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After several complaints about moving to a new page (all from the same person =P), I have decided to leave everything the way it is. I apologize for any confusion I may be causing and I feel that this is a much better choice.
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Welcome to the new Give Me Health. I decided to split the addon into individual folders, one for each macro. This led to the rewriting of almost all the code. I have been testing things for the past month or two and finally feel like I have a lot of the bugs worked out. I would also like to thank the previous author, Mileg, for all of his help with testing this beta. He exposed many of the early flaws and helped make this a better addon.
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IMPORTANT
In order to avoid any conflict, please delete the old Give Me Health folder before copying the new files to your addons.
PLEASE READ
If you have been using Give Me Health, please DELETE two macros. GMFood and GMWater.
Some new features have been added and some changes have been made.
-The Health Potion and Food macros have been combined.
-The Mana Potion and Water macros have been combined.
-GMHealth and GMMana will now give you the least quantity of like items.
-The Buff Food macro will now give you any food if none match the ones on your list.
-There is a new mount macro.
-There is a new non-combat pet macro.
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Call me lazy, but I hate swapping out food, water, potions, etc. on my action bars. This addon does that and much more. On first use, open the macro dialog (/macro). Seven new macros will be on the "General Macros" tab. Drag these macros to the "Action Bar" buttons, placing the macros where you normally would have your consumables, mounts, etc. Upon receiving / creating new items, the macros will update automatically to show / use the best items. The macros will also update when entering certain locations. For example, entering one of the instances at Tempest Keep, the Health and Mana Potion macros will update to 'Bottled Nethergon Energy' and 'Bottled Nethergon Vapor' respectively. Battleground and Arena items update in the same way. Read on for complete individual explanations of each macro and complete details on functionality.
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GMBandage - /gmband help
Auto updates bandages.
Left-Click to use bandage on target.
Alt-Click to use bandage on self.
Ctrl-Click to open "First Aid" window.
GMBuff - /gmb help
Auto updates buff foods.
Left-Click to eat buff food.
Shift-Click to eat alternate buff food.
Ctrl-Click to create "Basic Campfire".
GMHealth - /gmh help
Auto updates health potions.
Left-Click to eat food / use health potion. (depending on combat)
Alt-Click to use health potion out of combat.
Shift-Click to eat / use second best food / health potion.
Ctrl-Click to open "Cooking" window.
Right-Click to conjure food / refreshments. (mages)
GMHStone - /gmhs help
Auto updates healthstones.
Left-Click to use healthstone.
Right-Click to "Create Healthstone".
GMMana - /gmm help
Auto updates mana potions.
Left-Click to drink water / use mana potion. (depending on combat)
Alt-Click to use mana potion out of combat.
Shift-Click to drink / use second best water / mana potion.
Ctrl-Click to open "Alchemy" window.
Right-Click to conjure water / refreshments. (mages)
GMMount (currently English only) - /gmmt help
Auto updates random mounts. (based on location and ability to fly)
Left-Click to mount.
Shift-Click to ground mount. (if area is flyable)
Right-Click to dismount. (if mounted)
GMPet - /gmp help
Auto updates random companions (non combat pets).
Left-Click to call random companion.
Right-Click to dismiss companion.
IMPORTANT SLASH COMMAND CHANGE
/gmb help - displays buff food help text and a list of bufftypes
/gmb - lists current order of bufftypes
Replace '<bufftype>' with an actual bufftype.
/gmb b1=<bufftype> - sets first favorite bufftype
/gmb b2=<bufftype> - sets second favorite bufftype
/gmb b3=<bufftype> - sets third favorite bufftype
(example #1: /gmb b1=crt will make the first favorite buff 'critical strike rating')
(example #2: /gmb b3=int will make the third favorite buff 'intellect')
Bufftype List (bufftypes are saved per character, only need to set once)
agi = agility
arm = armor penetration
atk = attack power
crt = critical strike rating
exp = expertise
has = haste
hp5 = health per 5
hit = hit rating
int = intellect
mp5 = mana per 5
oth = other
res = resistance
spl = spell power
spi = spirit
sta = stamina
str = strength
I'm happy to answer any questions / concerns and I do check the comments regularly.
1.5.5 beta
Doubled the variables used in the mount macro from 5 to 10. This should allow for better randomization / use of all mounts, rather than just the first five flying / ground. Worked on fixing paladin mounts. Hopefully they will work correctly now, but I have no way to test it myself.
1.5.4 beta
Added Chinese localization to GMMount macro. It still needs to be localized for German, French, and Spanish. Fixed mount macro not showing riding mount when flying into Dalaran. Added Salted Yeti Cheese to GMHealth macro.
1.5.3 beta
Too many changes to list really. Read the description page for info.
3.3.1
Fixed Endless Potions hopefully, /fingerscrossed
3.3.0
Added Striped Yellowtail
3.2.9
Fixed problem with Endless Health and Mana Potions not reacting correctly.
3.2.8
Added Taiwanese localization
Changed the way Endless Health and Mana Potions react.
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)...
