Features
Chat Filters
TB Auto-BG gives you the ability to filter out specific messages:
- Combat error messages such as "Too far away" or "Not enough energy". This option is configurable via the Blizzard Interface menu (default: filtered).
- Public chat while in battlegrounds, including: local chat, yells, emotes, General Chat, Local Defense, and Global Defense. This option is configurable via the Blizzard Interface menu (default: filtered).
- Money and loot messages from other players while in battlegrounds. This includes item conjuration messages.
- Redundant and/or useless messages such as "x has joined the battle" for players who are not from your realm, as well as loot PvE-related group messages such as loot threshold and dungeon difficulty, and more!
- Quest sharing spam during active Lake Wintergrasp battles.
Zone Map
TB Auto-BG may automatically display the zone map whenever you switch zones:
- Battleground mini-map. The battle map will be automatically displayed whenever you enter a battleground or Lake Wintergrasp.
- Dungeon mini-map. The mini-map will be automatically displayed whenever you enter a dungeon or raid instance. Please note that not all instances may have map data; therefore this option may cause undesirable effects in older instances.
- Outdoors mini-map. The zone map will be automatically displayed whenever you are not inside an instance. It will be displayed in cities as well.
These options are configurable via the Blizzard Interface menu (default: shown).
Leave All PvP Queues
TB Auto-BG allows you to quickly and conveniently leave all battleground and arena queues with the click of a button in the Blizzard Interface menu. If you have FuBar installed with Broker2Fubar, you may also click TB Auto-BG to leave all queues. TB Auto-BG will not leave an arena queue if you have already been matched against another team. A slash command is also provided in case you do not use FuBar and Broker2Fubar (/q).
Auto-Join
TB Auto-BG may automatically join PvP instances (including battlegrounds and arenas) whenever you are summoned to one, provided you are not already inside one. Also, if you currently have a loot window open (eg. if you were prospecting ore), TB Auto-BG will not automatically accept the summon, as this would destroy your loot. This option is configurable via the Blizzard Interface menu (default: enabled).
Auto-Leave
If you are just honor farming and don't particularly care for the final battleground score sheet, TB Auto-BG may automatically leave PvP instances whenever they are completed. This feature includes a slight delay after the end of the match to ensure that you get your daily quest completion credit. This option is configurable via the Blizzard Interface menu (default: enabled).
TB Auto-BG gives you the ability to automatically promote all raid members to raid officers during ongoing Lake Wintergrasp battles. If you are only in a party during an ongoing Lake Wintergrasp battle, TB Auto-BG will automatically convert said party into a raid first. This feature has no effect after a battle has been won, so that you may more easily form an instance raid. This option is configurable via the Blizzard Interface menu (default: enabled).
Auto-Queue
TB Auto-BG may automatically queue for the first available battleground whenever you talk to a battle master. If you are the group leader, TB Auto-BG will queue as a group. This option is configurable via the Blizzard Interface menu (default: enabled).
Auto-Release
TB Auto-BG may automatically release your corpse if you get killed while in a battleground. This action will only be performed if you do not have a soulstone. This option is configurable via the Blizzard Interface menu (default: enabled).
Last BG
Do you have friends who always nag you to play "just one more" battleground? TB Auto-BG provides the option to automatically shut down the World of WarCraft client after your next (or current) battleground ends. Similarly to Auto-Leave, this feature includes a slight delay after the end of the match to ensure that you get your daily quest completion credit. This option will reset itself the next time you log on and is configurable via the Blizzard Interface menu.
Pass Leadership
Are you tired of other players asking you to move them to another group? TB Auto-BG may automatically pass leadership to someone else to save you the trouble. This option is configurable via the Blizzard Interface menu (default: enabled).
Notice
TB Auto-BG depends on TB Core, TB Chat Enhancements and TB Raid Helper. The latest releases of TB Core, TB Chat Enhancements and TB Raid Helper are included with TB Auto-BG so you do not need to download them separately.
TB Auto-BG is a standalone add-on. However, it includes support for LibDataBroker. Therefore, in order to make TB Auto-BG work with FuBar, you will need to install Broker2Fubar as well, although it is not otherwise necessary.
Localizations
Localization for TB Auto-BG is open. Please contribute your translations using the CurseForge contribution page.
Bugs and Requests
Please submit them using the CurseForge Tracker.
About the Author
I am a professional software engineer who plays World of WarCraft way too much and develops add-ons as a hobby (crazy I know!). I have played the same character since the release of World of WarCraft, a hunter called Valana, in the Team BATTLE guild on the Mug'thol realm. I raid some, but my primary focus in this game is PvP (mainly arenas).
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r81 | valana_tb | 2009-05-31 10:40:17 +0000 (Sun, 31 May 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
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M /trunk/TB_AutoBG.lua
Filter "Player is busy" messages referencing the player himself or herself.
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r80 | valana_tb | 2009-05-27 04:32:46 +0000 (Wed, 27 May 2009) | 1 line
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No longer leaves all queues after entering a BG. False alert (plus we could still get a summon after exiting the current BG).
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r79 | valana_tb | 2009-05-26 23:56:12 +0000 (Tue, 26 May 2009) | 1 line
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Comment.
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r78 | valana_tb | 2009-05-26 09:13:46 +0000 (Tue, 26 May 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
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Added a delay for force quitting after our last BG.
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r77 | valana_tb | 2009-05-26 06:36:15 +0000 (Tue, 26 May 2009) | 3 lines
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M /trunk/TB_AutoBG.lua
* Leave all queues after entering a battleground.
* Increased the delay on showing the last game summary upon login.
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r76 | valana_tb | 2009-05-26 04:22:54 +0000 (Tue, 26 May 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/TB_AutoBG.lua
Added a delay to actions performed on zone change since zone data is not available immediately upon changing zones.
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r75 | valana_tb | 2009-05-24 04:13:50 +0000 (Sun, 24 May 2009) | 1 line
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M /trunk/TB_AutoBG.lua
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r74 | valana_tb | 2009-05-19 19:12:33 +0000 (Tue, 19 May 2009) | 2 lines
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* Defined defaults for all saved variables.
* Last BG is now saved per-character rather than globally.
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r73 | valana_tb | 2009-05-15 03:06:42 +0000 (Fri, 15 May 2009) | 1 line
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Fixed the key for the dungeon map tooltip.
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r72 | valana_tb | 2009-05-14 09:30:56 +0000 (Thu, 14 May 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
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M /trunk/TB_AutoBG.lua
Added support for PvE instance maps.
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r71 | valana_tb | 2009-05-14 08:31:55 +0000 (Thu, 14 May 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
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GetRealZoneText() immediately returns the correct zone name upon ZONE_CHANGED_NEW_AREA.
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r70 | valana_tb | 2009-05-14 07:53:09 +0000 (Thu, 14 May 2009) | 1 line
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M /trunk/.pkgmeta
TB Core now requires LibBabble-Zone-3.0.
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r69 | valana_tb | 2009-05-14 07:40:26 +0000 (Thu, 14 May 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/.pkgmeta
TB Chat Enhancements now requires LibWho-2.0.
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r68 | valana_tb | 2009-05-14 00:36:48 +0000 (Thu, 14 May 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/TB_AutoBG.lua
Auto-release now observes the Reincarnation spell.
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r67 | valana_tb | 2009-05-12 23:21:00 +0000 (Tue, 12 May 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
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Closed an if.
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r66 | valana_tb | 2009-05-12 23:19:36 +0000 (Tue, 12 May 2009) | 1 line
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Too many parentheses.
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r65 | valana_tb | 2009-05-12 20:49:26 +0000 (Tue, 12 May 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
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M /trunk/TB_AutoBG.lua
Changed the order of the system message filters.
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r64 | valana_tb | 2009-05-12 20:39:19 +0000 (Tue, 12 May 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Locales/enUS.lua
M /trunk/TB_AutoBG.lua
Raid leave announcements are now shown for friends and guild mates.
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r63 | valana_tb | 2009-05-12 20:37:39 +0000 (Tue, 12 May 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
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M /trunk/TB_AutoBG.lua
* Raid join announcements are now only filtered for players who are not friends or guild mates.
* Quest sharing announcements are now only shown for friends and guild mates.
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r61 | valana_tb | 2009-05-08 14:28:38 +0000 (Fri, 08 May 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/TB_AutoBG.lua
The Last BG setting should once again work properly if activated during a battleground.
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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)...
