__/ Notes \__
- New official site
- The author is a None-English-Speaker, please bear with me when I saying something
__/ Intro \__
- zBar is an ActionBar mod that allows you modify layout of action bars easily.
- Some automatic features will help you to handle so many actions of your own.
Why this ?
Maybe you want :: Pop up when I need :: Switch page automatically :: Lots of layouts :: Quick and Easy settings :: Low memory usage.
__/ Usage \__
Basics
- Move bar by dragging the tab, which is on top of the first button
- Left Click on tab will minimize bar, Right Click will summon the Option Window
- All the Features can be set in that tiny window
- Send message "/zbar" to open the option window if you can't find any tab.
You Should Konw
Free Style - when you layout buttons in free style, please hold "ctrl+alt+shift" fist, mouse enter button AFTER, if you see a box over the button then you can drag it or mouse wheel it. Enjoy!
Stick - If you drag the tab into any button, and Hold modifier keys at the same time, the bar will stick to that button. "Ctrl" will stick to Bottom, "Shift" stick to Right
Lite - Extra Bars Only - If you only want some extra buttons, then you should eable the mod "zBar2Lite", or if you don't know why no changes to default UI, you should disable the mod "zBar2Lite". Find it in addon control.
cyCircled - cyCircled is supported, make sure you download the latest version of cyCircled
Saves - Positions are saved in SavedVariable file. U can move it to some other Account to copy your options AND positions, remember to keep the same ui scale.(you can find this file in wowdir \ WTF \ Account \ account \ realm \ character \ SavedVariables \ zBar2.lua)
___/ Features \___
Auto Pop & Auto Hide
- AutoPop: Bar with this feature enabled will only be shown while inCombat or targeting on enemy
- AutoHide: Hide while inCombat or targeting on enemy
- U can put two bar at same place, one AutoPop, another AutoHide, then it'll work just like auto swich page.
Auto Page
- Hold alt key or has assitable target, the MainBar will switch to page 2.
- U could put healing spells or heal stone, potions, bandage into page 2
Simple Stick Sticky
- Drag tab into any button, hold modifier keys at the same time
- Ctrl: Stick to Bottom of target button
- Shift: Stick to Right of target button
Transparency and Minimize
- Drag "Alpha" slider will transparentize bar, recover when getting mouse focus
- Left click on tab will minimize bar, this state will not be saved
Layouts - Multi-Line and Special
- Set num of buttons per line will queue buttons as multi line
- Click radio buttons of "Layout" will get an special layout
- Suite1: Predefined layout suite for variational num of buttons. Classic shapes.
- Suite2: Another suite. Fancy shapes.
- Circle: Ringed around. Set the "Button Spacing" slider to change radius.
- Free: Move a button by hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift and drag it. Scale it by Mouse Wheel.
- Invert: Mirror the layout Horizontally, left to right, right to left.
Extra bar and Shadow bar
- Two Extra Bar, 24 Buttons, the page will choose by your class
- Shadow bar use the buttons that Extra bar thrown
- e.g. ExtraBar1 set button num to 7, then ShadowBar1 get 5 button
- To know how this gonna work, try change the num of buttons
Lite Mode and Customize
- Enable the mod "zBar2Lite" will make zBar2 into Lite Mode
- Lite Mode only have extra bar and shadow bar, No Changes to Default UI
- You can Customize which plugin to be load, please read the readme file
Mini XP bar
- A half size XP bar, movable, scaleable. Has all the feature of the original one
- The width can be changed by adjust "Num of Buttons"
Simple Cast bar
- Simply replaced texture and makes spell icon show on left. movable, scaleable
- Change "Num of Buttons" to hide the spell icon
- Set "Invert" to make spell icon show on the other side.
Bag packs and Key Ring
- Bag Bar sort it's buttons in reverse, Key Ring and Performance Bar show on left
- If Bag Bar only has one button left, the Key Ring will still show
- Thus you can keep the main bag pack with the key ring and performance bar on left
Possess Bar
- PossessBar shows when you contronl a mob
- It'll replace position of StanceBar
- Button 1 will switch actionpage to pet action, you can cast skill of the mob directly
- You should Bind a key on Button1, well I choose "Shift + `"
- Button 2 will cancel the Possess state
cyCircled support
- Please download the latest version : http://files.wowace.com/cyCircled/cyCircled.zip
__/ Slash Command \__
/zbar (show option window)
/zbar resetall (reset all bars)
/zbar (number) (vertical offset for all bar. e.g. /zbar -22)
zBar2 v3.0.b4
- Button Facade support
- fix: error of micro bar read saved data before init
zBar2 v3.0.b3
- Update for WOW3.0, there might be bugs!
- fix the main-bar background be shown when enter dungeon
- fix: Micro bar disappear when change map
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)...
