I fixed this mod for 2.10, added support for the new arena. I am *NOT* a LUA programmer, this is just a relatively simple patch. Any advanced requests probably won't be able to be fulfilled, but please, if you have any ideas, post them, and other modders are FREE to work on them: I'll put newer versions on here if someone uploads them.
New features:
/alf lock - locks the frames
/alf unlock - unlocks the frames
From the original author:
A.L.F. is a mod for wow arena pvp. No configuration is required. Soon after entering the arena, you will see the mod title pop up, you can drag anywhere you like. During the match, as soon as you can get the info about your opponents (targeting them, moving your mouse over them, or one of your teammates targeting them), a targeting bar for that player will be added. It will show their class and their 'missing health' in a bar colored according to their class (Shamans are colored reddish to distinguish better from mages). The targeting will only be successful if you acquire the target information before becoming flagged as 'in combat'. If targets are added after you are in combat they will be semi-transparent to show that you can't click to target them.
During the match small rectangles will also appear ontop of the targeting frames. These rectangles indicate who in your party is targeting that opponent. By clicking on that rectangle you will assist your party member and target that opponent - this works even if you acquired the target information after entering combat, but your teammate must be targeting that opponent. Actually you can accidentally click an invisible assist rectangle on the wrong target frame and that will still cause you to assist, for that reason I recommend clicking the class icon that appears to the left of the health bar for regular targeting.
After the match the frame will automatically reset/disappear after a few moments. The only commands available are:
"/alf reset" - this manually resets the window. This is useful if you went straight from the arena to another arena, which can occur in unrated skirmish matches.
"/alf version" - reports the mod's version as well as the version of other members of your party or battleground, great for nagging other people to install it! Since the addon synchronizes target and health updates with your teammates, the more people who install the mod, the more reliable it will be.
1.04: Changed default coordinates for low-resolution users.
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)...