Mountaneer is an addon that aims to make mounting easier when you have a large collection of them. It provides slashcommands to mount. You can choose to mount by category (eg. a random land mount, random flying mount), by speed (slow, fast, extremely fast), by (partial) name, or any combination thereof.
So now you can choose to just mount a "random epic flying mount" which will always work with all the mounts you have, without having to edit anything.
Mounting "the best I can" in specific places (eg. a fast land mount in dalaran) is also planned, but not yet implemented.
use "/mount help" if you need help.
Basic usage involves:
/mount land fast random - for a random fast land mount
/mount flying fast gryphon - for a random fast flying gryphon
/mount max - for a the fastest random mount possible in that location. This is dalaran aware, so it will mount an epic land mount in the city, and a flying when on the landing.
More info can be found on the Chat commands wiki page
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r12 | illiai | 2009-08-18 15:00:47 +0000 (Tue, 18 Aug 2009) | 1 line
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fixed typo in Mountaneer:getBestMount()
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r11 | illiai | 2009-08-18 14:07:46 +0000 (Tue, 18 Aug 2009) | 6 lines
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* finished (re)writing /mount max
* added /mount version
* removed some excess junk from the code
* reordered the functions a bit to make more sense
* switched from the custom Mountaneer:getTableSize() function to using #table instead. All internally made tables should be consistent.
* removed Mountaneer:getTableSize() - we don't use it anymore anyway
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r10 | illiai | 2009-08-18 14:05:40 +0000 (Tue, 18 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
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* upped version
* removed savedVariable we're not using [yet] anyway
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r9 | illiai | 2009-08-17 23:12:57 +0000 (Mon, 17 Aug 2009) | 1 line
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added /mount help text
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r8 | illiai | 2009-08-17 21:48:44 +0000 (Mon, 17 Aug 2009) | 3 lines
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M /trunk/mountData.lua
M /trunk/mountaneer.lua
* complete code rewrite (faster & cleaner)
* added /mount list [query]
* not yet (re-)implemented: /mount max, /mount help
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r7 | illiai | 2009-08-16 18:35:31 +0000 (Sun, 16 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
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* fixed extremely fast flying mounts
* added a nice message in case no mounts were found matching the query
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r6 | illiai | 2009-08-16 12:43:43 +0000 (Sun, 16 Aug 2009) | 3 lines
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* added support for max option
* added proper loading
* added help (/mount help)
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r5 | illiai | 2009-08-15 22:16:29 +0000 (Sat, 15 Aug 2009) | 4 lines
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* moved mount-data to a separate file for easier updating
* fixed Brown Ram (was listed as a fast land mount, should be slow land mount instead)
* added a debug mode, settable via lua only at the moment
* centralized chat output to go via 2 handlers (chat and debug) so the output can be modified more easily
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r4 | illiai | 2009-08-15 19:02:53 +0000 (Sat, 15 Aug 2009) | 1 line
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fixed outstanding problems, just requires idiot-proofing and some prettier output now. Might also clean up the code next.
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r3 | illiai | 2009-08-15 14:49:31 +0000 (Sat, 15 Aug 2009) | 3 lines
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* fixed Green Mechanostrider spellId
* fixed slashcommand to actually work
* finished initial work on flying mounts (/mount flying slow|fast|rare|epic [name|random] works now; /mount [name] also works, where name may also be partial, eg "Hippo" matches "Argent Hippogryph")
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r2 | illiai | 2009-08-15 10:27:13 +0000 (Sat, 15 Aug 2009) | 1 line
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initial commit - code doesn't work quite yet, and is very hackish
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r1 | root | 2009-08-15 10:23:17 +0000 (Sat, 15 Aug 2009) | 1 line
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"mountaneer/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)...