WoW Characters 1.9.0

[WyckedDreamz]

ok, so I had this working with the wow theme from Tinyportal (the one with the gryphon rider in the banner). I installed the dk 114v1, uninstalled the profile mod, then re-installed it.... checked for the changes, and I am having the same issue another poster had, no text in the admin options, just [] and the option in the profile itself gives me that template error..... not sure if its because I have been messing with this for about 6 hours now and am tired or what, but I just can't seem to get this working with the TP version of wowDK 114v1. Actually, the one I had working was the one the other poster uploaded and had taken down, didn't have to modify anything, but even that one did not work on the dk theme.... I will forgo this mod for right now, but thank you for making this awesome mod.

[Night09]

You need to add the text entries into modifications.english.php manually, it is on one of the pages back.This will sort the display issues. You may need to add the 2 blocks of code to profile.template.php if they are not present as well.

All these issues will be resolved though in the release I will make in a few days including DK added as well.

[Night09]

Latest version released.

1.9.1

Features:

Admin:   >  Features and Options >  [WoW Characters]

User Options:  >   Profile       >  [WoW Characters]


NOTICE:

Installation for the following themes from this package.

Default SMF theme  > (1.1.3-6)

wowdk_115v1   > (1.1.5)

wowdk-116v1   > (1.1.6, 1.1.7)

Updates:

Death Knight class added to Character selection.
Colours for Characters updated.
wowdk_114v1 removed since it is not supported by 1.1.6, 1.1.7.
wowdk_115-6 bugs reported resolved from last release.
Issue with url's containing special characters in names resolved.

WARNING!

The fix for the special characters in name's is to suit the forums standard character iso set.
If you have a utf-8 forum you will need to make a small change to the code to display the correct characters in armoury url's.
Without the change the addon will work but armoury names containing special characters will be incorrect.

To resolve this issue you must do the following:

Open profile.template.php

Find:(It will be present twice,you need to edit both)

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&n='.utf8_encode($char_name).'"

Replace with:(Twice remember)

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&n='.$char_name.'"

Open Display.template.php

Do the exact same code changes as shown above.
Your Characters should now display correctly in url's

This version resolves the issues brought up in the thread as far as I can tell.I removed 114 because it isnt made for 1.1.6 or 7 and to use it relies on insecure SMF versions.tp_risen removed because it is made for old tiny portal and I havent been able to get the themes again to retest with.

Hope this helps with removing a lot of manual edits needed.If you know any good wow themes feel free to name them and ill check them out and see if they are worth making compatable as well.

I am working on some extra features for future release but had to release this now to fix Death Knight for you and basic theme issues with wowdk compatability.

As usual I tested with just the themes and this mod nothing else installed to be sure its working correctly.

Thanks to a few of you for info and feedback which I have taken on board for changes like colours (Kencelot) which were as yutt left them tbh. Garou for helping out with install issues for people,appreciated

And everyone reporting issues or fixes as well since this helps make new versions more compatable and error free.Let me know how this goes.

[WyckedDreamz]

where can I get TP WoW DK 116? the only WoW DK version I could ever find was 114v1

[Night09]

where can I get TP WoW DK 116? the only WoW DK version I could ever find was 114v1

Its on the themes site to download here at SMF

http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=78

[WyckedDreamz]

thanks night! ack, no TP convert for that version yet... thanks for the link tho, that theme will come in handy sometime in the future

[Garou]

That's OK you can always update it by hand or you can convert the newer versions to TP yourself with Crip's Converting Guide.

[Night09]

Ive not actually got any version of tiny portal installed since first I had to make sure the mod was working properly for standard installations.

I will look at installing tiny portal though and adding the extra's needed for it to install as well.As you all know its been busy in game lately plus I have had a lot of RL stuff to do so I was more concerned for now with getting DK working properly and addressing the issues brought up since release.

Our guild site is currently being rebuilt with some integration of roster/DKP as well so I have had to put some effort into that but I have plans to add some extra's to make wow Characters a bit more usable and informative.We normally use tiny portal so it is something I would have got to eventually anyway.Soon as I can sort it out ill add an update to include tiny portal.

[indi]

Ive not actually got any version of tiny portal installed since first I had to make sure the mod was working properly for standard installations.

I will look at installing tiny portal though and adding the extra's needed for it to install as hxxp:well.as [nonactive] you all know its been busy in game lately plus I have had a lot of RL stuff to do so I was more concerned for now with getting DK working properly and addressing the issues brought up since release.

Our guild site is currently being rebuilt with some integration of roster/DKP as well so I have had to put some effort into that but I have plans to add some extra's to make wow Characters a bit more usable and informative.We normally use tiny portal so it is something I would have got to eventually anyway.Soon as I can sort it out ill add an update to include tiny portal.

How do you plan on doing the roster/DKP integration?

I wonder, cause I'm working on a similar thing and creating a more elaborate bridge or integration between SMF and eqDKP-Plus. And one of the things I wanted to add optionally would be to have the users' characters automatically be retrieved from eqDKPs tables and shown on the forum just like WoW Characters does now.
Do you plan to make such a feature? In that case I won't have to

In any case, if you're planning on something similar maybe we could join forces

[Night09]

How do you plan on doing the roster/DKP integration?

Im still deciding how would be the best solution for this really.I think I am going to work on the line of stripping the needed code from roster and dkp and integrating it into direct functions of SMF.That way you can share the database and just add the extra fields needed for roster and dkp.The idea is the members name comes from smf and the character names come from the profile settings in the database.Just create new fields for items ect to be saved.On our old forums I did strip some code an added some features but didnt get round to a full convert.

This is still in the ideas stage but its something I want to get done.I dont know if your planning a similar approach or keeping them as seperate bridged entities but I prefer to see the lot contained in a single database so it needs less ssl additions and the code is all in one directory.

Its probably going to be a fair bit of work though but I think it can be done.I dont know if this is how you see it but if you have any ideas on this sure let me know and we can see if it can be made.

[indi]

Ye, I debated on the very same thing.
Whether to create my own completely new DKP system, or to make a bridge/integrate SMF with the existing eqDKP.

The benefit of the latter would be that eqDKP-plus has quite some nifty features and optional modules itself, like a roster, a Raidplanner (very important for my guild) and multiple DKP pools.
Then they also have nice 'extras' like elaborate summaries or stastistics, and a clear overview of items and their custom values, raid-history, and a good caching system.
I thought it would be a bit of a waste to rewrite all of those things and I was leaning towards bridging the 2 separate installations provided they are installed on the same database (eqDKP tables simply have a prefix like "eqdkp_" ). I was trying to 'rebuild' its administration panel in SMF and change eqDKPs user-table to SMFs user-table.

On the other hand,  I agree that I'd also prefer to use SMFs built-in functionality and mod-flexibility. However, since this mod would be quite extensive and it will need a decent structure (meaning a good database/table-scheme), it might be a bit much for a single person to do. Especially since I'm not that deep in SMF yet, although I do have PHP experience

Btw, I was staring at bbDKP for inspiration. They hacked an eqDKP build into a fully integrated phpBB mod, although some things are still missing (like the multi DKP pool). Yet they do have raidplanner support and such, and I was hoping to create something similar for SMF. It's quite nice really, except that it's for phpBB
You can find bbDKP at hxxp:www.bbdkp.net [nonactive], and they have a demo running aswell (the link and login details are on the site).
Check it out, and if you want I can send you my contact details in PM so we can discuss it a bit and see what's possible

[Night09]

The bbdkp is interesting and I have had a look at this.I think anything made for SMF will have to be made along the lines of something that can be installed as a mod to overcome upgrades and also so people who cant code really have a chance to use it as well.

If you want to speak over this and see if we can do something then feel free to PM me and we can talk further.

[Garou]

If your using WoW Roster there was an SMF bridge on their site at one point.

My favorite dkp system was Nurfed DKP but the authors no longer support it. Ive been toying with the idea of reverse engineering it and making something similar that works with SMF and or stand alone. I just haven't found the time. You know with WotLK being out now and all. 

[Night09]

I just haven't found the time. You know with WotLK being out now and all. 

Yeah tell me lol.

I got my main to 80 but am sort of sitting out a little now to sort forum side of things.I generally just log in to see how guild is atm.I am hoping to get site side sorted before I get too involved in any raiding ect and just hit some 5 mans for now.

I have thought about doing this bridge for a while but as you know you never seem to get the time to do a lot once your wanted ingame for raids so I figured now is the best time since the exp came out.Plus we still waiting on some slackers to get levelled up as well so not too much game pressure yet. 

[indi]

Same here... still need to push to 80, simply can't find the time to do all

I'll have a look at NurfedDKP, never seen or used it before but I've heard some others talk about it aswell. Might be a nice base to work from next

And I agree that it should be a mod so others can use it aswell, but that still leaves the question: Make a new DKP mod, or a fully-integrated bridge between SMF and an existing DKP mod like eqDKP/Nurfed?
I'm a bit busy coming 2 or 3 days, I'll PM you afterwards.
Perhaps Garou is interested in joining the debate aswell?

[Night09]

Ive had a few ideas over this and have done some basic testing with the theory of how I think this can be done.If it does work then it will be more a case of some code converting than a full blown recode job.I might have a decent little mod made out of this test if it works properly for wow and will also confirm that we can make a convert for dkp/roster or at least have a valid direction.

If your interested Garou as well then PM and we can sort out some kind of contact to have a proper chat about this.Just when you guys stopped slacking ingame is kl hehe  ,ill see what I can work out in the mean time.

(BTW Fastest 70 -80 was 27 hours lol  , Took me about 4 days  )

[Spennig]

::curious::

I had a couple of requests from users on a board I manage that uses this mod (Thrilled by the update, BTW) asking whether we could set it up to show more than 5 character (on the profile mainly, since more than 5 on a post would be painful scrolling) and / or a way to have an option for them to show in the sig area too / instead.

Myself and several friends have between 10-20 characters (a couple have multiple accounts) and are alt-ified to insane levels (obviously)

I'm still learning a lot about the code and how to modify things, etc, so I thought I'd ask how hard these kind of options would be, and if you'd care if I messed with the ideas.

Thanks so much for keeping this going!

[Night09]

It is possible to vary the amount shown on the profile and the posts separately since the 2 blocks of code for each template are Independent.

The easiest way to do this is open wow-dk116v1/Profile.template.php

Find

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//WoW Characters - Set Forum Profile START
            $default_realm = $modSettings['wowchar_defaultRealmName'];

            for ($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++)  {

Change the 5 to the number required.So for 10 it looks like this.

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//WoW Characters - Set Forum Profile START
            $default_realm = $modSettings['wowchar_defaultRealmName'];

            for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {

Next find

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$hr_flag = FALSE;

        for ($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++) {

Change the 5 again to what you want then close the file and it should let you show up to 10 now on the profile but still 5 on the posts.

You can change the number to suit now how many alts you need to add.Just remember to add Mains first because those after 5 wont show up in posts unless you do the same on display.template.php.

[Camealion]

Thanks for the update nightbre.  I just got my forum updated to 1.9.1.

The only issue i had was in:
./Themes/default/Profile.template.php and
./Themes/default/Display.template.php

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//North America and Oceania Servers
$armory_url = "http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=";


I had to change to:

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//North America and Oceania Servers
$armory_url = "http://wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=";


I would get a file not found on the armory page. If it's been brought to your attention before I apologize.

[Night09]

Really cool mod.

the only problem I seen is that the url for the us realms was not correct.

the mod adds:
./Themes/default/Profile.template.php

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//North America and Oceania Servers
$armory_url = "http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/#character-sheet.xml?r=";


the way I got it to work was to take out the #

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//North America and Oceania Servers
$armory_url = "http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/character-sheet.xml?r=";


but since I did that it works great. 

Thanks for the cool addition to my site.

Quote by you on first page of this thread.

So now your saying the url which did work no longer works ? 

I will do some testing of the US url and see if there is a problem arisen since this new armoury layout has been released. If there is I will make an update to the url.