This is a simple program that launches World of Warcraft in windowed mode, removes the window borders and maximizes the game window. It also optionally changes the display resolution.
This servers three purposes:
1. It makes it possible to run the game in "pseudo-fullscreen" mode on one display and use other programs in another. No need to see that window border all the time.
2. It makes the game handle popup windows gracefully - instead of switching resolution and minimizing the game the new window will simply show on top of the game window.
3. It makes it possible to run the game in high resolutions, even when the game itself fails to detect them.
Installation Guide
- Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
- Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
- Windows XP a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
- WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
- WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
- StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
- Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
- Start World of Warcraft
- Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.
Translations
When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".
TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.
If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
Mac Support
WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.
Directory Structure
World of Warcraft
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.toc
|_ *AddonName*.xml
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
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NoahBody saidEveryone should have this small program (if you have a PC)!
WOW does support the native resolution of my monitor but I use this because I always have my web browser open so I can check on items, quests, etc.
It's great being able to shrink the window so I can still watch my toon while I do whatever else I need to do.
Try it, you'll love it!
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theNick saidis this programm possible to edit for other games as well ?
like kinda all other games :P
thought about Call of Dury 4, Age of Conan and Warcraft 3 :P
like if u just need to enter the program name and title, what exactly is "class" ? and how to find out about the class ?
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akcrono saidI LOVE this program!! Is there a way to do what this does (fullscreens and stretches w/ no windows boarders) for other games as well? Playing games like warcraft 3 with 2 monitors would be much easier.
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mykroft saidAnd it will expand your window to unsupported resolutions not in wow's avail list.....
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LimDul saidnot really, since the default wow option don't leave the taskbar visible in the bottom.
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attackfrog saidUnless I'm confused about what this program does, its functionality is already available in World of Warcraft.
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akcrono saidWhen I use this, it displays fin on my primaty, but my secondary display is blacked out. How to i get my other display to not black out?
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Malikai3k saidtask bar still comes up for me when using the bliz version of this all i need to do is hit the windows key to see it.
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jaden41 saidHey, first off- great mod! Quick question though.. Is there a way to add contrast into maximizer? My apologies if this was brought up already, didn't see it in my skim through of the last 6 pages.
Thanks much
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Kayde saidDual monitors. GIMME!
then again... i play on laptop. Hrm... I could make this work... lol.
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mykroft saidBlizz's version removes the entire windows taskbar etc at the bottom. This version does not, removing the entire taskbar does not let us with dual monitors switch between program easily. This program still works better for me than bliz's built in version
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Kayde saidThis has now been added as a standard feature for all servers. I was still using this up until about a week ago. Just thought I'd let others know.
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Abhorsen saidCan you make something like this for Half Life games? I like how alt+tab works and stuff with this.. I tried windows mode but it just doenst cover the entire screen. Because everytime i alt+tab then go back to the game ill lose performance for some reason.
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kryptic saiddarren150181,
Add this to the ini:
arguments = -windowed -nosound
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kryptic saiddarren150181,
Add this to the ini:
arguments = -windowed -nosound
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Zews17 saidHow to remove this... Styles... Because of him(it) not one new updating does not work
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Kaitlin saidIt does exactly what I was asking about. Just click it and it maximizes.
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Lewzephyr saidAdded a "Maximize" windowed video option which will maximize the game window and remove the borders for a fullscreen experience which allows popup windows.
I wonder if this will do the same thing that maximizer does? guess ill need to go check this out.
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charles said-Added a "Maximize" windowed video option which will maximize the game window and remove the borders for a fullscreen experience which allows popup windows.
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Sutefi said.. a pretty screenshot so we can see. =D I like seeing the shots before getting it.. hehe ^^