The project is about extending the fabulous X-Perl. So far, two additions have been released. They are independent from each other, try the one you like.
X-Perl EMotion
This extension will add animations to the 3D character portraits, based on events. So they will look a bit more alive.
You will see all 3D unit portraits react to different events, e.g.:
* get up on login or resurection,
* talking, shouting, waving on chat messages,
* casting,
* stumble back on taking a hit or drop dead when they die.
No configuration options, just try it!!
There are some difficult limitations: The animations are not exact and will never look as good as the real characters, the camera position is not optimal, there is not always the (correct) animation on an event, animations do not have the right duration. Some animations will flicker, even if the model supports it! (btw: If the model does not support the specific animation, this will flicker as well, because it can not be queried by addons.) I have started to blacklist specific animations causing trouble. Feedback, code improvements or hints which animations cause trouble on specific models are welcome.
X-Perl EHeal
Someone mentioned in the X-Perl comments, if estimated healing from LibHealComm-3.0 (used e.g. by Grid) can be shown. Well, now it can :-)
This extension will use the predictions of incoming heal and display it as an overlay on the health bar of party or raid units. The default is to include all heals which will land within the next 2 seconds (can be changed with setlookahead(seconds)). The time until the next single heal spell should arrive is indicated with a spark moving to the left.
Limitations: This will only work when grouped or in a raid. Only heal casts from other players using LibHealComm-3.0 will be shown. Instant spells, HoTs, own heal casts and all healing from players without the library will not be shown. (Well, HoTs are already indicated by the number on the health bar by X-Perl.) There is some small delay, because information is only updated twice per second.
I didn't had time to test the effect of lag, so as a safety precaution against freezing WoW estimated time will always be at least 300ms.
Note: All extensions will only work, if you have X-Perl installed.
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)...
