Displays a countdown and a ticking sound when the paladin seal you currently have on you is about to expire. Other than that, this addon is invisible.
Intended for paladins who want a reminder before the seal expires.
- should work regardless of user localization
- allows the user to set when the countdown appears
- has a drag&drop feature to move the text to a desired location on the screen
Future of this addon:
When I first wrote SealCountdown, paladin seals lasted only 30 seconds and were consumed by Judgement. Now seals last for a full 30 minutes, so this addon seems to have become obselete. I will turn my attention to other projects, and this addon will not be updated unless you specifically request me to.
Version 3.3:
Rewrote the buff-parsing code. Users had reported a problem on non-English clients. This was assumed to be related to the way buffs were identified as seals using their names. In the new code, seals are identified among buffs by their icon textures. This should provide better localization independence.
Version 3.2:
Rewrote the update-handling code. Field testing had shown a bug that sometimes made the text appear late or not at all. This was related to a design flaw in the code that made excessive calls at every frame update.
Version 3.1:
Rewrote the code for patch 3.0 compatibility.
Version 3.0:
Rewrote the code for localization independence.
Made showtime changable.
Added the text Drag & Drop feature.
Changed to an in-game font.
Version 2.0:
Rewrote the code for patch 2.4 compatibility.
Added the ticking sound.
Version 1.04:
Fixed a bug that caused a lua error when one died while having a seal on.
Version 1.03:
Fixed a bug that made the countdown text freeze if a seal was reapplied during the last 6 seconds.
Version 1.02:
Fixed a bug that occured if the same seal was reapplied while still on. It resulted in negative numbers being shown.
Changed the code to a new and more accurate way of determining the remaining time of a seal.
Version 1.01:
Fixed an error that made the addon not load properly.
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)...
