Choose a random mount or vanity pet at the press of a button. Companions can be weighted to be chosen more or less often, or disabled altogether. When mounting, RandomCompanion will automatically choose the best type of mount based on your location.
Usage:
Bind a key from the keybinding menu or...
"/rc mount" to choose a random mount
"/rc mount ground" to choose a random ground mount in a flyable zone
"/rc pet" to choose a random vanity pet
"/rc autorecall" to toggle automatically recalling your vanity pet after resurrecting, changing zones, or taking flight paths
"/rc randomrecall" to toggle recalling a random vanity pet after resurrecting, changing zones, or taking flight paths
"/rc dismiss" to dismiss your current vanity pet
"/rc autodismiss" to toggle automatically dismissing your vanity pet when you are stealthed and flagged for PVP
Changes:
1.7.1
Fixed a problem with initialization that was introduced in 1.7.
Fixed a problem where randomly summoning the same vanity pet that you already have out will instead dismiss your current pet.
Added invisibility to the list of buffs which will stop AutoRecall.
1.7
Consolidated all /commands under /rc or /randomcompanion. Old /commands will remain in place for now for backward compatibility. Type "/rc" for a full list of available commands.
Added "/rc autodismiss" to toggle automatically dismissing your vanity pet when you are stealthed and flagged for PVP.
Added "/rc randomrecall" to toggle recalling a random vanity pet after resurrecting, changing zones, or taking flight paths.
Fixed some oddities with AutoRecall.
AutoRecall (and RandomRecall) now recalls your vanity pet when you log in.
Added support for the Onyxian Drake.
1.6.2
Added localization for Krasus' Landing and Underbelly for the German client. Thanks, Herekren.
Added localization for Krasus' Landing for the French and Russian clients. Still need Underbelly translations for these clients.
Added support for the Rusted and Ironbound Proto-Drakes.
Updated name of Headless Horseman's Mount because it changed slightly in 3.2.
Removed Dalaran as special flyable zone because IsFlyableArea() finally works as expected there.
Wintergrasp is now flyable when a battle is not in progress.
1.6.1
Fixed a bug with the weight UI that happened after changing zones
1.6
UI to disable mounts/pets that you don't like or choose your favorite mounts/pets more often has finally been added! Just open your Mount/Pet window and adjust the slider.
Black Qiraji Battle Tank should now work properly both inside and outside of Ahn'Qiraj.
1.5.1
Fixed a bug that detects other mounts as swimmers if you have a sea turtle.
1.5
RandomCompanion will now choose a swimming mount (the new sea turtle) or a ground mount if you are swimming.
Added "/rpet dismiss" and "/pdismiss" to dismiss your current vanity pet.
Vanity pets are automatically re-summoned after losing them for any reason. "/rpet autorecall" to toggle this feature.
1.4
Added Russian localization for Dragonblight.
Fixed a bug with flyable detection in the sewer pipe section of Dalaran.
Fixed a bug with flyable detection in part of Krasus' Landing in Dalaran.
Added flyable detection to some areas on the outskirts of Dalaran. It's not perfect, but it's better than it used to be.
Added /rcreload in case you ever want to re-initialize for some reason.
Added macro conditional parsing such as [modifier:alt] or [combat] to /rmount.
Added checks to make sure you have engineering for the engineering mounts and tailoring for the tailoring mounts. Does not check skill level, so if you re-learn your old tradeskill, your not-yet-usable mounts may be chosen.
Vanity pets are automatically re-summoned after resurrecting, changing zones, or taking flight paths. "/rpet autorecall" to toggle this feature.
LOTS of new debug messages (/rcdebug to enable), so if you're having any sort of problems, turn on debug mode and report them to http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/randomcompanion.aspx
Added a check for snowballs before summoning winter pets (Winter Reindeer, etc.)
1.3
Fixed bug mount prioritization in AQ40 - May not work properly in non-English clients yet.
Changed the German localization to support an oddity with the Turbogetriebene Flugmaschine.
Added /rcstatus to get RandomCompanion status and /rcdebug to toggle debug mode.
Fixed a bug with scaling flying mounts not getting added to the slow flyers list.
Uncached mounts and pets should be handled a lot better.
Fixed a bug with flyable detection inside Dalaran.
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)...
