Buddy is an AddOn to manage the summoning of your companions.
I made this because I ALWAYS forget to resummon my companion
when it's automatically dismissed (after loading screens,
teleports, etc).
As an added bonus, this will dismiss your companion when you
stealth, and resummon it when you unstealth.
Automatic summoning will be set for a companion when you summon
it, and removed when you dismiss it. The companion will be
resummoned whenever it is not currently summoned as long as you
are not mounted, eating/drinking, stealthed, casting, dead,
in combat, and don't have an item-summoned companion out - this
is currently done by checking item names of what summons
temporary companions, please notify me of items that are covered
by auto-summon.
For personal relief from this open your chat box and type
/bic then link the item. (Stands for Buddy Inventory Companion.)
or /bec for equipable items that summon companions.
If there's something else autosummoning breaks that it shouldn't
or if there's any typos or misinformation in the collection list
feel free to post a comment or ticket about it and I'll add it.
Use /bopt to open the options menu.
Use /companion to dismiss and resummon your companion.
Options so far include:
Enable/disable auto-summoning entirely.
Disable auto-summoning when in a battleground.
Summon a random companion.
Only summon a random companion that does not require regeants to summon.
FUTURE PLANS:
There are a few more features I want implemented before this makes it to 1.0, those are:
Filters for the collection list. Filter by obtainability (Green, Yellow (BW AH only), Red (unobtainable)), and by how it's obtained (quest,vendor,etc).
Fix the alphabatizer. It sorts by the first letter correctly...the remaining ones are a little random.
Programmable mount system. With one macro/key, summon the specific (or random!) mount you want for a particular area based on: map name, zone name, in flyable area, is currently swimming, and perhaps more all through a simple (or optionally advanced) GUI.
Alphabetically sort the standard Companion and Mount frames' list for easily hunting down what you're looking for. Perhaps a search bar too.
0.7 Prevented auto-summon while in combat (because it calls the GCD). Fixed a bug where your companion would be summoned over preventions if it was not summoned directly before doing the action (eating/being mounted/etc). Added options and the GUI for it. Add the collection lists, inspired by Ackis Recipe List (<3), for both companions and mounts, along with a full* database of each (*I put in as many as I could find, very few mounts are capable of being previewed, some pets/mounts don't have all the info for them.)
0.4 Reworked the addon to resummon your buddy whenever he's not summoned, with some exceptions (rather than the event based version I had before). See readme/description for more information.
0.3 Fixed saving to be per character, per server.
0.2 Fixed a bug where the companion wouldn't spawn when logging in. Whoops. :] Note to self: /reload != /logout
0.1 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)...
