SFSkins v1.02
PLEASE NOTE:
IF YOU INSTALLED A PREVIOUS VERSION YOU MUST NAVIGATE TO YOUR "\Interface\Addons" directory. DELETE THE "SFSkins" DIRECTORY. THEN NAVIGATE TO YOUR CHARACTERS "wtf" FOLDER LOCATED IN THE DIRECTORY YOU INSTALLED WORLD OF WARCRAFT "World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\[USER NAME]\[SERVER]\[CHARACTER NAME]\SavedVariables". ONCE THERE DELETE THE FILES "SFSkins.lua" and "SfSkins.lua.bak". YOU MAY HAVE TROUBLE WITH THIS ADDON IF YOU DONT DO THIS.
Changes in 1.02 to previous version:
1. Code cleaned up.
2. Nudger added to move art in small increments to make set up easier. Just drag Art close to where you want it and use nudger to bring it in to the location you want.
3. Some variable names changed to make them unique.
4. Some text alignment issues in config screen resolved with different resolution.
For those of you who enjoy modifying your interface but would like to keep the "WOW" look I decided to attempt to bring this mod back. SFSkins is a almost complete rewrite of a mod that was out a few years ago and seemed to disappear called Diivskins. I have held onto and used Diivskins since I began playing a few years ago and hated to see it go as it seems the original author has dropped it.
The original Diivskins put up the artwork but relied on another mod to move and size the art. I have added these features directly in SFSkins.
I would like to thank the original author for making Diivskins and I have kept some of the code and graphics in his honor. SFSkins is stand alone, needs no other mods to function.
Remember this is just artwork. You will need to use your favorite action button mod in conjunction with SFSkins.
You can use the game menu to activate SFskins of type "/sfs toggle" to toggle the configuration screen off and on.
Features:
- Game Menu Button to show SFSkins
- 10 configuable horizontal bars with 12 button slots
- 10 configurable vertical bars with 12 button slots
- 10 configurable end caps with 32 styles
- 10 configurable miscellaneous bits with 30 styles
- Layouts are saved per character
- All Movable and sizable
- Nudger to move your art in small increments to help make layout easier.
This is my first mod I have posted for the community so go easy on me.
Changes in 1.02 to previous version:
1. Code cleaned up.
2. Nudger added to move art in small increments to make set up easier. Just drag Art close to where you want it and use nudger to bring it in to the location you want.
3. Some variable names changed to make them unique.
4. Some text alignment issues in config screen resolved with different resolution.
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)...
