Bug Reporting
Use a good error catcher (like BugSack from files.wowace.com) and provide the full error text, and give as much information as possible to recreate the problem. Don't assume I know what you're talking about with some three word report.
Either use the Ticketing System, or post a message on the wowace forum page: http://forums.wowace.com/showthread.php?t=14358
Introduction
Perl, with Extra stuff. Much enchanced from Nymbia's Perl UnitFrames, and a complete replacement for Blizzard's default unit frames, including raid frames and raid tools, with little remaining of the original Nymbia code.
Range Finder (combined with optional health check and/or debuff check) for all frames based on spell or item range test.
HoT Monitor will highlight units clearly that have your own active Heal over Time spells. Regardless of how many other heal over time buffs are on the raid members, you can keep track of your own ones and when they expire.
Debuff Highlighting in standard debuff colours on all friendly frames. Priority given to show debuffs that you can cure first.
Raid Frames, buff icons, MT list units and some other portions or X-Perl are Created on demand. Saving a lot of time and memory at system startup. Defering the creation of many parts of X-Perl to when they are actually required. And of course, most often outside of raids they are never required and are never created.
Raid Target icon support for Target, Target's Target, MT Targets.
Raid Tooltip will show combat rezzers available (druids with Rebirth ready (or very soon available) and any normal rezzers out of combat) if you bring up tooltip of a dead person.
In-combat indicators for all units.
3D Portraits for player, pet, target, focus, party. Optional. Of course this may degrade your framerate somewhat because you are displaying more 3D character models that without this option. But some like it pretty, and it does look cool.
Red and Green combat flashes for frames when player, pet, target, party, partypets, raid take damage/heals. Useful indication of things happening.
Added time left on party member/target buffs/debuffs when in a raid, these depend somewhat on CTRA/oRA/oRA2 sending appropriate information over the addon channel, although some of it can be determined at run time by X-Perl, when a player gets a buff for example, we know how long it should last, and therefor when it should expire.
Totally new options window including all X-Perl options and access via minimap icon.
Configurable colours for borders and backgrounds. Including class coloured names, and configurable reaction colours.
Much care has been taken with code size, memory load, memory usage per cycle and so on. LuaProfiler/OnEvent mods used extensively and regularly to ensure that X-Perl does not do more work than is absolutely necessary.
Assists View
Will show anyone from raid assising you with your target, and can also show healers or all plus known enemies targetting you.
Tooltips for the same also available (on player and target frames) if you prefer to not use the main window.
MT Targets
Replaces CTRA/oRA2 MT Targets window, and doubles as a replacement for the Perl RaidFrames warrior targets.
Indicator shows which target you are on.
Frames will be coloured to show if tanks have duplicate targets.
Casting Monitor
(WORK IN PROGRESS)
Shows selected classes (defaults to healer classes) in a list (much like the MT List), but with some differences.
Shows mana bars and cast bars on left. Their targets on right. Health bar as normal, but a secondary small red bar on targets which shows the maximum single hit this unit has received since entering combat. The secondary bar will extend downwards from their current HP level down to as far as zero.
A green name on the targets indicates this is the same target that you have.
You can click on casters or their targets as expected.
For druids, right clicking on a caster will cast Innervate on them.
For shamans, right clicking on a caster will cast Mana Tide Totem. Check the * indicator to see if they're in your group.
All bars can be re-sized in X-Perl main options (Monitor section).
Totals can be toggled (from the 'T' minibutton at top of frame) which gives overview of raid mana status.
Raid Admin
(WORK IN PROGRESS)
Save/Load raid roster setups
Only does direct save and load for the moment, but more to come (templates and such).
Item Check
Replacement for /raitem /radur /raresist /rareg. Use the old commands before, or drop items in the left item list.
Query button will perform /raitem on all ticked items (query always includes dur and resists) and you can then view and review all the results whenever, without having to re-query each item.
Includes everyone in raid, so you don't have to work out who doesn't have items, it'll list them with 0 instead of no entry.
Active Scanner to check raid member's equipment for the item selected. So you can be sure that people actually have the item worn (Onyxia Cloak for example), without having to go round single target inspecting everyone who 'forgot' to install CTRA for the 50th raid in a row.
Grim Reaper
Removed from X-Perl, but continues as it's own standalone Ace mod.
http://www.wowace.com/projects/grim-reaper/
More Buffing Features
Can be found in my new universal buffing mod, ZOMGBuffs
http://www.wowace.com/projects/zomgbuffs/
Donations
Some have asked where they can send donations to. Easiest would be if I steal my wife's Paypal account. Username of pussicat@ntlworld.com.
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r342 | zeksie | 2009-10-05 12:37:55 +0000 (Mon, 05 Oct 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/3.0.6 Release (Proper) (from /trunk:341)
Tagging as 3.0.6 Release (Proper)
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r341 | Zeksie | 2009-10-05 12:37:15 +0000 (Mon, 05 Oct 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/changelog.txt
M /trunk/localization.lua
3.0.6 Actually change version number.
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r339 | Zeksie | 2009-10-05 12:29:20 +0000 (Mon, 05 Oct 2009) | 6 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/XPerl.lua
M /trunk/XPerl.toc
M /trunk/XPerl_CustomHighlight/XPerl_CustomHighlight.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Highlight.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Init.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Options/XPerl_FrameOptions.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Options/XPerl_FrameOptions.xml
M /trunk/XPerl_Options/localization.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_PartyPet/XPerl_Party_Pet.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Player/XPerl_Player.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_PlayerBuffs/XPerl_PlayerBuffs.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_RaidAdmin/XPerl_Check.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Target/XPerl_Target.lua
M /trunk/changelog.txt
3.0.6
New: LibHealComm-4.0 Support. Will try to use LHC4 first, if it fails will look for LHC3.
New: Option to show XP deficit in player frame.
Fixed: Issue with occasional error in party pets.
Fixed: Should no longer error on PTR with GetFrameType (untested).
Fixed: LibStub error when it's not present.
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r338 | Zeksie | 2009-09-13 16:46:37 +0000 (Sun, 13 Sep 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/XPerl_Options/localization.zhTW.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Player/XPerl_Player.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Target/XPerl_Target.lua
M /trunk/localization.zhTW.lua
Updated zhTW.
Fixed target frame showing talents sometimes when this was disabled. And fixed focus frame showing them when it had no business doing so.
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r337 | Zeksie | 2009-09-12 12:57:27 +0000 (Sat, 12 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/XPerl.lua
Fixed issue with showing wrong debuff tooltips with filtering.
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r336 | Zeksie | 2009-09-11 23:15:02 +0000 (Fri, 11 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/XPerl.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Highlight.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Init.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Options/XPerl_FrameOptions.xml
M /trunk/XPerl_Options/localization.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Player/XPerl_Player.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_RaidAdmin/XPerl_Check.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_RaidHelper/XPerl_Config.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_RaidHelper/XPerl_RaidHelper.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_RaidMonitor/XPerl_RaidMonitor.lua
Added options to only show your own casted buffs/debuffs for target/focus/party. The option is ignored in obvious cases (ie: It won't filter for debuffs you can cast on friendly units, and won't filter for buffs you've cast on enemy units).
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r335 | Zeksie | 2009-09-07 07:54:31 +0000 (Mon, 07 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/XPerl_Highlight.lua
Stop it throwing errors when receiving HealComm events for units that don't evaluate to a GUID.
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r334 | Zeksie | 2009-09-06 19:16:57 +0000 (Sun, 06 Sep 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk
M /trunk/XPerl.lua
M /trunk/XPerl.toc
M /trunk/XPerl_ArcaneBar/XPerl_ArcaneBar.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Globals.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Highlight.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Party/XPerl_Party.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Player/XPerl_Player.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_RaidHelper/XPerl_AssistFrame.lua
M /trunk/XPerl_Target/XPerl_Target.lua
Removed proprietary X-Perl Heal comms. Will now require LibHealComm-3.0 to be available for healing indications. Will sort out LHC4 in a few days once I'm sure the change is not gonna break anything.
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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)...
