AutoLink monitors chat communications for profession link requests, and generates a whisper to the person. By default it will monitor incoming chat whispers, guild, party, and raid channels, and can optionally monitor say, yell, trade, and general channels.
AutoLink works without requiring the requester to have knowledge of your mod. It scans for keywords like "link" and "enchanting", and checks to see if you have the enchanting skill before sending a link. It can also respond to command requests such as "!enchant". Additionally, AutoLink responds to requests like "link" and "professions" and will send a link for all professions you currently have.
By default AutoLink will not respond during AFK or DND status. To override this, set /al always. You can also maintain an AutoLink ignore list with /al ignore. I will look at synching this with the game's ignore list in the future.
AutoLink was inspired by Ronin1337's Linker mod. While I really liked the simplicity of that mod, it required others to know you had it. While using his mod, I still had friends sending me whispers like "can you link me your enchanting". So I decided I needed a way to have a mod respond without others needing to know you have it. AutoLink does not interfere with Linker or other mods like CraftList, both mods will still trigger.
Notes:
- Currently there is no negative detection, so if someone says "Please do not link me your enchanting" it will still send a link, a future version will fix this.
- Version 0.3 added a small measure of spam prevention. Any user that receives a link will be temporarily ignored for the rest of that minute. If this proves helpful I may expand on this and potentially add options to increase this time. This is based on the in-game time, so if someone sends a request at 08:05:59 and again at 09:06:01 they will receive a link both times, but not again until 09:07.
Usage:
By default, AutoLink loads and is ready to go. You can modify and list which channels it monitors with /autolink or /al.
Commands:
/autolink enable|on - enable the mod
/autolink disable|off - disable the mod
/autolink <chat channel> - toggle monitoring that channel
/autolink all - monitor all chat channels
/autolink <profession>- toggle linking that profession
/autolink list - list channel and profession status
/autolink self|me - toggle monitoring your own chat
/autolink always - toggle responding during AFK/DND
/autolink ignore <name> - add/remove a name from the AutoLink ignore list
/autolink message <message> - append <message> to all outgoing links
/autolink reset - reset all settings to default
Example commands:
/autolink trade - toggle monitoring trade channel
/autolink list - list all channels and professions
/autolink self - toggle this on to test the mod yourself
/autolink ignore Somejerk - AutoLink will ignore the user Somejerk and not send them links. If Somejerk is already on the AutoLink ignore list, this command will remove them.
/autolink ignore - List all users on the AutoLink ignore list
/autolink message 5g for any service - Appends this to all links
Examples that will trigger AutoLink:
"Can someone link me their bs?"
"!tailor"
"LF LW"
These following examples will generate a link for all professions you know:
"Please do not list me any professions" (it still triggers on this)
"link skills"
"!link"
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)...
