Overview
HandyNotes_Trainers allows you to track Trainer locations in HandyNotes. This is sister project to HandyNotes_Vendors which can help you track Vendors and HandyNotes_CityGuide which can help you track bankers, auctioneers and other important NPCs.
HandyNotes is base addon allowing other addons add icons to your worldmap. HandyNotes_Trainers is addon adding one icon for each Trainer you visit. Each Trainer has different icon so you can easily find out where is the trainer you are looking for standing.
How you can help
- Feedback
- All feedback is greatly appreciated! Leave a comment ;-)
Frequently asked questions
- Why it doesn't work?
- Please check if you have HandyNotes installed. Also note HandyNotes_Trainers doesn't come with preconfigured database. You can help me create one by sending me your SavedVariables file to my email: zarevak [a] gmail [point] com
- Will it work with my Map addon (Mapster, Cartographer, ...)
- Yes, it will. HandyNotes are written independently on any Map addon and if your addon doesn't screw up, it will work.
- Will it work with Cartographer?
- Cartographer notes use Cartographer_Notes addon as base for its note system. HandyNotes are using their own system independently on Cartographer. HandyNotes icons will be shown on your Cartographer, but they won't be available to addons working with Cartographer notes.
Planned features
- Filters to display only trainers you are interested in
- Better support for Weapon Masters to remember which skills each one is teaching
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r48 | zarevak | 2009-11-08 20:04:43 +0000 (Sun, 08 Nov 2009) | 1 line
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A /tags/v1.1.11 Release (from /trunk:47)
Tagging as v1.1.11 Release 3.3 PTR compatibility
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r47 | zarevak | 2009-11-08 20:01:44 +0000 (Sun, 08 Nov 2009) | 1 line
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M /trunk/.pkgmeta
M /trunk/HandyNotes_Trainers.toc
TOC and pkgmeta update
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r46 | zarevak | 2009-10-17 03:03:11 +0000 (Sat, 17 Oct 2009) | 1 line
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M /trunk/addon.lua
3.3 compatibility
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r45 | zarevak | 2009-10-10 11:16:40 +0000 (Sat, 10 Oct 2009) | 1 line
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M /trunk/addon.lua
fixing ticket #2 - users should use Beta/Release versions :-P
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r44 | zarevak | 2009-10-09 18:20:16 +0000 (Fri, 09 Oct 2009) | 1 line
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M /trunk/addon.lua
work in progress - testing automatic trainer type localization
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r42 | zarevak | 2009-10-09 18:16:13 +0000 (Fri, 09 Oct 2009) | 2 lines
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M /trunk/.pkgmeta
M /trunk/HandyNotes_Trainers.toc
TOC bump
License stuff
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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)...
