Introduction
The Collector displays a list of all mounts, companions (minipets), and titles that your character hasn't collected yet. It takes into account factors such as your faction, class, or profession.
Basic Features
- Show missing companions (minipets)
- Show missing mounts
- Show missing titles
- Ignore List
- Tooltip information on where to obtain missing items
Usage
Opening the Collector window
To open the Collector window open the pet/mount tab (Shift-P) from your Character window and click the Toggle button in the upper right corner. Or you can use the slash command "/tc show". This will open a window that shows what you are missing for that tab. With the window open you can easily switch between tabs to see what you still need to collect.
Slash Commands
- /thecollector or /tc will display the usage text
- /thecollector show or /tc show will bring up the main window
- /thecollector config or /tc config will bring up the configuration window
- /thecollector reset or /tc reset will center the main window on the screen
Ignore List
You can add items to an ignore list by right-clicking them and selecting Mark as Inactive. This is useful if for some reason you will never be able to obtain that item and don't want to continue tracking it. Inactive items are placed in a list at the bottom of the missing items. To track an item again, simply right-click it in the Inactive list and select Mark as Active.
Thanks
This addon was largely inspired by AckisRecipeList. If you're looking for a similar addon to tell you what tradeskill/profession recipes you're missing, check it out.
v0.6.9
- Added new 3.2.2 items.
v0.6.8
- Added new 3.2 items and changes.
v0.6.7
- Added new 3.1.2 items
- Made some changes to support PetListPlus. Should play nicely now.
v0.6.6
- Added in a configuration menu. Open from the Game menu -> Interface -> Addons -> The Collector. This will allow you to decide if you want to show any buttons on the interface, and for the Character window if you want the button located on the left or right of the window.
v0.6.5
- Added in support for Titles. Open from the Toggle button on the character window or with /tc show and select the Title tab.
v0.6
- Tooltip information about where to obtain pets/mounts. Hover your mouse over an item to see where to obtain it.
- Added in all 3.1 pets and mounts.
- Added in Death Knight mounts.
- Removed the Filters button. This was mainly a debugging item and was confusing people on its purpose.
v0.5.9
- Made changes to support new mount restrictions in 3.0.8
- Added button back to pet window
v0.5.8
- Added most pets and mounts from WOTLK
v0.5.7
- Repackaged files and zipped on a PC. No more Mac filesystem cruft problems now.
- Added Headless Horseman's Mount, Rivendare's Deathcharger, Yellow Qiraji Battle Tank.
v0.5.6
- Added new patch 3.0.2 achievement rewards - Stinker, Albino Drake, Black War Bear.
- Changed code to fix possible problem with tabs.
v0.5.4
- Added ability to right-click a missing item and mark it as inactive. Inactive items are tracked in a separate section, and don't count against you as missing items. Right-click an inactive item to mark it as active (missing) again.
v0.5
- Stand-alone window now. Open with "/thecollector show" or "/tc show".
- Kludged together a new GUI. Let me know what you think.
- Added section for "Extras". These are items that are difficult/impossible to obtain.
v0.4.6
- Added checks for engineering in mounts and companions.
- "Extra" items are not included in the number of items you know. Example - If you know 2 mounts, and one is the Black Qiraji Battle Tank, then the status bar at the bottom of the mount page will read "1 / XX - YY%", instead of "2 / XX - YY%".
- Code cleanup, small amount of localization.
v0.4.4
- Companions should be almost complete now. Thanks www.warcraftpets.com!
v0.4.2
- Mounts should be almost complete now. Thanks www.warcraftmounts.com!
v0.4
- Initial public 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)...
