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Absolute Raid Management.

The raid leader's addon. Everything you juggle, in one navy and orange window: a pre-pull raid check, sealed DKP bidding, soft reserves by class, attendance with presence checks, raid notes, group layouts and a raid tools bar. Built for WoW Forever's raids, and it works on Retail too.

Who installs what: the raid leader (and any assistant who runs loot) installs Absolute Raid Management. Raiders install Absolute Raid Companion to see their DKP live, reserve loot and bid privately. The guild's DKP book lives in Absolute Raid Bot on Discord.

LiveWoW ForeverRetailv0.2.1Free

Version 0.2.1 · one file for both WoW Forever and Retail.

Absolute Raid Management icon

See it in game

Your whole raid, one window

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Features

Everything a raid leader needs

Raid check

  • Group, role, item level, food and flask for everyone
  • Ready check, role check, pull and break in one click
  • Report who is missing food or a flask to raid chat

Sealed loot bidding

  • Bids go privately to you: only the raid leader sees the amounts
  • Raiders bid from Raid Companion, this addon's pop-up, or a whisper
  • Only the winner hears the price; reservers-only auctions too

Rolls and awards

  • Roll an item among the players who reserved it
  • Open a roll to everyone, award it directly or disenchant it
  • Announce every open drop to raid chat

Soft reserves

  • Reserve from the raid's loot table, filtered by class
  • The leader sets the limit, locks reserves and asks the raid to share
  • WoW Forever's raids first; unpublished loot fills in as it drops

Points pools

  • A DKP or gold book for each raid team
  • Standings, history, raid-wide awards, an on-time bonus and undo
  • Share standings with everyone running the addon

Attendance

  • Every boss attempt recorded: kill or wipe, time and who was there
  • Raid nights and an attendance sheet with percentages
  • Take attendance any time for a raid start or bench check

Raid notes

  • A note for every boss, sent to the raid
  • Raid icons, spell icons and lines only one role, player or class sees
  • A small note window raiders can move, size and lock

Groups and invites

  • Save group layouts and sort the raid into them in one click
  • Invite the guild by rank or on a whispered keyword
  • Hand out assistant to a list of players, or to everyone

Raid tools bar and exports

  • Target icons, world markers, ready, roles, pull and break on a bar that shows while you lead
  • Pull and break timers with DBM and BigWigs bars
  • Export to HTML, a Discord table, CSV or text

Absolute Raid Companion

  • Raiders see their DKP live, updated after every award and charge
  • They reserve loot and join the bidding table from their own window
  • Everything travels over a hidden addon channel, never in chat

Presence checks

  • Each boss kill and DKP tick asks every Raid Companion "are you here?"
  • Attendance shows who answered; presence DKP can require it
  • Presence ticks every few minutes, if you want them

Absolute Raid Bot (Discord)

  • Load tonight's DKP snapshot from the bot before the raid
  • The addon asks for it when you form a raid
  • After the raid, one export sends attendance, loot and DKP back
  • Set up the bot: guides and downloads

Install

Up and running in a minute

  1. Download the addon

    AbsoluteRaidManagement-0.2.1.zip works on both WoW Forever and Retail.

  2. Unzip it into AddOns

    Extract it into that game’s Interface\AddOns folder, so you end up with an AbsoluteRaidManagement folder there.

  3. Start the game

    Or type /reload if it is already running.

  4. Open it

    Type /arm or click the minimap button. Try /arm demo to see it with a sample raid. Updating? Replace the old folder; your settings are kept.

Commands

/armOpen or close the window (also /raidmgmt and /absraid)
/arm <tab>Open a tab: raid, loot, reserves, points, attendance, groups, tools or about
/arm note [show|hide]Show or hide the raid note window
/arm barShow or hide the raid tools bar
/arm pull [seconds]Start a pull timer (0 cancels)
/arm break [minutes]Start a break timer (0 cancels)
/arm readyStart a ready check
/arm rolesStart a role check, where the game has one
/arm inviteInvite the guild members of the ranks picked on TOOLS
/arm attendTake attendance: everyone in the raid right now
/arm sort <layout>Sort the raid into a saved group layout
/arm export [night|attendance|points|reserves|bot]Export the whole raid log, or just last night, attendance, points or reserves, or tonight's raid for Absolute Raid Bot
/arm importLoad tonight's DKP snapshot from Absolute Raid Bot
/arm companionSee who in your group uses Absolute Raid Companion
/arm demoFill every window with a sample raid to look around (again to turn it off)
/arm demo auctionStart a sample bid while demo mode is on
/arm resetPut the windows and the raid tools bar back where they started
/arm helpList every command

Type /arm help in game for every command.

New in 0.2.1 and 0.2.0

  • Guides in the addon (0.2.1): a Docs folder with the README and the Raid Management / Raid Companion protocol document, plus where to get Absolute Raid Bot. The /arm help line for exports is corrected.
  • Absolute Raid Companion support: raiders see their DKP live, reserve loot, join the bidding table and bid privately from their own addon, over a hidden channel.
  • Sealed bids: only the raid leader sees the amounts. A new bid replaces the last, and only the winner hears the price.
  • Presence checks: every boss kill and DKP tick records which raiders' companions answered. Presence DKP can require it.
  • Absolute Raid Bot: load tonight's DKP snapshot with /arm import; send the raid back with /arm export bot.
  • Raid tools bar: shows while you lead, drags anywhere and folds to the target icons.

Found a bug in Absolute Raid Management? Send us a report with screenshots. Every report is reviewed, and fixes ship in the next update.

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Guides and downloads

Set up the bot and run your raids

Supplemental documents for Absolute Raid Management, Absolute Raid Companion and Absolute Raid Bot. After setup, officers run everything from Discord: snapshots, raid imports and the DKP database go in and out as files there, with no need to sign in to Azure.

Hosting the bot in Azure costs money. Microsoft Azure is a paid service and needs a credit or debit card on file. A small VM for the bot runs about $12 to $15 a month. The Azure guide explains the costs before you start.

How it fits together

  1. Create a small Ubuntu VM in Azure with the quick setup file. It installs the bot by itself and makes a one-time pairing code.
  2. Sign in to the VM once and run sudo arb-setup with your Discord bot token and server ID. The bot connects out to Discord over an encrypted connection; nothing connects in.
  3. In your server, run /dkpadmin pair with the code. The bot now works only in your server, and whoever paired is registered as owner with two-factor.
  4. Register officers (two-factor is built in) and tell raiders to /dkp register. From then on, everything happens in Discord.

Host the bot

Setting up Azure

Run the bot 24/7 on a small Linux VM in Microsoft Azure: creating an Azure account and what it costs, creating the VM, network and firewall rules, how it connects to Discord, pairing, and keeping it running.

Download PDF

PDF · 10 pages

Azure quick setup

Paste this file into Custom data when you create the VM. On first boot the VM downloads the bot from this site, checks its fingerprint, installs it, locks down its firewall and makes your pairing code. No uploads, no install commands.

Download quick setup

cloud-init file · for bot 1.0.6

Azure VM template

Everything for building the VM: the quick-setup file, the install and setup scripts, a Packer image template and a PowerShell deploy script with locked-down network rules.

Download template

ZIP · version 1.0.6

Setting up the Discord bot

Create the bot in Discord, invite it, start it, how it connects to Discord, pair it with your server and register the owner with two-factor.

Download PDF

PDF · 4 pages

Absolute Raid Bot

The Discord DKP bot itself, with its Azure template and every guide. For a manual install, or to run it on your own PC or server. Free, and only available here.

Download the bot

ZIP · version 1.0.6

Registration and account recovery

Admin registration and recovery

For the owner and officers: registering as an admin with two-factor built in, signing in, step-up codes, recovery codes, and what to do if you lose your phone or your Discord account.

Download PDF

PDF · 4 pages

Raider registration and recovery

For raiders: registering your character step by step, what each reply means, alts, and getting your DKP back on a new Discord account.

Download PDF

PDF · 2 pages

Use the bot and the addons

Admin guide

For officers: two-factor, registrations, characters, changing DKP, settings, raid night, reports, backups, the audit log and every /dkpadmin command.

Download PDF

PDF · 6 pages

User guide

For raiders: how DKP works, checking your DKP, standings, history and loot, and every /dkp command.

Download PDF

PDF · 2 pages

Importing and exporting data

Everything in and out through Discord, with no need to sign in to Azure: snapshots, raid imports, exporting and importing the DKP database, backups and restores.

Download PDF

PDF · 4 pages

Raid Management and Companion protocols

The hidden addon-message protocol between Absolute Raid Management and Absolute Raid Companion, both sides. For addon authors.

Download PDF

PDF · 9 pages

Absolute Raid Management README

The addon in detail: who installs what, a raid night start to finish, every tab and every command.

Download PDF

PDF · 4 pages

Download every guide (ZIP)

Questions, tips or ideas? Talk about this addon with other players on our Discord.

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