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/mqanon

Syntax

/mqanon [command] [parameters] [strategy]

Description

Anonymization tool that filters words in-game, designed for streaming and recording. It handles both the active player and any party/raid/fellowship members. It does not grant full-fledged anonymization, but is a tool to help with the process of anonymizing words (names, guilds, etc) in-game. For more (especially for plugin authors), see the Anonymize feature.

Important Notes: - Login/character screens contain no anonymization, this command is in-game only. Any text at server select, character select, login, etc will not be filtered. Please make any considerations necessary to prevent visibility of the client outside of actual in-game experiences. - Requires /caption MQCaptions on for name sprite anonymization. See /caption.

Command Reference

  • no arguments: toggle on/off state of anonymization
  • asterisk <name>
    • add a filter for name and replace it with asterisks
  • class <name>
    • add a filter for name and replace it with class information
  • custom <name> <text>
    • add a filter for name and replace it with custom text
  • drop <name>
    • remove the filter for name
  • alias <name> <alternate>
    • add an alternate for name
    • will use the same replacement strategy as name
  • unalias [name] <alternate>
    • remove an alternate from name
    • specifying the name is optional here
  • me [asterisk|class|me|none]
    • set self anonymization to strategy
    • if no argument is specified, will use the me strategy
  • group <asterisk|class|none>
    • set group anonymization to strategy
  • fellowship <asterisk|class|none>
    • set fellowship anonymization to strategy
  • guild <asterisk|class|none>
    • set guild anonymization to strategy
  • raid <asterisk|class|none>
    • set raid anonymization to strategy
  • all <asterisk|class|none>
    • set all anonymization strategies at once
  • save
    • save the current configuration
  • load
    • load the configuration from file (for use when editing the config externally)
  • [command] -h or [command] --help
    • display help
    • commands that take arguments also allow this switch

Replacement Strategies

Strategies

Replaces middle characters with asterisks.

Example: /mqanon me asterisk

Result: Myname → M****e

Replaces name with level and class information, like [${Spawn[pc {0}].Level}] ${Spawn[pc {0}].Class}"

Example: /mqanon class Bigtank

Result: Bigtank → [60] WAR

Replaces name with information like, [${Me.Level}] ${Me.Race} ${Me.Class}

Example: /mqanon me

Result: Myname → [60] Barbarian Warrior

Make a custom replacement, allows TLO parsing.

Example: /mqanon custom Littlewiz "Little ${Spawn[pc {Littlewiz}].Class} [${Spawn[pc {Littlewiz}].Level}]"

Result: Littlewiz → Little Wizard [69]

Replacement Priority

Since the same character can exist in multiple groupings (guild/group/raid, etc) and each grouping can have a separate strategy, the priority is as follows with "custom" having the highest priority:

➤ Custom
  ↳ Self
    ↳ Group
      ↳ Fellowship
        ↳ Guild
          ↳ Raid

Configuration

Settings are stored in Config/MQ2Anonymize.yaml. Example configuration: 

enabled: true
group: asterisk
fellowship: none
guild: class
raid: none
self: me

replacers:
  - name: "Bigtank"
    strategy: "custom"
    target: "[${Spawn[pc {Bigtank}].Level}] ${Spawn[pc {Bigtank}].Class}] MT"
    alternates:
        - "TankAlt"
        - "OldTankName"

  - name: "Banker"
    strategy: "asterisk"
    alternates:
        - "Mule"