Title: Good Damage Font 2.0 Fix
Author: Fixed By 'Kaytiecakes' (Original owner 'saccamano')
Original Addon URL: http://wow.curse-gaming.com/en/files/details/2826/good-damage-font/
What it does:
This very simple addon created by 'saccamano' changes the normal WoW damage font to the cool kind you see in a lot of WoW pvp videos.
How to install/Usage:
Simply extract the 'gdFont' folder into your /Interface/Addons folder.
You should now have a directory that looks somewhat like this.
- C:\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\gdFont**
Changed the TOC file to stop the stress of pressing "Load out of date addons" with patch 2.0.6.
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- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.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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WNxHellRaver said@RacconPorn
Basicly all you can do is change the location where the dmg is shown like in SCT change the Y and X axis.
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fatoel saidhow to make it bold, pls pls plsp ls tell me. and a little bit bigger
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WNxHellRaver saidFirst you need to copy the font into the SCT Font Dir after that you need to change all the .lua files that hold a link to the fonts. There are like 3 or 4.
Its kinda hard to explain but you need to add an extra line basicly just copy paste font line 6 and make it a 7
Then paste this line into every file that holds the font info
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Smult saidHow can I add this to SCT? Anyone know=
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RacconPorn saidI just took the SKURRI ttf file and renamed it to one of the fonts in SCTD, was able too beef up the size/make it bold there. But then I remembered I hate that mod, cause the numbers appear in the middle of your freaking screen instead of over the mob like it should. Anyone know make SCTD not do that? :S Or, well, make the fonts bigger with this mod?
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Doggiey saidis it any change getting the Thing abit thicker ? and how do i add it into SCT? i tried but seems like i fail every time some help pleae ?
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WNxHellRaver saidI added this font succesfully into SCT :D So now everything has this font
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Shealth saidIs it possible to make the font, bold? It would be awesome, really.
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masterbastard saidexcellent mod, but i was wondering if it was possible to somehow modify this mod to work with healing aswell.
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Doggiey saidBtw now :P ^^ is there any possibility to make the Text abit bigger or Thicker? it's kinda thin
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Doggiey saidoh now mate don't worry i Runned WIth Winzip it didn't work my Friend gave me tip to RUn Winrar it worked :P
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Doggiey saidTHen when i push Open Somehow Windows media player comes up =( :S????
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Doggiey saidye thanks mate but when i go there it comes a box like always Open or Save or Cancell but the image if Winzip that often is there it's not there on this mod and it's like Couldn't find the mod... must be somthing i don't have on my comp in that case my Friend could but not me =(
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Kaytiecakes81 saidSihrf: Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's possible. But i'd hate to edit someone elses work :(
I personally run Scrolling Combat Text and turn off all of Blizzards Default scrolling combat text. ***remembering to leave "show target damge" on** I think it looks much better that way!
That can be found here!:
http://wow.curse-gaming.com/en/files/details/111/scrollingcombattext/
Doggiey: I tried to download it and it works fine for me!
But here's a direct link you can try!
http://media1.curse-gaming.com/media/files/47-22700-good-damage-font-2-0-0-good-damage-font-2-0-0.rar
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Doggiey saidWell i really like this mod and i've been looking for it a long time then i found the Original Damage font and was /Cry when there were no mirrors for it and then i saw this one and thought YES but then i can't get it it's like Can't Find it is it Finished or???? really want help Getting it plix
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Sihrf saidWould it be possible to set this as blizzards default font for scrolling combat text?