This is a Plugin for LinkWrangler, to 'patch' tooltip content from certain other AddOns into LinkWrangler tooltip windows.
Currenty this AddOn 'patches' information from HealPoints and WhoDrop, but additional AddOns may be added in future.
Requires LinkWrangler 1.6 or later.
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HealPoints can be found with the following link. It was not written by me:
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Update: HealPoints no longer appears to be updated on curse.com - you can get the latest version from wowace.com instead
Updated TOC
Added support for WhoDrop (see forum post)
Simplified the code
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- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.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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brykrys saidNew update: version 1.5:
Updated the TOC, simplified the code, checked it still works with HealPoints.
Also added support for an unmaintained AddOn called WhoDrop, following an old request in the LinkWrangler forums.
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brykrys saidI actually tried to add support for various other AddOns, which have been requested in the LinkWrangler forums (WoWEcon, Book of Crafts, LootLink, Bagnon), but WhoDrop was the only one I could get working.
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Nihlo saiddoesn't work anymore ?
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brykrys saidI don't use HealPoints much, but I've checked and it appears to be working (at least, a HealPoints line does get added to the Tooltip).
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brykrys saidNihlo: Try the latest version of TankPoints with the latest beta of LinkWrangler. The version of TankPoints at the following site appears to be more up to date than on curse (may be a beta too?) - although I don't normally use TankPoints, I tried it and it seems to work OK.
http://files.wowace.com
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Nihlo saidnice idea...also works for tankpoints ?
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brykrys saidI've added links in the description. Not much more I can add, as this mod only does one thing.
You need both LinkWrangler and HealPoints installed for this mod to be of any use to you.
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Illonis saidplease add description
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Blissfulpain saidI don't use Healpoints anymore.. but AWESOME! :)
there was something I was looking for a while ago... but I don't think it was an item tooltip... hmm... oh yeah, theorycraft not working with Trinity bars... oh well
Theorycraft is on a downward spiral anyways.. Rating buster suffices.