CastYeller2 allows the player to make chat announces in response to various game events.
For each announce, the player defines :
- the names of spells, items and/or auras to watch,
- the events to watch (sources and triggers they propose),
- where to send the announce (outputs),
- optionally: per event custom announce templates.
Events and outputs can be disabled globally.
A configuration guide is being written.
Source modules
- Auras: send events when the player gains/loses buffs and when he/she applies debuffs.
- Cooldowns: send events at start and end of spell and items cooldowns.
- Spellcasts: send events related to spell casting : start of casting, successful instant cast, failures, misses.
Output modules
- Whisper: whisper the announce the target (except the player himself),
- Chat broadcast: broadcast the announce to various chats, including party, raid, channel, yell and say,
- Visual: display the announce using UI text areas like Blizzard error message, Blizzard floating combat text, ScrollingCombatText, MikScrollingBattleText or Parrot area, depending on what you installed.
- Custom channel: broadcast the announce to specific channel. This channel is defined separately for each announce.
Predefined announces
Castyeller2 comes with several predefined announces for each class. You edit them or use them as example to create new announces.
Please notice several of them are restricted to combat so you cannot test them when your toon is not in combat.
Differences between CastYeller and CastYeller2
CastYeller2 is a complete rewrite of the CastYeller addon.
- modular design to allow to create additional announce sources and/or sinks,
- announce cooldown and aura events in addition to spellcasts,
- anything is user-configurable, including custom announces.
Bug reports and feedback
Please report any bug using the wowace ticket tracker. There is also a forum thread to discuss about this addon.
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r93 | adirelle | 2010-01-29 07:34:52 +0000 (Fri, 29 Jan 2010) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/v1.1-beta-3 (from /trunk:92)
Tagging as v1.1-beta-3
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r92 | adirelle | 2010-01-29 07:34:37 +0000 (Fri, 29 Jan 2010) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Localization.lua
Locales updated.
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r91 | adirelle | 2010-01-27 06:34:24 +0000 (Wed, 27 Jan 2010) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/modules/Source_Spellcasts.lua
Spellcasts: do not trigger "instantCast" announces for non-instant spells.
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r90 | adirelle | 2010-01-27 06:30:41 +0000 (Wed, 27 Jan 2010) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Defaults.lua
Fixed Druids' Rebirth announce.
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r89 | adirelle | 2010-01-26 10:44:14 +0000 (Tue, 26 Jan 2010) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Core.lua
M /trunk/Options.lua
Added a simplified configuration mode, which is enabled by default.
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r88 | adirelle | 2010-01-17 09:50:51 +0000 (Sun, 17 Jan 2010) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/modules/Sink_Whisper.lua
Whisper: do not try to set non-existent sink storage.
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r87 | adirelle | 2010-01-17 09:34:37 +0000 (Sun, 17 Jan 2010) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/modules/Sink_Whisper.lua
Whisper: using "YOU" instead of the actual target name is now optional, and enabled by default.
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r86 | adirelle | 2010-01-17 09:33:09 +0000 (Sun, 17 Jan 2010) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Core.lua
Have the test mode actually bypasses muting conditions in packaged versions.
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r85 | adirelle | 2009-12-23 08:35:33 +0000 (Wed, 23 Dec 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/modules/Sink_Whisper.lua
Hopefully fixed "not playing" error when whispering to players of other realms.
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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)...
