WotLK Details asking for a password every time after a loading screen.

[Ramanek96]

Hi, i've seen people getting this same error with Carbonite (don't use that) and I'm getting it with details, I've tried reinstalling the addon several times and downloading from different sources and nothing, still popping the same message

Screenshot: https://prnt.sc/oZuuLOIf6Ff5

(Message is in spanish since spanish client, it says "Enter a password for 'Details'.")

[Stanarde]

I'm having this same problem. From what I've gathered so far it appears that the addon details is trying to join a channel called "Details" but that channel already exists and has an unknown password. Addons use various channels to communicate with other players using those addons; e.g. details should allow you to set a "nickname" to appear in everyone's addon, but without having a channel to communicate that information I don't believe that works either. I haven't been able to find any way to modify what channel the addon uses or even disable that communication to get rid of the annoying dialog asking for a password after *every* loading screen. And what's worse is that it defaults your cursor into the text box so if you're typing or trying to move using wasd it doesn't work.

Does anyone have a solution for this? I'll probably take a look through the code to see if I can find something but otherwise I think I'll uninstall this addon.

[jeroen2304]

Same problem here.

[Stanarde]

Alright, I dug around the files a bit and I found a solution/work around.

Find the file named "network.lua" in your AddOns folder located at WoW\Interface\AddOns\Details\core\network.lua

Open that file in a text editor. Notepad++ is a good choice.

Around 3/4 down on line 468 you can change the "room_name" variable to something of your choice. e.g. local room_name = "your_channel"

Next time you open the game the popup asking for a password shouldn't appear unless the name you chose is also already password protected.

If there's interest I may upload a copy of Details with the change already applied.

I hope this helps! :)