Learning Aid is for all those times when you've just leveled up, retalented, or learned a new trade skill and you've had to page through your spellbook looking for all those new icons.
When you learn a new ability, or a new rank of an existing ability, Learning Aid pops up a window with the new ability icon in it, ready to be dragged to your Action Bar.
Directions
1. Learn a new ability!
2. Drag it to your action bar!
3. Click the close box to dismiss the window!
You can also shift-click an ability button to create a chat link, just like from the spellbook.
Learning Aid also filters the annoying yellow chat spam you get when swapping talent specs, resetting your talents or learning many talents at once with the talent preview system.
Options
Right-click on the window's title to lock the window so it does not move.
Learning Aid has a configuration panel in the Interface Options window.
Compatibility
Learning Aid is compatible with World of Warcraft patch 3.2.0.
Latest Changes
v1.08: Shaman totem option in missing ability search. Fixed "wrong companion shown" bug (again). Updated TOC to 30200.
v1.08 Shaman totem option in missing ability search. Fixed "wrong companion shown" bug (again). Updated TOC to 30200.
v1.07.2
Added German translation kindly provided by Freydis88.
v1.07.1
Fixed a long-standing bug that caused the wrong companion to appear in the Learning Aid window when learning a companion during a period of greater than usual server lag.
v1.07 Release:
Fixed two bugs with the spam filter, updated readme.txt
v1.07 Release Candidate 1:
Filter "You have learned" and "You have unlearned" spam from the chat log, and summarize it.
v1.07 BETA 1: Save the contents of action bars when erasing talents and when logging out, then restore saved action bar buttons when talented abilities are relearned. Macaroon support added to macro scanner.
v1.06.1
Fixed an issue with searching macros for spells with ':' in the name.
v1.06 Release:
Synchronize documentation and configuration options.
v1.06 BETA 5:
Added Ace libraries for slash command parsing, event handling and a brand-new GUI config panel. /la missing now supports options to include or exclude shapeshift forms, auras, etc., tracking abilities, and abilities that are used in macros.
v1.06 BETA 4:
Added a slash command (/la missing) to search for spells which are missing from your action bars.
v1.06 BETA 3:
Added a "close" button.
v1.06 BETA 2:
Various bug fixes.
v1.06 BETA 1:
Fixed a bug where Learning Aid would incorrectly appear after zoning.
Added check for Dual Spec swapping so Learning Aid does not appear every time the user swaps specs.
Updated TOC version to 31000 for patch 3.1.0.
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)...
