ChatMOD is a universal Chat Enhancemend.
Original this was called "Sol's Color chat Nicks - SCCN" but after many people told me that they hardly find this mod I decided to rename it to it's actual purpose.
3.1.0 Update PLEASE Read
Information on my Blog:
http://solariz.de/gaming/wow-chatmod-rev132.htm
Regarding WowMatrix
My German readery maybe interested in my oppinion about this subject:
http://solariz.de/gaming/wow/wow-updater-wowmatrix-traffic-addons.htm
So What can ChatMOD do for me ?
ChatMOD provides many features which makes chatting / communication InGame much easier. To grab some examples: It color the nicknames of chat participants in their class color, stores this information in a database, provide modificaton of the chatframe like mouse scrolling, button hiding, chat editbox movement, channel name striping, channel name shortening, text highlighting, sound notifications, and many many more. The target was to build one Addon which contain the most important chat enhancements. So for the user it is easier to update one Addon than updating 10 addons after each patch.
Will this Addon be Updated steadily ?
More or less, Yes. But as every Addon author I'm doing this in my sparetime besides the Gameplay itself. So on first priority is my Druid on EU-Aegwynn but because I'm started to develop this Addon in the beginning for my own purpose I will update it as long as I'm plaing wow. And at the moment I don't have any plan to quit ;) So If you have any Suggestions or wan't to offer any support, feel free to contact me.
FEATURES LIST
- Color the chatters nicknames in their class color
- Option to hide Channel names ([Guild] [Party]) from chat
- Optinally shorten the Channel names [Guild] = [G]
- Mousewheel scrolling in chat window
- <CTRL> Mousewheel jumps to top / bottom
- <shift> Mousewheel scrolls 5 lines up/down
- Option to relocate Chateditbox to top of the chatframe
- Clickable Hyperlinks, ready for Copy & Paste (URL, IP, TS2, Emails)
- Colors raidmember's map pin's in their class color on Map
- Colors raidmember's map pin's in their class color on BG Minimap
- Fully customizable Timestamps with HTML color codes
- Option to Highlight own nickname in chat messages
- specify up to three custom highlight words
- bring highlighted sentences on centered Screen
- Whisper Target Function. Whispers your current target (/wt)
- Keybindings for /say /raid /g /party /yell /6 /7 /8 /o /wt
- Option to hide Chat Buttons
- makes invite calls in chat clickable [invite] (invites on click)
- Option to increase the Editbox scrollback (history) buffer
- Option to use arrowkeys without pressing <alt> in chat editbox
- Auto Skip Gossip Pages at NPC's
- This can temporary disabled by holding <CTRL> key while talking to a NPC or switch it off in menue
- Auto Dismount on Flightmaster (Taxi)
- Chat notifications by sound
HOW TO USE ?
For details see the README.html in the ChatMOD Addon directory.
InGame Slash Commands ?
type /chatmod for GUI or "/chatmod help" for General Help
For a detailed description what slash commands exists and how to use them in a proper way please visit the Project Website there is a documentation online.
BUGREPORTS AND FEATURE REQUESTS
I have my Homepage up again, so in Future please use the Form I provide on the ChatMOD page (link see below) to report bugs and feature requests.
For me it is to much reading through all Addon Page comments to gather some bugs and feature requests. To make this easy please use the provided form. It quick and easy, no registration needed ;)
URL: http://www.solariz.de
FORUM: http://www.solariz.de/forum
Special Note
Like all Mod authors I develop this mod in my sparetime and can't give any function guarantee. You don't have to praise me for this mod I only ask you frankly to give me a good vote at curse gaming to appreciate my work. Just one click above ! If you use it please Vote! If you like it please recommend to others.
3.1.0 Update PLEASE Read
Applied several bugfixes due to mainly small issues please read details in my Blog:
http://solariz.de/gaming/wow-chatmod-rev132.htm
Summary:
- update locale zhCN
- chinese wow client chatmod fix
- Aizotu fix, ClassToNum
- updated to current Wow Version
- main files now UTF-8
- Mod. custom highlighter UI added button for “only full word”
- Custom Highlighter improved
- general code cleanup and prep. for further patches
- removed autodismount because client can do this without a mod now
- Removed Item Linking features, why ? type /chatmod chatlink
- Hide Channel Names fixed
- Short Channel names fixed
- several debug changes
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)...
