CritterCap is a silly little addon. All it does is count the number of Critters that you (or others) kill, and the number of times each kind of Critter is killed. Critters include deer, squirrels, toads, wisps, cows, and so on.
CritterCap has been tested a moderate amount, but could have errors.
If CritterCap looks a bit like Recap, that's because it is based on Recap.
Hawksy
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- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.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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Hawksy saidVersion 1.01 with a few fixes is now available.
Hawksy
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Hawksy saidtogge:
It should count when you kill something (toad, squirrel, deer, etc.) that is identified by Blizzard as a "Critter". It records how many of each kind of Critter has been killed. It will also count how many Critters that your friends kill. It won't count anything else.
Epophis:
Any details of the bugs that you have found? So I can try to fix them?
Hawksy
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Epophis saidGreat Potential!
Still a bit buggy
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togge saidI like it, but it does't count anything for me, and when I use reset button i got error :-(
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GrimStonemaul saidI'd like to see this integrated into ace Historian, minus the reset button. Why would you put a destructive button like that on the front of the display? Eww! This reminds me of that old addon that kept track of everything you killed and where you killed it. The critter idea is much better. Check out Historian.
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rillia saidBy saying this is useless, what one really means is "zomg it's not something that will make me appear to play competently or make me into an uber raider ohnoes!"
It's fun. It's amusing.
Y'know...like the GAME is supposed to be. :)
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JewDew4 saidUseless? This is the best I've ever seen for WoW! Finaly I can see how many times my whirvelwind waste a hit on a critte instead of a mob that i want to hit. It's great I think =)
/LoveYouWay
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Lobstarr saidwow useless...