There was an addon that I really liked back in BC called GemWatch. It would put a little frame next to your resistances showing you the total count of what color gems you have equipped. It was nice for figuring out what you needed to activate a meta gem. Unfortunately it was never updated for WotLK.
Until today! *fanfare*
The addon has been almost completely rewritten to take advantage of the new functionality that came with the 3.2 patch. The addon can now correctly identify all gems in the game, and no longer relies on a list of enchantment IDs to determine color as the previous version did. It also will indicate if you have a meta gem equipped, and if that gem is activated or not. It will put empty socket icons next to the color count if you have empty sockets of that color, mouse over the icon and it will tell you what piece has the empty socket(s).
If you are a Jewelcrafter, you can optionally enable counting of your Dragon's eye gems, so you can tell at a glance if you have your maximum of three. Type /gw jeweler to toggle this option.
You can adjust where on the character sheet the icons appear with /gw pos 1-6
GemWatch supports localization, but needs your help! To contribute translation information for your locale, please visit here.
If GemWatch is not detecting the colors of your gems correctly, it is most likely an issue with the localization for your specific locale (Or I don't have one for your locale). If this happens, you can use the option /gw override, then reload your UI or re-log. This will cause GemWatch to pull the gem color information directly from the game client, and should get the color detection working properly.
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r21 | brandorf | 2009-10-05 21:43:17 +0000 (Mon, 05 Oct 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/GemWatch.lua
M /trunk/GemWatch.toc
A /trunk/Localization.ruRU.lua
Added Russian(ruRU) localization. Thanks to ChiffaFox for the translation work.
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r20 | brandorf | 2009-09-29 17:32:39 +0000 (Tue, 29 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Localization.koKR.lua
Foxed a small typo in the Korean(koKR) localization.
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r19 | brandorf | 2009-09-29 00:22:55 +0000 (Tue, 29 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Localization.deDE.lua
M /trunk/Localization.frFR.lua
M /trunk/Localization.koKR.lua
Updated Localization files.
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r18 | brandorf | 2009-09-28 23:21:50 +0000 (Mon, 28 Sep 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/GemWatch.lua
M /trunk/GemWatch.xml
M /trunk/Localization.deDE.lua
M /trunk/Localization.enUS.lua
M /trunk/Localization.frFR.lua
M /trunk/Localization.koKR.lua
Added two more positions for the icons /gw pos 5 and /gw pos 6.
Added function hook so that /gw pos 6 can be used with the CharSheetPlus addon.
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r17 | brandorf | 2009-09-28 19:47:01 +0000 (Mon, 28 Sep 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/GemWatch.lua
M /trunk/GemWatch.toc
M /trunk/GemWatch.xml
M /trunk/Localization.enUS.lua
Added support for counting jeweler gems, /gw jeweler to enable. This feature is and will always need localization to work.
Fixed bug in empty socket detection.
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r16 | brandorf | 2009-09-28 06:39:42 +0000 (Mon, 28 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Localization.deDE.lua
M /trunk/Localization.frFR.lua
Fixed small typo in German(deDE) localization. Updated French(frFR) with more translations.
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r15 | brandorf | 2009-09-21 18:53:32 +0000 (Mon, 21 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Localization.frFR.lua
Accidentally left in a line that forced French localization. Oops.
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r14 | brandorf | 2009-09-21 04:40:09 +0000 (Mon, 21 Sep 2009) | 3 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/GemWatch.lua
M /trunk/GemWatch.toc
A /trunk/Localization.frFR.lua
M /trunk/Localization.koKR.lua
Added partial French(frFR) localization. Thanks to Ckeurk for the translation info.
Updated Korean(koKR) localization.
Fixed small bug if you enter /gw with no parameter.
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r13 | brandorf | 2009-09-19 19:26:18 +0000 (Sat, 19 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/GemWatch.lua
M /trunk/Localization.enUS.lua
Updated localization strings.
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r12 | brandorf | 2009-09-19 19:09:37 +0000 (Sat, 19 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/GemWatch.lua
M /trunk/Localization.enUS.lua
Added /gw override to force detection of localized gem colors.
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r11 | brandorf | 2009-09-18 20:18:06 +0000 (Fri, 18 Sep 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/GemWatch.lua
M /trunk/GemWatch.toc
M /trunk/Localization.deDE.lua
A /trunk/Localization.koKR.lua
Added Korean(koKR) localization. Thanks to Nukuge for the translation work.
Fixed typo in the localization table.
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r10 | brandorf | 2009-09-18 16:34:26 +0000 (Fri, 18 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/GemWatch.toc
A /trunk/Localization.deDE.lua
M /trunk/Localization.enUS.lua
Added German(deDE) localization. Thanks to Sammler for the translation work.
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r9 | brandorf | 2009-09-17 20:21:53 +0000 (Thu, 17 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/GemWatch.lua
M /trunk/GemWatch.toc
A /trunk/Localization.enUS.lua
Added Localization support. Please go to http://wow.curseforge.com/addons/gemwatch/localization/ to submit translation information for you locale.
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r8 | brandorf | 2009-09-17 00:49:30 +0000 (Thu, 17 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/GemWatch.lua
M /trunk/GemWatch.toc
M /trunk/GemWatch.xml
Corrected positioning bug that can occur if a gear change happens in combat. Various code cleanups.
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r7 | brandorf | 2009-08-27 16:17:16 +0000 (Thu, 27 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/GemWatch.lua
Fixed bug with prismatic gem detection if in the first or second gem slots.
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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)...
