THIS ADDON IS NOW DISCONTINUED DUE TO ANOTHER BETTER ADDON BEING CREATED WITH THE SAME AND MORE FUNCTIONALITY AND A UI
head here to get it:
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/lushgearswap.aspx
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This addon simply changes your gear from the set "PVE" to "PVP" whenever you enter a PVP zone or area, and back to the PVE set when you leave a PVP area.
Click here to watch a short movie of this addon working (because i can't really screenshot it :P)
To use this addon, you must make 2 gear sets. one called "PVE" and one called "PVP"
How to use this addon
- Install the addon
- Create 2 blizzard equipment sets, one named "PVE" for normal gear, and one named "PVP" for your PVP gear
- Give it a try! On entering a PVP zone or area your gear should automaticcally be swapped to your PVP set and the auction house style ding sound should be played to tell you that it has been changed. On leaving a PVP zone, your gear should go back to the PVE set.
If you want, open up the EMAC.lua file and edit the first 2 lines which read
local PVP_set = "PVP"
local PVE_set = "PVE"
you can change the 2 names inside the speech marks to whatever you like and those are the sets which EMAC will look for when changing to a PVP zone and back.
FAQ
Why not just use Outfitter?
Even though outfitter is brilliant, outfitter lacks the ability to use the inbuilt equipment manager system.
If you have chosen to not use outfitter, I would recommend installing This addon here, for an outfitter type set menu for the blizzard equipment manager
Why do i care about the inbuilt equipment manager??
Put it this way, a few days ago, the WHOLE of my savedvariables was corrupted. As a paladin i have several sets of gear, and where were my outfitter gear sets? No-where to be seen.
The blizzard equipment sets are saved on the blizzard servers, just like macros, so which ever computer you access your character from, the sets will be there still.
But this lacks so much functionality compared to outfitter!
Working on it. I don't hope to add as much stuff as outfitter, but i do hope to add more to this addon eventually as I learn to do so (this is my first WoW addon S:)
This addon was made using mainly the same code from http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/equipchanger_zone.aspx created by Beutju. All I did was to change it to a PVP version and change the zones. I may in future add features such as addon menu integration and Raid/dungeon zone changes.
Any helpful feedback is highly welcome. If you find any PVP zones which aren't included, please post them here.
-Arena fix-
I was a nub and didn't realise the addon didn't properly pick up a few arena locations (i hadn't done arena in a while).
These all work now.
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)...
