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Last Update:	July 9, 2007 (12 months ago)
Category:	Chat & Communication
Tags:	chat and cosmos
Project Manager:	Guillotine
Current Version:	TasteTheNaimbow1.45 (for World of Warcraft 2.0.0)
Downloads Today:	12
Downloads Total:	13,316
Favorites:	95
Comments:	19

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Created On:	Sept. 6, 2006

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Note- A big thanks to AnduinLothar for converting TTN for TBC!

> [1. General][Somenoob]: ROFL nobode iz roling night elf warlocks nemore.
> To [Somenoob]: ... are you serious?
> [Somenoob] whispers: lolz ya i dun see nun
> {{{<GM>}}}[Cairenn] whispers: Greetings, this is Game Master Cairenn, what can I help you with?
> (Here I pressed the R button to reply without seeing the GM message)
> To [Cairenn]: Night elves can't BE warlocks
> {{{<GM>}}}[Cairenn] whispers: Yes, that is working as intended.
> To [Cairenn]: Wait! That wasn't my question >

The above is completely 100% true. So I started looking for an easy way to differentiate whispers ;)

I found Elkano's Colored Whispers (http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=4519), but it had several problems. First, the colors changed over sessions. Second, most of the colors were unreadable.

So I created TasteTheNaimbow ^_^

TasteTheNaimbow is essentially Elkano's Colored Whispers with some very big changes.

What the addon does is color the name in ALL chat channels based on a cache of the person's name. This means that the color for the name will ALWAYS be the same.

Secondly, because I used an HSV formula to come up with a color, they are all bright, vibrant colors.

As of now, the addon has no options and should work with all chat channels. Please inform me if it does not.

This addon has Khaos support. You can enable/disable it using the Khaos menu. If you do not use Khaos, simply enable/disable it via the Addon button

1 Installation Guide
2 Translations
3 TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
4 Mac Support
5 Directory Structure

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.

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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kelissa said
April 21, 2008, 06:53AM (2 months, 2 weeks ago)
I'm having a problem with this addon ever since I used the Repair for WoW. I have it installed, reinstalled, and loaded but none of the names havechanged colors. Guild names are all green and everyone is is just white. I have no clue how to fix this! HELP!!!!

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Guillotine said
April 22, 2008, 06:34PM (2 months, 2 weeks ago)
If you are using Cosmos, make sure the AddOn is enabled in the Cosmos options as well as on the AddOn screen.

Otherwise, I would suggest going to WoW/WTF/Accounts/<YourAccount>/SavedVariables and deleting TasteTheNaimbow.lua and then reinstalling the addon.

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kelissa said
April 23, 2008, 05:52AM (2 months, 2 weeks ago)
That was it, thank you so much!!!

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oXid_FoX said
Nov. 26, 2007, 04:41AM (7 months, 1 week ago)
there are some errors.... this addon reports taint

/console TaintLog 1
the generated file is here : WoW_path\Logs\taint.log

some extracts of it:
```
An action was blocked in combat because of taint from TasteTheNaimbow - VoiceChatTalkers###:SetAttribute()
Interface\FrameXML\VoiceChat.lua:121 VoiceChatTalkers_Update()
Interface\FrameXML\VoiceChat.lua:65 VoiceChatTalkers_OnEvent()
VoiceChatTalkers:OnEvent()
```
An action was blocked in combat because of taint from TasteTheNaimbow - VoiceChatTalkers###:SetAttribute()
Interface\FrameXML\VoiceChat.lua:121 VoiceChatTalkers_Update()
Interface\FrameXML\VoiceChat.lua:65 VoiceChatTalkers_OnEvent()
VoiceChatTalkers:OnEvent()

edit:
"the UIPanels system getting a massive rewrite in 2.3.2"

that's a blue post : http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=879058320&sid=1&pageNo=18

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oXid_FoX said
July 11, 2007, 09:52AM (12 months ago)
oops, sorry, I read too fast ^^. you're right !

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scottg said
Sept. 29, 2007, 04:31PM (9 months, 1 week ago)
I love this mod! unfortunantly- it does not work with babelfish- somithing about it conflicts with babelfish's ability to read text in the chatbox and it will not translate it. i think because tastethenaimbow reads the chat text first (?), is this a fixable problem

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oXid_FoX said
July 10, 2007, 05:51PM (12 months ago)
what's new ?
just for info : (the previous was) compatible with french client. if you wanted to set the Compatible/Localized flags ;)

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Guillotine said
July 11, 2007, 06:53AM (12 months ago)
As I put into the Changelog, TTN now affects Say and Yell. And I'm not marking any localized flags because it ISN'T localized. It just works with everything :) There is no language-specific anything in there (except Khaos options)

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Guillotine said
May 11, 2007, 03:01PM (1 year, 1 month ago)
1.44 moved to Release section as it definately fixes the bugs.

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Guillotine said
May 8, 2007, 04:41PM (1 year, 2 months ago)
Hehe. whoops. One with files actually in it is up now.
Edit: 1.44 up. This *should* be the last 1.4 beta. Please let me know about any bugs you find!

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Mindlessglalaxy said
May 8, 2007, 09:06AM (1 year, 2 months ago)
Hi,
Tried to download version 1.41 beta but it doesn't contain anything in it just an empty zip. Could you please upload the newest version again. Also thanks for a great addon keep up the great work.
Thanks again

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Guillotine said
May 7, 2007, 09:19PM (1 year, 2 months ago)
No bugs found in 1.4, so it has been moved to the Release category :)
Let me know if you find any!
Edit: Moved back to beta. Sorry all that downloaded it! Small bug where a color was different if you whispered a person before they spoke. That bug is fixed in 1.41

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Guillotine said
May 6, 2007, 02:15AM (1 year, 2 months ago)
An update is in the beta section with some changes. Feel free to check it out. Some nice changes ;)

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Guillotine said
Feb. 23, 2007, 06:00PM (1 year, 4 months ago)
dector: What other addons are you using? Even with 500 people whispering you in a session, TTN should slow you down about a tenth as much as something like Auctioneer or Lootlink and most people have no problems with those.
In the next patch of WoW, (2.1), we'll be able to check exactly what addon is taking up memory, so that should help with this type of thing.

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dector said
Feb. 15, 2007, 05:14PM (1 year, 4 months ago)
Hi... I'm not going to BS around here. I like your mod, a lot... but I have issues w/ extreme slow downs after being logged in for anywhere from two hours and up, and I did not have this problem before installing your mod. My sessions last very long because I don't have a life. After work, I relax for 4-8hrs right on WoW. In one session I can get tells from as many as 75-125 people per session and I think it is because of this that my cache rises significantly after an hour or so. I don't know about programming or efficiency, but I like your mod a lot. I wish I could use it all the time, but I have it enabled only for the characters I don't play for long periods of time, i.e. my priest. Just thought I'd let you know.

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Guillotine said
Sept. 13, 2006, 06:43PM (1 year, 9 months ago)
shush. its a good name. better than most of the puns I hear YOU make all the time :P

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stimpak said
Oct. 11, 2006, 07:52AM (1 year, 8 months ago)
cashing the name colour wouldnt increase the memory usage of the mode over time? what if every person in the server whisper you? you'll end up having a table with colours-names for every and each one of them?
i'd suggest that since the names are always unique, use the name as input to generate an always same and unique colour-code?

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Guillotine said
Oct. 30, 2006, 06:22PM (1 year, 8 months ago)
It increases the memory usage yes, but FAR less than if we had to cache the name every time. Chances are you're not going to get a whisper from everyone on the server ;) If that starts happening, let me know and I'll change it.
For now though, this is the most efficient way. I doubt you get whispers from more than 50 people in one session.

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THUNDER_CHILD said
Sept. 12, 2006, 01:34PM (1 year, 9 months ago)
- Groan*
Still, it works well.

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