What it does
Tired of manually having to open your macro window to swap macros for bosses? Running out of macro space because of all the different boss macros taking up a slot each? Getting sick of having to dig through your bags every time for those special daily quest items? Then IHML might be what you want.
IHML is an addon that gives you one macro which automagically changes what it is depending on what zone you're in or which BigWigs boss module is enabled. All you have to do is take the IHML macro (the addon creates this for you and you can find it in your macro window or by typing /ihml pickup) and place it on one of your action bars.
It comes preloaded with various macros for most if not all daily quests found in the game, and also provides marcros to help with boss encounters.
You can also add your own macros using the options menu (found by typing /ihml).
IHML will only use one macro slot and will work with any action bar addon that you can put a normal macro on.
Due to addon limitations macros can't be swapped in combat but will instead be queued for swap as soon as possible.
French (frFR)
Change de macro selon la zone où vous vous trouvez ou selon les modules de boss BigWigs activés.
Simplified Chinese (zhCN)
随地点或首领模组变换宏
Traditional Chinese (zhTW)
隨地點或首領模組變換巨集
Important Note
Hello everyone, as some of you may know I'm no longer playing WoW. I'll continue to keep this addon updated, however I will need your help even more. With each patch there may be issues/etc and I will need people to help me out with testing and bug reports. In addition, there will always be new macros which should be added, and I'll need assistance with discovering those. Please make a ticket with the macro text/zone where it applies and I'll add them in as soon as possible.
Where to get it
Donations
I have setup a donation site via Pledgie. Feel free to donate if you like this mod. I have put countless hours of time and effort into it along with many people who have helped me. I did not write this mod with the intent to make any money from it, I wrote it to help me with some needs that I saw in-game.
If you don't wish to donate money feel free to consider one of the following methods which may be more suitable:
How to get it to work
You should have a macro named "ihml" that you can drag to the desired space on your action bar. You can find it among your normal macros or by typing /ihml pickup.
If you logged in with all macro slots taken go to your macros and delete one from the general macros page (not the character specific). Then open the IHML configuration window (with /ihml) and click "Make Macro" on the options page.
Done! Whenever a BigWigs boss module load/reset or you enter a zone you have a macro for IHML will automagically swap to the correct macro.
Chat commands
- Show the configuration window.
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- Place the IHML macro on your cursor, ready to be placed on an action bar where you want it.
Everything is configurable from the configuration window, so that's the only command you need to learn. There are some more commands available if you happen to prefer chat commands:
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- Save any modifications to the current macro.
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- Save modifications to a new macro. Notice the quotation marks. Use them if the name contains spaces.
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- Change name for current macro.
/ihml rename "macro" "new name"
- Change name for another macro.
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- Delete the current macro.
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- List all available macros.
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- Swap to the macro "anything else" if it exists. Notice the lack of quotation marks.
Macros
See the Default macros and Macro suggestions pages.
There are some special macros you can make apart from boss and zone macros.
- default - This macro will be swapped in when no other macro takes priority.
- default1 - This macro will be swapped in when no other macro takes priority and you are in talent spec 1 (if the option is enabled).
- default2 - This macro will be swapped in when no other macro takes priority and you are in talent spec 2 (if the option is enabled).
- party - Will be swapped in when you enter a 5-man instance. (NYI)
- raid - Will be swapped in when you enter a raid instance. (NYI)
- pvp - Macro for battle grounds. (NYI)
- arena - Macro for arenas. (NYI)
Note that macro names are case sensitive. "Default" or "PvP" will not work.
Contributing Macros
If you have a common task that can be used in a macro for this mod, please make a ticket with the macro and other information.
Localization
Please see the documentation on Localization to help with translation.
Bug Reports
Please use the WoW Ace tracker to file bug reports. Posting bugs in the comments is not the place to do it.
Wish List
Please use the WoW Ace tracker to add suggestions and feature requests.
Bug Reporting
Please use the WoW Ace tracker to file bug reports.
Wiki
WoW Wiki
tag 2.7Beta
21733f53f05fd7e18df821e5061ad825190c1228
John Pasula <ackis@shaw.ca>
2009-08-07 09:54:40 -0600
Tagging as 2.7 Beta (3.2 release)
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John Pasula:
- update main page.
- Version bump/ToC Update. Need to add new dailies if people report them to me.
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)...