config.default.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	"loadDbcs": true,
 	"hideGameMasters": true,
 	"hideBotAccounts": true,
-	"botAccountPatterns": "RNDBOT%",
+	"botAccountPattern": "RNDBOT%",
 	"transmogModule": false,
 	"useZamCdn": false,
 	"realms": [

docker-compose.mythica.yml

@@ -48,11 +48,8 @@ services:
             # Playerbots are ordinary accounts, not game masters, so the GM
             # filter does not touch them. Without this the armory lists ~1350
             # bots against ~29 real characters.
-            # Comma-separated LIKE patterns. RNDBOT% covers the Playerbots
-            # accounts; ahouse is the auction-house bot, which owns 9 mule
-            # characters. Add further service accounts here as they appear.
             ACORE_ARMORY_HIDE_BOT_ACCOUNTS: ${ARMORY_HIDE_BOTS:-1}
-            ACORE_ARMORY_BOT_ACCOUNT_PATTERNS: ${ARMORY_BOT_PATTERNS:-RNDBOT%,ahouse}
+            ACORE_ARMORY_BOT_ACCOUNT_PATTERN: ${ARMORY_BOT_PATTERN:-RNDBOT%}
             ACORE_ARMORY_TRANSMOG_MODULE: ${ARMORY_TRANSMOG:-0}
 
             # 0 = serve 3D model assets from the local data directory.

docs/mythica-deploy.md

@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   this realm belong to real players — `Spinnaker` among them — so hiding them
   would hide people who should be listed. Set `ARMORY_HIDE_GMS=1` to restore
   upstream behaviour.
-- **Service accounts are hidden** via `hideBotAccounts` / `botAccountPatterns`,
+- **Playerbots are hidden** via `hideBotAccounts` / `botAccountPattern`
-  a comma-separated list of LIKE patterns defaulting to `RNDBOT%,ahouse` — the
+  (`RNDBOT%`). They are ordinary accounts rather than game masters, so the GM
-  Playerbots accounts and the auction-house bot, which owns 9 mule characters.
+  filter never touched them. `ARMORY_HIDE_BOTS=0` shows them again.
-  None of them are game masters, so the GM filter never touched them. Add more
-  with `ARMORY_BOT_PATTERNS`, or set `ARMORY_HIDE_BOTS=0` to show them all.

src/armory/Config.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class Config {
 	public loadDbcs: boolean;
 	public hideGameMasters: boolean;
 	public hideBotAccounts: boolean;
-	public botAccountPatterns: string;
+	public botAccountPattern: string;
 	public transmogModule: boolean;
 	public useZamCdn: boolean;
 	public realms: IRealmConfig[];

src/armory/Utils.ts

@@ -73,24 +73,4 @@ export class Utils {
 	public static quoteSqlString(value: string): string {
 		return `'${String(value).replace(/\\/g, "\\\\").replace(/'/g, "\\'")}'`;
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Build the LIKE test that identifies non-player accounts.
-	 *
-	 * `patterns` is a comma-separated list, so a realm can name several service
-	 * accounts at once — Playerbots plus an auction-house bot, say. Returns an
-	 * empty string when nothing is configured, which callers treat as "do not
-	 * filter" rather than emitting an always-false clause.
-	 */
-	public static botAccountFilter(column: string, patterns: string): string {
-		const list = String(patterns ?? "")
-			.split(",")
-			.map((p) => p.trim())
-			.filter((p) => p.length > 0);
-
-		if (list.length === 0) {
-			return "";
-		}
-		return `(${list.map((p) => `${column} LIKE ${Utils.quoteSqlString(p)}`).join(" OR ")})`;
-	}
 }

src/armory/controllers/CharacterController.ts

@@ -347,18 +347,14 @@ export class CharacterController {
 		// rows we do not want, then require the join to have missed. Keeping the
 		// pattern inline rather than bound avoids disturbing the positional
 		// values below.
-		const botFilter = this.armory.config.hideBotAccounts
+		const botJoin = this.armory.config.hideBotAccounts
-			? Utils.botAccountFilter("`bot_account`.`username`", this.armory.config.botAccountPatterns)
+			? `LEFT JOIN \`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\` AS \`bot_account\` ON \`bot_account\`.\`id\` = \`characters\`.\`account\` AND \`bot_account\`.\`username\` LIKE ${Utils.quoteSqlString(this.armory.config.botAccountPattern)}`
 			: "";
-		const botJoin =
+		const botWhere = this.armory.config.hideBotAccounts ? "AND `bot_account`.`id` IS NULL" : "";
-			botFilter === ""
-				? ""
-				: `LEFT JOIN \`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\` AS \`bot_account\` ON \`bot_account\`.\`id\` = \`characters\`.\`account\` AND ${botFilter}`;
-		const botWhere = botFilter === "" ? "" : "AND `bot_account`.`id` IS NULL";
 
 		const [rows] = await this.armory.getCharactersDb(realm.name).query({
 			sql: `
-				SELECT \`characters\`.\`guid\`, \`characters\`.\`name\`, \`characters\`.\`race\`, \`characters\`.\`class\`, \`characters\`.\`gender\`, \`characters\`.\`level\`, \`characters\`.\`skin\`, \`characters\`.\`face\`, \`characters\`.\`hairStyle\`, \`characters\`.\`hairColor\`, \`characters\`.\`facialStyle\`, \`characters\`.\`playerFlags\`, \`characters\`.\`online\`, \`guild\`.\`name\` AS \`guild\`
+				SELECT \`characters\`.\`guid\`, \`characters\`.\`name\`, \`race\`, \`class\`, \`gender\`, \`level\`, \`skin\`, \`face\`, \`hairStyle\`, \`hairColor\`, \`facialStyle\`, \`playerFlags\`, \`online\`, \`guild\`.\`name\` AS \`guild\`
 				FROM \`characters\`
 				LEFT JOIN \`guild_member\` ON \`guild_member\`.\`guid\` = \`characters\`.\`guid\`
 				LEFT JOIN \`guild\` ON \`guild\`.\`guildid\` = \`guild_member\`.\`guildid\`

src/armory/controllers/GuildController.ts

@@ -93,10 +93,7 @@ export class GuildController {
 			ssp = ssp.where("`account_access`.`id` IS NULL");
 		}
 
-		const botFilter = this.armory.config.hideBotAccounts
+		if (this.armory.config.hideBotAccounts) {
-			? Utils.botAccountFilter(`\`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\`.\`username\``, this.armory.config.botAccountPatterns)
-			: "";
-		if (botFilter !== "") {
 			ssp.joins.push({
 				table1: "characters",
 				column1: "account",
@@ -104,7 +101,7 @@ export class GuildController {
 				column2: "id",
 				database2: realm.authDatabase,
 				kind: "LEFT",
-				where: `AND ${botFilter}`,
+				where: `AND \`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\`.\`username\` LIKE ${Utils.quoteSqlString(this.armory.config.botAccountPattern)}`,
 			});
 			ssp = ssp.where(`\`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\`.\`id\` IS NULL`);
 		}

src/armory/controllers/IndexController.ts

@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@ export class IndexController {
 			ssp = ssp.where("`account_access`.`id` IS NULL");
 		}
 
-		const botFilter = this.armory.config.hideBotAccounts
+		if (this.armory.config.hideBotAccounts) {
-			? Utils.botAccountFilter(`\`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\`.\`username\``, this.armory.config.botAccountPatterns)
-			: "";
-		if (botFilter !== "") {
 			ssp.joins.push({
 				table1: "characters",
 				column1: "account",
@@ -66,7 +63,7 @@ export class IndexController {
 				column2: "id",
 				database2: realm.authDatabase,
 				kind: "LEFT",
-				where: `AND ${botFilter}`,
+				where: `AND \`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\`.\`username\` LIKE ${Utils.quoteSqlString(this.armory.config.botAccountPattern)}`,
 			});
 			ssp = ssp.where(`\`${realm.authDatabase}\`.\`account\`.\`id\` IS NULL`);
 		}