DESCRIPTION
MotherDirection is designed to help a raid to deafeat Mother Shahraz. It depends on Deadly Boss Mods. DBM assign raidIcons to player's who are affected with 'Fatal Attraction'.
If two player's were ported DBM assigns:
- Player1: White Skull
- Player2: Red Cross
If three player's were ported DM assigns:
- Player1: White Skull
- Player2: Red Cross
- Player3: Blue Square
Mother Direction is designed on that facts. That means if you get an Icon the
addon pops up a window which tell you in what direction you have to move. It
also provides a dynamic arrow mode and a compass mode. Read the feature
list to learn more about this.
- White Skull - West
- Red Cross - East
- Blue Square - North / South
Usually after a port all player look into the same direction (West) So this addon also show you static arrows, which show you in what direction you have to move.
FEATURES
- assistance in encounter of mother shahraz
- popup window which tells you where to move (text based)
- static arrows for visualization
- default turned off and activates automatically if you target Mother Shahraz
- deactivates itself, when Mother Shahraz is defeated
- a dynamic mode, in which you get a rotating arrow, depending
on players moving. If this arrow is pointing upwards, you are
on the right way.
- a compass mode, in which you get also a rotating arrow. But in
this mode you are on the right way, if the arrow is poiting in
direction of the highlighted text (North, South, East, West).
All other directions are grayed out. (see Screenshot)
SLASH COMMANDS
- "/md" - Info message
- "/md toogle" - Toogles between addon active/inactive
- "/md dynamic" - Switches into dynamic arrow mode
- "/md static" - Switches into static arrow mode
- "/md compass" - Switches into compass mode
- "/md lock|unlock" - Makes the MD Windows (un)dragable
- "/md resetwin" - Reset's the position of MD window's to default
DEPENCIES
Minimum 1 Player with installed Deadly Boss Mods, who is promoted as Raid Assistant or Raidleader. To set the Raid Icons one of these have to activate the announce function of DBM.
CREDITS
I took some code snippets from Carthographer_Waypoints and also the texture (3D Arrow) for the dynamic mode. I hope this is not a Problem for the Author of Carthographer_Waypoints.
ANNOTATION
This Addon is not for brainless people, that means if the addon is directing you through a camp of other players or the maintank group, you shouldn't do so!
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A /tags/v1.103 (from /trunk:10)
Tagging as v1.103
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A /trunk/icons
A /trunk/icons/Circle.tga
A /trunk/icons/Cross.tga
A /trunk/icons/Diamond.tga
A /trunk/icons/Moon.tga
A /trunk/icons/Skull.tga
A /trunk/icons/Square.tga
A /trunk/icons/Star.tga
A /trunk/icons/Triangle.tga
A /trunk/icons/arrow_3d.blp
A /trunk/icons/arrow_down.blp
A /trunk/icons/arrow_dynamic.tga
A /trunk/icons/arrow_left.blp
A /trunk/icons/arrow_right.blp
A /trunk/icons/arrow_stop.blp
A /trunk/icons/arrow_up.blp
Add missing icons folder .. uhmm ?
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A /trunk/MotherDirection.lua
A /trunk/MotherDirection.toc
A /trunk/MotherDirection.xml
A /trunk/localization.lua
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D /trunk/MotherDirection
Just directory changes
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M /trunk/MotherDirection/MotherDirection.toc
Toc Update to 3.0
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A /trunk/MotherDirection
A /trunk/MotherDirection/MotherDirection.lua
A /trunk/MotherDirection/MotherDirection.toc
A /trunk/MotherDirection/MotherDirection.xml
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/Circle.tga
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/Cross.tga
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/Diamond.tga
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/Moon.tga
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/Skull.tga
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/Square.tga
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/Star.tga
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/Triangle.tga
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/arrow_3d.blp
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/arrow_down.blp
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/arrow_dynamic.tga
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/arrow_left.blp
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/arrow_right.blp
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/arrow_stop.blp
A /trunk/MotherDirection/icons/arrow_up.blp
A /trunk/MotherDirection/localization.lua
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A /branches
A /tags
A /trunk
"mother-direction/mainline: Initial Import"
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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)...
