Version 0.19
- Added options to position gem-icons
Type '/gw pos 1-4' to change position
Version 0.18
- Added option to show/hide gem-interface in character window
Type "/gw toggle" to show/hide gem interface
Did you know that meta-gems does not count the color-slots you have? Anyway - they don't. They count slots a gem can be used for. Meaning that if you equip a gem that goes in red and blue slots in a red slot, it counts as one red and one blue gem. That can make keeping track of all the colors somewhat difficult at times, and choosing the right combination of gems with a meta-gem can be troublesome.
For my own part I messed it up a lot, so I got tired of it and made this addon. This addon will show you a count of the colors you have equipped the way a meta-gem will count. It takes into account all the gems that are multicolored and give you a result back.
Unknown gems
If your item(s) should contain a gem that is not reckognized, there is an interface for adding unknown gems to the database. Select the unknown gem-slot from the list, select what color slots it will support, and press "Set". That is all.
Unknown slots/gems will be identified by the item they are on, and the slot-number counting from the top of the list on the item. So "Footwear of the beetle, slot 2" means that the second gem from the top on your item "Footwear of the beetle" is not known to the addon. If the gem-information out there is correct, there should only be 13 of about 140 of these.
Usage:
Just type "/gw" or "/gemwatch" to open the window and see the color-count you have.
The problem with socketing:
However, there is a slight problem with this. Blizzard does not socket gems. It may look like it, but they don't. Gems works internally just like enchants, meaning that once it's used it's gone. All WoW items (weapons, armor, gems, food, etc) are represented internally with an item-ID. It's the same with enchants (or used gems, if you like). They are represented by an enchant-ID. So when you socket a gem, it is converted from an item to an enchant in a slot. Because of this it is impossible to directly read what gem is in a socket since the information contained in an item is the resulting enchant rather than the gem itself. You would in fact need a conversion-list containing what gem (item-ID) is converted to what enchant (enchant-ID). The available conversion-lists are sadly incomplete, and somewhat wrong at times. I have however tried my best to implement this in the most correct manner.
As of now there are (I think) around 140 gems. My list with enchant-conversion lacks 13 of these.
-- 0.21 Some Meta's were counted incorrectly as blue.
-- 0.20 Updated all Gems up to patch 2.4.2
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)...
