CalendarExtras

CalendarExtras adds some features to hopefully make the ingame calendar a bit more bearable to use.

Wowace project here.

Features

Sorting by role

Adds fourth sorting method to the create/view event windows, that lets you sort the invite-list by role (Tank/healer/DPS). People of the same role are hardcoded to first be sorted by status and lastly by name.

You can change roles by right-clicking the player in question and selecting the bottom option Set Role

Extra status indicators

Shows a check mark next to players who are in the group already, and dims offline players.

Export invitees

Adds a tab at the bottom of the event window which pops up an editbox, letting you copy out basic data of the event and a formatted list of the invited players.

Another editbox is included to set the format of each line. Valid tokens are: NAME, LEVEL, CLASS, STATUS, RANK, MOD and %t for the tab-character

Mass-select

Select multiple people from the invite-list like you would in any standard GUI. Use shift/ctrl to range/add-to select. All the right-click menu options apply to all the selected players

Invite-raid

Invite the current raid to a new or existing event, either by right-clicking the Invite button, or going to the Mass Invite screen, and selecting Invite current raid/party.

Note: This feature is horrendously slow, and I'm not sure if it can be made any faster, so you will have to wait a few extra seconds if you're inviting all 25 players.

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bwh Dec 15, 2009 at 17:53 UTC - 0 likes
I've been managing the same guild for 3+ years now and I was responsible for all the raid planning software we have used throughout this time. (using wowraidmanager now)

I've read the other comments and I would not really like to see a sharing module, unless one can disable it. On the other hand I think the officers should be able to see the situation of any in-game event on a role basis.

I have this suggestion: Check the officer notes and look for special formatted text like {H/T} for healer/tank and if these exist, populate your addon with this data. This way no sync'ing is required and if someone does not want this feature, they just don't have to put these info in officer notes.

I am aware that this does not work for all possible uses of Calendar, but it is a nice enhancement anyway.

Regards,

Edit: creating a ticket just in case

Last edited Dec 15, 2009 by bwh
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Excelis Oct 30, 2009 at 21:21 UTC - 0 likes
Could another role column be added to support a second spec for those with dual specs? Such as for a pally with Prot primary spec and a Holy secondary spec you can mark Tank and Heal.
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ZenMasterPool Oct 27, 2009 at 17:43 UTC - 0 likes
I got a couple of ideas where sync could be done with little effort, pm me so i can share with you my ideas ;)

Cheers
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wT- Oct 24, 2009 at 19:19 UTC - 0 likes
Currently, not syncing roles was a design choice for me for two reasons:
1. The biggest thing is that it would cause all sorts of headaches to actually implement it. What to do when people are offline, what to sync when and so on. Doing it so it works well would require a lot of work, and I don't like the idea of doing something that only works half of the time.
2. It lets you use the roles the way you want, so the event creator can have his own set of roles assigned, and you can have your own set of roles set the way you want 'em.
Maybe the way I envisioned the roles would be used isn't exactly what most people want and need, so I might rethink it, but there's still the huge headache of figuring out a way to reliably sync things.

I got plans, but I honestly don't know when I'm gonna get around to actually reworking the roles portion.
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ZenMasterPool Oct 23, 2009 at 16:10 UTC - 0 likes
But Group Calendar "Roles" is still not visible. Guildies to see any extra information some addon invents (like "Role" in CalendarExtras or GroupCalendar) guidlies would have to use someaddon ofc, and that's ok if it's a simple addon.

CalendarExtras GOOD: simple and friendly look and feel. CalendarExtras BAD: doesn't sync "roles" changes between guildies using CE.

GEM Bad: is too complex for normal mortals. GEM Goods: syncronize between all guildies using it; contains roles also.

GroupCalendar Bad: doesn't syncronize Roles. GroupCalendar Goods: fantastic simple look and feel that doesn't scare plp.

I could code and add sync support myself, when i figure out best way to keep the extra info like "roles". But just wonder if wT could do it instead.. it owuld be much faster :)

Cheers

Last edited Oct 23, 2009 by ZenMasterPool
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Jiminimonka Oct 22, 2009 at 21:25 UTC - 0 likes
GroupCalendar 5 does all this with the in-game calendar, so just officers need to install it, everyone else can use the built in calendar no problem.
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ZenMasterPool Oct 22, 2009 at 06:45 UTC - 0 likes
Does CalendarExtras supports synchronization of updates done by several guildies regarding the updates on the "Role" for example ?

Im looking for an addon that shows to everyone what roles are subscribed (and also allow guildies themselfs to update their own roles also), so just made the test of me (GM) and a Guildie both using the addon, and my changes on the "Role" of someone subscribed didn't show up on my guildie using the addon also, and vice-versa.

Thx

Last edited Oct 22, 2009 by ZenMasterPool
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Rumik Aug 12, 2009 at 07:18 UTC - 0 likes
Awesome addon :) I have a feature request, however :) Would it be possible to allow users to create recurring events, since the vanilla calendar doesn't support this?

Thanks :)
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wT- Aug 06, 2009 at 18:04 UTC - 0 likes
I might add distinction between ranged and melee DPS. I was planning to change the role texts to the icons used in the LFG interface, so when I ever get around to updating it, I'll try to split the DPS types too
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Bl4ckSh33p Jul 28, 2009 at 07:41 UTC - 0 likes
Hi! Nice addon but I have a small suggestion. What do you think of a new role for DPS to have one for melee and one for ranged DPS? Some bosses don't work well with too many DPS classes of one kind and some classes can be both (druid cat/moonkin, shaman elemental/enh.) so just setting DPS does not let you know what talents and buffs he has.