Description:
Lets you know when Wintergrasp is going to start regardless of being in Dalaran.
How to use:
Visit either Arcanist Braedin (Alliance) or Magister Surdiel (Horde) in Dalaran, they will tell you how long until the next battle. From this you can work out the time of the next battle.
Say it's currently 3:30pm server time and they say the battle starts in 1 hour and 15 minutes then the next battle will start at 4:45pm (16:45)
Next either go to your Options > Interface > Addons menu and select WinterTimer or type /wt settings into your chat box to open up the settings page.
Under the Time Settings section you can change the sliders to what you worked the time of the next battle out to be. Example: Hours would be 16 and Minutes would be 45
You've now successfully setup WinterTimer, there are other settings to mess around with too, but by default it will alert you every 30 minutes and give you warning messages as it gets closer to starting.
Features:
- Timer (Tells you how long to go at set intervals e.g. every 30 minutes)
- Warning (Alerts you 5 minutes before the match, then 3 minutes, then 1 minute and when the battle starts)
- Sound (Plays a sound whenever the timer is displayed)
- Send (Send the remaining time message to another player via tell)
Slash Commands:
/wt next - Displays the time remaining till the next battle
/wt send name - Sends the time remaining message to another player (name)
/wt settings - Shows the settings page
Note:
From what i've found out about how the Wintergrasp timer works, it appears that it doesn't follow a strict time (i.e. 3, 6, 9, etc) which is why i've had to include the ability for you to set the time that the battle last started or when the next one will start. You can easily work this out by visiting Dalaran and talking to Arcanist Braedin (Alliance) or Magister Surdiel (Horde).
Once you've set the time it'll be saved for that realm, you don't need to set it again on reload or with a new character.
I'm assuming the time goes out of whack whenever they restart the server so you may need to change it every now and then.
Obviously this is just a quick work around cause i'm sure Blizzard will add their own timer to the map or something in the not so distant future.
Feedback and Bug Reports are always welcome =) I hope you find it useful.
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Version 1.0
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- Fixed the time calculation yet again, the previous fix created it's own problem
- Created a settings page in the interface > addon section
- Changed slash commands, removed commands that can now be changed via the settings page
- /wt settings now brings you to the settings page instead of showing the current settings
- Added a warning feature, this will alert you 5 minutes before the match, then 3 minutes, then 1 minute and when the battle starts
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)...
