MainCharacterTag_OC

A lightweight World of Warcraft addon for OctoWoW (1.18) or other 1.12.1 WoW clients that automatically tags your guild chat messages with your main character's name when playing on alts.

What it does

When you chat in Guild or Guild Officer chat on an alt, your messages are automatically prefixed with your main's name so guildmates always know who they're talking to.

Example: Playing on your alt Shadowpoke with main set to Thunderbash:

(Thunderbash): Hey all, it's me just on my alt!

Messages sent from your main character are unaffected.

Installation

Download and unzip the addon
Remove -main from the folder name if downloaded from GitHub (it should be MainCharacterTag_OC)
Place the MainCharacterTag_OC folder in:
```
World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns/
```
Restart WoW or reload your UI (/reload)
Enable MainCharacterTag_OC on the character select screen

Usage

Type /mct or /mainchartag to open the options window.

Enter your main character's name and click Save. That's it.

Options

Command	Description
`/mct`	Toggle the options window
`/mainchartag`	Toggle the options window (alternate)

Notes

Only affects Guild (/g) and Guild Officer (/o) chat
Messages starting with ., /, or # are never prefixed
Your main's name is saved between sessions per character
Works on any number of alts
No performance impact — only runs when you send a guild message

Changelog

1.3

Messages starting with . (server commands), / (slash commands), and # (macro directives) are now ignored by the prefix hook

1.2

Fixed an issue where logging in on an alt could trigger unintended chat messages from other addons during the login sequence
Fixed macro directives (e.g. #showtooltip) incorrectly being sent to guild chat

1.0

Initial release

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