Description
Overview
This AddOn allows you to create/schedule/manage future raid instance directly in-game. Players can register (join) and reserve a room for your instance, or cancel subscription.
You can setup a maximum players for your event, as well as the min/max per class or role.
When a player wants to join and there is no room left for his class, he is put in a substitute queue, waiting for someone to cancel his subscription.
The leader of an event does not have to be logged in for a player to subscribe.
This addon has been designed to help guilds to schedule events, and its member to say *I'll be there*, and count the number of players that are ok for an instance.
It does work for multiple guilds (kind of Alliance of guilds), if you want, or even with your friend list.
All dates are stored in universal time, and displayed in local time, so if someone creates an event in a different timezone than yours, you will see the correct time on your side.
Featurelist
FAQ
Using GEM InGame
Configuring GEM InGame
How do I change the position of the minimap icon?
You can change the angle of the minimap icon by dragging it with the right mouse button around the minimap as well as by holding the CTRL key pressed while dragging to modify the radius
How can I hide/show the Minimap icon ?
In the "Options" tab, go to general tab an check the appropriated checkbox
In the "Options" tab, go to general tab an check the appropriated checkbox
How do I prevent the events from all my toons to be shown?
In the "Options" tab, go to general tab an check the appropriated checkbox
How can I enable or disable the debugging ?
In the "Options" tab, go to general tab an check the appropriated checkbox
after that a new tab called "Debug" will apear. There you can define further debugging options
How to change the Notifying?
GEM3 has an integrated notify in system.
The notifying is done by a blinking minimap icon and/or by an audio notification. The audio notification is aimed for people hiding the minimap icon.
You can choose the notifying level, the following options are possible
Notification are applying to events on the channels i am connected to.
- Notify New : Notify me when a new event was created
- Notify Changes : Notify me when an event has been modifyed (Name, date, comment, limits etc...)
- Notify Date change : Notify me when an events date has been modifyed
- Notify subscriptions : Notify me when some has subscribed or changed his subscription for an event
- Myself: Notify me for all the selected notifications when i am the event leader
Notify me for bans and Kicks is a bit different, it display a popup box that tells me that i have been banned or kicked from an event.
Date & Time parameters
Subscriptions
Channels
How do I add a new Channel ?
Go to the config/channels tab and set a channel name password(optional) slash and alias and click add. that's all you channel is created.
Colors
Surf over the grid of the sample calendar to see on the left the corresponding color definitions. Colors can be set for the square outline, the background and the text, this a re the three check boxex you see left to the describing text.
Event Creation
First steps to create an event
You need to be connected to a channel prior creating events. You need at least an event name, and a correct date, that means in the future.
You can either change the value of an editboxe by using your mousewheel over it, by entering the value with your keyboard. The date values can be definied by opening the calendar with the little arrow on the right of the date fields.
How to use event Templates?
Prior using templates you need to define some. This can be either done by
- Importing template templates in the "general" configuration
- Creating new Templates using the "Create as Template" button in the event creation dialog
- Right clicking existing events an saving them as templates.
What are event types ?
Event type are helping you to habe a better way organizing your event. Using event types allows you to filter the event list by this types.
What are event subtypes ?
Event subtype are equal to the existing WoW Raid Instance Tags. This allows you to assing one ore more Instances to your event. After that you will see little icons in the event list showing that an event has a tag, and also see an icon on the right of the players in the event players list that allready are tag to one of the instances you have linked to this event.
How to use creation of multiple events at once ?
After havin a correctly defined event in the creation form, choose the weekdays you want that event to be created as well as the number of week. Clicking the "create" button, this event will be created every choosen weekday for the number of entered weeks.
How do I use the limits ?
Limits are easy to use, simply define them as needed.
I can't create no events, why ?
Either you are not connected to a channel, or the data you entered in the creation form is not valid. If the data entered is not correct, you should see a message in the status bar indication waht is going wrong.
Event viewing & subscription
The first tab in the main window shows you the existing events, existing event templates and archived events.
On the top right you can use two checkboxes to switch between archived events, template and actually defined events.
You can filter the eventlist by choosing a channel with the given dropdown list or by usind the event type button on the top left of the list.
How can I see the event details
To see the details of an event, simply click on it and it opens showing you all the details.
How do I subscribe to an event ?
To subscribe to an event you need first to show the event details. On the right side the context frame shows you the subscription form. Choose your toon, your role and alternate role, your availability and hit the subscribe button.
How to I change my subscription ?
Follow the same instruction as for subscribing to an event an hit the modify button.
How do I revoke my subscription
Revoking an subsribtion you have done is not possible. You only can declare yourself 'Not Coming' either by checking the appropriated checkbox in the subscription form or by hitting the revoke button.
Installation
Extract .zip file to
WorldOfWarcraft\Interface\AddOns\
Official web site
Official GEM Website
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)...
