Prat 3.0
In loving memory of Jon Akthar (Sylvanaar)
Hello WoW community, I'm LuciferCatnip, Sylvanaar was my coworker and my mentor. It goes without saying that Jon was an amazingly talented individual. He always seemed to know everything... but he once said to me "It's not about knowing the answers, it's about asking the right questions", he always challenged me to ask me the right questions until I would arrive at the answer on my own terms. Jon was also a champion of the open source movement, and so with special thanks to Gil from Curseforge as well as Sylvanaar's family, there's no better way to honor Sylvanaar's legacy than to keep his project going strong in the community.
If you'd like to help maintain Prat, please reach out to MysticalOS or LuciferCatnip directly. Thank you so much.
About
Prat-3.0 is a chat enhancement addon for World of Warcraft.
It is made up of 30+ smaller "modules" which each provide additional functionality, and can be enabled or disabled individually.
In game, type /prat for a menu. Or use the icon on one of the many data broker hosts.
Prat has just about every feature you can think of, and then some. Really. When I get some more time, I'll try and put together a full list (Even I have lost count)
(Thanks to Dreamsight for this partial list)
- Sync your chat settings across your account (Beta)
- AI powered spam filter (Beta)
- Change arrows, buttons, mouse scroll for chat scroll, scroll speed
- you can add player color per channel, color per level, color per class
- timestamps (styled)
- whether to show timestamp (what format the timestamp should be in)
- whether to show players level
- you can select the option for channel "stickys" (last channel you used you auto use when hitting enter, that sort of thing – or last thing someone said)
- change the looks of the chat's editbox - as well as where it appears (you can even undock it and move it to where you'd like it to be)
- chat fading, fading delay
- You can change the font to a list of fonts, add an outline to it, monochrome it (if you don’t mind messing with files a bit you could probably even add other fonts to that list)
- change the chat frame/chat box appearance
- Keep chat history between game sessions
- Set channel abbreviations
- set brackets and color(or something instead of brackets)round player/lvl
- alt invite option (press keyboard “alt” button and click on the player’s name to auto inv them)
- raid icon
- invite links - click them to invite the person
- URL copying
- Full chat copying + copy button
- Click timestamp to copy line
- Configurable alerts when your name or other word is mentioned
- enables tell target /tt which whispers your target
- Alias options - make macros into short commands
- See names of players Alt characters
- change chat sounds (incoming and outgoing as well as per channel)
- Achievements info and grats
- Full chat search and search box
- Customizable filters for advanced users
- Show item icon next to item links and player class icon next to player names
- Icon-only options for newcomers chat
- Optional flashing or font color change for chat tabs when a new message comes in.
You can enable/disable all Prat modules - don't have to have the ones you don't use running
While trying to reduce resource utilization, it is also important to note that some people prefer the features, and don't care that an addon uses 500k more.
I'm getting the following error in Classic WoW when I right-click on a player name in chat and select "Who is?" from the menu that appears:
Date: 2019-09-10 22:48:41
ID: 2
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\PlayerNames.lua line 876:
attempt to call global 'SendWho' (a nil value)
Debug:
Prat-3.0\modules\PlayerNames.lua:876: func()
..\FrameXML\UIDropDownMenu.lua:958: UIDropDownMenuButton_OnClick()
[string "*:OnClick"]:1:
[string "*:OnClick"]:1
Locals:
dropdownFrame = FriendsDropDown {
0 = <userdata>
Right = FriendsDropDownRight {
}
Left = FriendsDropDownLeft {
}
lineID = "42"
displayMode = "MENU"
chatFrame = ChatFrame1 {
}
Button = FriendsDropDownButton {
}
Icon = FriendsDropDownIcon {
}
Text = FriendsDropDownText {
}
chatTarget = "Getblinked-NethergardeKeep"
selectedLootMethod = "Loot: Group Loot"
name = "Getblinked"
initialize = <function> defined @Interface\FrameXML\FriendsFrame.lua:244
chatType = "CHANNEL"
Middle = FriendsDropDownMiddle {
}
selectedLootThreshold = "Uncommon"
which = "REPORT_PLAYER"
}
name = "Getblinked"
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "Getblinked"
(*temporary) = "attempt to call global 'SendWho' (a nil value)"
AddOns:
MoncaiCompare, v7.2.0
Swatter, v8.2.6377 (SwimmingSeadragon)
WowheadLooter, v11302
ACP, v3.5.6
AdvancedInterfaceOptions, v1.3.2
Atlas, vv1.45.01.11302
AtlasBattlegrounds, vv1.45.00.11302.00
AtlasClassicWoW, vv1.45.00.11302.04
AtlasDungeonLocs, vv1.45.00.11302.01
AtlasTransportation, vv1.45.00.11302.00
AtlasLootClassic, vv1.1.9-beta
AtlasLootClassicMaps, vv1.0.0
Bazooka, vv2.9.3
ClassicQuestLog, v1.4.5-Classic
CTCore, v8.2.0.5
CTLibrary, v8.2.0.5
CTMailMod, v8.2.0.5
CTPartyBuffs, v8.2.0.1
DejaClassicStats, v1302r021
eCastingBar, v1.3.0
FleecingTip, v113.1000(040919)
GatherMate2, v1.45
HandyNotes, vv1.5.6
HandyNotesDungeonLocationsClassic, v1.02
HandyNotesFlightMastersClassic, v1.05
iCPU, v1.13.0
iMoney, v1.13.0
InFlightLoad, v1.13.002
ItemTooltipProfessionIcons, v1.1.1
lsToasts, v11302.02
Mapster, v1.8.4
ModernQuestWatch, v1.0.6
oGlow, v2.2.8
Prat30, v3.7.34
Prat30Libraries, v
QuestFrameFixer, v1.1.1
QuestIconDesaturation, v3.1
Questie, v4.0.18 BETA
RecipeRadarClassic, v1.0.0.2
Recount, vv1.13.2b
RepairBroker, v8.2.0-2
SilverDragon, vv11302.0
SilverDragonClassic, vv11302.0
TipTac, v19.03.31
TipTacItemRef, v19.03.31
TomTom, vv11302-1.0.7
TrinketMenu, v7.3.2
UnitFramesPlus, v1.28
VendorPrice, v1.2.3
WhatsTraining, v1.8.1-beta
BlizRuntimeLib_enUS v1.13.2.11302 <none>
(ck=56b)
I've only just installed Swatter to my Classic WoW addons so I wasn't aware of this error before now, previously whenever I right-clicked on a player name in chat and selected "Who is?" nothing happened, but at least now I know why! ;)
In reply to RealGrizzlyUK:
Install WhoLib: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/wholib
I think I am just going to package it along with Prat from now on - but meantime you can use the standalone.
In reply to sylvanaar:
Thank for the info, probably would be a good idea to package WhoLib along with Prat because there's bound to be some who don't install it as a standalone and then report the "bug"! ;)
Next release I have added code to prat to change the class color as suggested below.
This will set the shaman class color to the post-BC blue that you all know.
I also fixed the version so it is 3.7.x again
In reply to sylvanaar:
For some reason this causes weakauras2 to not work. The moment I deleted that line weakauras started working again. Weakauras will not even load with that line in the lua file
In reply to jaseow:
Yes same for me, weakauras2 for classic will not work - if i disable prat then it work, already tried it ingame
In reply to jaseow:
Yes same for me, weakauras2 for classic will not work - if i disable prat then it work, already tried it ingame
In reply to jaseow:
Thanks for the heads up - new build is already pushed.
In reply to sylvanaar:
thanks! Works great now
Accidental double post. Deleted
In reply to sylvanaar:
Latest update of Prat 3.0 (v3.7.32) blocked my WeakAuras2 from loading, this wasn't an issue in previous versions. The /wa command doesn't work and my Auras doesn't load. I disabled all my addons except WA and then started to activate them one by one and when Prat got activated it stopped working.
Downloading the earlier version 3.2.31 fixed this for me.
In reply to sylvanaar:
I just wanted to give a huge thanks for all the work over the past years, sorry it's just a measly collection of words, wish i was able to do more.
cheers!
In reply to sylvanaar:
I didn't really want sham as blue. Can you put the option back to change this?
In reply to kurram:
You can install the custom class colors addon:
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/classcolors
If that doesn't work, I will look into it
In reply to kurram:
Just wanted to say I'm also not a fan of this change. At this point I'm just using an older version instead of installing another addon.
In reply to Forge_User_76658761:
Double post.
In reply to Forge_User_76658761:
I also reverted. The add-on should not by default override a default color, as PINK is the original color of the class. Why the developer chose to add this willy-nilly is beyond me. This should have been a toggle, if even implemented at all. He even said himself "post-BC blue". This is classic, man! Christ!
Now the default UI and every other add-on show the correct pink, while prat shows blue.
No, I'm not installing another add-on just to fix something that shouldn't exist. You should have told the people that wanted blue to go do this.
100% anyone asking for this didn't even play vanilla.
Time: Mon Sep 9 15:16:26 2019
Count: 1
Stack: Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:457: attempt to index local 'chan' (a nil value)
Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:457: in function `BuildChannelList'
Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:343: in function `OnModuleEnable'
Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\addon\modules.lua:183: in function <Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\addon\modules.lua:174>
[C]: ?
...face\AddOns\Atlas\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:70: in function <...face\AddOns\Atlas\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:65>
...face\AddOns\Atlas\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:527: in function `EnableAddon'
...face\AddOns\Atlas\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:540: in function `EnableAddon'
...face\AddOns\Atlas\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:620: in function <...face\AddOns\Atlas\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:605>
[C]: in function `LoadAddOn'
Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:353: in function `UIParentLoadAddOn'
Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:424: in function `TimeManager_LoadUI'
Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:693: in function <Interface\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:658>
Ty for porting this to classic! However, I created my first alt and was trying to use a profile and got this error:
[code]Message: Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:388: attempt to call method 'ResgisterSmartGroup' (a nil value) Time: Mon Sep 9 13:04:16 2019 Count: 1 Stack: Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:388: attempt to call method 'ResgisterSmartGroup' (a nil value) (tail call): ? (tail call): ? Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\modules\ChannelSticky.lua:388: in function `OnModuleDisable' Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\addon\modules.lua:190: in function <Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\addon\modules.lua:187> [C]: ? ...ccountant_Classic\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:70: in function <...ccountant_Classic\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:65> ...ccountant_Classic\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:562: in function <...ccountant_Classic\Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:555> (tail call): ? Interface\AddOns\Prat-3.0\addon\addon.lua:342: in function `?' ...toryClassic\Externals\Ace3\AceTimer\AceTimer-3.0.lua:55: in function <...toryClassic\Externals\Ace3\AceTimer\AceTimer-3.0.lua:50> Locals: <none>[/code]
is there a setting to control the chat window's fading? I'd like it to not go completely transparent.