KeepFollowing is an addon that will force you to keep following if you stop following and get back in range of the person you are following.
I made it for multiboxing, but will still work for a single character as well.
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Basic Commands
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/kfollow
-- will keep following the person you are targeting
/kfollow stop
-- will stop keep following (will not stop regular follow)
/kfollow tell grab,<playername>
-- will make <playername> keep following you (great for dual boxers)
/kfollow tell forcefollow
-- will make the person you are targetting regular follow you. (great for afk'ers)
/kfollow tell stopall
/kfollow tell stop,<playername>
-- will make everyone or the person you specify stop auto following
-- blizzard will not let a macro stop you from following your current person
-- but once they move or get out of range, they will not keep following
Anyone can whisper "!kfollowme" to you, and you will attempt to keep following them if they are in your group.
(still confused?, just try it out! it's easy)
*note* "/kfollow tell" will only work if the other people in the group have the addon also.
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Other Commands
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-- for help with mount support go to http://wow.curseforge.com/addons/kfollow/pages/mount-support/
/keepfollowing
/kfollow help - displays help menu
/kfollow leader - follow the leader
/kfollow player <name> - follow a character by name
/kfollow target - follow your target
/kfollow focus - follow your focus (added 01.08.08.22)
/kfollow stopmessage - debug on/off
/kfollow stopwhisper - stop following whisper on/off
/kfollow partyalert - alert the party of follow status on/off (added 01.08.11.23)
/kfollow allow - enable/disable following
/kfollow tell <allow,who,followme,followleader>,<on,off>
/kfollow allowtell - allow party commands for your character
Examples:
/kfollow
follows current active kfollow target, or the target you are currently looking at
/kfollow stop
stops you from following anything
/kfollow leader
automatically starts following the leader of the party
/kfollow player <name>
/kfollow player Necrosniper
automatically look for Necrosniper, and start following them
/kfollow target
same as /kfollow
/kfollow stopmessage
this will toggle debug/messages
/kfollow stopwhisper
this will toggle having the followee whisper the person its following
/kfollow allow
this will toggle the the following capability of /kfollow
(For Multiboxers, or Partygoers that want people to follow them)
(As long as the party member has this addon installed you can tell them to follow you)
/kfollow tell <allow,who,followme,followleader>,<on,off> -- <grab,playername>
/kfollow allowtell
Examples:
/kfollow tell grab,Necrolight
This will make Necrolight follow your character
/kfollow tell allow,yes
Allows all party players with the addon to listen to follow commands
/kfollow tell allow,no
Dis-Allows all party players with the addon to listen to follow commands
/kfollow tell who,Necrosniper
This will make all party members follow Necrosniper
/kfollow tell followme
This will make all party members follow the person who uses this command
/kfollow tell followleader
This will make all party members follow the leader of the party
/kfollow allowtell
Toggles the tell to be used on your character
/kfollow allowtell no
Disables anyone from controlling your character with party commands
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-- Macros I use for my Multibox --
Macro 1 (On the leader) - My Main Follow Command:
/kfollow tell grab,necrolight
Macro 2 (On the leader) - My Stop Following Command:
/kfollow tell stop,necrolight
On character one I have Macro 2 bound to a key.
On character two I have "Move Backwords" set to the same key as char one.
In combination, its like having a hunter stay button and follow button.
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Thank You for your suggestions: Tizer & skipmayfield
I'll be sure to implement whatever suggestions I get.
Thanks, and have fun.
Update v01.09.10.19
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Added mount support
Added the following commands:
/kfollow ground -- /kfollow ground <mount name> -- to assign ground mount -- you can also use the spell link or partial name
/kfollow flyer -- /kfollow flyer <mount name> -- to assign flying mount -- you can also use the spell link or partial name
/kfollow swimmer -- /kfollow swimmer <mount name> -- to assign swimming mount -- you can also use the spell link or partial name
/kfollow mount -- toggle mount/dismount
/kfollow mountup -- get on mount only
/kfollow dismount -- dismount only
/kfollow forcedismount -- dismount even while flying
/kfollow tell mount -- tell others to toggle mount
/kfollow tell mountup -- tell others to mount up
/kfollow tell dismount -- tell others to dismount if not flying
/kfollow tell forcedismount -- tell others to dismount
/kfollow tell mount,<playername> -- tell <playername> to toggle mount
/kfollow tell mountup,<playername> -- tell <playername> to mount up
/kfollow tell dismount,<playername> -- tell <playername> to dismount if not flying
/kfollow tell forcedismount,<playername> -- tell <playername> to dismount
Added the ability to save your settings/mounts between sessions
Update v01.09.08.05
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Updated to Wow version: 3.2
Update v01.09.07.01
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Updated to Wow version: 3.1
Added: !kfollow to whisper follow with !kfollowme to avoid confusion
Added: version to help display
Bug: Fixed toggle to allow messages, whispers, allow party alert, and allow following... for some reason I had it backwards
Update v01.09.04.17
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fixed: will no longer try to follow a dead person (will still follow a ghost person)
fixed: normal follow bug, when you tried to regular follow someone, it didn't know who you were following and threw an error
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Minor update
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fixed: eating/drinking bug
added: /kfollow partyalert -- toggle
added: /kfollow partyalert on -- turn on
added: /kfollow partyalert off -- turn off
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
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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
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Directory Structure
World of Warcraft
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.toc
|_ *AddonName*.xml
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
