Because you can't be arsed clicking the damn buttons each time.
Type "/autobg help" for info.
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"Hey Moro, what the hell does your mod do?"
Well this mod does lots of things to make the lives of all my gamer friends better! More specifically, it simplifies a lot of BG functions for those that BG a lot in World of Warcraft. A lot of the functions in this mod can be turned on or off.
Things like:
- Automatic queuing for BGs. You can set it to keep queuing for a single BG, or target BGs to get marks using multiple queues. Also includes support for queuing as a group, and low level characters.
- You can set it to queue for the daily BG first when you have the quest, though this is off by default to prevent confusion.
- It automatically sets your 'sticky chat' to /bg chat whenever you enter a BG, and reverts back afterwards.
- It can automatically release your character upon death, with support for Shamans self rez.
- Remove the enormous bright red "Insignia Taken" error message, because it really does shit me.
- Filters out system garbage in the chat window while in BGs, including the dreaded "not in a party" spam.
- Filters out enemy spam. Says, yells, emotes, etc spammed from enemy players while in BGs.
- Automatically leave the BG once the battle is over, and everything is done and dusted.
- It can automatically turn in marks for honour, and also the daily BG quest.
- For players leveling up in BGs, it can print (in raw numbers and bars) a report of how much XP the player earned in the last BG once they finish a BG.
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"What happened to AutoJoin for BG queues? Are you gonna have this back in?"
No, I can't add this back in. Whats happened is that players have gotten some bullshit and chips from Blizzard(tm) in this regard, in what appears to be a poor attempt to stop botters in BGs. In patch 3.2, Blizzard actually broke the API making AcceptBattlefieldPort() hardware only, meaning that it needs some sort of key press from the player to work. Illegal 3rd party programs however, can still AutoJoin BGs by getting the program to press a macro.
AutoBG Version 1.7 for 3.2.0
--The wait timer not resetting has been fixed.
--Fixed marks being selected over the daily quest in the gossip UI.
--Set the default value of "queue for the daily first" to off.
--Added 1.7 first time loaded that resets the daily to off. :P
--Some preparation for a possible multi-queue reduction in size.
--Fixed localized mark names being set to nil after vars loaded.
AutoBG Version 1.6 for 3.2.0
--Added the filtering of enemy emotes, says, and yells while in BGs.
--Added the filtering of system crap while in BGs, including the dreaded "not in a party" spam.
--Fixed getting strange returns from GetNumQuestLogEntries() on startup.
--Fixed AutoQueue firing too soon.
--Fixed "max" slash command not working properly.
--Fixed AutoBGChat not setting the chatType attribute to "BATTLEGROUND" in BGs.
--Prevented queuing as a group firing when you don't have leader or assistant.
--Fixed the gossip UI not closing when you don't have the marks.
AutoBG Version 1.5 for 3.2.0
--Added multiple queues, for when you queue for marks of honour.
--Multiple queues will only pick the BGs having the lowest number of marks.
--Added new /slash command to alter the max queue size: /autobg max #
--Improved some of the localizations.
--Removed old AutoJoin code that can no longer work.
--Made AutoLeave fire immediately, not after 0.5 seconds.
--Prevented AutoLeave firing when the BG is the active daily quest.
--Prevented AutoLeave firing when other players get marks.
--Turning on "do dailies first" now removes all queues that aren't the daily.
--Turning AutoBG off will now always leave all queues.
--Fixed AutoLeave failsafe firing when AutoLeave is off.
--AutoBGChat now reverts the chatType attribute back to its original state when you leave.
--Removed the phrase "join" from the mods description. :(
--Cleaned up some strange gvars.
AutoBG Version 1.4 for 3.2.0
--Added new slash command to show experience after a battle for players < 80.
--The ShowExperienceOfLastBG will output in the default chat frame as Experience Points and also Bars.
AutoBG Version 1.3 for 3.2.0
--Added new slash command to queue for Isle of Conquest.
--Added Isle of Conquest marks to the mark hand-ins.
--Added Isle of Conquest to the "Queue for Marks" rotation.
--Added Isle of Conquest daily quest.
--Updated the Version Interface number.
--Made AutoRespawn available whilst the mod is off.
--Made AutoLeave available whilst the mod is off.
--Made quest pickup/hand-ins and mark hand-ins available whilst the mod is off.
--Cleaned up parts of the code.
--Added queue as a group if available slash command.
AutoBG Version 1.2 for 3.1.1
--Fixed leave BG triggering prematurely.
--Removed the closing of queues on AFK.
--Added more AFK failsafes before joining the BG.
--Fixed when to call for item counts (like AV marks).
--Added auto BG quest hand-ins, for the daily and marks.
--Fixed a typo.
--Added alternate leave BG, should the player not get a mark.
--Fixed self rez checker not firing on login.
--Added new option to queue for the daily BG first.
--Removed "Insignia Taken" error message because it bugs the crap outta me.
AutoBG Version 1.1 for 3.1.1
--Added support for low level characters.
--Added don't auto release if ankh is up for shaman.
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)...
