Type /shd to open the control panel.
For rogue: change weapon to dagger after you cast stealth. change weapon to dagger after you cast gouge or kidneyshot. change weapon to not-dagger after you cast backstab or ambush. and .etc (the above swaps won't work if you cast failed.)
Fighter: change weapon when you change stance.
Druid: change weapon when you change form.
Paladin: change weapon when you change aura.
Others: change weapon before you cast spell. change weapon when you start casting spell. change weapon when you finish casting spell. change weapon when you casting spell successfully. change weapon when you gain/lost combopoints.
Attention:
1. You are lucky if you are a rogue. I made the default settings for the rogue class. You need to set the "dagger"(for backstab) and "notdagger"(for sinister strike) in the weapon set frame. How it works?
As example, if you casted gouge successfully,it will change your weapons to "dagger" set.And it will change your weapons to "notdagger" set as you finished casting backstab. When you want to use backstab, it will change your weapon to "dagger" set, .etc. Test it in your combat.
You can choose the "Before casting" or "ComboPoints change" at the condition combox to see what i set for these skills.
2. Don't try to swap weapons twice in one second. The second swap shouldn't work.
3. For druid, there is default set "tank", "combat", "heal".
See， if you don't want default set, delete the class file in ShadowDancer3\Default\, for rogue, delete the ROGUE.lua. This a bad way, you can also changed settings in the control panel, If you are familiar with it, I think you won't have problem.
2009.08.04
1. This version has changed the save-version, so it'll clear the prev version's settings.
2. Add new swap time: Skill Cooldown Start, Skill Cooldown End, Gain Buff, Lost Buff.
3. In the before version, when the skill and swap time is right, you can only swap the weapon. Now, there is two type to select. One is "Swap", just like before. The other one is "Set", it can change one weapon-set to another, or just set one weapon-set to empty(so when gain "shadowdance" buff, set notdagger to empty, after ambush it won't change weapon to non-dagger weapon now, and when lost "shadowdance" buff, just set notdagger back, see what I do in pics).
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)...
