Raidbuilder, World of Warcraft raid management tool

Latest Patch Notes

Here's the place to see the latest patch notes for Raidbuilder, you can see all the latest bug fixes and feature additions including all those that didn't quite make it into the news section.
01 September 2010
Fixed an issue where gear scores were not being updated for characters in some realms

19 August 2010
Guild Feed Timezone settings are now honoured when specific run details are displayed to non logged in visitors

05 August 2010
Guild Public Page Preference "DKP Display Accuracy" added to control how DKP values are displayed to visitors who are not logged in

19 July 2010
Boss and instance tactics links updated to point to the temporary Bosskillers link while we find a new tactics provider

05 July 2010
Ruby Sanctum dungeon, boss and loot added

25 June 2010
Populate guild feature enhanced to automatically move existing characters to the appropriate guild
Build teams page improved to not get main/alt status from account association but use the correct main/alt mapping code

24 June 2010
"Ignore availability" option added to the build teams page
Friendly information message added to build teams page when nobody is available

15 June 2010
DKP Standings feeds added

17 May 2010
Menu structure and some journeys have been improved
Revokes from published teams are now recorded in the action tracking log

23 April 2010
Multi selection is now possible when removing guild members (Guild > Manage > Members)

30 March 2010
Numerous performance tweaks have been performed mainly to feed generation and standings calculation logic

02 March 2010
"Other guild characters" are now shown correctly on the character summary page when there is only 1 other character

01 March 2010
Fixed an issue when instance id cannot be determined from EQDKP strings, now correctly falls back to originally specified instance
Fixed an issue with EQDKP strings to recognise character names when they are capitalised incorrectly

24 February 2010
Armory query tool tweaked to adhere to recent armory changes

21 February 2010
Fixed an issue when awarding DKP bonuses to "All team members" while diminishing returns are being used

19 February 2010
Loot can now be updated and transferred to other characters while in real time mode
Multi selection is now possible when managing guild friends (Guild > Manage > Friends)

10 February 2010
DKP Preferences "DKP Earned Decay Based On" and "DKP Spent Decay Based On" added to allow further fine tweaking of DKP systems
Fixed an issue when deleting a single DKP adjustment

04 February 2010
The page Guild > Manage > Mains and Alts is now available for anyone with a character in a guild. Guild officers (not raid officers) will be able to see all guild characters and edit their own and any characters not owned by an account. All other accounts will only be able to see and edit their own characters.
Diminishing returns code added, DKP preference locked while in beta testing
Guild Preference "Report and Alert Period" added
The backup version has been changed to 3.7 so new backups should be taken!

01 February 2010
Fixed an issue when importing strings while the Headcount waitlist preference ("Interpret minimal participation as Headcount wait list entry") was switched on

29 January 2010
DKP standings which are accessed via login now display latest loot information
Runs can now be edited directly from a character summary page (raid officer and above)

28 January 2010
iCAL feeds (for Google calendar and Outlook etc.) implemented for active guild events

27 January 2010
All DKP standings now reflect the DKP from realtime runs

26 January 2010
Class filters added to all standings pages

25 January 2010
Fixed an issue with first boss kills displayed in the feeds and report for ICC instances
Player Preference "Show attendance on Real Time Standings" added

15 January 2010
The DKP > Manage > DKP Adjustments page now allows you to add DKP Adjustments for Guild Friends

07 January 2010
"Recalculate all DKP earned" now updates RRT members' DKP if they have been added to the RRT (with the correct date) when they previously were not
When adding new RRT members you can now choose to set their join date to the first run they attended if they have previously been excluded due to not being a member of the team

06 January 2010
Loot filters when completing runs improved slightly to better filter trash mob loot
Loot can now be flagged as offspec as soon as it is entered when completing runs

05 January 2010
Drag and drop code (used for managing mains and alts) has been tweaked slightly and should behave more consistently
Preset DKP bonuses based on % of Run DKP now take into account instant earn boss kill DKP when used for availability triggers

16 December 2009
Syntax errors in custom loot value generation forumulae are now trapped and reported in a user friendly way
Partially completed runs can now be resumed by guild representatives even if they have no characters in the guild

13 December 2009
Player Preferences "Show 5 player instances", "Show Classic instances", "Show The Burning Crusade instances" and "Show Wrath of the Lich King instances" added

12 December 2009
Added DKP > Manage > Reserves Transactions page
Improved filtering on DKP Loot Values page (to allow filtering of loot even when not official or mis-spelt)

11 December 2009
Finally fixed an issue for auto generating loot values for TOGC (and Icecrown) loot, duplicate named loot is now identified correctly between the different versions of the instances

28 October 2009
Fixed an issue with backup restoration, the backup version has been changed to 3.6 so new backups should be taken, existing backups are valid although they need some tweaking before they will successfully restore, contact support if you need help restoring a version 3.5 backup

23 October 2009
Fixed an issue with timezone offsets for XML event feeds

21 October 2009
Auto generated account management has been improved (unlogged accounts which have characters with DKP history can now be removed, detaching the characters from the account instead)

19 October 2009
DKP adjustments can now be awarded to all participants of specific runs quickly using the DKP > Manage > DKP Adjustments page
Added pagination to the DKP > Manage > DKP Adjustments page

06 October 2009
Fixed a timezone issue with the events calendar display feed

01 October 2009
DKP Preference "Show Non Guild Participants in Standings" changed slightly, when this is not checked, guild friends will still appear in the standings (if they have participated)

22 September 2009
Added WowHeroes gear score column to character report page

16 September 2009
Added ArmoryLight gear score column to character report page

15 September 2009
Added new preset DKP bonus source (% of Run DKP) and new trigger (Available at finish time)

13 September 2009
Added BeImba gear score column to character report page

06 September 2009
Improved homepage and made some general layout tweaks

03 September 2009
Added secondary build column to character report page
Added secondary build to character summary and tooltips

02 September 2009
Significantly improved the character report page
Added filters and the ability for raid officers and above to update character profiles from the character report page

01 September 2009
Improved the error message when trying to disband a guild, to indicate which important data needs to be removed

27 August 2009
Improved the loot association with dungeons/bosses

25 August 2009
Boss name alias' added for Crusaders' Coliseum dungeons
Updated boss kill feeds (and first boss kills) pages to be compatible with Blizzard's new format for normal and heroic instances

24 August 2009
Checkboxes added to allow deletion of multiple completed runs at once

23 August 2009
DKP pools can now be changed for completed runs

06 August 2009
New instances, bosses and loot added
Action tracking report (Tool > Action Tracking) opened up to raid officers and above

03 August 2009
Fixed a discrepancy between the standings page and "more dkp info" page for characters where increased decay has been applied but no base decay

29 July 2009
Fixed an issue where some alts of characters were not showing on the attendance reports

27 July 2009
The restrictions on adding characters into the guild using the Populate Guild page have been relaxed slightly, unguilded characters can now be added even if they are owned by an account

25 July 2009
Populate Guild page now defaults to the lowest armory rank rather than the highest
Rank removed from Populate Guild page, each player defaults to a rank of Member

23 July 2009
Improved the performance when signing up, revoking and controlling availability for events on the event calendar page
Stopped an extra team being presented for sign up based events when the account doesn't have any characters that can sign up for the existing team

22 July 2009
Fixed an issue where items which were automatically flagged as offspec from an attendance log were not automatically getting the correct offspec DKP value without manual intervention

21 July 2009
Offspec Loot History report added to Guild > Reports > Loot History
Improved error logging so we can trace and fix problems in an even more timely manner

20 July 2009
Fixed an issue where some events were not being shown on the calendar view

17 July 2009
Alts of characters are now only shown on the attendance reports if they have actually participated in a run (as per "Only Show Participants in Reports" Guild Preference)

16 July 2009
Armory query tool throttle tweaked slightly and 503 wait time reduced to 15 minutes

15 July 2009
Added the ability to update selected guild characters from the Armory to the Manage Guild page
Removed that functionality from the guild character report page
Changed the public character information page to show a maximum of 40 of the most recent runs attended and 40 most recent items looted

14 July 2009
Improved performance of the availability reports considerably

13 July 2009
Manage Events and Runs page improved slightly

10 July 2009
Calendar view added to Event Calendar page
Player Preference "List View Event Calendar" added
Fixed an issue where some event names couldn't be edited

08 July 2009
Planned Events page renamed to Event Calendar and moved to (/players/eventcalendar.asp)
Planned Events page completely re-written to improve performance and clarity
Events RSS feed tweaked slightly (Better display when no subs and stopped displaying unpublished teams)
Updated talent refresh from Armory to understand Blizzard's format change

02 July 2009
Moved the management of guild membership and alliance applications to a dedicated page (Guild > Manage > Applications & Requests)
Character ownership requests added to the new page

01 July 2009
Tweaked the attendance reports still further (added total column and added further sort options)

30 June 2009
Attendance reports tweaking a little more, they are now also sort-able by character
All Javascript libraries have now had their version numbers included in the filename to remove the need for a browser cache refresh whenever they are changed

29 June 2009
Guild Preference "Only Show Participants in Reports" added
Recommended Addons page changed to Links & Tutorials

28 June 2009
The need for characters to be associated with an account has now been removed
selected characters can now be detached from your account from the My Profile page
The Populate Guild page can now populate the guild from the Armory without associating characters with an account
The performance of the Populate Guild page has been improved considerably
The Populate Guild feature has now been opened up to guild officers

27 June 2009
Added icon and tooltip for account names (browser cache refresh may be required)
Selected characters can now be updated from the My Profile page

26 June 2009
General Raiding Report replaced by Run Based Attendance Reports
Attendance Reports tweaked slightly (browser cache refresh may be required)
Guild Preference "Run Credit Threshold %" added
Guild Preference "General Raiding Reports are open to guild" removed

24 June 2009
DKP Preference "Award Boss Kill DKP Instantly" added
Performance of realtime standings display when completing a run in realtime has been significantly improved

22 June 2009
Fixed a display issue for IE7 on the public guild page
Checkboxes added to allow deletion of multiple DKP adjustments at once

19 June 2009
Characters on the My Profile page are now displayed in alphabetical order
If a character's class has been incorrectly entered, it will be automatically corrected during an update from armory

18 June 2009
New page added (Guild > Manage > Mains and Alts) to manage main and alt characters within a guild
Fixed an issue with the planned events page not displaying some events for characters since the schema change on the 14th

14 June 2009
Added faction icon and tooltip for guild names (browser cache refresh may be required)
Schema changed for how mains/alts are defined

11 June 2009
DKP Preferences "Increased Decay Threshold", "Increased DKP Earned Decay %" and "Increased DKP Spent Decay %" added

09 June 2009
Fixed an issue where non RRT characters who had been made available were being shown as substitutes for RRT runs even though they couldn't see or participate in RRT runs
Banners page added under tools section

07 June 2009
Improved attendance reports (added "on standby" column, renamed column headings, added 30, 60, 90 day and instance filters)

04 June 2009
When loot costs are a % of player DKP all loot costs per character when completing a run will be automatically recalculated rather than a warning being displayed
All DKP spent (onspec) can now be recalculated per pool on the DKP > Manage > Recalculate DKP page

03 June 2009
Timezone helpers added under the Tools section

02 June 2009
The Loot History by Character report can now be filtered by date (browser cache refresh may be required)

01 June 2009
Extra teams can now been created manually when building teams, even when technically there are not enough people available for more teams (browser cache refresh may be required)

31 May 2009
Fixed an issue with some partially completed runs which dis-allowed guilds to be disbanded

29 May 2009
Menu navigation completely restructured

26 May 2009
Fixed an issue with loot history display on the character summary page

22 May 2009
Database updates to allow cross dkp pool referencing for loot within runs
Fixed an issue that occasionally caused the completion of runs to fail

20 May 2009
Boss kills (including firsts and progression) are now correctly identified separately between normal and heroic dungeons (browser cache refresh may be required)

19 May 2009
Database updates to allow normal and heroic instance separation for first kills and progression

18 May 2009
Fixed an issue that stopped some boss kill dkp values being applied

15 May 2009
Core code for Suicide Kings emulation deployed

13 May 2009
Fixed an issue when converting raid times from minutes to hours and minutes where times were being rounded up which resulted in an extra hour sometimes being displayed

11 May 2009
Fixed an issue where Guild/RRT/Friends join dates were not being auto corrected properly when first importing a new run
Right Arm and Left Arm when incorrectly referenced in attendance strings are now interpreted as Kologarn
Runemaster Molgeim and Stormcaller Brundir when incorrectly referenced in attendance strings are now interpreted as The Iron Council

09 May 2009
Character lockouts can now be ignored when building teams using a new "Ignore character lockouts" option on the Build Teams page (may need browser cache refresh)

08 May 2009
Player Preference "Remove entries which are outside the run window" added

07 May 2009
Improved loot filtering and values generation

03 May 2009
Changed the loot values and dkp standings imports to make the import process clearer when deleting existing data (may need browser cache refresh)

02 May 2009
MMO Champion's Raid Composition Tool integrated with the team building interface (may need browser cache refresh)
Player Preference "Use Full Points for Raid Composition" added
Fixed an issue where deleting a character left orphaned guild friends entries

01 May 2009
New Guild Preference "Interpret minimal participation as Headcount wait list entry" added
Made the DKP sumary display balance a little clearer when timed decay is used
Also made the display clearer when relative DKP is used and the total spent is rounded up to 1 (for 0 spent)
New Guild Preference "Auto correct Guild/RRT/Friends join dates" added

30 April 2009
Improved the Manage Boss Kills Values page
There is now an ALL option to allow the addtion of boss DKP values for all bosses in a specific instance in 1 hit
The selected dungeon is remembered accross page refreshes to save on clicks
Checkboxes added to allow deletion of multiple values at once
Added instance name mapping logic to First Boss Kills page (ie. renaming Cache of Stone to Kolgar etc.)
When capping run times during completion of a run any boss kills and loot which fall outside the new window are removed

29 April 2009
My Availability page improved again to make it even more intuitive
Added a "current page" link to the help pages so you can navigate back to the help for the current page after browsing the index
Fixed "make available" link from Planned Events page

28 April 2009
My Availability page altered slightly to make it more intuitive

27 April 2009
Loot can now be excluded even when not using DKP
Excluded loot now has a "shard" icon displayed next to it
Removed past guild history from guild specific reports when characters have switched between guilds
Added a missing trigger for regeneration of the events feeds

24 April 2009
Fixed a display issue on the My Availability page in IE8

23 April 2009
Manage open instances page rewritten to be much easier to use
Instances renamed to be much more consistent

21 April 2009
Character creation and guild joining process simplified slightly and the help pages updated
Warning added to the build teams page to highlight any characters whose profiles may need updating
"Allow players from other runs" option added to the build teams page
Added a Group by Player option to the Guild Character Report, to allow quick viewing of mains and alt characters
Added a list of "other guild characters" on the character summary page

20 April 2009
Player Preference "Use Secondary Armory Build" added, this allows you to choose the build which is used to update your character profile from the Blizzard Armory
Guild membership is now automatically updated when updating character profiles from the Blizzard Armory
Character profile armory updater updated again, Blizzard moved the talents information

17 April 2009
Checkboxes and multi "delete selected" action added to DKP loot values page so loot values can now be deleted in bulk
When time based decay is used only attended runs are displayed on the character DKP summary page
Changing the time based decay preference now causes the DKP standings to be regenerated

16 April 2009
Slot modifiers (Shoulder, Waist, Feet, Trinket) updated to 0.75 (EPGP WotLK v3)
Item value (GP) formula also updated (EPGP WotLK v3)
Character profile armory updater updated for new format (although, not for dual spec yet)
Populate Guild (from Armory) feature updated/fixed for new format

15 April 2009
Shared raid templates can now be viewed even though they are not editable

14 April 2009
Guild alliances opened up
Team member join and leave times can now be edited when completing runs
Fixed an issue where triggered DKP bonuses were sometimes not re-triggered correctly when run times were changed
Slot modifier for Wands changed from 1.5 to 0.5 (EPGP WotLK v3)
Better error handling added when run start or finish times are missing in attendance strings

11 April 2009
Time based decay added, pools can now apply decay every 7 days rather than after each run

07 April 2009
Attendance data on the character information page is now grouped by pool
Columns in Run History and Loot History made more consistant on character information page
Guild preference "Group Standings by Class" added, DKP standings on the Public Page can now be controlled for unlogged visitors

05 April 2009
DKP reserve transactions can now be retrospectively recalculated if you need to globally change existing reserve transactions

03 April 2009
Loot caching improved, a few holes have been plugged that did not bind some loot to bosses/instances correctly

31 March 2009
Player Preference "Group Standings by Class" added, DKP standings can now be displayed either grouped by class or together in a single table
Fixed an issue that sometimes caused boss kills feeds to not get generated when manual boss kills are defined

30 March 2009
Character icons now link to a character summary page instead of the Blizzard Armory, a link to the Armory is provided on the summary page

26 March 2009
Javscript feeds framework added to the webmaster tools section
Run history feed added

22 March 2009
Loot History by Character now shows figures for characters in all allied guilds and guild friends
Character encoding fixes applied

21 March 2009
Completed run history can now be displayed on the guild public page using the Guild Preference "Run History Public"

19 March 2009
Added a warning when capping times to official run times while completing scheduled runs from attendance data results in times too far away from the original scheduled times
Items can now be flagged as "Offspec" within the Headcount mod by adding the word "offspec" in the Notes field for a loot item, this will be interpreted when import attendance data

18 March 2009
Fixed an issue where some guild friends' DKP information could not be viewed
Guild friends are now shown on the normal attendance reports
Guild friends' added dates are automatically corrected if they are added to runs prior to the date they became friends
Fixed an issue where the class builds selection pool was not populated correctly when defining raid spots

17 March 2009
Warning added for DKP users when a new boss first kill is registered that overrides a previous first kill for the same boss
Import run page added (Raiding -> Import Run Manually/From String/Log)

12 March 2009
Members of allied guilds are now excluded from the characters which can be added as Guild Friends
Fixed an issue where dkp transaction information was displayed incorrectly for characters when raids had been entered in a non chronological order
Attendance reports can now be sorted by % attended and % available

11 March 2009
Raid spots can now be copied when creating and editing raid templates
Build templates are now displayed in a much clearer way and now also have tooltips describing the build setup
Selecting builds when creating and editing raid templates has been made much easier to use and understand with draggable controls
Example build and raid templates cleaned up

09 March 2009
DKP Preference "Show Non Guild Participants in Standings" added, allowing DKP standings to include DKP for characters who are not guild members
Guild Friends feature added, this allows non guild members to be added to runs and recieve and spend DKP

06 March 2009
Attendance reports can now be filtered by DKP pool
New DKP "Pull Loot Costs from Attendance Strings/Logs" preference added

05 March 2009
Added boss name alias' for the Four Horsemen Chest to avoid confusion when completing runs
Region column added to character list on the My Profile page

04 March 2009
Multiple DKP bonuses can now be selected and removed when completing runs
Common problems with invalid attendance data (invalid XML generated by some mods) are now fixed automatically

03 March 2009
Armory query tool throttle tweaked and added time left to wait message when 503 responses are received
Added manual cache update tool for guild population feature when 503 errors are being received
Fixed an issue where editing an existing scheduled event would also change the raid template

01 March 2009
Added the ability to import attendance data from a string rather than a log file removing the need to create an intermediate log file to import
Epoch date formats can now be converted when importing attendance data
Improved the error reporting when attendance strings or attendance logs contain errors
Permission requirements for viewing the DKP preferences have been lowered to raid officers and above

28 February 2009
Change made to attendance log uploading and parsing process to make it more reliable

27 February 2009
Instances have now been removed from the raid templates and can now be defined at the time of scheduling a run
Public raid templates have been removed and replaced with open instances
Added a couple of missing events feed generation triggers, the feeds should now be 100% accurate as soon as any changes are made either to the runs themselves or to team members or subs

25 February 2009
Time sensitive feeds now have time information generated in the timezone specified on the Webmaster Tools page, you can change this to match your local timezone

24 February 2009
Active events RSS feeds added, details can be accessed from the Planned Events page or the Webmaster Tools page

23 February 2009
Loot by character report is now broken down in to Main and Offspec figures

20 February 2009
Loot can now be flagged as Offspec without the need to use DKP
Recent loot feeds and reports containing loot will now include an "offspec" icon

19 February 2009
Fixed an issue with the new format attendance reports where reports failed for new guild with no run history yet
Lowered the permissions requirements for the Import DKP page down to Raid Officers and above
Fixed an issue which caused an error and no character DKP information window ("more" link on standings) to be displayed when there was no DKP information to display

18 February 2009
Fixed an issue where boss kill times were not being registered correctly when parsing attendance logs
New public guild page added that can display recent loot, standings and boss kill progress feeds
New guild "public page" preferences added
Existing preferences (x Reports Public) renamed (x Reports Open to Guild) to be more meaningful since the introduction of the new "public page" preferences

17 February 2009
XML Feed added, recent loot

16 February 2009
Attendance reports can now show attendance for all allied guilds too
Lowered the permissions requirement for managing public raid templates from needing Guild Officer rank to needing Raid Officer rank

13 February 2009
The DKP pool for each run is now displayed on the official run history report for guilds which use more than 1 DKP pool
Shared DKP pools are no longer backed up as part of a guild backup task in order to keep the guild specific data safe

12 February 2009
Fixed an issue which stopped the creation of new guilds
First boss kills runs which are shared with guild allies now take into account all guilds the run is open to

11 February 2009
Fixed an issue where some characters were having problems making themselves available from the availability report
Guilds can now change the loot and boss kill DKP tables which are bound to shared DKP pools
All guilds which have access to shared DKP pools can now also access the loot and boss kill DKP tables which are bound to the pool (even if they are owned by another guild)

10 February 2009
Better handling of adding new items to the loot cache refresh queue when parsing attendance logs
Clearer confirmation messages added when guild alliances are created and also when DKP pools are shared
Core code added to allow multiple loot and boss kill values tables
Core code added to allow loot and boss kill values tables to be tied to shared dkp pools as a result allowing the sharing of loot and boss kill values tables

05 February 2009
Final changes for sharing DKP pools added, still not generally available but being beta tested
General raiding reports added, available under the Raiding menu
Guild Preference added to make the general raiding reports public or private

04 February 2009
Core code for sharing DKP pools between allied guilds added, not available yet
Fixed an issue when trying to bind new dkp pools to new guilds

03 February 2009
Invite macro links added to the Manage Event Runs and Planned Events pages for published teams

02 February 2009
Active run availability report now shows availability for all guilds the run is open to
General availability report now shows availability for all allied guilds too

31 January 2009
The availability report has been split into 2 reports (general and active raid) to allow faster viewing of the availability for active runs
Fixed an issue where some completed runs were not displayed on the official run history report
Fixed an issue where loot filters failed when filtering Loot DKP Values

30 January 2009
Guild alliance code updated for scheduling and completing runs between allied guilds

28 January 2009
Characters from all allied guilds are now available to be manually added (team members, bonuses, loot, available and no shows) when completing a run

24 January 2009
Character encoding fix applied

21 January 2009
Fixed an issue where standings were not being generated when there were DKP adjustments but no completed run history

20 January 2009
Base Spent Modifier calculation has been tweaked so the full effect of earned DKP and the full effect of spent DKP from the previous raid apply to real time runs
The character DKP summary page has been vastly improved making it much easier to follow especially when decay is being used
The performance of standings calculation has been improved reducing the time taken to regenerate standings by at least a tenth

15 January 2009
New loot by character report added to the raiding reports

13 January 2009
When characters are removed from a guild they are automatically removed from any existing teams for that guild
Fixed a time localisation issue on the availability reports
Flagging no shows when completing a team now automatically removes that person from the team, the available characters list and also removes any bonuses
Notes can now be attached when completing runs so you can record any important information that may be useful when viewing history

08 January 2009
Run no shows can now be tracked when completing runs
New no shows report added to the raiding reports
No shows are now shown on character tooltips
No shows are now shown on the short character sumary when building teams

05 January 2009
Characters can now be transferred between realms (in the same region) and names can be changed

02 January 2009
Loot DKP values can now be filtered by name, instance and boss
Raid officers can now make other characters available for runs if they have allowed it in their player preferences


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