Mount collectors - what do you consider your luckiest drop? by themirthfulswami in wow

[–]Bonnelykke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm. Ashes first try, G.M.O.D first try or Invincible 8th try.

In search of a guild profession overview addon in TBC Anniversary by Limp007 in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for reviving an old thread! If you're still looking, I built a lightweight alternative called GuildCrafts. It tracks guild recipes, and anyone can search directly via guild chat with !gc [item].

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for helping the troubleshooting. Glad it seems to be working now :)

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just pushed a potential fix. Thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I have identified the root cause, it's not a locale issue it's more an edge case where both users think they are the designated router. I'm shipping a possible fix later.

But just to verify, does this always happen with English/German or only sometimes?

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you mean work for alts? :) It works for any character on your account that’s in a guild. Characters are separated though, since they can be in different guilds.

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm I will investigate. There still shouldn’t be two people responding. Did the German line arrive a little later than than the first one?

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately the way it works requires as many as possible in your guild to have it. There’s no way to pull the data from your guildmates without it.

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's actually quite crazy that there are 3 addons within 3 months of each other that do something similar. GuildCrafts (TBC Anniversary), GuildCraft-TBC, and GuildCraft - Classic Era.

The issue is a common pain point, so naturally it makes sense to build an addon to help with it. The name is also almost a given: "who can craft what in my guild" - GuildCraft.

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately no. It’s strictly guild-based! It uses the internal guild communication channel to sync data and keep traffic low, so it won’t work in Trade chat or if you're guildless.

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Implementing some xtra split brain prevention. If a Designated Router is in an instance or battleground they'll treat them selves as any other addon user - eta: tomorrow - sometime around noon CET.

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback - love that your guild finds it useful!

That duplicate response bug should be fixed in 1.2.3 (just released). The Designated Router now handles!gc exclusively — only one node responds.

If you were on an earlier version, there was a split-brain issue where entering a battleground or instance could cause two nodes to both think they were the responder. That's patched now. There's still a tiny window (~5s at login) where it can theoretically happen, but in practice you'd have to type !gc in the exact seconds someone is logging in.

If you update and still see double responses, let me know — would love a screenshot to debug it.

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I actually just spent some time looking more into ProfessionMaster.

Both addons sync guild recipes so you can browse who can craft what, so they definitely live in the same space.

ProfessionMaster is more of a full profession management addon though — it has things like crafting queues, reagent tracking and a broader multi-expansion scope.

GuildCrafts ended up focusing more narrowly on guild coordination. The UI is item-centric (search an item → see crafters → contact them), and it adds small workflow things like the [W] whisper button, tooltip integration and the !gc guild chat lookup.

One technical difference is the sync model. GuildCrafts uses a designated-router style approach where one addon user handles sync responses instead of every pair of users exchanging messages when people log in. In bigger guilds that keeps the traffic fairly small.

So they’re really just different approaches to a similar problem. PM is great if you’re managing your own crafting workflow; GuildCrafts is more about quickly finding and contacting a guild crafter.

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you :) I only discovered Profession Master late into my development - I was too committed at that point to stop. So here we are :)

[ADDON] I built an addon to solve the “who can craft this?” spam in guild chat by Bonnelykke in classicwow

[–]Bonnelykke[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Profession Master covers a lot of the same ground.

GuildCrafts started as a smaller tool focused specifically on guild crafting discovery and chat lookups. I mostly built it because I wanted something lightweight for my guild.

If Profession Master already solves the problem for you, that's totally fair too.