Reagent Helper 2: Remastered
About
Inspired by the original addon by Tuatara from Cosmos UI comes Reagent Helper 2: Remastered. RH2 shows within a reagent item's tooltip the Profession and/or Class it is used for.
Type /rh2 in game to configure Reagent Helper 2.
I am not the original author of Reagent Helper nor was I ever apart of the original project, CosmosUI, etc. I am merely an addon author who decided to bring it back.
Change Log
v2.0.11
- 3.3 DB update.
- Fixed a bug with the zhCN locale.
v2.0.9
- DB update.
- Code clean up and minor changes.
v2.0.8
v2.0.7
- Changed DB check detection a bit.
- A little tooltip optimization.
v2.0.6
- Added a new function to check to make sure the DB is present. If not a message will display requiring the user to completely reinstall RH2 (deleting the old folder and installing a new one).
v2.0.5
- The DB now contains Item IDs of all reagents as apposed to the actual name which will allow RH2 to work across all locales.
- All language files and profession/class type subfolders have been removed.
v2.0.3
v2.0.2
- Added a new option that separates the results with commas and displays them in the Reagents Tooltip without taking up to much space.
- Localization clean up. Now using Curseforges localization system.
- In Game: Zalra @ Hyjal (Alliance)
- Email: Davieboy53@yahoo.com
- XFire: Dawnseclipse
Reagent Helper 2 Database (DB)
Credit Where Credit is Due
Reagent Helper 2 comes with its own reagent database that I created using data and info from WowHead and WowWiki with all profession reagent data parsed from WowHead and all class reagent info from WowWiki. I take absolutely no credit for any of this information. I do, however, take credit for the database and its structure. It should not be used else where with out my permission.
Supported Profession Reagents
- Alchemy
- Blacksmithing
- Cooking
- Enchanting
- Engineering
- First Aid
- Inscription
- Jewelcrafting
- Leatherworking
- Mining
- Tailoring
Supported Class Reagents
- Death Knight
- Druid
- Mage
- Paladin
- Priest
- Shaman
- Warlock
The Old Addon vs The New
"In the Beginning, there was Cosmos... In the end, there wasn't." quoted from CosmosUI. Sadly Cosmos no longer exists along with the original addon. As I grew attached to the addon, I wasn't very happy when I heard it was no longer in development. So after some time I finally decided to make Reagent Helper 2!
The original Reagent Helper was written using Sea to provide the reagent data and tooltip hooks. Reagent Helper 2 is a complete rewrite using Ace3 and LibTipHooker-1.1. The reagent data is also included inside Reagent Helper 2 instead of in a separate addon library.
Localization
If you can provide any below marked as "Needed" please see the Localization Page: http://wow.curseforge.com/projects/re.../localization/.
Feel free to post any of these right here! Please, though, post any serious problems or bugs using Curseforge's ticket system.
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r67 | davie3 | 2009-12-10 16:35:56 +0000 (Thu, 10 Dec 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/v2.0.11 (from /trunk:66)
Tagging as v2.0.11
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r66 | davie3 | 2009-12-10 16:34:26 +0000 (Thu, 10 Dec 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/ReagentHelper2.toc
Toc update to v2.0.11 because I cant retag 2.0.10 =/.
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r65 | davie3 | 2009-12-10 16:25:23 +0000 (Thu, 10 Dec 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Localization/zhCN.lua
Fixed typo in zhCN locale.
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r63 | davie3 | 2009-12-10 16:19:45 +0000 (Thu, 10 Dec 2009) | 4 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Data/DB/Profession/Blacksmithing.lua
M /trunk/Data/DB/Profession/Enchanting.lua
M /trunk/Data/DB/Profession/Engineering.lua
M /trunk/Data/DB/Profession/Leatherworking.lua
M /trunk/Data/DB/Profession/Mining.lua
M /trunk/Data/DB/Profession/Tailoring.lua
M /trunk/ReagentHelper2.lua
M /trunk/ReagentHelper2.toc
3.3 DB update.
Interface update for 3.3.
Toc version update to v2.0.10
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r61 | davie3 | 2009-11-10 03:19:29 +0000 (Tue, 10 Nov 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/ReagentHelper2.toc
Toc update to v2.0.9.
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r60 | davie3 | 2009-11-10 03:15:23 +0000 (Tue, 10 Nov 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Data/DB/Profession/Alchemy.lua
M /trunk/Data/DB/Profession/Engineering.lua
DB Update.
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r59 | davie3 | 2009-09-14 18:35:10 +0000 (Mon, 14 Sep 2009) | 4 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Data/DB/Profession/Cooking.lua
M /trunk/Data/DB/Profession/Engineering.lua
M /trunk/ReagentHelper2.lua
Small DB update.
Localized the message a user receives when the CheckDb function returns false.
Removed some global variables.
The SearchReagentDB function now returns a ToolTipList table.
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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)...
