PLEASE NOTE:
Currently Being Rewritten For <Knights of Insomnia> [Mankrik]
Purpose
TriviaBot allows the user to host quiz games for other players.
Spamming it in /say in crowded places or /general is not a good idea,
but Blizzard's spam prevention makes it alot harder to abuse it that way currently.
It's a nice and safe pass-time among consenting adults. :-)
Used best in the custom channel, a party with friends or to liven up that "dead" guild chat.
If you wish to join in on the development of TriviaBot and join a really nice Horde guild, then allow me to suggest - Knights of Insomnia - [H] [Mankrik]
Feel free to join our Discord for more information on the guild: https://discord.gg/EWB8G3T
Beta
Triviabot is now updated for 7.2.5. As the game has updated numerous times since the last update we are releasing a triviabot beta. Any comments on errors would be greatly appreciated.
Known bugs:
- Invalid channel count output in towns and cities
Usage
- /triviabot or /trivia to bring up it's control panel.
- then you can use the dropdowns to select among different Question Lists and Categories.
- set the output and customize the announce intervals, reporting options etc.
Other Commands
- /trivia help will list other commands.
- !tb help whispered to a game host will list other whisper commands.
Quizzes
With version 2.8.0 and later
TriviaBot no longer contains pre-packaged Quizzes with the main download!
- Quizzes are instead coming in the form of separate Load on Demand addons called Quiz plugins.
- This allows the game to load much faster since Question Lists are not loaded until the Quiz host selects them from the TriviaBot control panel.
- Gives you the option to install only quiz themes and languages that interest you.
- Allows the community to create and share quizzes without having to wait for the main addon to be repackaged.
Quiz Plug-ins
Be aware of fake question lists. List updated 7th December 2017.
English
- Lorewalkers of Silvermoon (NEW!) - Authors: Cybernoid and co.
- TriviaBot Quiz Timeless Authors: Blizzard / Dridzt for the conversion.
- TriviaBot_QuestionsWoW1 (previously prepackaged as \Questions\TriviaQuestions1.lua) Generic WoW BC/LK era.
- TriviaBot_QuestionsWoW2 (previously prepackaged as \Questions\TriviaQuestions7.lua) Generic WoW Classic era.
- Timeless by Road_Block
- TriviaBot_QuizAnythingHessinger 4897 Generic - non WoW questions (previously \Questions\TriviaQuestions2.lua)
- TriviaBot_QuizDragonSoul1 Authors: Marchello@Aszune / zopa34
- Nerdtastic (Video game questions) Author: Rorrey.
- TriviaBot Boss Strategies Authors: Urkel and Shamanshis - EU-Darksorrow.
- TriviaBot_CataTrivia500 Authors: Etuliela and Indomie, US-Barthilas.
- TriviaBot_CataTrivia501-1000 Authors: Etuliela and Indomie, US-Barthilas.
- Triviabot_CataTrivia1000 Authors: Etuliela and Idomie, US-Barthilas.
German
- [TriviaBot] WoWQuiz500 Authors: Gholeras & Menesus - Kult der Verdammten EU.
Russian
- TriviaBot_RU SpeedGame Authors: Aleksei Sa[i]reS Nedopeka
- TriviaBot_RU QuestionWoW1 Authors: Варивода Regaska Андрей, Киряков Reidor Александр, Лихачёва Romixxa Анастасия
- TriviaBot Warcraft - RU Questions Authors: Fatali, EU-Gordunni (RU)
French
- TriviaBot_QuestionsFR Authors: Fangska - Archimonde (EU)
You need at least one quiz plugin installed for TriviaBot to be able to host a game.
More will be added as users or the TriviaBot Team creates new quiz plug-ins.
Making your own load on demand Quiz
- A sample addon and basic instructions (README_EN.txt) on how to create your own quiz
can be found in TriviaBot\Questions\ sub-folder coming with TriviaBot v2.8.0 and later. - TriviaBot_QuestionMaker is still available for helping with the question file.
More details on the QuestionMaker page on how to submit your questions for inclusion to a Quiz Plug-in.
If you create and upload a new Quiz be sure to make a comment or file a ticket
or drop us a PM so the link can be included to the Quiz Addons list on this page.
Localization
Version 2.8.4 ruRU 100% done! Thanks Sa1reS
Version 2.8.0.2 deDE 100% done! Thanks Nihlo
Version 2.8.0.1 frFR: 97.1% done! Thanks FelheartCdO
From version 2.7.0 and later there's no longer a need for fans to scour the source files for strings to modify.
If you want to help translate the interface or output to your language
- Visit the Localization page.
- Find your language in the list and click the number of untranslated phrases (eg. ruRU)
- Submit your translated terms and they will be included with the addon in a future minor update.
Help
Due to the complete rework of question format for 2.5.x you can't use old questions from 2.4.x and earlier.
is there a way to create new quizzes for wow classic ?
https://pastebin.com/9aGRqqc1
I get this error message when trying to use. The bot will say the intro, but after "Starting a round of X questions." the bug appears, and it will never ask a question. I can click the Skip Question button and the bot will say "Question was skipped:", but nothing happens again.. This happens in both /say and the custom channel
Doesn't work in Classic.
Says starting and just doesn't post any questions.
I guess this addon is dead. Thanks Blizzz..
Pour les français :
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/triviabot_questionsfr_bfa
Actualisation de l'ancienne base de donnée - Modification de l'ensemble du fichier TriviaQuestionsFR.lua - Recatégorisation, actualisation et ajouts de questions jusque BFA.
Amusez vous bien ;)
So it looks like Blizzard broke some core functionality of this addon when they released 8.2.5 (https://twitter.com/deadlybossmods/status/1176685822223011842). It should work unhindered in guild/party/raid chat and in say/yell while in an instance but custom channels appear to no longer be supportable in the current form of the mod. They appear to have put in restrictions on automated chat messages such that only the messages that write as a result of a user input, such as clicking start quiz, will print. The automated questions and such appear to be tainted now when attempting to send them to custom channels. Which really puts a damper on the usefulness of this mod, at least in the way that my guild uses it.
Seems to me that unless blizzard decides to relax the restriction somehow or a clever work around is found, which they will likely put an end to, then a redesign of the addon is probably necessary to include more use inputs to drive the mod?
When I type in /trivia, I get an error: [ERROR][TriviaBot]: TriviaBot hasn't finished initializing. Try in a few seconds. Is there something that can interfere with the addon? I've waited half an hour and still can't seem to get it loaded.
tried running this in general chat and people were answering correctly but the bot did not able to see or whatever and it always said no one gave correct answer.
anyone have a link for a working Nerdtastic Quiz? The link in the desc doesnt work anymore.
Hello, I installed Triviabot for classic. The quiz list has a dropdown with only "no quiz found" in the list. How do I choose quiz lists for it?
In reply to aisenfaire:
Did you make sure to download some quiz lists?
In reply to SumoTheKat1:
Thank you, I completely missed the part where I had to dl the lists separately!
PLEASE NOTE: TriviaBot is being rewritten for World of Warcraft Classic as well as the live game. The repository will change when it is released. Please check back often to be notified when this happens.
UPDATED & WORKING FOR WORLD OF WARCRAFT
If you want to join us please feel free to visit us on [US][PAYNE][Bloodsail Buccaneers] message anyone in the guild for an invite (I play Kuimasi/Hunter.) We are currently in need of active players whom goals are end game content (such as raiding, etc) but are also after making lifelong friends as well as fun with a game we all know and love.
In reply to SumoTheKat1:
In the next version we are going to be updating the user interface a bit. Make it feel a tad more modern (which is ironic considering it's a classic.)
Also: If anybody is interested our guild discord is located at: https://discord.gg/RkJhfdH Come in, feel free to talk. I am SumoKat in there and am pretty much online all the time.
TRIVIABOT 3.0 SET TO RELEASE ON 09/03/2019
It's been some time coming, but I think I will be releasing TriviaBot 3.0 this afternoon to help usher in a new feel for a new journey. I have been using TriviaBot for many years and just like many other users I was always saddened or upset when it would break from one patch to the next. However, after I became a developer for TriviaBot I sort of made a vow to myself that I wouldn't ever see it get in such a shape as it was when I became an author. So, this time, I dropped the old TriviaBot user interface (yes, I know, it's a classic) in the hopes of giving the AddOn a much needed facelift. I just hope that everybody likes the new interface and where I am leading TriviaBot. Also, if you have any feature request or opinions please feel free to let me know so they can get fixed/added.
Feeling Supportive? If you feel like buying me a Dr. Pepper for continued development/advancement of TriviaBot please feel free to by visiting this link (donations are appreciated but absolutely not required.): https://paypal.me/sumosoft
In reply to SumoTheKat1:
I am really looking forward to testing out this addon with my guildmates (assuming they let me)! I tried to join your Discord via the link but it says it's expired. Any chance for a new one please?
In reply to Wulfegang:
Fixed the link, thanks for the heads up :D
Using the Beta release for now, on 8.2, and I get the following:
[ERROR][TriviaBot]: Unexpected number of server channels:6
as well as
TriviaBot has been blocked from an action only available to the Blizzard UI. You can disable this addon and reload the UI.
Disable Ignore
Had great fun with someone using the addon the other night, but these keep it from working at all.
Other small fixes
UIDropDownMenuTemplates.xml
Line 364 becomes
PlaySound(SOUNDKIT.U_CHAT_SCROLL_BUTTON);
UIDropDownMenu.lua
Line 728 becomes
PlaySound(SOUNDKIT.U_CHAT_SCROLL_BUTTON);
This with the previous 2 fixes (mine and cybernoids) make triviabot function on live right now
Does anyone have a fix for
Interface\AddOns\TriviaBot\TriviaBot.lua:321: Usage: GetChannelName([channelIndex] or [channelName])
I'm guessing it's because GetChannelList now returns 3 variables rather than the 2 of a few months ago...
**edit**
Ok this looks like it may be a rather large fix requiring some rewrites to the code that counts and lists the channels... fun times ahead!
**Second Edit**
A quick fix is to edit line 326 from
There appear to be some API changes in GuildControlGetRankFlags and GuildControlSetRank - namely, you may now need to listen on PLAYER_GUILD_UPDATE and GUILD_ROSTER_UPDATE events in order for these functions to always return valid data.
A quick fix for TriviaBot to work under the BfA prepatch 8.0 would be to change the lines 851 to 862 in TriviaBot.lua, to the following:
function TriviaBot.IsOfficer()
return false;
-- local _,_,playerrank = GetGuildInfo("player");
-- GuildControlSetRank(playerrank + 1);
-- local _,_,officerchat_listen,officerchat_speak = GuildControlGetRankFlags();
-- if (officerchat_listen == 1 and officerchat_speak == 1) then
-- return true;
-- else
-- return false;
-- end
end
NOTE: As a side-effect, you will lose the ability to use TriviaBot in the Officer chat.