If you're grinding Ogri'la or Skuguard rep and you're anything like me, you reach for a pen and paper whenever it comes to doing the apexis relic quest each day. Well, I figured it's time we all helped to save the trees so I created an addon to help us out instead!
/simon
Opens up the interface which you can see in the screenshot. It's pretty self explanatory, but here comes a brief description anyway.
Try to stand facing NORTH WEST whilst using the Simon Helper. That way you'll notice the colour positions in the helper correspond to the colours you see on the ground.
While stood at the relic playing the game, click the big coloured boxes in Simon Helper as they're shown to you by the relic. When it's your turn to copy, hit the "playback" button and Simon Helper will light up the boxes in the same order allowing you to copy back to the relic. There's 3 seconds between each box lighting up in playback which is more than enough to hit the corresponding block on the relic. Version 2 will probably include some customisation options to adjust those timings for those who want it a bit faster or slower. In the meantime, feel free to adjust them in the SimonHelper.lua file if you need it a bit slower:
In the SimonHelper.lua file, fine the SimonHelper_PlayNext function and edit these two lines:
Chronos.schedule(2,SimonHelper_Clear);
Chronos.schedule(3,SimonHelper_PlayNext);
The first one is how long the box stays lit during playback, second one is how long before the next box is lit. You should always have the second number higher than the first or else you won't be able to tell if the same box occurs twice in a sequence!
The stop button stops playback, the reset button resets the addon allowing you to start again. Simon Helper will also auto-reset when you've completed a round (IE, after it's shown you the last coloured box) so you don't have to click reset before the next round begins.
If there's anything you'd like to see added, removed or changed then pop a comment on here. Otherwise, enjoy and may the trees live forevermore! (Can you tell my first char was a druid?)
DEPENDANCIES: Depends on Chronos (why reinvent the wheel when you need a timer?) but it's included in the package for those who don't have it.
Fixed an issue where an invalid or missing chronos dependancy would not trigger any errors, just causing the addon to silently fail.
Added chronos as an embedded dependancy to save confusion.
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)...