Customizing your buff display.
Features
- free position of all buff buttons
- support up to 40 buff buttons
- individual selection of rows and cols for all buff bars
- individual selection of scale for all buff bars
- added ButtonFacade support
Acknowledgement
The addon based on Nimbal Buffalo2.
Commands
/bison or /bi
- /bi - open blizzard configuration for Bison
- /bi lock - lock the buttons on the screen
- /bi enable - enable or disable Bison
- valid values for bar: buff, debuff, weapon
/bi bar show - show or hide the bar (default: show)
/bi bar flashing - enable flashing for the bar (default: enabled)
/bi bar timer - select the timer for the bar (default: Bison style)
/bi bar scale value - the scale for the bar buttons (default: 100%)
/bi bar rows value - the rows for the bar
/bi bar cols value - the cols for the bar
/bi bar horizontal - the first direction for the bar buttons (default: horizontal)
/bi bar xPadding value - the horizontal space between the buttons (default: 5)
a negativ value change the direction of the bar
/bi bar yPadding value - the vertical space between the buttons (default: 15)
a negativ value change the direction of the bar
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r14 | grayal | 2008-12-25 10:09:32 +0000 (Thu, 25 Dec 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/r10-release (from /trunk:12)
Tagging as r10-release
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M /trunk/Bison.lua
M /trunk/Bison.toc
M /trunk/BuffBar.lua
M /trunk/Localization.lua
changed version to 1.4.3
minor changes
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r10 | grayal | 2008-12-19 10:03:12 +0000 (Fri, 19 Dec 2008) | 6 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Bison.lua
M /trunk/BuffBar.lua
M /trunk/Localization.lua
- Setting max buffs to 40, but more is allowed, perhaps a setting for this?
- Tweak some localization
- Add sorting by Duration
- Use Blizzard's UI flash method to perform the frame flashing
- Handle flashing of < BUFF_WARNING_TIME timed buffs
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r6 | grayal | 2008-12-19 09:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 19 Dec 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /trunk/.pkgmeta
stable release
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r5 | grayal | 2008-12-19 09:19:26 +0000 (Fri, 19 Dec 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/libs
stable release
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r3 | grayal | 2008-12-19 08:04:10 +0000 (Fri, 19 Dec 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/libs
first check in
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r2 | grayal | 2008-12-19 08:03:09 +0000 (Fri, 19 Dec 2008) | 1 line
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A /trunk/Bison.lua
A /trunk/Bison.toc
A /trunk/BuffBar.lua
A /trunk/LICENSE.txt
A /trunk/Localization.lua
A /trunk/Options.lua
A /trunk/embeds.xml
A /trunk/libs
first check in
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Changed paths:
A /branches
A /tags
A /trunk
"bison/mainline: Initial Import"
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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)...
