--- a/core.lua	Fri Jun 08 08:05:37 2012 +0000
+++ b/core.lua	Mon Jun 11 21:03:16 2012 +0000
@@ -143,10 +143,7 @@
 	.." a download URL for copy-and-pasting. You can %s to ping other raiders"
 	.." for their installed versions (same as '/ouroloot ping' or clicking the"
 	.." 'Ping!' button on the options panel)."
-local unique_collision = "|cffff1010%s:|r  Item '%s' was carrying unique tag "
-	.."<%s>, but that was already in use!  (New sender was '%s', previous cache "
-	.."entry was <%s/%s>.)  This may require a live human to figure out; the "
-	.."loot in question has not been stored."
+local unique_collision = "|cffff1010%s:|r|nItem '%s' was carrying unique tag <%s>, but that was already in use; tried to generate a new tag and failed!|n|nRemote sender was '%s', previous cache entry was <%s/%s>.|n|nThis may require a live human to figure out; the loot in question has not been stored."
 local remote_chatty = "|cff00ff00%s|r changed %d/%s from %s%s|r to %s%s|r"
 local qualnames = {
 	['gray'] = 0, ['grey'] = 0, ['poor'] = 0, ['trash'] = 0,
@@ -195,6 +192,12 @@
 		cache		= false,
 		alsolog		= false,
 	}
+	--@debug@
+	DEBUG_PRINT		= true
+	debug.loot		= true
+	debug.comm		= true
+	--@end-debug@
+
 	-- This looks ugly, but it factors out the load-time decisions from
 	-- the run-time ones.  Args to [dp]print are concatenated with spaces.
 	if tekdebug then
@@ -337,6 +340,7 @@
 -- En masse forward decls of symbols defined inside local blocks
 local _register_bossmod, makedate, create_new_cache, _init, _log
 local _history_by_loot_id, _notify_about_remote, _setup_unique_replace
+local _unavoidable_collision
 
 -- Try to extract numbers from the .toc "Version" and munge them into an
 -- integral form for comparison.  The result doesn't need to be meaningful as
@@ -1378,8 +1382,7 @@
 					i = g_uniques[unique]
 					local err = unique_collision:format (ERROR_CAPS, iname, unique,
 						tostring(from), tostring(i.loot), tostring(i.history))
-					self:Print(err)
-					_G.PlaySoundFile ([[Interface\AddOns\Ouro_Loot\sfrr.ogg]], "master")
+					_unavoidable_collision (err)
 					-- Make sure this is logged one way or another
 					;(self.debug.loot and self.dprint or pprint)('loot', "COLLISION", prefix, err);
 					ret1, ret2 = nil, err
@@ -2475,6 +2478,33 @@
 	end
 end
 
+do
+	local clicky
+	function _unavoidable_collision (err)
+		-- This should happen so rarely that it's not worth moving into gui.lua
+		if not StaticPopupDialogs["OUROL_COLLISION"] then
+			StaticPopupDialogs["OUROL_COLLISION"] = flib.StaticPopup{
+				button1 = OKAY,
+			}
+			clicky = addon.format_hypertext(
+				[[ SYSTEM FAILURE -- RELEASE RINZLER ]], "|cffff0000",
+				function() StaticPopup_Show "OUROL_COLLISION" end)
+		end
+		StaticPopupDialogs["OUROL_COLLISION"].text = err
+		_G.PlaySoundFile ([[Interface\AddOns\Ouro_Loot\sfrr.ogg]], "Master")
+		addon:Print ("        ")
+		addon:Print ("        ", clicky)
+		addon:Print ("        ")
+	end
+end
+--function DOTEST()
+--	local err = unique_collision:format (ERROR_CAPS,
+--		"Codpiece of the Grimacing Lunatic",
+--		'n3183021', 'Farmbuyer', '14', '78')
+--	_unavoidable_collision (err)
+--	pprint('ohfuck', "COLLISION", err)
+--end
+
 
 ------ Saved texts
 function addon:check_saved_table(silent_p)