Library of itemId and spellId sets
Before reading this description, please brush up on your chemistry knowledge (Don't fear, it's short and painless)
- See Usage for how to include and use PT sets in your mod.
- See the Editing page for details of how to maintain PeriodicTable.
- See the API page for how to use PeriodicTable in your mod.
- See the Forum for discussion.
Periodic Table adds order to many items and spells in WoW. These are organized into sets. Like most Ace addons it's focus is efficiency. PT is a LibStub library for managing these sets (ex: Misc.Spell.Mount, Consumable.Food.Edible.Cheese, Misc.Minipet, ClassSpell) for other addons.
If you are looking for an Ace'd alternative to ReagentInfo (the tooltip display) check out Mendeleev by MoonWolf, which you can find on Curse or WoWI.
Item sets are stored as a comma-delimited strings and parsed out into a table only if requested. This speeds up load time and ensures that memory is only used for sets that are actively used.
If you are interested in using PT with your mod feel free to read the source code (there's not a lot). The comments will tell you everything you need to know.
Modules
PeriodicTable's "modules" are simply sets of sets. Particular mods can link the exact sets they need.
- ClassSpell - Spells for all classes with subsets for each tree.
- Consumable - Foods, Potions, Elixirs, Buffing items including type (fruit, meat, etc), quality (inedible, buff) and HP-recovery info.
- Gear - Socketed gear, Trinkets, Vendor Badge gear
- GearSet - Set Gear. Tier, Reputation, PvP, etc.
- InstanceLoot - Loot tables for instances and the bosses in those instances (only higher-level instances currently)
- InstanceLootHeroic - Loot tables for heroic instances
- Misc - Random stuff like Currency, Containers, Mounts, etc.
- Reputation - Rewards and Turnins for factions
- Tradeskill : Profession recipes
- TradeskillResultMats : Some kinda mats required sets for the recipes it looks like
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A /tags/247 release (from /trunk:247)
Tagging as 247 release
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M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Consumable/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Consumable.lua
M /trunk/data.lua
Potion of Nightmares
Clamlette Magnifique
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M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Consumable/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Consumable.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Gear/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Gear.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Misc/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Misc.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Tradeskill/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Tradeskill.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillLevels/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillLevels.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillResultMats/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillResultMats.lua
M /trunk/data.lua
-- Mining Run, Flask of the North
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M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Misc/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Misc.lua
M /trunk/data.lua
red rider air gun
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toc 3.3
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M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-ClassSpell/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-ClassSpell.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-CurrencyItems/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-CurrencyItems.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Gear/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Gear.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-GearSet/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-GearSet.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Misc/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Misc.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Tradeskill/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Tradeskill.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillLevels/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillLevels.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillResultMats/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillResultMats.lua
M /trunk/data.lua
-- Mining Run 3.3
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M /trunk/data.lua
snow flakes and stuff
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M /trunk/data.lua
Rocket Pack
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M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-ClassSpell/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-ClassSpell.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Gear/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Gear.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Misc/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Misc.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Tradeskill/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Tradeskill.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillLevels/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillLevels.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillResultMats/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillResultMats.lua
-- Mining Run 3.3
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M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Misc/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Misc.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Tradeskill/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Tradeskill.lua
M /trunk/data.lua
-- New teleport rings and teleporting +15 fishing boots
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M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-ClassSpell/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-ClassSpell.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Gear/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Gear.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Misc/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Misc.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Tradeskill/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-Tradeskill.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillLevels/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillLevels.lua
M /trunk/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillResultMats/LibPeriodicTable-3.1-TradeskillResultMats.lua
M /trunk/data.lua
-- Thanksgiving mining run + some harvest items.
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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)...
