myMusic is an in-game MP3-player that enables the user to play MP3-files from their harddrives. Sadly Blizzard's WoW engine only supports WAV and MP3 files, so myMusic doesn't support any other file formats.
Features:
The ability to play MP3 files inside WoW.
The player is GUI based, with a playlist and controls.
GUI based options panel (/myMusic options).
myAddOns support.
Titan Panel support.
Localizied for german and french clients.
A minimap button with the ability to control the player: play/next/previous/stop/etc. + toggle player and options panel.
A function to post the currently playing song in a chat channel. This can be done auto on song changes. (Use <mp3> in the message to get the currently playing song)
Commands:
/myMusic open | close | toggle | options | post | play | stop | next | previous
How to use myMusic:
Unzip myMusic to your addon folder ('\WoW\Interface\AddOns').
Copy your MP3-files to '\WoW\Interface\AddOns\myMusic\mp3'. If you don't copy your MP3-files WoW cannot find your files. This unless you know how to use the junction method (on NTFS formatted harddrives). Then I recommend the application Junction Link Magic.
Generate a playlist, with playlistmaker.exe or FireFox's myMPCW (*RECOMMENDED*).
Start the game, open myMusic and click the 'Import' button, if your songs doesn't show up.
READ THIS:
"Enable music" needs to be checked in the WoW sound options.
"Loop music" should be un-checked in the WoW sound options for best results.
Other addons like "Soundtrack" and "Mortal Combat Sound" can interrupt "myMusic".
playlistmaker.exe, made by Affenmann, is buggy and outdated. It's a DOS app.
FireFox2k, at Curse-Gaming, has made a lot better, GUI based, playlist generator, together with feedback from me. It's written in C# and requires .NET 2.0 (from Microsoft) to work.
this is sibor's mod updated to work with the 2.0 patch and slight Lua 5.1 changes.
Just changed Toc entry to make it compatible with 2.1.0 patch
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 has 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)...