[Addon] Jamba - An assistant for multiboxers. Old Thread

[Jafula]

does this mod work when your master is 70 and is the attack/follow master, but one of the slaves is the one who picks up and shares quests? Also for people with multiple groups, you may want to look into supporting party1 - party5 as targets, that way you only have to set it up once and it'll work with all groups (as long as party1 is the master and party leader, etc). Of course it won't work in battlegrounds, but most people q up for BGs as a group and that almost always makes me raid leader (and therefore able to move groups around) anyways.

very nice job, esp like the use of ace2

Doh! I have just realised why you would want this. You said your "master " (attack/follow) was 70; so you're boosting and have probably done all the quests already. Now I understand... I'm going to blame the late nights. :sleeping: I'll see if I can come up with something.

Supporting party1 - party4 members; that might work even if one of the party members was a friend (i.e. not got Jamba installed).

What I think would be good is to have quest sharing work from any character (not just the master).

So if I had 2 shamans in my 5 team and picked up a shaman only quest, I could accept the quest from one shaman and the other would get it. The other 3 in the team would not be able to select the quest.

Actually this should probably be the way all of Jamba works. Obviously there would still be a master/self to send JambaSpam(TM) to. What do people think?

[Fizzler]

The suggestions and topics going around are pretty exciting.

I played late into the night and agree that quest sharing needs to be tweaked. It is a bit spammy for sure and if the main has a quest the others do not they will reply back each time the quest log is scanned. One of my mains is on a class specific quest and gets reminded of it from time to time. I would love to see an option to direct where the chat/conversations with your clones go. I personally would create a Clone Channel and have all chat go there. Need to be careful here as some chat you might want to go to /rw like a follow break instead of the filtered chat tab.

The nickname idea sounds very interesting.

Have you thought about Buff/cooldown sharing? This could easily get spammy too. Some mods like Sorren learns what buffs you can cast and allows you to share or not share that buff with others. I would love my shaman clones to share totem timers and cooldowns with me but at the same time I might not be as interested in seeing Frost Shock. I use Sorren timer not but it does not always work.

keep up the good work I know the community appreciates it.

[Jafula]

I played late into the night and agree that quest sharing needs to be tweaked. It is a bit spammy for sure and if the main has a quest the others do not they will reply back each time the quest log is scanned. One of my mains is on a class specific quest and gets reminded of it from time to time.
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I personally would create a Clone Channel and have all chat go there. Need to be careful here as some chat you might want to go to /rw like a follow break instead of the filtered chat tab.

I like your feedback - is the spam the only think about the quest sharing that bothers you? More fine grained controls over what spam quest spam is sent? At the moment, its just on or off. A clone channel is a good idea. I distinguish between chat and warnings; chat is normal priority and warnings are high priority, so the warnings get send first. The official wow addon channel can be slow at times. Maat suggested combining / throttling messages and I'd want to do that work along with the clone chat channel.

The nickname idea sounds very interesting.

Have you thought about Buff/cooldown sharing? This could easily get spammy too. Some mods like Sorren learns what buffs you can cast and allows you to share or not share that buff with others. I would love my shaman clones to share totem timers and cooldowns with me but at the same time I might not be as interested in seeing Frost Shock. I use Sorren timer not but it does not always work.

keep up the good work I know the community appreciates it.

Nicknames are done and the new jamba slash commands for focus work a treat. Tossing around GUI ideas at the moment. Cooldown/buff sharing on the list. I'll have a read up on Sorren when I get a chance. As well as totems, I want to know when my 3 minute mage is ready to go! (A big in your face ZOMGIWIN3MINMAGE message :P )

[zanthor]

Suggestions for future modules...

Talent Broadcaster - I'm playing 4 shaman currently, 4 locks as well... I really want them talented identically, I wait til all 4 ding to talent anyhow, then I have to switch winders...

Training Broadcaster - or autotrainer (both?)... I already have a set of 70's, I'm about to have 2, gold isn't an issue, I train ALL skills, used or not. If I could train across the board without having to deal with switching windows that would be great.

[Achor84]

Talent Broadcaster - I'm playing 4 shaman currently, 4 locks as well... I really want them talented identically, I wait til all 4 ding to talent anyhow, then I have to switch winders...

Talented could do this.
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/9159/

[Creazil]

Hm, this addon seems really promising and seems like you put ALOT of work into it .. appreciate that alot!

I haven't read the whole thread, doh! But I've looked through "Planned features" and it doesn't seems to be there, the problem is that I run 4 shamans and there's not a "Master", as you call it. That being because I switch around my chars. Well, that brings a few problems. When I switch around my chars, I've assigned a master, but I won't see the whisper relay feature, because the character I am controlling is probably not the master. How could this be fixed? Well, if there were a command to switch "Master" which I could put into my macros .. or like "MultiBoxer" handle the problem, the party leader is always the "Master".

More problems: Second solution .. If I for instance run karazhan (and alterac valley), I am not always the leader, that would mean that all whispers would be relayed to the leader, which would not be me - not good. Well, as I said I often switch around my characters, so what if someone whispered "C", while "A" was leader, but I was just about to change main to "B" - then I would miss the relayed message to "A".

Therefore I really prefer the way "MultiBoxer" handle the whisper relay, but this addon seems SOO promising that it would be sad not to use it. "MultiBoxer" does send a relay to all of the characters, that have the adodn in the party (which would in this case be everyone on the "Char List"). The message is not "relayed" from the character that was whispered, but it just appears as some kind of System Messages. The system message contains the authors name, and very important, WHICH is clickable, so it's possible just to click the name and whisper back .. the difference from this is that I am not whispering the author from the slave he whispered, but from my main. That's not a problem for me.
I actually wrote this in the "MultiBoxer" thread aswell, but if this feature could be made like yours, so it was BOTH clickable and keybinding rewhisper .. it would be so awesome, I don't need to rewhisper the person from the slave he whispered and personally I don't see a reason.

EDIT: Another problem with the current state of relay, when two people are whispering slave "B" simultaneous, I will only be able to reply to one of them with keybinding rewhisper. I would have to write alot to whisper the other :-) - clickable version would make this easier.

Creazil

P.S. What's your thought on Hellboy II - if you watched it yet. ;D

[Jafula]

Hm, this addon seems really promising and seems like you put ALOT of work into it .. appreciate that alot!

Thanks very much!

I haven't read the whole thread, doh! But I've looked through "Planned features" and it doesn't seems to be there, the problem is that I run 4 shamans and there's not a "Master", as you call it. That being because I switch around my chars. Well, that brings a few problems. When I switch around my chars, I've assigned a master, but I won't see the whisper relay feature, because the character I am controlling is probably not the master. How could this be fixed? Well, if there were a command to switch "Master" which I could put into my macros .. or like "MultiBoxer" handle the problem, the party leader is always the "Master".

In 0.2 there will be an option to allow Jamba Spam from all characters (info, whispers) to go a private chat channel of your choice (or group, guild, guild officer chat). And a slash command for changing master is being implemented. So if all your shamans subscribe to that channel, does your problem go away? For instance your "More problems: Second solution" is no longer a problem. Do you agree?

I don't want to move away from the master concept as it is needed for Jamba-Quest, Jamba-Warnings, etc, so the slash command should enable you to switch quickly.

Warnings still need to go to a master and be in your face; but should you wish the option will be available to send them to the private chat channel as well.

the character that was whispered, but it just appears as some kind of System Messages. The system message contains the authors name, and very important, WHICH is clickable, so it's possible just to click the name and whisper back .. the difference from this is that I am not whispering the author from the slave he whispered, but from my main. That's not a problem for me.

I can see if I can get a clickable link into the chat message for you. Currently (in 0.1a) if you enable request /who information and forward system messages, you get a clickable link for the original whisperer in your default chat. But that system is a bit spammy.

Let me know if these suggestions would solve all the problems you described. If not, can you tell me what I have missed?

[Jafula]

[quote='Creazil',index.php?page=Thread&postID=11731 8#post117318]EDIT: Another problem with the current state of relay, when two people are whispering slave "B" simultaneous, I will only be able to reply to one of them with keybinding rewhisper. I would have to write alot to whisper the other :-) - clickable version would make this easier.

Creazil

P.S. What's your thought on Hellboy II - if you watched it yet. ;D[/quote]Actually with Jamba-0.1a you can get your slave to whisper to anyone by typing...

/w slave @secondwhisperer your message here

and the slave will remember secondwhisperer as its whisper target for the next whisper; but you don't talk via your slaves; so not so good for you...

Re: [url='http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=13076']Hellboy II here[/url] .

[Creazil]

In 0.2 there will be an option to allow Jamba Spam from all characters (info, whispers) to go a private chat channel of your choice (or group, guild, guild officer chat). And a slash command for changing master is being implemented. So if all your shamans subscribe to that channel, does your problem go away? For instance your "More problems: Second solution" is no longer a problem. Do you agree?

Yes, if it's not too complicated, I mean .. Would I have to assign to a channel, that I made myself? If that's a "yes", then it would almost be too complicated - what I mean, is that Jamba would make the so-called private channel itself.

I don't want to move away from the master concept as it is needed for Jamba-Quest, Jamba-Warnings, etc, so the slash command should enable you to switch quickly.

Warnings still need to go to a master and be in your face; but should you wish the option will be available to send them to the private chat channel as well.

Aye, that's probably the core of your addon, that it's designed around a master! For it to work probably, the slash command should work pretty fast .. it should be no more delay than switching leader.

I can see if I can get a clickable link into the chat message for you. Currently (in 0.1a) if you enable request /who information and forward system messages, you get a clickable link for the original whisperer in your default chat. But that system is a bit spammy.

If you could work that out somehow it would be awesome :-)

Thanks for the quick reply!

Creazil

[Creazil]

Actually with Jamba-0.1a you can get your slave to whisper to anyone by typing...

/w slave @secondwhisperer your message here

That's also alot to write (especially with the @, which is tricky to do fast) compared to a click. You also have to use your brain when you do so .. I mean, first you have to figure out which slave, then the name you want to whisper :-) A click is easier and keybinding rewhisper is even more.

and the slave will remember secondwhisperer as its whisper target for the next whisper; but you don't talk via your slaves; so not so good for you...

It's not like, that I am not whispering with my slaves .. I just don't see the need for it :-) I am using the current system.