitted to take over. I still like this best of the RP addons. Thank you for maintaining it as long as you did, Alexia.