NOTICE
New in v0.90
Now when you try to get on a mount you currently don't own any of the Add On will try to mount you on the next slowest type of mount.
Also now if you want to hide the interface and use only the macros the Add On will remember this on a character by character bassis.
Beta Software
Please understand this Add-On is still under development and is likely to have a few bugs. If you find them please post in the comments below so that they can get fixed. Try to include as much information as you can.
Over View
A simple add on to allow you to pick the type of mount you want and then randomly mount any of the mounts you have of that type.
Click HERE to view currently supported mounts.
Currently supports 74 different mounts.
I started the Add-On to not only allow me to get my mounts at random but to also allow people that like write macros take advantage of getting on a random mount. That is why I've set up a few low character slash commands that can be typed into the command prompt or used in macros to hop on a mount.
General Use
By default the Roll Out creates a floating window with 6 buttons set up in two rows of three. The top row of buttons are for flying mounts, 60% speed is left, 280% is in the middle, and 310% is on the right. The bottom row has on the left the button to call a random non-combat pet with the 60% speed ground mount in the middle and the 100% speed ground mount on the far right. Simply click one of the buttons and one of the mounts your character has of that type will be summoned.
Slash Commands
If you don't want to use the buttons but want to add a level of randomness to your summoning macros or you just prefer to type you can use the below slash command in the chat frame to get the same functionality as the buttons.
/ro 1 = Mount slow ground mounts (60% speed)
/ro 2 = Mount fast ground mounts (100% speed)
/ro 3 = Mount slow flight mounts (60% speed)
/ro 4 = Mount fast flight mounts (280% speed)
/ro 5 = Mount epic flight mounts (310% speed)
/ro 0 = call out a random non combat pet
/ro show = Shows the main Roll Out window (the one with the buttons)
/ro hide = Hides the main Roll Out window
/ro rebuild = forces Roll Out to rebuild your mount list (should happen automatically)
/ro lostmounts = opens a window listing all of your mounts not currently supported
Steps to get unsupported mounts supported
- In the game type "/ro lostmounts" (without the quotes)
- A window will open up listing all mounts you have not supported by Roll Out
- The text should be highlighted so cut the text (Ctrl+X in windows)
- This should cause the text to go away
- press the ESC key on your keyboard to close the window
- Visit this web site and make a comment for the add-on
- Paste the text into the comment box and post the comment.
- Watch for the next Roll Out up date and the mounts will be supported!
Now if you try to get on a mount type you don't have any of it will try to mount the next slowest type.
The addon will now remember if you have the interface hidden as well. so if you type '/ro hide' it will stay hidden till you type in '/ro show' this is on a per character basis.
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)...
