Getting slow downs in combat? Instances causing you fps problems when they never used to?
Yes, it's badly written mods which are causing the problem, and here is one that will show you which are the offending articles:
(Those that haven't used a MinnaMod before, you may want to drag the cute doggy button to your minimap and then type "/minnabutton lock" to prevent it from moving)
WARNING! When profiling is Enabled (always requires a reloadui, don't panic you get a warning when it is about to do this) things ARE much slower than normal, this is because the scripting system profiler is turned on.
The best way to identify a problematic mod is to turn it on for a trash pull, and watch the percentages which are updated every 5 seconds. Then turn it off once you've found the culprit.
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- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.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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RobertJ saidIt depends what the mod has to do, and if you are having any FPS problems which you never used to have.
Testing this whilst in combat in a raid instance, the following mods where EATING large chunks of my CPU time:
1) Cartogropher 2) EnchantList 3) KLHThreatMeters
Now neither of these should be doing *anything* and both are Ace2 mods, which everything believes automatically means they have low cpu usage.
Disabling them both increased my FPS significantly, and in fact the last one was consistantly the largest cpu usage of any addon I ran when I wasn't even in a party.
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Sanalia saidSo when a mod is giving high readings, that doesn't necesarrily mean they're "badly written". Like in your screenshot it shows pitbull up near the top, but for me it makes barely noticeable impact on FPS. I guess what I'm trying to say is, what does a badly written addon profile look like on this :o