Many moons ago I searched long and hard for the one to ease my burden. I had the tools, but there were too many to deal with. I needed something to maintain my fearsome mounts and just so adorable non-combat pets. Those that attempted to assist me were dispatched quickly, as if their notion of a 'random' selection was of any use to my desires. No, random would not quell my desires for power, glory, the ability to make sure I wouldn't fall to my death in Nagrand when I wanted a flying mount and received my kodo instead...
Thanks to the recent invention of the 'WhammyBar', I was able to craft together a very handy set of and, being the merciful lord that we all know and fear, I now give to you.
To install, I prefer Method #53. Elegant, painful, and leaves only the great smell of Brute.
First, make sure you have the WhammyBar mod installed in your AddOns directory then install this mod in the AddOns directory as well. Next, simply load up WoW, pop on as your character, and you should be good to go. Your mounts and companions should appear as bars as you acquire them.
Use it well, and don't forget to spay and neuter your non-combat pets.
-Vashtal, Lord of the Red Rocks
Author's Notes
This was actually the motivation behind WhammyBar in the first place, the ability to spit out all the Mounts I had in my bags. By the time I had a decently functional version of WhammyBar, however, Blizzard made the move to change mounts and non-coms into spells to help free up bag space and I found out that, hey, some people have over 50 mounts on hand! Well, I worked long and hard on both and finally have a system I am proud of.
Usage
- Whenever you learn a new mount or critter, the bar should update accordingly.
- Thanks to the "Leading the Cavalry" achievement, I've added the ability to wrap bars from 2 to 20 icons in length as well as splitting up mounts/critters into groups of 15 in the config for easier disabling.
- Currently I have a list of mounts that the plugin uses to determine the mount's type. If it isn't found, the mount is thrown into the 'Other' category. Unfortunately, this list was compiled before patch 3.0.2 and may have some inconsistencies.
Future Functionality
- Class-based mounts included in the list (currently I don't have any level 30 warlocks or paladins to work on this functionality).
- Item-based mounts such as the Hallow's Eve rickety broom item.
0.55:
Updated for patch 3.1
Fixed skeletal warhorse & Mag'har talbuks
0.05:
- Added the deathknight Death Charger to the mounts
- Fixed some of the sorting
- Cleaned up the initialization processes
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)...
