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Comprehensive Monitoring Suite for WoW TBC Classic Anniversary

Version 2.9 | Author: Robert | Interface 20506 (TBC Anniversary patch 2.5.6)

Watching Machine combines eleven powerful monitoring and automation tools into a single unified addon with a central dashboard. Updated for The Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition patch 2.5.6.

Automatically manages chat and combat logging.

• Enables chat logging on login
• Automatically enables combat logging in raid instances (10/25-man for TBC)
• Optional logging in 5-man dungeons
• Advanced Combat Logging guard: verifies the advancedCombatLogging CVar on login and when entering a raid, and re-enables it if it was turned off (required for complete Warcraft Logs uploads); toggleable in settings

Monitor public channels for specific keywords with duplicate detection.

• Monitor Trade, General, LFG, and other channels
• 5-minute result retention with deduplication
• Sound and chat alerts

Long-term logging of items and gold received via mail and trades.

• Logs gold, items, and auction house transactions
• Multi-character support with character selector
• Filter by Gold, Items, AH Sales, AH Buys, Expired
• Duplicate-proof bulk mail pulling (Postal-style addons and retry-spam handled)
• "Open All Mail" button pulls are logged too

Parse services channel for boost advertisements by dungeon.

• Classic dungeons: RFC, SFK, SM, Mara, LBRS, ZG, Strat
• TBC dungeons: Ramparts, Blood Furnace, Slave Pens, Underbog, Mana Tombs, Shattered Halls, Shadow Lab, Botanica, Mechanar, Arcatraz
• Separate tab for summons/portals

Track whispers and quickly look up players on Warcraft Logs.

• Auto-detects your server via GetRealmName() and injects it into WCL URLs
• Per-player realm tracking: Cross-server whispers and group members get their correct server in the URL, not yours
• Parses full "Player-Realm" format from whisper events and group roster
• Generates correct fresh.warcraftlogs.com URLs per region (US/EU/KR/TW/CN) — the Warcraft Logs partition for Anniversary realms; saved entries from older versions are migrated automatically
• "Scan Raid/Party" button to add all group members with correct realms
• Shows detected server in UI header, cross-server players tagged with realm name
• Click to copy URL, right-click to remove

Auto-invite guild members to raid when they say the trigger word.

• Responds to trigger word (default: "inv") in guild chat or whispers
• Verifies guild membership before inviting whisper requests
• Requires party/raid leader or raid assist to process invites
• Auto-converts party to raid only when a 6th member is invited (won't convert legitimate 5-man parties)
• Say "raid" or "raid convert" in party/guild to manually convert
• TBC-compatible API calls with pcall protection (safe during arena/BG transitions)
• Invite logging with timestamps

Visual raid debuff monitoring with auto-detection and raid alerts.

• Tracks important debuffs on your target with priority awareness
• Shows visual indicators (green=present, red=missing, yellow=suboptimal)
• Per-debuff selection: choose exactly which debuffs to track per category
• Raid Auto-Detection: Scans raid roster for classes and talent specs
  • Detects specs via persistent buffs (Shadowform, Moonkin Form, Leader of the Pack, Tree of Life, Trueshot Aura)
  • Three-state availability: confirmed (green), unconfirmed (yellow, class present but spec unknown), absent (red)
  • Auto-enables only debuff categories your raid can actually provide
  • Auto-disables individual debuffs when their required class/spec is missing
  • Re-scans on roster changes and every 5 seconds for spec buffs
  • Manual override available (toggle auto-detect off for full manual control)
• Missing Debuff Raid Alerts: Sends raid chat/warning when a tracked debuff is missing from a boss
  • Configurable delay before alerting (2-15 seconds, default 5s)
  • Configurable cooldown between repeat alerts (10-120 seconds, default 30s)
  • Uses /rw with assist, /raid without
  • Boss-only mode (on by default), alerts include expected debuff names
  • Off by default, enable in settings
• Tracked Categories (TBC-accurate, no WotLK abilities):
  • Armor Reduction: Improved Expose Armor > Expose Armor > Sunder Armor > Faerie Fire
  • Physical Damage: Blood Frenzy (Arms Warrior)
  • Shadow Damage: Shadow Weaving (Shadow Priest), Curse of Elements
  • Spell Hit: Misery (Shadow Priest)
  • Fire Damage: Improved Scorch (Fire Mage), Curse of Elements
  • Attack Speed: Improved Thunder Clap, Thunder Clap
  • AP Reduction: Demoralizing Shout/Roar, Curse of Weakness
  • Healing Debuff: Mortal Strike, Wound Poison, Aimed Shot (MM Hunter)
  • Hunter's Mark
• Configurable: show only in raid, show only on boss, categories to track
• Draggable frame, lockable position

Track hostile players who kill you in world PvP and get proximity alerts.

• Kill Tracking: Automatically logs players who kill you outside battlegrounds/arenas
  • Records killer name, class, level, guild, zone, timestamp, and kill count
  • Attributes kills via last-damage-source tracking (5-second window)
  • Ignores deaths in battlegrounds and arenas
• Proximity Detection (5 layers):
  • Nameplate detection (NAME_PLATE_UNIT_ADDED event)
  • Periodic nameplate scan (every 1 second, 40 nameplates)
  • Mouseover detection
  • Target change detection
  • Combat log source matching
• Alert System:
  • Chat alerts with class-colored names, guild, and kill count
  • Sound alerts (PvP flag capture sound)
  • Screen alerts via RaidWarningFrame
  • Per-player cooldown (default 30s) to prevent spam
  • Each alert type independently toggleable
• Kill-on-Sight List:
  • Sorted by kill count, scrollable
  • Add manually by name or "Add Target" button
  • Hover tooltip with guild, notes, and exact kill dates
  • Per-entry remove, Clear All with confirmation
  • "Manual tracking only" mode to disable auto-logging
• Guild Sync: Share KOS lists with guildies running WatchingMachine
  • Real-time kill broadcasts to guild channel on every PvP death
  • Full list sync on login and on-demand (Request Sync / Send List buttons)
  • Per-reporter kill tracking with merge logic (won't echo data back)
  • Revenge announcements: guild chat message when you kill a KOS enemy reported by a guildie
  • Configurable: enable/disable, show sync messages, auto-request on login
• KOS Leaderboard: Compete with guildies for most KOS kills
  • 1 point per KOS-listed enemy killed, synced across guild
  • Separate leaderboard window with ranked list, bar graph, gold/silver/bronze medals
  • Three announcement modes: Off, Hourly (top 3 to guild chat), On Lead Change (new #1 alert)
  • Reset button to wipe leaderboard data
• Error-resilient: pcall-protected event handlers with auto-disable on repeated failures

Automated guild recruiting system.

• Scan unguilded players by class and level range (1-70 for TBC)
• Customizable message with %GUILD% placeholder

Full raid buff audit that runs automatically on every ready check.

• You start the ready check → missing buffs are announced to raid/party chat ("Missing Fortitude: Player1, Player2")
• Someone else starts it → the same report prints locally where only you can see it
• Tracked buffs (TBC): Fortitude, Mark of the Wild, Arcane Intellect, Paladin Blessings (any), Divine Spirit, Shadow Protection, Well Fed, Flasks — each individually toggleable
• PallyPower integration: when PallyPower is running and paladins in your group have assignments, each player is checked against their assigned blessings (class assignments + single-target assignments) and the report names the exact missing blessing ("Missing Blessing of Kings: Player1"); greater and normal versions both count; falls back to the generic "any blessing" check when PallyPower is absent or unconfigured
• Class buffs are only checked when the providing class is actually in the group (no priest = no Fortitude nag)
• Only classes a buff applies to are checked (rogues aren't flagged for missing Intellect)
• Offline and dead players are skipped (listed separately in the local report)
• Long reports are split to respect the chat message length cap
• "Run Check Now" button for manual local checks any time
• Optional "all buffs up!" confirmation message

Passive raid gear & talent archive (integrated from the standalone ArmorySnap addon, keeping its fast v1.2 scanner).

• Passively snapshots every raid member's gear while you're in a raid instance — enchants and gems included (TBC item links embed both)
• Fast event-chained scanning: the next inspect fires the moment the previous one resolves; a full 25-man with everyone in range captures in roughly 15–20 seconds
• Out-of-range members retried every 15 seconds; new joiners picked up within 10 seconds
• Paper-doll browser: pick a snapshot, pick a member, see their gear laid out like the character frame with native tooltips; Shift-click to link items
• Talent tree capture (full detail for yourself; tree names/icons for inspected players — the Anniversary API doesn't expose inspected point counts to any addon)
• Enchant/gem count summary per character
• Zone-aware sessions labeled timestamp + zone; snapshots retained 1/7/14/30 days (dropdown)
• Manual snapshots via /as snap [label]; optional scanning in 5-man/world groups
• Migrates your existing archive: uses the same ArmorySnapDB saved variable as the standalone addon; if the standalone addon is still enabled, the module stands down and tells you (disable one or the other)
• Keeps the standalone /as slash commands; also /wmachine armory

Addon-wide theme support accessible via /wmachine settings or the Settings button on the dashboard.

• Default: Standard WoW dialog box styling with gold headers and bright status colors
• ElvUI: Pixel-perfect dark theme with 1px borders, double-border effect, warm gold text, and muted colors. Auto-detected if ElvUI or Tukui is installed.

• Dashboard and all module cards
• All module settings panels (ArmorySnap ships its own ElvUI toggle instead, carried over from the standalone addon)
• Debuff Tracker overlay and indicators
• Live re-skinning: theme changes apply immediately without /reload

Built-in error capture system for debugging.

• Captures all WatchingMachine-related errors with timestamps and stack traces
• Stored in SavedVariables (persists across sessions, max 200 entries)
• /wmachine errors - show last 20 errors in chat
• /wmachine clearerrors - clear the error log

1. Extract the WatchingMachine folder to your WoW addons directory:
   • World of Warcraft\_classic_anniversary_\Interface\AddOns\
2. Restart WoW or reload UI (/reload)

• /wmachine - Toggle the main dashboard
• /wmachine settings - Open theme/addon settings
• /wmachine logger - Open Auto Logger settings
• /wmachine keyword - Open Keyword Monitor
• /wmachine mail - Open Mail & Trade Logger
• /wmachine services - Open Services Parser
• /wmachine wcl - Open Whisper Logs (WCL Lookup)
• /wmachine ginvite - Open Guild Invite
• /wmachine debuff - Open Debuff Tracker settings
• /wmachine pvp - Open PvP Enemy Tracker
• /wmachine recruit - Open Recruiting Tool
• /wmachine buffcheck - Open Buff Check settings
• /wmachine armory - Open ArmorySnap gear browser (also /as, /as snap, /as list, ...)
• /wmachine minimap - Toggle minimap button visibility
• /wmachine resetminimap - Reset minimap button position
• /wmachine status - Show status of all modules
• /wmachine errors - Show captured error log
• /wmachine clearerrors - Clear error log
• /wmachine help - Show command help

• Left-click: Toggle dashboard
• Drag: Move button anywhere on screen

• WatchingMachineDB - Core settings, theme, error log
• AutoLoggerDB - Auto Logger settings
• KeywordMonitorDB - Keyword Monitor data
• MailLoggerDB - Mail & Trade logs
• ServicesParserDB - Services Parser settings
• WhisperLogsDB - Whisper Logs data
• GuildInviteDB - Guild Invite settings and log
• DebuffTrackerDB - Debuff Tracker settings
• PvPTrackerDB - PvP Enemy Tracker data and enemy list
• RecruitingToolDB - Recruiting Tool data
• BuffCheckDB - Buff Check settings
• ArmorySnapDB - ArmorySnap snapshots and options (shared with the standalone addon — existing archives carry over)