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This project is abandoned and its default file will likely not work with the most recent version of World of Warcraft. Whether this project is out of date or its author has marked it as abandoned, this project is no longer maintained.

Overview

HeadCount is a configurable World of Warcraft add-on that automatically tracks raid attendance, loot, and boss kills.

HeadCount answers the following questions:

How long is a player active in a raid?
How long is a player on standby for a raid?
How long is a player offline during a given raid?
What loot dropped during a raid and who received it?
What boss kills occurred during a given raid and who was there for the kill?

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Information

HeadCount forum thread: http://forums.wowace.com/showthread.php?t=12225...

Project page: http://www.wowace.com/projects/head-count/

Wish list

All defects and enhancement requests (wish list) items can be filed and/or reviewed on the HeadCount work ticket page:
http://www.wowace.com/projects/head-c.../tickets/

Features

Raids

Raid creation: Automatically creates a new raid as you join or start a raid.
Raid finalization: Automatically ends an existing raid as you leave a raid.
Raid management: The user can end raids, remove raids, or remove all raids on demand.
Raid zone tracking: Zone name are automatically added to raids as you zone into a raid instance for the first time.

Player attendance

Player tracking: Players are tracked based on their timed participation in the raid. Players can be tracked based on configurable raid groups for raid list activity (active raiding players) and wait list players (queue/standby players).
Player removal: The user can remove tracked information for specific players on demand.
Player history: View specific player history for a raid to see how and when a player moved from activity to standby to offline and back during a raid.
No list tracking: Players can be tracked as non-raid list and non-standby players as needed. Players that go offline are automatically taken out of the raid and wait list groups for tracking purposes.
Integrated wait list: Receive whispers from members outside of the raid group in order to track them.

Boss kills

Boss kill tracking: Tracks the world bosses killed during the course of a raid and the raid list members present for the kill.
Boss kill removal: The user can remove tracked boss kills on demand.
Manual boss kill: The user can add a boss kill to the current raid at the current time with the current roster via /hc boss add [bossname]

Loot

Loot tracking: Tracks loot received during a raid based on configurable item level quality (default: Epic item level or higher)
Loot removal: The user can remove specific pieces of loot on demand.
Loot exclusion: The user can manage loot exclusion which will prevent certain pieces of loot from being tracked during a raid. (e.g. - Emblem of Valor)

Export

Export: Users can export current raid attendance and received loot information to one of a number of formats (CSV, XML, Text, EQdkp XML string, phpBB forum post, phpBB with ItemStats forum post).

Reporting

Boss kill broadcast: The user can optionally broadcast when the raid kills a boss to a configurable chat channel.
Loot broadcast: The user can optionally broadcast when a player receives a valid piece of loot to a configurable chat channel.

Performance

Fault tolerance: If the mod owner quits WoW, restarts WoW, or reloads their UI during a raid and returns to the game, HeadCount will attempt to gracefully recover from the outage to continue tracking the active raid.
Attendance delay: Configure how often HeadCount should manage attendance updates to increase or decrease performance and/or accuracy.

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_ForgeUser497612
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Posted Dec 18, 2008
Wishlist:
I'd love to be able to export all my weekly logs to an html table (we don't use DKP system but do want attendance logs.) Class, sex, guild, loot, and all that wouldn't be necessary, just name and attendance.
Thanks!

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Posted Dec 19, 2008
There's currently no option to export multiple raids in a single option, but I will think about adding it. Part of the reason for the XML format was to allow users to export the data easily into whatever other format they want such as HTML. That being said, I might be able to create a basic HTML format for those who want a static page for display. If I were to do this, this would not be partial markup, it would be an entire page.

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Posted Dec 17, 2008
Does this work with the WOTLK raids?

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Posted Dec 18, 2008
HeadCount works with all instanced raids in the game including Vault of Archevon, The Obsidian Sanctum, The Eye of Eternity, and Naxxramas. So far, in testing, I've experienced no issues tracking boss kills in any of the instances.

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Posted Dec 15, 2008
I started using this in TBC, but didn't really have a chance to dive into it until now. This is a truly amazing addon for guilds who want to keep track of drops but don't want to deal with a complicated point system. I'm going to potentially spend some writing some php to process the export data to keep in a mysql database -- to more easily keep track of tallies (like how many items overall people have gotten) and raid attendance, amongst other things.

Thank you so much for taking the time to create this. It's great.

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Posted Dec 17, 2008
Thanks, it's appreciated. What format would you be using for the data? XML?

I ask because if this is a popular enough format, I may want to additionally formalize it by adding a schema file.

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Posted Dec 13, 2008
Some of the loot my raid members received during a specific raid was not recorded by Headcount because i was too far from them. Is there a way to manually add these loot to the list directly from the addon?

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Posted Dec 17, 2008
This feature is on the wishlist, but is not in place right now.

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Posted Dec 12, 2008
HeadCount 1.3.4 is out. As usual, any bug reports or feature requests are highly appreciated.

Version 1.3.4
* Added DKPBoard export format.

Version 1.3.3
* Added difficulty tracking for raids (normal vs. heroic).

Version 1.3.2
* Refactored locale-based metadata key-value pairs to actual constants.
* Refactored attendance option menu tree to raid management.
* Fixed EQdkp export class name issue for Death Knights.
* Fixed issue where confirm dialog does not close when boss is removed.
* Fixed old website reference documentation.
* Fixed reporting channel configuration option not being listed in changelog.
* Fixed Vault of Archevon raid not being listed in changelog.
* Fixed default level, which is not set to level 80.
* Fixed defect where times were displaying as 00:00:00.

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Posted Dec 11, 2008
I'm having an issue where 0:00 is showing for all raid members start and end times.

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Posted Dec 12, 2008
There is an open defect relating to this. This does not affect the accuracy of tracked data within the addon, but the display is not right. I already checked in the fix to source control. I'll see what I can do about releasing a bug fix release after work today.

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Posted Dec 11, 2008
I've looked, but not seen it so I apologize if it has been mentioned and I just over looked it. But, is there any plans on enabling the mod to take time ticks where you can set it to take an attendance tick every hour or something instead of just a start and end?

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Posted Dec 12, 2008
The goal is to be able to add a waitlist management system to allow for tracking of players outside of the raid. This feature eventually could go hand-in-hand with the ability to take rollcall attendance after a bosskill for example, which I know a lot of people would like.

However, there are a number of other setup features that I would like to get in before this.

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Posted Dec 10, 2008
I might be able to help you out with the eqdkp-plus parts as I can easily deploy another dkp site for testing if needed. Contact me in PM and we can talk further on msn or something?

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Posted Dec 10, 2008
I sent you a private message here on Curse with more information.

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Posted Dec 9, 2008
I am having multiple issues with headcount now.
I deleted all my old lua files and such.
When a new raid is started, no members are listed, even though I have those groups set up to be the raid. I could not end an active raid, and no loot was tracked for that session. Also once I was in a raid, I could no longer right click on the minimap button to open headcount. I received no error messages.

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Posted Dec 10, 2008
This is the first time I've heard of such an issue. The thing which confuses me is that you are receiving no error messages. Some things to check.

1. What addons are you currently loading?
2. Are any of the addons loaded out-of-date addons? Specifically, some of the other addons that are not updated may be using out of date libraries which make cause conflicts. Try to make sure all of your addons are up to date. You may want to try disabling all addons besides HeadCount (assuming you are using embedded libraries) and narrowing down the problem. Then enable other addons slowly to determine conflicts.
3. Are you using some sort of bug obscurer/capturer addon such as Bugsack/Buggrabber?
4. Are you able to use the HeadCount command line options (/hc or /headcount)?
5. Can you able to toggle on HeadCount debugging? If so, turn on debugging, enter a raid, and attempt to move players into different party groups (noting which party group is assigned as raid list or wait list)?

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Posted Dec 6, 2008
Version 1.3.0 is officially released. Friends got me back into the game, so my decreased social life is your increased fortune.

The bad scrolling issue is fixed. 1.3.0 should fully support all new raids in the Wrath of the Litch King expansion.

Version 1.3.0
* Added Death Knight class.
* Added initial WotLK raids (The Obsidian Sanctum, Naxxramas, The Eye of Eternity).
* Added date-formatting configuration for different locales.
* Added disenchanted, bank, and offspec shortcut buttons to loot management popup window.
* Added Abyss Crystal, Emblem of Heroism, Emblem of Valor to the default exclusion list.
* Added Strand of the Ancients to the battleground list.
* Added Dalaran Arena and The Ring of Valor to the arena list.
* Fixed nil zone reference under XML export.
* Fixed ToString return value for BossEvent.
* Fixed user interface scrolling error.

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Posted Dec 9, 2008
seppyk, any chance of having the raids/events anoted as (10) and (25) defined on if the raid was heroic or normal upon creation? As eqdkp-plus bossprogress etc is using identifiers as "Naxxramas (10)" and "Noth the Plaguebringer (10)"..

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Posted Dec 9, 2008
A detection method were discussed at the OpenRDX forum -> http://www.openrdx.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=432

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