AltMonitor

Contents 1 Main Page 2 AltMonitor 3 Where to get it 4 Installing 5 Configuration 6 Display options 7 FAQ

AltMonitor

AltMonitor is a Roster addon for Main/Alt display. It uses data set in the guild note or officer note to group together each player's characters. It has 2 main components:

• Display component. This is branched from the main member list, and shows each player's alts under his main.

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• Update component. This is run if you update the guild list with 'run guild triggers' enabled, or by entering the password and clicking the link in the bottom of the Main/Alt display.

Where to get it

You can download it from the AltMonitor download page. If you can't find your answer on this wiki page go to the altmonitor subforum for support.

Installing

• Extract the zip archive locally
• Upload all files in the archive to the roster\addons\ dir on your webserver.
• Follow the Mains/Alts link in the roster menu, you'll be redirected to the installer.
• You have to login with your admin password. The roster logon cookie is used, so if you already logged in to the roster config this session you won't have to do so again.
• Once the installer is done follow the link to the config page.
• Make the alt table update at least twice by doing either of these:
  • Upload CharacterProfiler.lua with the Run 'update triggers' on guild update enabled
  • Fill in the password and click the Rebuild Mains/Alts button in the bottom of the alt list.

Configuration

This is probably one of the more complex Roster addons to configure. Below are explanations of all options.

Regex	/ALT-([\w]+)/i
Apply on field	note
Use match no	1

This is the most important and most difficult setting. These 3 values tell altmonitor how to find the alt information in the guild list info. The first is a regex pattern using the perl-compatible regex syntax used in php. PCRE reference

Basically, the ([\w]+) part signifies the 1 word in the string that contains the main name for the character. the slashes at the beginning and end of the setting signify the beginning and end of the pattern. The i after the last slash makes it use case insensitive matching, omit it to use case sensitive matching. Valid values are:

• /([\w]+)/: Matches any number of letters. Since the first possible match is chosen and made as long as possible, this is the full first word.
  • Example: '(PleegWat) Dragonscale LW'
• /ALT-([\w]+)/: The first word starting with ALT-. The main's name is the part after that.
  • Example: 'Alchemist ALT-Azyplagat'
• /([\w]+)'s alt/:The first word that is followed by 's alt.
  • Example: 'Timmy's alt'

The second setting of these 3 signifies on what field the regex is run. Usually this is note for the public note or officer_note for the officer's note.

The third setting tells which bracketed expression is used. This is 1 in most cases.

Main identifier	Main

If the main name returned by the regex has this value the character is assumed to be a main. This is mainly useful if the 'first word' type matching is used; you can set the note '(Main)' for a main character.

No result	Main

If the regex doesn't return a value at all, this setting defines if the char is a main or a mainless alt. For example on the second example regex, if 'ALT-' doesn't appear in the note at all this setting is used to decide if the character should be a main or a alt without a main.

Invalid result	Mainless Alt

If the value returned by the regex isn't a guild member's name, this setting defines if the char is a main or a mainless alt. This is set to false by default since you don't usually have mainless alts in, so characters displayed as mainless alts probably have an incorrect setting.

Alt of Alt	Set as Mainless Alt

The value of this setting is used to decide what to do if the main of a character turns out to be an alt too.

• 'Try to resolve': Find out who that alt's main is and set the alt to be a main of that. It may not resolve correctly first time round.
• 'Leave in table': Will allow the alt of alt situation to stay in the table. This doesn't work right with the default main/alt list.
• 'Set as Main': Sets the character as main
• 'Set as Mainless Alt': Sets the character as mainless alt

Display options

Show Main name	Show

Set this to Show to show the main name collumn in the main/alt list.

Alt foldouts	Open

By default the alts are shown. Set this to Closed to hide the alts by default, alts will then be shown by clicking the + sign next to the main's name.

Show Mainless alts	Bottom

By default mainless alts are shown at the bottom. Set this to Top to show them at the top.

FAQ

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