Dispel Announcer
Dispel Announcer announces when you dispel a (de-)buff to the selected channels (with working spell links :D). It is very customizable with many options inside the Ace options frame.
Current options available:
Announce channels:
Announce inside the UI error frame (top center) only visible to you. (enabled on default)
Announce inside the default chat frame (bottom left) only visible to you.
Announce inside the local chat (/say). (enabled on default)
Announce inside the group chat (/p).
Announce as a raid warning (/rw).
Raid and battleground announcing hasn't been included to avoid spamming, use local chat instead.
Area filters:
Announce while outside
Announce while inside a 5M instance
Announce while inside a raid
Announce while inside a battleground (enabled on default)
Announce while inside an arena match (enabled on default)
Spell filters:
Only announce your own dispels (enabled on default)
Don't announce dispelling of debuffs such as CC (disabled on default)
Only announce when dispelling a PvP buff/spell (disabled on default)
Add or remove a spell/buff to the list of PvP buffs
Add or remove a spell/buff to the ignore list (such as "Noggenfogger Elixir")
Current default buffs/spells marked as PvP buffs are Blessing of Protection, Blessing of Freedom, Blessing of Sacrifice, Divine Shield, Divine Protection, Ice Block, Fel Armor, Pain Suppression, Earth Shield, but you can always add or remove more.
This addon has been fully tested on a Hunter dispelling enemy buffs with Arcane Shot and with a Druid dispelling poisons but it should also work perfectly when dispelling with any other skill.
Known issues:
When the option to announce when you dispel a debuff is enabled you will also announce when you break any form of Croud Control (sheeping, trapping, even Scatter Shot, etc.).
To do:
Make it support SCT/msbt, but I will first have to find out how these methods work :>
Now compatible with 2.4.3.
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)...
