MultiTool
MultiTool:ReadMe
- Version: 10.0.4.001
- Date: 2026/03/11
- Author: DigitalSorceress
NEWS
To my embarrassment, I've realized there is a logic issue in the accept guild invite code - where it was just always accepting invites from anyone if that was set
I'm working on it but it will have to wait for day job
SUMMARY
MultiTool: A set of quality of life tools to help make folks who quest together's lives a bit easier.
Rebooting the Addon
I stopped playing Warcraft several expansions ago, but have gotten back into it, thus I resurrected this addon.
Been active in fixing bugs from API changes since I last updated.
Added my first new feature in years: Auto Accept Invite for in my own guild
Its a new option (on by default) that if auto accept group is true AND you've selected the guild override option, it will not bother checking whitelist
I'll add more of this and likely battlenet friend stuff soon
New Repo Home
I have nothing against curseforce/wowace but I never cared much for the subversion repo used by wowace.
This addon is not officialy hosted at my github
There are going to be quite a few quick checkins there if you want the latest
The addon itself will continue to be updated at curseforge
HISTORY / INSPIRATION
This addon was originally created to assit me with multiboxing (using 2 or 3 accounts at once) WotLK phasing made multi-boxing harder and harder as it constantly broke follow etc. I stopped multi-boxing but found that this addon was still very useful for folks questing together and for the few little quality of life enhancements like auto sell gray and auto reject duel etc, so I kept it going
As someone who used to dual / triple box all the time, I have found a lot of little bits and pieces in the addon world that help take some of the drudgery out of multiple invites, turnins, quest gossips, yada yada. Often times, I find I am installing a whole addon just for one small feature, leading to a lot of overhead. I decided that Enough is enough.
This addon was inspired by Smurfy's MultiBox v2 which has a great collection of really useful stuff. If MultiBoxer was Ace3 or used a more lightweight approach, I'd probably just contribute and/or make a fork. Instead, I've decided to try my hand at a ground-up, exactly-what-I-want, lightweight Ace3-based addon.
I'd also like to acknowledge "Zanthor's Quest Broadcaster" for giving me a road map for quest gossip cloning.
ABOUT 'MASTERLESS' TOOLS
A lot of the available addons for multi boxers seem to use the concept of a "master".. Makes sense I suppose, after, all, you tend to play one toon (master) and have all the others (slaves) follow you and do stuff when your master does.
This is all well and good, but I often find that when not in combat, (quest pickup/turnin, flight masters, etc…) I may want to be taking lead on a different toon. (cuz I happen to be on that mouse/kbd for some reason).
So, I designed a system for flightmasters and quest givers where all you do is open the npc dialog on all your toons, then pick the option on ANY ONE and the others follow you.
NOTE: I deliberately do NOT clone quest reward choices on the grounds that I run three different classes and want to pick that myself. I may put in an option for "total clone" where that is allowed, but for now, you gotta pick your rewards manually.
FEATURE ROAD MAP
I've got a LOT of little things I'd like to do with this addon over time. Some of these may be impractical or not really end up being what I wanted. They are listed here somewhat in the order I want to build them in.
Warn on losing AutoFollow - Implemented v0.3.05 This was due to a suggestion from jst-one from www.dual-boxing.com forums
The Party Options config is starting to get kind of big… may need to re-think that a bit
Auto Accept Resurrect - Implemented v0.3.04 Adding config options and event handling
Custom Sounds - Implemented v0.2.05 Customizable warning sounds for various events
BLIZ Addon Config compatible - Implemented v0.1.02 Will properly integrate into the new Blizard addon configuration pages
Profile support - Implemented v0.2.04 Will use profile-type system to allow for easy customization per toon/account
WhiteList - Implemented v0.2.04 define one or more toons in a list for use in invites, taxi following, auto trade, etc that require a high degree of trust (More than just general friends list) Possibly define permissions (canAutoTrade, canChooseTaxi, canAutoInvite, etc…)
Auto Deny duel requests - Implemented v0.1.02 Maybe MAYBE allow whitelist to request dual - though dueling dualboxers seems a bit Freudian to me
Inviter - Not Started Attempt to invite all those on your white list with one click
Taxi Dispatcher - Implemented v0.1.03 Allows other toons in your group with the addon to automatically take the same taxi node as you
Quest Log Full alert - Implemented v0.2.00 Some kind of sound/warning to other members of group with addon if a toon's quest log is close to full
Bags full warning - Implemented v0.2.00 Some kind of sound/warning to other members of group with the addon that bag space is low/empty
LootSetter - Not Started Automatically set party loot to FFA when leader and party consists only of those on your ffa list. When adding members NOt on your list, switch to Group Loot
Auto Accept Group Invite - Implemented v0.2.04 Able to auto accept group invites from those on your white list
Auto Repair - Implemented v0.2.00 When a toon with the addon opens a dialog with a repair vendor, it will attempt to repair all
Auto Repair Announce - Implemented v0.2.07 When Auto Repair has caused you to spend money, it will announce amount spent to other MultiTool users in your party. Configurable for self-only or broadcast and with sound.
"Follow Me" - Not Started Any toon in group with the addon can send a "follow me" command and the others will attempt to /follow them… this will probably ONLY work out of combat due to Blizz security
AutoTrade - SHELVED (AcceptTrade() can not be fired from addon due to WOW restrictions) IF a party member in your group with the addon AND in your white list clicks "accept trade", your toon will auto accept
Triage - Not Started Auto switch party lead to next in line in your whitelist when current leader dies
Quest Gossip Share - Implemented v0.1.06 Allows other toons in your group with the addon to copy your choices on quest dialogs
Auto Quest Completion - Not Started Quests with simple turn-in-and-done dialogs will autocomplete when NPC dialog is opened
Quest Progress Announcement - Not Started Announces to others in your party who have the addon when you make progress on a quest(like the old cosmos-based Party Quests) used to do
Auto Share quests - Not Started when one toon picks up a quest, they will attempt to share with others in the group who have the addon
Auto accept shared quests - Not Started when a shared quest is offered by another in your group with the addon, you will attempt to accept
Auto accept escort/event confirm type quests - Implemented v0.2.04 When someone in your group starts an escort quest, your toon can auto accept instead of having to click yes or miss out
Auto Sell Gray/Junk - Implemented v0.2.00 When a toon with the addon opens a vendor dialog, it will attempt to auto-sell gray quality items… need a blacklist to stop selling of arbitrary desired items
Auto restock reagents - Not Started When a toon with the addon opens vendor dialog, will scan for desired reagents/items as well as current supply in toon's inventory and buy enough to return to preset supply
Group Hearth - Not Started Command to cause all in your group with MultiTool (in whitelist when I finally build that) to hearth
More useful Whitelisting for folks with lots of toons
- Whitelist BattlentFriends - Not started
- any BN Friend - Not started
- whitelist by BN Friend - Not started
- Whitelist Friends in general - Not started
- any Friend - Not started
- Whitelist Your Own Guild - Implemented for group Invites v10.0.3.000
- White list by guild - Not started
NOTES
There are probably many things I can't think of at the moment, but this is a good wish-list.
If I can figure out a way to do it, I may set this up as individual modules so that one can quickly enable/disable parts they want or don't want to save performance and to try and isolate the parts from each other as much as possible
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| TAXI DISPATCH... |
| current setting: Shadowprey Village |
| (you will automatically choose this destination)|
| when you talk to a flightmaster) |
| ___ |
| | X | Uncheck this box to cancel your taxi |
| --- |
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Posted Nov 13, 2008-
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Posted Nov 13, 2008What it does right now is automatically cancel all incoming duels... It also is properly integrated into the Blizard Addon config system.
I've NOT tested the taxi functions yet, but in theory, if you have two toons with the addon installed, and they both open the same flight master dialog, when either one selects a node, they should both immediately start to fly there, but I TOTALLY haven't tested it yet.
Been a bit distracted installing WOTLK, but I hope to test that soon
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Posted Nov 13, 2008To use, you have all your alts open a flightmaster node. Then any one of them selecting a valid point will cause all the others to immediately select that point and fly to it as well.
If an alt does NOT have a link to a given flight point, or if they are not at the flight master, they will simply not take the taxi
I've also actually had one duel auto cancelled for me all ready. It works great.
I'm really wanting to get the quest gossip cloning working - there are a couple places in northrend where folks are ninjaing questgivers out from under me because Im so damn slow setting up all my toons so I can click on each
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Posted Nov 22, 2008White List, Profiles, auto group invite accept (whitelist enabled), cancel duels, quest gossip, taxi follow, I updated the project notes. Anything that says "Implemented" is working (though it's still all a beta... still a few bugs to squish)
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Posted Dec 12, 2008There was an issue with configuration because I didn't have one of the Ace3 modules in my embeds.xml fie. It would ONLY show up if you didn't have any other addons that used that particular library. A friend helped me track that one down the other day and it's been totally fixed in 0.2.08