01What it does
VoidRaidToolsReader is the data-collection backend that makes VoidRaidTools work. While you raid, it quietly logs the things the alert engine needs to react accurately to a given fight — boss cast events, friendly aura traces on your party, encounter outcomes, your own position over time.
None of it shows on your screen. The Reader has no UI during combat. It does have a small panel for inspecting what was recorded, and a consent dialog the first time you log in.
02What it records
Encounter data only
- Boss cast events
The Reader captures
ENCOUNTER_TIMELINE_EVENT_ADDEDpayloads with clean spell ID resolution. This is how the alert engine learns the actual cast timing patterns for new bosses without me hand-coding them all. - Friendly aura traces
Buffs and debuffs that land on your party during the encounter — so role-based alerts (interrupt rotation, dispel prioritization) have ground truth instead of guesses.
- Encounter metadata
Encounter ID, difficulty, group composition, kill/wipe outcome, timestamps. Standard log fields.
- Your own position
Periodic snapshots of where you stood during the fight — yourself only, never other players.
What it never records
- Chat
Nothing said in any chat channel is logged or uploaded. Ever.
- Gear, inventory, currency
Your character sheet is none of the Reader's business.
- Other addon data
The Reader doesn't peek at WeakAuras strings, DBM profiles, or any other addon's SavedVariables.
- Anything outside active encounters
Recording starts on encounter pull and stops on wipe/kill. World content, dailies, AH browsing — invisible to the Reader.
03How consent works
First-login dialog
- Two choices, both work
On the first login after install, the Reader pops a dialog asking whether you'd like to (A) record locally and upload anonymous encounter data, or (B) record locally and never upload anything. Both modes let VoidRaidTools function — the upload mode just helps the mechanic-detection engine improve across the player base.
- Change anytime
Toggle between modes whenever you want via the Reader's control panel.
- Inspect before send
Use
/vrtsr queueto see the pending upload queue before anything goes out. Nothing is sent that you haven't been able to read first.
Slash commands
/vrtsrOpen the Reader control panel — toggle upload, inspect stored sessions, set retention.
/vrtsr queueInspect the pending upload queue before anything is sent.
04Install
The Reader is required by VoidRaidTools — install both. Once enabled, you should never see the Reader again unless you open it on purpose.
05More from the workshop
Role-aware mechanic alerts — what this Reader powers.
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Smart bag organizer with cross-character search.
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Timezone-aware calendar replacement with per-class signups.
LFG applicant behavior scoring — interrupts, avoidance, commitment, beyond RaiderIO.
AI test-strip scanner for hot tubs and pools.
RV GPS that avoids low bridges.
Privacy-first budgeting. Never touches your bank.