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Got your Warcraft fix?AuctioneerDb: Online database website.
Hi everyone,
As many of you know, I have for the past 12 months or so been working on a WoW Auction Database application and online website/database called AuctioneerDb. It is designed to be a primarily free application with premium features available to paying customers, such as more frequently updated and more comprehensive statistics.
It is by no means necessary to obtain the premium service unless you're a serious user of these stats, however to support those that have supported us all these years, I will be gifting all of the Norganna's AddOns donators ($5 or over) with a complimentary 24 month membership to the service when it goes live next week.
It is important to note that the paid subscription service is necessary to cover the costs of the bandwidth and servers required to receive, store, process and redistribute all the data. Anyone who knows what kind of load this is on the servers knows that it can't be done well for free, however the client software that runs on your PC is completely open-source and you can use it in a standalone mode if you desire absolutely free of charge.
I'll announce more details when the time arrives!
As many of you know, I have for the past 12 months or so been working on a WoW Auction Database application and online website/database called AuctioneerDb. It is designed to be a primarily free application with premium features available to paying customers, such as more frequently updated and more comprehensive statistics.
It is by no means necessary to obtain the premium service unless you're a serious user of these stats, however to support those that have supported us all these years, I will be gifting all of the Norganna's AddOns donators ($5 or over) with a complimentary 24 month membership to the service when it goes live next week.
It is important to note that the paid subscription service is necessary to cover the costs of the bandwidth and servers required to receive, store, process and redistribute all the data. Anyone who knows what kind of load this is on the servers knows that it can't be done well for free, however the client software that runs on your PC is completely open-source and you can use it in a standalone mode if you desire absolutely free of charge.
I'll announce more details when the time arrives!
Season's Greetings
All,
No matter which holidays you observe during this celebratory time of the year, whether Christmas, Chanukah, Eid ul-Adha, Kwanzaa, Yule, or even just Winter Veil, we truly hope that they have been wondrous.
We are pleased that so many find our offerings to be helpful during their journeys into Azeroth and can only hope that they make your game time more productive and enjoyable, so that you have more time to spend with your friends and family.
Wishing you all the best for a healthy and prosperous New Year,
Your Friends here at Norganna's AddOns
No matter which holidays you observe during this celebratory time of the year, whether Christmas, Chanukah, Eid ul-Adha, Kwanzaa, Yule, or even just Winter Veil, we truly hope that they have been wondrous.
We are pleased that so many find our offerings to be helpful during their journeys into Azeroth and can only hope that they make your game time more productive and enjoyable, so that you have more time to spend with your friends and family.
Wishing you all the best for a healthy and prosperous New Year,
Your Friends here at Norganna's AddOns
Localization / Translations
Auctioneeros,
Happy to report that, thanks to a herculean effort by team member Kandoko, we are ready to begin some of the localization/translation work.
If you would like to contribute, head over to http://Localizer.Norganna.Org , log in with some clever user name/password, and start entering the translations that apply given the context of the setting/input field/help file.
Once the translations have had some time to be reviewed by other folks who are knowledgeable in each language, the new strings will be imported, and then included with the 5.2 release of Auctioneer and Auctioneer Suite.
Happy Sales,
Nikk
Happy to report that, thanks to a herculean effort by team member Kandoko, we are ready to begin some of the localization/translation work.
If you would like to contribute, head over to http://Localizer.Norganna.Org , log in with some clever user name/password, and start entering the translations that apply given the context of the setting/input field/help file.
Once the translations have had some time to be reviewed by other folks who are knowledgeable in each language, the new strings will be imported, and then included with the 5.2 release of Auctioneer and Auctioneer Suite.
Happy Sales,
Nikk
Informant, Auctioneer, and GatherDB "Northrend" Item Data
All,
Just an update to let everyone know that we are waiting on our data partner, Wowhead, to provide us with their portion of the WotLK item data.
Once we have the database, the information will be imported, and updates will be posted.
To help the process along, feel free to help contribute by running the Wowhead updater after a day of discovering Northrend.
You can find an MS Windows and OSX client at http://www.wowhead.com/?client .
Have fun in Northrend!!
Nikk
Edit: Status update- GathererDB has data and it is present in the Released version. Auctioneer, via Informant, has the data in the "WotLK Beta/Preview" version, available on the download page @ http://AuctioneerAddOn.Com/dl . **N.B. You could experience some issues, as that version is still in Beta status, but the current data is present. There should be no major issues preventing the use of any module.
Just an update to let everyone know that we are waiting on our data partner, Wowhead, to provide us with their portion of the WotLK item data.
Once we have the database, the information will be imported, and updates will be posted.
To help the process along, feel free to help contribute by running the Wowhead updater after a day of discovering Northrend.
You can find an MS Windows and OSX client at http://www.wowhead.com/?client .
Have fun in Northrend!!
Nikk
Edit: Status update- GathererDB has data and it is present in the Released version. Auctioneer, via Informant, has the data in the "WotLK Beta/Preview" version, available on the download page @ http://AuctioneerAddOn.Com/dl . **N.B. You could experience some issues, as that version is still in Beta status, but the current data is present. There should be no major issues preventing the use of any module.
Auctioneer conversion to use LibExtraTip
Auctioneer development trunk is currently going through the process of being upgraded to use the LibExtraTip embeddable library developed for us and the community in general by Tem (also generally known by his nick tardmrr), who has been instrumental in designing and developing for many of the current AddOn frameworks that exist in WoW today.
LibExtraTip was written by Tem to replace the inefficient and outdated code of EnhTooltip, which has been used by Auctioneer up until now. EnhTooltip was very outdated, somewhat buggy and had a very poorly designed API. The new LibExtraTip is efficient, open, embeddable and most importantly has a clearly defined API and is versioned using LibStub, so that the library may be confidently reused by other projects with ease.
What does this mean for our users? Less bugs, faster frame rates, lower memory usage and one less AddOn in your AddOns list.
Unfortunately this conversion process means that the Auctioneer Development trunk will likely be a little unstable over the coming week. We recommend that anyone who is not involved in testing/development abstain from updating your local checkouts until further notice.
Thanks for your understanding.
LibExtraTip was written by Tem to replace the inefficient and outdated code of EnhTooltip, which has been used by Auctioneer up until now. EnhTooltip was very outdated, somewhat buggy and had a very poorly designed API. The new LibExtraTip is efficient, open, embeddable and most importantly has a clearly defined API and is versioned using LibStub, so that the library may be confidently reused by other projects with ease.
What does this mean for our users? Less bugs, faster frame rates, lower memory usage and one less AddOn in your AddOns list.
Unfortunately this conversion process means that the Auctioneer Development trunk will likely be a little unstable over the coming week. We recommend that anyone who is not involved in testing/development abstain from updating your local checkouts until further notice.
Thanks for your understanding.
Auctioneer Suite 5.1.3715
Greetings, Auctioneeros,
A special thanks to those who gave above and beyond any expectations in order to deliver a working SimpleAuction Module!!
Some big additions this time.
SimpleAuction allows those who use it to post much the same as in "Classic".
** Shift+Left click to place item in the "drop box", set your pricing after reviewing the competition, and then post.
Added the Stat:iLevel which will provide price recommendations based off of an items level.
The AutoMagic module's auto-loader for mass-mailing should be back up and operational.
Happy Auctioneering,
Nikk and the rest of the team at Norganna's Addons
Revision: 3714 Fixes mistake in build script edit (5.1 branch)
Revision: 3713 merging 3711-3712 for build
Revision: 3710 Implements ADV-355: (5.1 branch) Adds SimpleAuction to the build script
Revision: 3708 merging 3665-HEAD in preparation for build
Revision: 3664 Merging 3663 into 5.1 branch Fixes automagics mail buttons
Revision: 3661 Merges 3660 Changes to the price level colors will be immediately displayed in the scroll frame
Revision: 3652 Merges 3651 The recolor system will detect user clicks and gray out messages appropriately.
Revision: 3650 merging 3642-HEAD to get Undercut fix and Appraiser's bid tooltip line into 5.1
Revision: 3648 Merging 3644 Fixed display on character always check box in compactUI
Revision: 3645 fixes ADV-337: (5.1 branch) nil pricearray won't bug out any more
Revision: 3643 (fixes ENX-64) fix the genericize link function in 5.1 branch
Revision: 3641 merging 3623-3636,3638-HEAD Does not include new SearchUI filter
Revision: 3640 Adds UCUT-15: (5.1 branch commit) Adds color-coded Tooltip line for undercut status
Revision: 3636 Fixes BCNT-215 Commits changes to 5.1 branch
Hopefully fixes corruption issues arising from users who tried the 3601 revisions release. Corrects itemLinks that contain [itemname]:80|h|r. Corrects truncated itemstrings to proper length.
Revision: 3631 Fixes BCNT-214 Fixes missing upgrade function from 2.02DB to 2.3-2.4 Now that WoW 3.0 Hacks are removed. Adding to 5.1 branch
Revision: 3629 ADV-327: also committing to 5.1
Revision: 3626 Fixes ASER-121: added comma so file will load properly.
Please make sure your code actually runs before committing
Revision: 3625 Merging in the fixes made to BeanCounter and ASER to 3618, 19, 23, and 24 Addressing bugs noted in BNCT and when clicking a chat link.
Revision: 3622 Merging 3615-3621
Revision: 3617 Fixes ENX-62 disambiguate dream dust and dream shards, this time in the 5.1 branch
Revision: 3613 PLVL-6: Add check that stackPrice isn't nil.
Revision: 3612 BCNT-211
Revision: 3611 AUEB-16: Pass the entire stack along to the original click handler
Revision: 3610 (EBRK-15) update localized strings for barker
Revision: 3609 (ENX-51) update localized strings
Revision: 3608 (ENX-48) add a few items to the reagent cache
Revision: 3607 (fixes ENX-61) part of the prospect totals code got lost along the way
Revision: 3606 (fixes ENX-60) if we can't find item data from GetInfo, fallback to user cache, and if that fails, fallback to constant cache
Revision: 3605 Fixes BCNT-210 Fixes reason codes from searchUI, btmScan. appraiser not being stored.
We will now sanitize/equalize the player level when extracting itemstrings for storage.
The full changlog is accessed by visiting http://Fisheye.Norganna.Org and then select "Auctioneer".
Edit: 1.) Fixed click-hook reference 2.) Fixed URL
A special thanks to those who gave above and beyond any expectations in order to deliver a working SimpleAuction Module!!
Some big additions this time.
Happy Auctioneering,
Nikk and the rest of the team at Norganna's Addons
Revision: 3714 Fixes mistake in build script edit (5.1 branch)
Revision: 3713 merging 3711-3712 for build
Revision: 3710 Implements ADV-355: (5.1 branch) Adds SimpleAuction to the build script
Revision: 3708 merging 3665-HEAD in preparation for build
Revision: 3664 Merging 3663 into 5.1 branch Fixes automagics mail buttons
Revision: 3661 Merges 3660 Changes to the price level colors will be immediately displayed in the scroll frame
Revision: 3652 Merges 3651 The recolor system will detect user clicks and gray out messages appropriately.
Revision: 3650 merging 3642-HEAD to get Undercut fix and Appraiser's bid tooltip line into 5.1
Revision: 3648 Merging 3644 Fixed display on character always check box in compactUI
Revision: 3645 fixes ADV-337: (5.1 branch) nil pricearray won't bug out any more
Revision: 3643 (fixes ENX-64) fix the genericize link function in 5.1 branch
Revision: 3641 merging 3623-3636,3638-HEAD Does not include new SearchUI filter
Revision: 3640 Adds UCUT-15: (5.1 branch commit) Adds color-coded Tooltip line for undercut status
Revision: 3636 Fixes BCNT-215 Commits changes to 5.1 branch
Hopefully fixes corruption issues arising from users who tried the 3601 revisions release. Corrects itemLinks that contain [itemname]:80|h|r. Corrects truncated itemstrings to proper length.
Revision: 3631 Fixes BCNT-214 Fixes missing upgrade function from 2.02DB to 2.3-2.4 Now that WoW 3.0 Hacks are removed. Adding to 5.1 branch
Revision: 3629 ADV-327: also committing to 5.1
Revision: 3626 Fixes ASER-121: added comma so file will load properly.
Please make sure your code actually runs before committing
Revision: 3625 Merging in the fixes made to BeanCounter and ASER to 3618, 19, 23, and 24 Addressing bugs noted in BNCT and when clicking a chat link.
Revision: 3622 Merging 3615-3621
Revision: 3617 Fixes ENX-62 disambiguate dream dust and dream shards, this time in the 5.1 branch
Revision: 3613 PLVL-6: Add check that stackPrice isn't nil.
Revision: 3612 BCNT-211
Revision: 3611 AUEB-16: Pass the entire stack along to the original click handler
Revision: 3610 (EBRK-15) update localized strings for barker
Revision: 3609 (ENX-51) update localized strings
Revision: 3608 (ENX-48) add a few items to the reagent cache
Revision: 3607 (fixes ENX-61) part of the prospect totals code got lost along the way
Revision: 3606 (fixes ENX-60) if we can't find item data from GetInfo, fallback to user cache, and if that fails, fallback to constant cache
Revision: 3605 Fixes BCNT-210 Fixes reason codes from searchUI, btmScan. appraiser not being stored.
We will now sanitize/equalize the player level when extracting itemstrings for storage.
The full changlog is accessed by visiting http://Fisheye.Norganna.Org and then select "Auctioneer".
Edit: 1.) Fixed click-hook reference 2.) Fixed URL
Server Down Time
All,
Due to some disk space issues, we need to briefly shut down the servers for, what we hope will be, less than a half hour.
If you try to access one of the sites, and cannot connect, simply check back in about a half hour.
Thank You!
Nikk and the rest of the team here at Norganna's Addons
Due to some disk space issues, we need to briefly shut down the servers for, what we hope will be, less than a half hour.
If you try to access one of the sites, and cannot connect, simply check back in about a half hour.
Thank You!
Nikk and the rest of the team here at Norganna's Addons
Auctioneer Suite 5.1.3662 Released!!
Auctioneeros,
This release, fixes all known, error-generating bugs in the 5.1 Auctioneer line.
Should any errors occur, others than the two known Blizzard bugs, notably "chatframe.xml" or "Blizzard_AuctionUI.lua", kindly report those via a post on our main support forum, http://Forums.Norganna.Org/4 .
Some highlights include:
*Tooltip Undercut notices re-added, such as "could not undercut" et cetera.
*The competition display in the lower-center column of Appraiser should be colored, in the same way as the CompactUI and the columns should fully display for all users, and not require any resizing.
**If any columns cause the need to scroll, or if you do not want to see the data, simply right click in the title bar area and drag left or right to resize the column.
*Users should, again, be able to see their items displayed on the character when selecting an item in the CompactUI.
*BeanCounter should once again recolor mail messages according to the options, as set by the user.
*BeanCounter's reason codes should be usable for all items purchased post 3.x.
*A few updates to various Enchantrix cache files and updates of the localizer strings.
Happy Auctioneering,
Nikk
Revision: 3661 Merges 3660 Changes to the price level colors will be immediately displayed in the scroll frame
Revision: 3652 Merges 3651 The recolor system will detect user clicks and gray out messages appropriately.
Revision: 3650 merging 3642-HEAD to get Undercut fix and Appraiser's bid tooltip line into 5.1
Revision: 3648 Merging 3644 Fixed display on character always check box in CompactUI
Revision: 3645 fixes ADV-337: (5.1 branch) nil pricearray won't bug out any more
Revision: 3643 (fixes ENX-64) fix the genericize link function in 5.1 branch
Revision: 3641 merging 3623-3636,3638-HEAD Does not include new SearchUI filter
Revision: 3640 Adds UCUT-15: (5.1 branch commit) Adds color-coded Tooltip line for undercut status
Revision: 3636 Fixes BCNT-215 Commits changes to 5.1 branch
Hopefully fixes corruption issues arising from users who tried the 3601 revisions release. Corrects itemLinks that contain [itemname]:80|h|r. Corrects truncated itemstrings to proper length.
Revision: 3631 Fixes BCNT-214 Fixes missing upgrade function from 2.02DB to 2.3-2.4 Now that WoW 3.0 Hacks are removed. Adding to 5.1 branch
Revision: 3629 ADV-327: also committing to 5.1
Revision: 3626 Fixes ASER-121: added comma so file will load properly.
Please make sure your code actually runs before committing
Revision: 3625 Merging in the fixes made to BeanCounter and ASER to 3618, 19, 23, and 24 Addressing bugs noted in BNCT and when clicking a chat link.
Revision: 3622 Merging 3615-3621
Revision: 3617 Fixes ENX-62 disambiguate dream dust and dream shards, this time in the 5.1 branch
Revision: 3613 PLVL-6: Add check that stackPrice isn't nil.
Revision: 3612 BCNT-211
Revision: 3611 AUEB-16: Pass the entire stack along to the original click handler
Revision: 3610 (EBRK-15) update localized strings for barker
Revision: 3609 (ENX-51) update localized strings
Revision: 3608 (ENX-48) add a few items to the reagent cache
Revision: 3607 (fixes ENX-61) part of the prospect totals code got lost along the way
Revision: 3606 (fixes ENX-60) if we can't find item data from GetInfo, fallback to user cache, and if that fails, fallback to constant cache
Revision: 3605 Fixes BCNT-210 Fixes reason codes from searchUI, btmScan. appraiser not being stored.
We will now sanitize/equalize the player level when extracting itemstrings for storage.
For even more, the full changelog is accessed by visiting http://Fisheye.Norganna.Org and then select "Auctioneer".
Edit: 1.) Moved to correct category aand formatting changes. 2.) Corrected URL
This release, fixes all known, error-generating bugs in the 5.1 Auctioneer line.
Should any errors occur, others than the two known Blizzard bugs, notably "chatframe.xml" or "Blizzard_AuctionUI.lua", kindly report those via a post on our main support forum, http://Forums.Norganna.Org/4 .
Some highlights include:
*Tooltip Undercut notices re-added, such as "could not undercut" et cetera.
*The competition display in the lower-center column of Appraiser should be colored, in the same way as the CompactUI and the columns should fully display for all users, and not require any resizing.
**If any columns cause the need to scroll, or if you do not want to see the data, simply right click in the title bar area and drag left or right to resize the column.
*Users should, again, be able to see their items displayed on the character when selecting an item in the CompactUI.
*BeanCounter should once again recolor mail messages according to the options, as set by the user.
*BeanCounter's reason codes should be usable for all items purchased post 3.x.
*A few updates to various Enchantrix cache files and updates of the localizer strings.
Happy Auctioneering,
Nikk
Revision: 3661 Merges 3660 Changes to the price level colors will be immediately displayed in the scroll frame
Revision: 3652 Merges 3651 The recolor system will detect user clicks and gray out messages appropriately.
Revision: 3650 merging 3642-HEAD to get Undercut fix and Appraiser's bid tooltip line into 5.1
Revision: 3648 Merging 3644 Fixed display on character always check box in CompactUI
Revision: 3645 fixes ADV-337: (5.1 branch) nil pricearray won't bug out any more
Revision: 3643 (fixes ENX-64) fix the genericize link function in 5.1 branch
Revision: 3641 merging 3623-3636,3638-HEAD Does not include new SearchUI filter
Revision: 3640 Adds UCUT-15: (5.1 branch commit) Adds color-coded Tooltip line for undercut status
Revision: 3636 Fixes BCNT-215 Commits changes to 5.1 branch
Hopefully fixes corruption issues arising from users who tried the 3601 revisions release. Corrects itemLinks that contain [itemname]:80|h|r. Corrects truncated itemstrings to proper length.
Revision: 3631 Fixes BCNT-214 Fixes missing upgrade function from 2.02DB to 2.3-2.4 Now that WoW 3.0 Hacks are removed. Adding to 5.1 branch
Revision: 3629 ADV-327: also committing to 5.1
Revision: 3626 Fixes ASER-121: added comma so file will load properly.
Please make sure your code actually runs before committing
Revision: 3625 Merging in the fixes made to BeanCounter and ASER to 3618, 19, 23, and 24 Addressing bugs noted in BNCT and when clicking a chat link.
Revision: 3622 Merging 3615-3621
Revision: 3617 Fixes ENX-62 disambiguate dream dust and dream shards, this time in the 5.1 branch
Revision: 3613 PLVL-6: Add check that stackPrice isn't nil.
Revision: 3612 BCNT-211
Revision: 3611 AUEB-16: Pass the entire stack along to the original click handler
Revision: 3610 (EBRK-15) update localized strings for barker
Revision: 3609 (ENX-51) update localized strings
Revision: 3608 (ENX-48) add a few items to the reagent cache
Revision: 3607 (fixes ENX-61) part of the prospect totals code got lost along the way
Revision: 3606 (fixes ENX-60) if we can't find item data from GetInfo, fallback to user cache, and if that fails, fallback to constant cache
Revision: 3605 Fixes BCNT-210 Fixes reason codes from searchUI, btmScan. appraiser not being stored.
We will now sanitize/equalize the player level when extracting itemstrings for storage.
For even more, the full changelog is accessed by visiting http://Fisheye.Norganna.Org and then select "Auctioneer".
Edit: 1.) Moved to correct category aand formatting changes. 2.) Corrected URL
Classic-like Post Frame
Ok guys.
I know it doesn't sound like it, but we have been listening to what you guys have been telling us, and for the most part what you're saying is that you don't like the complexity of Appraiser, and some don't like CompactUI (the replacement browse tab)
For those that don't like CompactUI, the answer is simple - turn it off. simply go into auctioneer config via the Configure button on the AH window, find Util/CompactUI, disable it and then logout/back in.
For those that don't like Appraiser and want back a simpler, easier posting window: We hear you. Loud and clear.
Even though we believe that Appraiser is far superior and if you'd just give it a chance, you'd learn to like it, we're not about to force you to use something you don't want, so we're going to implement a simple post tab that works like the old classic interface. It won't be exactly the same, but we're hoping to get the feel as similar as possible.
Please bear with us for a few days while we get something ready for you ok?
Thanks,
The Dev Team.
Edit: If you yearn for the "Classic" style post frame, click the "Simple" button located at the top of the Appraiser Frame. That will allow you to post in the more familiar way until other changes come on line.
I know it doesn't sound like it, but we have been listening to what you guys have been telling us, and for the most part what you're saying is that you don't like the complexity of Appraiser, and some don't like CompactUI (the replacement browse tab)
For those that don't like CompactUI, the answer is simple - turn it off. simply go into auctioneer config via the Configure button on the AH window, find Util/CompactUI, disable it and then logout/back in.
For those that don't like Appraiser and want back a simpler, easier posting window: We hear you. Loud and clear.
Even though we believe that Appraiser is far superior and if you'd just give it a chance, you'd learn to like it, we're not about to force you to use something you don't want, so we're going to implement a simple post tab that works like the old classic interface. It won't be exactly the same, but we're hoping to get the feel as similar as possible.
Please bear with us for a few days while we get something ready for you ok?
Thanks,
The Dev Team.
Edit: If you yearn for the "Classic" style post frame, click the "Simple" button located at the top of the Appraiser Frame. That will allow you to post in the more familiar way until other changes come on line.
Auctioneer 5.1 released.
I am pleased to announce that we have the Auctioneer 5.1 release ready to go.
The 5.1 release is for WoW 3.0.2 (TOC version 30000), and while we still have the version 5.0 Auctioneer available for downloads on the download page, this version is for the European users who still have not patched yet.
As is always the case on patch days, there's likely to be things that have gone awry. We've tried the best we can to predict all possible outcomes, but ultimately we have only been able to test on the PTR, the same as you guys, and there's no guarantees that the live 3.0.2 will act exactly the same as the PTR, so if you find any bugs, please report them back as soon as possible, and please, please, please backup your WoW/WTF folder first thing, OK? We don't want you to be telling us you forgot when we ask you if you made backups. :)
Ok, kids go get 'em, and remember, there's no "I" in "Team"!
The 5.1 release is for WoW 3.0.2 (TOC version 30000), and while we still have the version 5.0 Auctioneer available for downloads on the download page, this version is for the European users who still have not patched yet.
As is always the case on patch days, there's likely to be things that have gone awry. We've tried the best we can to predict all possible outcomes, but ultimately we have only been able to test on the PTR, the same as you guys, and there's no guarantees that the live 3.0.2 will act exactly the same as the PTR, so if you find any bugs, please report them back as soon as possible, and please, please, please backup your WoW/WTF folder first thing, OK? We don't want you to be telling us you forgot when we ask you if you made backups. :)
Ok, kids go get 'em, and remember, there's no "I" in "Team"!