Please delete your all your TinyTip folders before upgrading to the latest version
What is TinyTip? Well, it started out as just a simple upgrade over AF_Tooltip_Mini and exploded from there. Now it shares no code with what it used to be, becoming something more, while still staying true to its name. The core of TinyTip is basically just an upgrade over AF_Tooltip_Mini, a small file around 24KB. The more modules you allow to load, the more this value increases. The goal of TinyTip is to allow you to mix and match your modules while keeping the smallest memory footprint possible. All files except TinyTip.lua and its locale files are optional. You can take a look below, I've listed the optional files as "not required". If you don't use a file's features, you can safely remove it from the TOC.
Anyway, as you can guess, TinyTip changes the look of your GameTooltip. Here are the features found in core:
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TinyTip (core)
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In TinyTip.lua (required)
- Name, backdrop, and border (optional) colouring by reaction (Hostile, Friendly, etc.)
- Class coloured with raid colours.
- Level coloured by difficulty.
- Creature Type (Imp, Cat) given for Pets.
- UnitClassification (Humanoid, Undead, etc.) given for NPCs.
- Elite Status (Elite, Rare, WorldBoss, Rare Elite) added when applicable.
- (Tapped) for Tapped, (Corpse) for Corpse
- Optional Guild Names displayed. (on by default)
- Optional backdrop coloring for friends and guildies. (on by default)
- Optional Honor Rank Name or Number. (on by default)
- Optional "Hostile", "Friendly", etc. reaction text for the colour-blind. (off by default)
- Optional Compact Tooltip mode.
- English, German, French, and Chinese localization, and partial support for other clients.
In Embedded TinyTipAnchor.lua (not required)
- Positioning Options (Anchoring, Offsets)
In TinyTipTargets
- TargetOfTarget information - what is this tooltip's unit targeting?
- Search through Party members targeting this unit, or...
- Search through Raid members targeting this unit.
In TinyTipIcons.lua (TinyTipExtras, not required)
- PvP Rank Icon
- Buffs and Debuffs
- Raid Target Icon
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In LoadOnDemand Addon TinyTipOptions
GUI Options, use /tinytip or /ttip to bring up the menu.
Only loaded if you use that slash command.
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Troubleshooting
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Q: TinyTip is preventing another tooltip addon from working.
A: Go into that other addon's TOC file and add/change this line to include TinyTip.
## OptionalDeps:
Q: I'm getting an error from TinyTip, or an option isn't working right.
A: 1) Check my WoWI portal to see if it's a known issue, and for updates.
2) Maybe your files are corrupt. Delete TinyTip, TinyTipExtras, and TinyTipOptions, then re-download them and install from stratch.
3) Your Saved Variable database may have gotten corrupt somehow. Try using /tinytip default and then /tinytip confirm to reset it.
4) If resetting your options doesn't work, exit WoW, delete all your Saved Variable files for TinyTip (global and per character), then restart WoW.
5) Leave a bug report on my WoWI portal.
Q: Where's the secret cow option?
A: There is no secret cow option.
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r259 | twobits | 2009-02-03 22:25:23 +0000 (Tue, 03 Feb 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/v2.03 (from /trunk:258)
Tagging as v2.03
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r258 | twobits | 2009-02-03 22:23:17 +0000 (Tue, 03 Feb 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/TinyTip.lua
Error check for missing titles
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r256 | twobits | 2009-01-30 11:03:18 +0000 (Fri, 30 Jan 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/.pkgmeta
ok found what TinyTipTargets was moved to, fixed it in .pkgmeta
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r255 | twobits | 2009-01-30 10:28:56 +0000 (Fri, 30 Jan 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/.pkgmeta
M /trunk/TinyTip.lua
M /trunk/TinyTip.toc
D /trunk/libs/Dongle-1.0
A /trunk/libs/Dongle.lua
Update Dongle
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r254 | root | 2008-09-30 23:05:01 +0000 (Tue, 30 Sep 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /trunk/.pkgmeta
M /trunk/modules
Facilitate WowAce-on-CurseForge transition
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r252 | root | 2008-09-30 22:35:23 +0000 (Tue, 30 Sep 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
D /tmp/trunk/TinyTip
A /trunk (from /tmp/trunk/TinyTip:251)
Importing oldrepo data under /trunk
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r251 | thrae | 2008-03-31 19:25:15 +0000 (Mon, 31 Mar 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.lua
TinyTip: Fixed ResetDatabase error. Fixed Scaling not taking effect immediately.
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r250 | thrae | 2008-03-31 19:20:09 +0000 (Mon, 31 Mar 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.lua
TinyTip: Get rid of bad InterfaceOptionsFrame:Show() call.
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r249 | thrae | 2008-03-31 13:01:26 +0000 (Mon, 31 Mar 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.lua
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.toc
TinyTip: 2.4 support - fixed problem caused by undocumented changes (IE, it should work now). Added new 2.4 TinyTipOptions support. Small API changes.
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r248 | thrae | 2008-03-11 19:30:14 +0000 (Tue, 11 Mar 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.lua
TinyTip: Internal modules are now properly initialized by TinyTip (external modules can initialize themselves). This should fix the DB issues and errors. Tested it this time both ways. Hopefully this'll be the last issue on RC.
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r247 | thrae | 2008-03-10 10:20:13 +0000 (Mon, 10 Mar 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.lua
TinyTip: GSVN --> WSVN
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r246 | thrae | 2008-03-10 10:10:47 +0000 (Mon, 10 Mar 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.lua
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.toc
TinyTip: Update to allow saved variables, profiles, TinyTipOptions usage (in-game menu, use /ttip), and also new "Scale", "HideInCombat", and "HideInFrames" functionality.
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r245 | thrae | 2008-02-26 14:06:33 +0000 (Tue, 26 Feb 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/libs/Dongle-1.0/Dongle.lua
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/libs/Dongle-1.0/changelog.txt
TinyTip: Dongle is now the latest revision, fixing Dongle error. My fault.
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r244 | thrae | 2008-02-26 13:33:18 +0000 (Tue, 26 Feb 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/libs/Dongle-1.0/Dongle.lua
TinyTip: Re-re-commit of Dongle.
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r243 | thrae | 2008-02-26 13:28:26 +0000 (Tue, 26 Feb 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/libs/Dongle-1.0/Dongle.lua
TinyTip: Revision-keyword removal.
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r242 | thrae | 2008-02-26 13:27:11 +0000 (Tue, 26 Feb 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/libs/Dongle-1.0/Dongle.lua
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/libs/Dongle-1.0/Dongle.toc
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/libs/Dongle-1.0/changelog.txt
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/modules
TinyTip: Add Dongle files, add externals.
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r241 | thrae | 2008-02-26 13:24:36 +0000 (Tue, 26 Feb 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/libs/Dongle-1.0
TinyTip: Need to add this first.
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r240 | thrae | 2008-02-26 13:22:07 +0000 (Tue, 26 Feb 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
D /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/StandAloneConfig.lua
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.lua
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.toc
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/libs
D /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/localization
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/modules
TinyTip: Total revamp. TinyTip and TinyTipModules are now merged. Default modules inside TinyTip will be basic modules, so far: TinyTipBasic (basic formating), TinyTipPositioning( anchoring, now with SMART anchoring option), and TinyTipTargets. These default to internal, but can be checkedout and work as standalone addons if you so desire. Also, updated Dongle, but it's still giving that damn error (works anyway).
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r239 | thrae | 2008-02-21 07:54:27 +0000 (Thu, 21 Feb 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.lua
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.toc
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/localization/TinyTipLocale.lua
TinyTip: Tweaked and ready for interaction with TinyTipModules. Moved some usage of GlobalStrings.lua strings to locale table in case Blizz got it wrong.
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r238 | mikma | 2008-02-20 02:24:08 +0000 (Wed, 20 Feb 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.lua
TinyTip: TinyTip.lua 477: GetAddonInfo -> GetAddOnInfo
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r237 | thrae | 2008-02-19 20:16:06 +0000 (Tue, 19 Feb 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.lua
M /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/localization/TinyTipLocale.lua
TinyTip: Added slash command to explain no in-game menus. In v0.2, TinyTip was changed to allow only standalone configuration. TinyTipModules will handle the in-game options menu, and I hope to upload it by the end of the week.
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r236 | thrae | 2008-02-18 01:03:40 +0000 (Mon, 18 Feb 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/StandAloneConfig.lua
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.lua
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/TinyTip.toc
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/localization
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/localization/TinyTipLocale.lua
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/localization/TinyTipLocale_deDE.lua
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/localization/TinyTipLocale_esES.lua
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/localization/TinyTipLocale_frFR.lua
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/localization/TinyTipLocale_koKR.lua
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/localization/TinyTipLocale_zhCN.lua
A /tmp/trunk/TinyTip/localization/TinyTipLocale_zhTW.lua
TinyTip: Beyond 0.2 in all its glory. You'll get your extra features back in TinyTipModules.
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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)...