Accomplishment (noun)
"Something completed successfully; goal reached"
This is a small addon with one purpose: to provide an easy way to congratulate someone, be they a guildie or a random stranger, when they earn an Achievement.
Features:
- Auto-popup when an Achievement is unlocked by someone.
- Left-click the name to congratulate the person.
- Right-click the name to remove it from the list.
- Clicking "Close" hides the window and removes all names from the list.
- Window resizes whenever new names are added or removed. It starts off small and unobtrusive but gets bigger with each new name added.
- Window can be moved about and remembers it's position (saved in layout-cache.txt).
- Congratulatory message is customisable. Use '%s' where you want the user's name to appear (or not, if you wish).
- If you prefer, you can choose to congratulate automatically instead of clicking a button.
Options panel can be found in Interface -> AddOns -> Accomplishment.
To Do:
- Allow multiple congratulatory messages (well done!, awesome job!, grats! etc).
- Add timestamps to buttons, so you know who earned what when.
- Add sorting of names, so most recent achievers will appear at the top.
Please direct all feedback to the Ticket Centre.
Version 2.1.3
- Updated for WoW 3.2.0.
- Added AddonLoader support.
Version 2.1.2
- Updated for WoW 3.1.0.
Version 2.1.1
- Add an "All" button to manually congratulate everyone in the list (button is disabled if only one name is shown).
- Move "Congratulatory Message" option to the bottom, increase width to "full".
Version 2.1.0
- Automatic congratulating has had an overhaul! A huge thanks to Sylvanaar for your help with this update!
- If multiple players earn Achievements at once and the amount doing so is less than your chosen maximum of shown names, the addon will congratulate them with their names concatenated together (e.g. Congratulations Kiyomi, Sylvaan, Cairenn!)
- If the amount is more than your chosen maximum, the addon will congratulate them all and refer to them as "guys" (e.g. Congratulations guys!)
- Automatic congratulations will be sent 3 seconds after the Achievement is earned, to appear less like a bot.
Version 2.0.4
- Added option to choose the number of names shown in the list (minimum is 1, maximum is 20).
- Added dynamic frame resizing.
Version 2.0.3
- The window will now close itself when all the names have been clicked on.
Version 2.0.2
- You can now choose whether to congratulate only your guildies, only the people around you, or everyone.
Version 2.0.1b
- Fix stupid typos causing may things to die.
Version 2.0.1
- Add option to automatically congratulate someone if you don't want to click on their names in a window.
- Fixed bug where you could congratulate yourself when you earn an Achievement.
- Tweaked window height a smidge.
Version 2.0
- Major re-write! w00t!
- Add options to use say, guild, or whisper channels to congratulate with. As a result, we can now congratulate people outside of your guild when they get an Achievement. Options panel can be found in Interface -> AddOns -> Accomplishment.
- Congratulatory message is now customisable.
- Fixed zip file path integrity (oops!).
Version 1.0
- Initial release.
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)...
