Smart automatic tracking for hunters with Improved tracking talent.
This addon was inspired by "Zug zug huntar" and "AutoTrack" addons. Both generally do the same - auto change your tracking depending on target's type. This addon does it the smart way and allows several options for additional tuning.
Whenever you enter combat this addon will check your target's type (if any) and automatically change your tracking accordingly. If you change the target during combat - your tracking will change too (if your new target is of different type and you can track it).
Addon will not change your tracking if your target is dead/ghost or friendly.
Three options are available at addon preferences page:
1. Enable in PvP (disabled by default)
By default this addown doesn't work in PVP, but if you want this addon to work when you are on Arena or BG - you should mark this option in addon preferences.
2. Out of combat (disabled by default)
If you want this addon to work out of combat - just mark this option in addon preferences. Same rules apply to targets when out of combat (i.e. target should be alive and hostile/neutral).
3. Remember last (disabled by default)
If you mark this option then when combat is over addon will change your tracking to one you were using before combat (ANY, not just hunter ones, so if you are herbalist you won't have to switch back manually to herbal tracking after combat)
Be warned: options 2 and 3 may be a bit confusing if both enabled at the same time.
Localizations done for enUS and ruRU locales. Feel free to add any other languages. Just email them to me and I'll add them.
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Version 1.1
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+ Added new locale: deDE (german) (can't test it - so report any issues please)
+ Added new locale: frFR (french) (can't test it - so report any issues please)
+ Added new option: Damage Bonus Only.
When enabled it will make addon automatically change tracking only if it is required to give you a damage bonus (from Improved tracking talent). So if you are already using the right tracking (humanoids for instance) your tracking will not be changed - regardless of target's actual type. But if you are tracking herbs (for instance) it will change your tracking type according to your target's type.
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Version 1.0
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* First release
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)...
