TankMastery is a helper add-on for tanks. When used, it can:
- watch your target, and produce a self/raid/party/channel message if it gets taunted/knocked-back/mocked
- show you an icon about the targeting review of the moment (if it is targeting a tank, if that tank is targeting it back etc) [v0.70+]
- can warn you if your taunt failed [v0.90+]
It is mainly created to encourage synergy between the tanks, improve the raid quality, see who is being a "bad boy" and if possible, minimize such encounters. : )
- Taunt System at the very moment supports single target taunts, AOE taunts, mocks, pet threat spells and knock-backs. You can use it to pinpoint which dps is knocking back the mobs making it harder to tank/build aggro (Thunderstorm, Typhoon).
- TankWatch-Icon feature helps you to quickly pinpoint which mob is going out of control or which one can be taunted to take the load of other tanks easily/safely (with their current targets in mind).
- TankMastery HyperSense (TM-HS) is a new experimental feature to provide you more taunt/pull information. Will probably add more features to it in the future.
Sample output:
- XXX taunted YYY using ZZZZ.
- XXX mocked YYY using ZZZ.
- XXX knocked-away YYY using ZZZ.
Few Important Reminders:
- "Tank X taunted a mob off me and addon didnt track it!"... Please note that by design, addon *only* tracks taunts on your target (any type), NOT other adds on you. We dont wanna be spammy, yet we want to be effective. In future versions I might add setting to enable that as well; let me know if you really need it.
- "Tank Watch icon is sometimes a little slow to update!"... Do note that addon entirely depends on client reporting changes and new targets; so any lag in connection, or any lag in wow client notifying us will delay the icon as well. TankMastery (as of 0.85) *only checks your and your target's target changes; the effect on performance is expected to be *very negligible.
- "TM-HS is sometimes/always wrong!"... HyperSense feature is very experimental and hence the results can be sometimes not accurate. We have limited window to WoW's real events and such guesses can be surely prone to errors. Got suggestions for it? Let me know. Hate it? Go to options and turn it off.
(Recent) New Features:
- Automatically enables/disables based on class/stance.
- Basic configuration screen (able to choose where to report)
- [v0.70+] Target review icon
- [v0.80+] Player/Self failed taunts (resists/immune) are watched as well now.
- [v0.88+] HyperSense
Future to-do list:
- Thinking if we should check for failed taunts of other tanks on our targets...
- different output channels for different tracked events?
- maybe checking for taunts on other tanks' mobs?
- improved configuration screen (what to print out, who to check etc)
- ... even more, who knows. Addon name is very general, why not make use of it :)
Feel free to post your constructive comments/suggestions; and spread around the word. Thanks.
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r53 | ahmetqw | 2009-09-05 13:30:21 +0000 (Sat, 05 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/v0.90 (from /trunk:52)
Tagging as v0.90
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r52 | ahmetqw | 2009-09-05 13:28:44 +0000 (Sat, 05 Sep 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/TankMastery.lua
* improving the config screen a little
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r51 | ahmetqw | 2009-08-09 17:42:29 +0000 (Sun, 09 Aug 2009) | 7 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/TankMastery.lua
M /trunk/TankMastery.toc
* Optimized spell look-up tables
* Bumped TOC to 302
Left for next check-in:
? /listtanks fix
? tanklist-update-freq
and a full final functionality check
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r50 | ahmetqw | 2009-08-02 23:00:44 +0000 (Sun, 02 Aug 2009) | 6 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/TankMastery.lua
+ TM-HS only works in instances now.
+ Fixes to the command-line
+ Hunter pet Growl added to taunt list
* listtanks does not seem to work. will fix it on next check-in
* hoping to optimize the lookup tables on next check-in
* tanklist might be updated more often than needed, looking into it.
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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)...
