[ADDON] Merisioux -- how and why to get it and use it

[the_real_seebs]

Haven't been able to reproduce the data overwrite problem, but I did add sanity-checks so the save will refuse to run if you're looking at someone else's data, and indeed, even if you manually go in and re-enable the save button (which disappears when showing someone else's data), it won't work.

Also added a feature to LibMerisioux to delete old error/timeout entries, which reduced the size of my SavedVariables file by about 75%.

PLEASE BACK UP YOUR SAVED VARIABLES FILE BEFORE RUNNING THIS. There's a deletion of data involved, and while I tried super hard to be paranoid about it, it's possible that it'll screw up. It does tag the data of any character you log in on as "self" data and won't delete that. I think.

Still thinking about a UI for letting you browse, and possibly search, characters and descriptions you've seen. I want to do one, but haven't figured out what it should look like.

If you've been bitten by the override bug: If you could grab the LibMerisioux.lua file from your saved variables directory (Interface/Saved/SavedVariables), zip it up, and email it to me, that would be super handy, I could maybe figure something out. Let me know which character you were on that got overwritten.

[Rosalia]

n00bish questions:
To update it do I go to the link you have and click download again?

How do I save all of my bios, so they'll be there when the update is done?

[the_real_seebs]

n00bish questions:
To update it do I go to the link you have and click download again?

How do I save all of my bios, so they'll be there when the update is done?

Bios shouldn't be affected by updates, but just in case, make a copy of the Merisioux.lua file in the SavedVariables directory (not the one in the addons directory). And yeah, you have to download again to get updates.

[Rosalia]

Bios shouldn't be affected by updates, but just in case, make a copy of the Merisioux.lua file in the SavedVariables directory (not the one in the addons directory). And yeah, you have to download again to get updates.

Alrighty then! Thank you!

[Xaeos]

Thank you again for keeping up on this mod. Its looking great!

In terms of new features I would urge you to check out the WoW Mod "TotalRP2" - Compatible with MyRoleplay, it also offers a host of new features including creating custom items, buffs/debuffs, languages and much more. For instance, you can write a book that includes custom text and have it apply a debuff on your character upon use/opening said book to read, as if the pages infected your character with a transdermal poison! You can also create geocaches and "road signs" at certain locations in the world that other players with the mod can see and interact with, such as finding a trunk full of items when they came upon a certain coordinate! Players can even create custom reputation/factions and award + or - points; Custom quests can award these reputation points as well All of these facets can be done without any scripting for the users as well, making it easy for even non technical RPers to use.

I know this is a huge amount of work to implement something even close and RIFT's API may not be up to the task yet, but I believe its a good template for what a UI addon can do in terms of RP functions. You can find the mod... http://www.curse.com/addons/wow/totalrp2 - which also links to the main homepage in its comments.

In addition, would you be able to load up Merisioux on Curse as well? Thanks again for your great work!

[the_real_seebs]

I have thought about additional functionality like that, but it seems to me that it's a basically different kind of project, and probably too large.

I am too lazy to try to keep a mod up to date in more than one place. I used to back in the old days, and all that happened was I always forgot one of them and left it three revisions back.

[Yamanu]

I would just like to compliment you on your addon Seebs, it is appreciated by a lot of the roleplayers on Argent!

So thank you!

[Akamhara]

Love you Seebs. Always makes me giggle to run into people whilst questing and NOW KNOW THEY ARE ROLEPLAYERS AND NOT RANDOMS.

So nice.

[Feine]

A suggestion disguised as a bump, or possibly a bump disguised as a suggestion:

How about a flag to indicate whether a character is Ascended? Some people play their characters as Ascended, while others choose to play that their character is mortal. I for one struggle to remember who is and who isn't supposed to be Ascended among those I know. Also, since general lore consensus is that Ascended are recognisable on sight, it would help prevent faux pas when encountering someone new.

Yeah, I suppose one could just put it in the meta-information. But I don't remember seeing anyone do that, and having a specific flag would remind people to think about it. And it's a common binary option, applicable to all roleplayed characters in Rift.

[Milyssa]

I was stuck on how to even open the window.
/meri-e and /meri -e look similar and I missed the space. All is solved, now off to create.

One thing I wondered - and forgive me if its included and I haven't explored enough... but sometimes I don't want my whole bio out there and other times I'm speeking with friends who have learned the information. I don't suppose there is a way to allow people on your friends list different information than people out in the wider Telara.

I know that's a big challenge for most RP - Hey, Person I just met, I may have a solution to your deepest darkest secrets.

I would like to include it in my profile so that people who HAVE learned it don't have to keep a spreadsheet of all the information they have learned from every friend, but don't want random Eth over there to know all my secrets before they talk to me.

I do understand though, that anyone serious enough to have this addon will also be polite enough to "ignore" the information until they've learned it. Possible I've just answered my own question.

Opinions?

[the_real_seebs]

I don't think there's currently tools for identifying people on your friends list or anything like that. It's an interesting thought, though. Hmm.

[Ainilome]

I just stumbled upon this last night, super happy to see an add-on like this exists.

[Milyssa]

Seebs - My ingame text informed me there is an update - GOOD FEATURE! but when I went to install it I wasn't sure if I should replace my exsisting files with the new ones or just swap out the whole thing.

I can do a drag/drop/replace all - will I loose my character sheets if I do that?

[the_real_seebs]

You shouldn't. Addon data is stored in a separate location from addon code.

BTW, the update is pretty trivial -- it is just a TOC update for 1.9, I don't think there are any functional changes in Merisioux or the dependencies. But it's a good check for the update alert system.

[EnochianCub]

Ooooh nice. This is now on my "MUST HAVE!" list"

Thank you very much.