I'm not the author of MobInfo2.
The author of Mobinfo is Skeeve.
DON'T FORGET TO BACKUP YOUR OWN FILE FIRST THAT IS ON YOUR SAVED VARIABLES FOLDER.
Quoting Skeeve:
Hi everyone,
Just now I discovered this nice new service. I'd like to add something to what ntex said:
To import Mob data PLEASE read and use the instructions from the MobInfo ReadMe.txt. Thats quite important and avoids accidental loss of data or file corruption. You will also find in there instructions on how to backup your current MobInfo database file before importing the new data.
Also please note that MobInfo data files are language specific and can NOT be mixed between languages. I assume that this particular download is for the English WoW (ntex correct me if I'm wrong). Therefore this should be downloaded and used for the English WoW ONLY ! Using it with any other language version of WoW will not work.
Other then that: Enjoy MobInfo,
Skeeve
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INSTRUCTIONS (Extracted from Readme.txt):
Here are the detailed import instructions:
- Close your WoW client
- Backup your MobInfo database as explained above
- Extract the file to 'World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns/'
- So in the end you must have the file in: 'World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns/MobInfo2/MI2_Import.lua'
- Start WoW and login with one of your chars
- Open the MobInfo options (enter '/mi2' at the chat prompt) and go to the 'Database' options page. Near the bottom of the page you should now see whether the AddOn has found valid data to be imported. If you did everything correctly the 'Import' button should be clickable.
- Choose whether you want to import only unknown Mobs, otherwise all Mobs will get imported. If a Mob already exists in your database and you choose to import it the data of the new Mob will get added to the data of the existing Mob. Now click the Import button to star the database import operation. In your normal chat window you will see a summary of the import results.
- Logout to cause WoW to save your now extended MobInfo database file. You should now delete the file 'MI2_Import.lua'. It is no longer needed and it will waste memory as long as it exists.
TIP1: Use the 'import only unknown Mobs' if you know that there is a large amount of overlap between your current database and the imported database. For instance if you import data from the same source again (because he released a newer version).
TIP2: You can also use this Import feature to import databases of the 'MobHealth' AddOn. Use the instructions exactly as listed above, but in step 2 rename 'MobHealth.lua' (the MobHealth database file from 'savedvariables' folder) to 'MI2_Import.lua'.
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Any bugs or hints regarding to the data, just say anything here.
THIS VERSION IS FOR ENGLISH CLIENTS!
Even cleaner and few more drops recorded.
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)...
