Note: I'm working on a new version... well, it's pretty much a new mod. It fixes the few minor flaws with this mod, and will be very customizable (and still very tiny). It'll be a lot like other ability tracking mods, except it won't have timer bars. I hate timer bars. Icons are much nicer I think. So keep a look out for that.
1.0.1 isn't intended to be a preview of the new version I'm working on... the new version has been delayed but I still hope to release it. This new update is intended to address a few efficiency flaws with the original version. I didn't test if it works, so let me know if errors occur! Hopefully releasing this new version will motivate me to get the new mod out, as I have most of the work completed... just need to fix up a few things.
Description
I never really planned to release this mod as I didn't want to bother putting in too much time for user-friendliness and requests. However, I figure it's a pretty useful mod that casters would be interested in. Also, it's small! It should be much more efficient than most other ability tracking mods.
Basically, what it does is this: It puts a nice visual on the screen indicating the cooldown of enemy silence abilities so you can anticipate when the next one is going to come or to have a better indication of when they are used. As of now it only tracks kick, pummel, counterspell, and spell lock as I'm primarily concerned with those spells that cause spell school lockout (*shakes fist*).
It's actually not too difficult at all to add spells if you wanted (and it doesn't have to be for silences), but if you wanted to do that you're going to have to do it manually. If you know a little bit of programming for WoW, you can take a look in SilenceCD.lua and near the top is a table with the list of spells (spell ID's - find them using wowhead) and their respective cooldown. I'm not really going to go into much more detail here unless you request it of me :P
It only monitors hostile targets. Additionally, it will only monitor your target when you're not in an arena, and will monitor all enemies when you are in an arena.
There are some basic options (moving and setting the grow direction [when there is more than one silence to track]) that you can change by using the slash command "/scd". In the near future I plan to add an option for size scaling... but that time is not now.
[b]1.0.1/b isn't intended to be a preview of the new version I'm working on... the new version has been delayed but I still hope to release it. This new update is intended to address a few efficiency flaws with the original version. I didn't test if it works, so let me know if errors occur! Hopefully releasing this new version will motivate me to get the new mod out, as I have most of the work completed... just need to fix up a few things.
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)...
