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Last Update:	July 5, 2008 (1 day ago)
Category:	Unit Frames
Tags:	frame, frames, interface, perl, and unit
Project Manager:	Global
Current Version:	Perl Classic Unit Frames 2.18 (for World of Warcraft 2.4.0)
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Perl Classic v0.67 with CTRA

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Created On:	Sept. 25, 2005
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About Perl Classic Unit Frames

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What is Perl Classic?
Perl Classic Unit Frames are a complete rewrite of the original mods by Perl. They replace the default Player, Pet, Target, Target of Target, Party, and Party Pet frames and add dedicated frames for many other units (Focus, Focus Target, Party Target, Target of Target of Target). It has been a high priority to maintain the look and feel or the original Perl mods while expanding functionality. The mod has been recoded for performance and is built around the Blizzard UI usage of events.

Slash Commands
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/perl

Known Issues
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None!

Todo
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Optimize code

Q&A
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Q: I'm seeing double party buffs for some reason, what gives?
A: 99% of the time this is caused by CT_PartyBuffs. Simply remove the mod and you will return to having one set of party buffs.

Q: I am having massive dead spots for clicking on some of the unit frames, what's wrong?
A: This can be caused by a number of mods, but the most common seems to be CT_MovableParty. Please remove this mod as Perl can be moved without the use of this mod.

Q: The default party frames are showing up with red lightning bolts. What's going on?
A: As of version 1.503 of CT_RaidAssist this should no longer be caused by CTRA. The settings for this are now located in the WoW settings under Interface Options -> Basic -> Raid -> Hide Party Interface.

Q: Do you support ArcaneBar?
A: Yes, it is included in your download of Perl Classic.

Q: Will you be adding any features to Perl_PlayerBuff?
A: No, my coding for this mod goes as far as making sure it 'works.' If anyone would like to expand upon it, feel free to do so.

Q: Where are the raid frames?
A: As of 2.0 I no longer code raid frames for Perl Classic. Luckily, X-Perl's raid frames work great alongside Perl Classic. X-Perl's raid frames (and the unit frames themselves) can be found here: http://www.curse.com/downloads/details/3416/

Q: The scaling is all messed up! What do i do?
A: I recommend setting the scale to that of the UI if you are having issues. Open the options menu via "/perl" or the Black Pearl icon on the minimap and set the scale accordingly under the "All" tab.

Q: I am having an issue not listed in this FAQ, what can I do?
A: First, update *every* mod. I do not support ancient outdated and unmaintained mods. If you have double checked that everything is up to date, post on any of the Perl Classic mod pages and I'll be glad to help you narrow down the issue or give suggestions to help find a solution.

Q: Can you add this feature?
A: I'm sure it's possible, but the primary purpose of this mod is to 'modernize' the original Perl mod so that it doesn't slow your game down.

Dependency Notes
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Mods that Perl Classic will take advantage of:
Clique - http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=5108
Druid Bar - http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/129/
IFrameManager - http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=4865
MobHealth2 - http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/793/
MobHealth3 - http://www.curse.com/downloads/details/3619/
myAddOns - http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/207/

Mods that take advantage of Perl Classic:
BeneCaster - http://wowui.incgamers.com/?p=mod&m=3606

2.18 - May 14, 2008

- All: Fixed a possible scope issue in the MobHealth and MobInfo support code
- All: Cleaned up some code syntax and file uniformity
- Config: Added a frame positioning mode to help with some of those more rare frames
- Config: Fixed a potential incorrect minimap button default setting

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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Global said
July 5, 2008, 01:19AM (1 day, 22 hours ago)
@asole & dector: I just installed MobInfo2 and went and did some duels. I'm not getting any errors on my end. Could you perhaps give some more in dept steps to reproduce this error, or perhaps backup your SV file for MobInfo2 and then try to reset its mobhealth database. It just seems like something is getting corrupt on its end.

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Global said
July 5, 2008, 12:35AM (1 day, 22 hours ago)
@fusey: It would probably be a lot easier for the Feed-O-Matic author to add support for Perl Classic than the other way around. Perhaps you could see if he would do it.

@Adema88: No. I may add this for 3.x though.

@asole & dector: I'm going to look at the MobInfo code and see what has changed lately since this worked fine for over 2 years before just recently.

@ylitil: Open Perl_Target.lua and search for "Perl_Target_NameFrame:SetBackdropColor(0, 0, 0, 1);". The 3 0s represent RGB colors, so just put a value between 0 and 1 in there and experiment some.

@Hashani: Not too sure what the problem is. Download the zip files, extract contents into your WoW\Interface\AddOns folder.

@krolling: The background bar color won't change, but the text color will.

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dector said
July 3, 2008, 12:40AM (3 days, 22 hours ago)
Error: attempt to compare number with nil
AddOn: Perl_CombatDisplay
File: Perl_CombatDisplay.lua
Line: 917
Count: 4
--------------------------------------------------
Error: attempt to compare number with nil
AddOn: Perl_Target
File: Perl_Target.lua
Line: 658
Count: 4

Happened while targeting another player while dueling.

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krolling said
July 1, 2008, 10:48PM (5 days ago)
I use v 2.118.Is it possible for my target icon shows red enemy bar if my target enemy and green if my target friendly?

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Hashani said
June 21, 2008, 07:04AM (2 weeks, 1 day ago)
kk, that sounded strange:
I downloaded the addon, but in the AddOns folder after extracting it of course), and when I logg on WoW, its not showing in the addons list! Please help :S

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Hashani said
June 21, 2008, 07:02AM (2 weeks, 1 day ago)
Umms... I download, extract all, and but that one extracted folder in my AddOns list, BUT its not showing in the addons list! Help! I really wanna use this addon

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ylitil said
May 30, 2008, 01:14PM (1 month, 1 week ago)
how would i change the black background fo basically everything, but mainly the target name frame?
i have tried recolouring the Perl_Black.tga , but it didnt do anything.

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asole said
May 28, 2008, 04:37PM (1 month, 1 week ago)
Date: 2008-05-28 19:01:12
ID: 50
Error occured in: Global
Count: 5
Message: ..\AddOns\Perl_Target\Perl_Target.lua line 658:
attempt to compare number with nil
Debug:
[C]: ?
Perl_Target\Perl_Target.lua:658: Perl_Target_Update_Health()
Perl_Target\Perl_Target.lua:153: func()
Perl_Target\Perl_Target.lua:128:
Perl_Target\Perl_Target.lua:125
----------------------------------------------------
Date: 2008-05-28 19:01:12
ID: 49
Error occured in: Global
Count: 3
Message: ...ace\AddOns\Perl_CombatDisplay\Perl_CombatDisplay.lua line 917:
attempt to compare number with nil
Debug:
[C]: ?
...ace\AddOns\Perl_CombatDisplay\Perl_CombatDisplay.lua:917: Perl_CombatDisplay_Target_Update_Health()
...ace\AddOns\Perl_CombatDisplay\Perl_CombatDisplay.lua:133: func()
...ace\AddOns\Perl_CombatDisplay\Perl_CombatDisplay.lua:113:
...ace\AddOns\Perl_CombatDisplay\Perl_CombatDisplay.lua:109
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im using lastest version perl classic and mobinfo.

edit: it happens only in illidari council. i had to disable perl :\

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asole said
June 11, 2008, 11:22PM (3 weeks, 4 days ago)
i love this addon but cant use with this bug. i had to disable it :(

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Adema88 said
May 17, 2008, 04:36AM (1 month, 2 weeks ago)
Does this mod have target of target portrait?

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fusey said
May 15, 2008, 02:46PM (1 month, 3 weeks ago)
Hi Global!

First of all I want to thank you for the mod, its the best out there IMO :-)

Would it be possible to add support for Feed-O-Matic ?

http://fizzwidget.com/feedomatic/

Basically when you have this mod and your pet needs feeding then clicking on the pet's happiness icon on the player pet frame will make feed-o-matic automatically give your pet the best food in your bags. This is what it does with Blizz's default frames currently.

Basically all its doing is calling :-

/click FOM_FeedButton

Thanks,

Fusey :)

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Mikeyo8989 said
May 7, 2008, 02:25AM (2 months ago)
Does this mod have the 3d character portraits?

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Global said
May 10, 2008, 08:05PM (1 month, 3 weeks ago)
Yes it does.

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whysky said
April 30, 2008, 06:44AM (2 months, 1 week ago)
Actually Bidybag, I dont want it shown all the time, like in a 10 / 25 raid For that I use sraidframes.
Just the ability to show in 5 man or less raids, the abilility to automaticly hide in raids is what Im using, I just thought it would be nice to have an exception for, say Arena, because they are also considered raid groups.
But thanks anyway, I got a chuckle from your answer.

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Global said
May 10, 2008, 08:06PM (1 month, 3 weeks ago)
I doubt I'll be adding a "Show in Arena" option for 2.x, but it is definitely something I'll have in 3.x.

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whysky said
May 14, 2008, 05:57AM (1 month, 3 weeks ago)
Oh thank you thank you thank you.

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whysky said
April 29, 2008, 09:22AM (2 months, 1 week ago)
Hi Global
Ive been using the mod since the very first days and since 2.0, sraidframes for Raiding. I just wanted to request something though that I believe has been missing for a long time. The ability to display the group frames in a 5 man or less raid, it would be very helpful in Arena.
Thank you and keep going.

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Bidybag said
April 29, 2008, 05:32PM (2 months, 1 week ago)
You been using it for that long and you dont know how to click on "Always Shown" ?

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Bidybag said
April 28, 2008, 10:31PM (2 months, 1 week ago)
How do i view enemy HP in battlegrounds and stuff? I can only see my own team HP when they are in my group. Do i need a separate addon or something?

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Global said
May 7, 2008, 03:55PM (2 months ago)
Install MobHealth3 (It's only called MobHealth on the site). You can find it on Ace's site: http://files.wowace.com/

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Installation Guide

Translations

TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)

Mac Support

Directory Structure

Perl Classic v0.67 with CTRA