WetSpot is an addon that will automatically rotate the tracking methods for you at chosen intervals. This includes all tracking types - fish, minerals, herbs, and treasure. It will also rotate hunter and druid tracking methods (humanoids, beasts, etc.).
For example, if you are a herbalist and miner, while riding through a zone you can change between tracking for herbs and then tracking for minerals every 5 seconds. Or if you are a hunter in a battleground, you can switch between tracking humanoids, beasts, and hidden every 3 seconds.
You can choose whatever tracking methods you wish to look for - unknown spells will not be available to you. That means non-hunters won't see the hunter stuff, and non-dwarves won't be able to see the beer treasure method. If you have not learned the spell yet, the option will be disabled. WetSpot also detects when you are in a city, and will disable itself accordingly. When you exit the city, it will turn itself back on. You can access the WetSpot menu from the Blizzard options frame or by typing "/ws" or "/wetspot".
There is also an on-screen bar available that will give you visual information on your tracking and the ability to start/stop WetSpot. You can enable the bar in the options frame. Once the bar is visible, you can left-click it to start/stop WetSpot, right-click to access the options frame, and shift-left-click to move the bar.
To do list:
Localization, LDB plugin, support for repair/mailbox
Original idea comes from the now-defunct addon Spotter. The original author has given up the project (see comments). I took the code, rewrote it into an Ace3 mod, added more options and placed it in the Blizzard options frame.
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-- Version 0.79 --
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Added Warlock - Sense Demons
Added Paladin - Sense Undead
Fixed issue with the display bar always reappearing after reload/relog
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-- Version 0.78 --
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Minor change...Oops! Fixed [annoying and repeated] printing of debugging messages.
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-- Version 0.77 --
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FIXED:
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Fixed combat bug
Fixed second timer bug
Fixed activating while spellcasting bug
Fixed activating while gathering bug
NEW FEATURES:
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*** All of these are accessible in the options, which now has two tabs ***
Added separate bar window for display (enable in the options)
-- Left-click to suspend, right-click to open options, shift left-click to move
Added low-level tracking support (with the option of only tracking in cities)
Ability to remove the Blizzard Minimap Tracking Icon
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-- Version 0.76 --
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TOC updated for 3.2
Temporarily disabled while looting
Temporarily disabled while in combat
Fixed druid humanoid tracking bug (while not in cat form)
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-- Version 0.75 --
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Initial beta 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)...
