aa-standingssync-zoo

Standings Sync

Alliance Auth app for cloning alliance standings and war targets to alts.

Note: This is a fork of aa-standingssync maintained at github.com/guarzo/aa-standingssync-zoo

Content

• Features
• Screenshot
• How it works
• Contact Sync Modes
• Installation
• Updating
• Settings
• Permissions
• Admin Functions
• Feedback
• Change Log

Features

The main purpose of this app is to enable non-alliance characters to have the same standings view of other pilots in game as their alliance main. This e.g. allows non-alliance scouts to correctly report blues and non-blues. Or JF pilots can see which other non-alliance characters on grid not blues and therefore a potential threat.

Here is an high level overview of the main features:

• Synchronize alliance contacts to chosen non-alliance characters
• Supports coalition usage with multiple alliances in the same Alliance Auth installation
• Synchronize alliance war targets as contacts with terrible standing
• Automatically deactivates synchronization when a user ceases to be eligible (e.g. main left the alliance)

Screenshot

Here is a screenshot of the main screen.

How it works

To enable non-alliance members to use alliance standings the personal contact of that character are replaced with the alliance contacts.

Contact Sync Modes

Standings Sync supports three contact synchronization modes:

Replace Mode (Default)

STANDINGSSYNC_REPLACE_CONTACTS = True or "replace"

Behavior:

• Deletes ALL character contacts
• Replaces with alliance contacts only
• Personal contacts are NOT preserved

Use Case: Strict alliance-only contact lists

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Preserve Mode

STANDINGSSYNC_REPLACE_CONTACTS = False or "preserve"

Behavior:

• Keeps ALL character contacts unchanged
• Does NOT sync alliance contacts
• Only updates war targets (if enabled)

Use Case: Manual contact management, no alliance sync

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Merge Mode

STANDINGSSYNC_REPLACE_CONTACTS = "merge"

Behavior:

• Preserves personal contacts
• Adds new alliance contacts with +5.0 standing
• Removes alliance contacts when removed from alliance list
• Updates alliance contact standings to +5.0
• Handles war targets normally (if enabled)

Use Case: Automatic alliance sync while keeping personal contacts

Example:

# In your Django settings (local.py)
STANDINGSSYNC_REPLACE_CONTACTS = "merge"

How It Works:

• Alliance contacts are tracked using the "ALLIANCE" label (similar to "WAR TARGETS" label)
• All alliance contacts are automatically marked with the ALLIANCE label and +5.0 standing
• Personal contacts (without ALLIANCE label) are never modified
• When an entity leaves the alliance, their contact is automatically removed (identified by label)
• When an entity joins the alliance, their contact is automatically added with the ALLIANCE label

Requirements:

• You must create an "ALLIANCE" contact label in-game for each synced character
• The label name is case-insensitive and can be configured via STANDINGSSYNC_ALLIANCE_CONTACTS_LABEL_NAME setting
• Without the label, merge mode will still add/update alliance contacts, but cannot remove old ones

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Migration Guide

Existing Users:

• Boolean values (True/False) continue to work for backward compatibility
• True is automatically converted to "replace" mode
• False is automatically converted to "preserve" mode

To Enable Merge Mode:

# In your local.py or settings file
STANDINGSSYNC_REPLACE_CONTACTS = "merge"

Installation

Step 1 - Check Preconditions

Please make sure you meet all preconditions before proceeding:

1. Standings Sync is a plugin for Alliance Auth. If you don't have Alliance Auth running already, please install it first before proceeding. (see the official AA installation guide for details)

2. Standings Sync needs the app django-eveuniverse to function. Please make sure it is installed, before continuing.

Step 2 - Install app

Install into AA virtual environment with PIP install from PyPI:

pip install aa-standingssync-zoo

Step 3 - Update Eve Online app

Update the Eve Online app used for authentication in your AA installation to include the following scopes:

esi-characters.read_contacts.v1
esi-characters.write_contacts.v1
esi-alliances.read_contacts.v1

Step 4 - Configure AA settings

Configure your AA settings (local.py) as follows:

Add 'standingssync' to INSTALLED_APPS

Add these lines add to bottom of your settings file:

# settings for standingssync
CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE['standingssync.run_regular_sync'] = {
    'task': 'standingssync.tasks.run_regular_sync',
    'schedule': crontab(minute=0, hour='*/2')
}

Please also see the settings section for more configuration options. For example a setting is required to enable syncing war targets.

Step 5 - Finalize installation into AA

Run migrations & copy static files

python manage.py migrate
python manage.py collectstatic --noinput

Restart your supervisor services for AA

Step 6 - Setup permissions

Now you can access Alliance Auth and setup permissions for your users. See section "Permissions" below for details.

Step 7 - Setup alliance character

Finally you need to set the alliance character that will be used for fetching the alliance contacts / standing. Just click on "Set Alliance Character" and add the requested token. Note that only users with the appropriate permission will be able to see and use this function.

Once an alliance character is set the app will immediately start fetching alliance contacts. Wait a minute and then reload the page to see the result.

That's it. The Standing Sync app is fully installed and ready to be used.

Updating

To update your existing installation of Alliance Freight first enable your virtual environment.

Then run the following commands from your AA project directory (the one that contains manage.py).

pip install -U aa-standingssync-zoo

python manage.py migrate

python manage.py collectstatic --noinput

Finally restart your AA supervisor services.

Settings

Here is a list of available settings for this app. They can be configured by adding them to your AA settings file (local.py). If they are not set the defaults are used.

Permissions

This app only uses two permission. One for enabling this app for users and one for enabling users to add alliances for syncing.

Admin functions

Admins will find a "Standings Sync" section on the admin page. This section provides the following features:

• See a list of all setup alliances with their sync status

• See a list of all enabled characters with their current sync status

• Manually remove characters / alliances from sync

• Manually start the sync process for characters / alliances

Feedback

If you encounter any bugs or would like to request a new feature please open an issue on GitHub.