WhatHappened
Ever died in 0.2 seconds and wondered what the heck happened? Tried using the "What happened to me?" in the combat log but ended up with sixty lines of "x gains 2 mana from y"?
WhatHappened gives you a fast summary of all the damage and healing you took and received in your last fight without any other events getting in the way.
It also customizes your resurrection dialogues, among other things it keeps track of who is starting to resurrect you, giving you the time left on the cast and who is doing it.
Usage
Install, fight, and die. WhatHappened will show a summary of the specifics resulting in your death.
WhatHappened comes with a mini-map icon which you can click to always have access to data about your latest death. You can also turn off automatic showing of the info screen and simply click the mini-map icon when you want the info.
For settings type /wh or /whathappened, or right-click the mini-map icon.
What WhatHappened does not do
WhatHappened does not give any information about damage you or any friendly players did. It also does not give information about damage done to friendly players or pets.
It simply registers damage and healing done to you. Nothing more nothing less.
Disclaimer
This addon has been under testing for a few weeks now and there should be no plain out errors. However there might be some occassional inconsistencies with recorded data, so I'd appreciate reports on any weird behaviour.
Known Issues
There are still some instances where the source name can not be found (I've had it happen on rare occasions on some boss fights). This will be fixed with the next update.
This problem is "cosmetical" (does not effect the functionality of the addon) but can give many error messages. If this happens, for now simply turn off lua-errors in the interface settings (of WoW) and you won't notice it.
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)...
