Unit frames for your arena opponents, with limitations.
Those limitations include:
- You (or somebody else in your group with this addon) must mouseover, or you (or someone in your group) must target your opponents to display their frames.
- You must mouseover/target your opponents prior to entering combat in order for the unit frames to have any sort of on-click functionality. (i.e. targeting, focusing) If you fail to do so, then on-click functionality of the frame will be set the instant you leave combat. Frames without on-click functionality will display a reddish hue icon.
- You, your focus, your pet, or someone else on your team must have the opponent/unit targeted (or be the target of this target) in order for his/her frame to display up-to-date health and mana, debuffs, ToT, and cast bars. If nobody has that person targeted, then somebody with the addon installed can mouseover or focus said target to update that player's hitpoints and mana for your team. Frames that are semi-transparent indicate a unit that is not targeted, (by you other other teammates) focused, or mouseovered and that the hp and mana of this player may be inaccurate, and do not show debuffs or casting bars.
Features:
- Health and mana bars
- Debuffs and Buffs
- Target of Target
- Cast bars
- Alerts for low health, deaths, invulns, silences, and school locks. Starcraft sound effects optional
- (default) Left click the frame to target the unit. Right click to target + focus the unit. If no unit is currently focused, then left clicking will also focus. It is advisable to focus a target you do not intend to kill first.
- Customizable unit frame on-click functionality, including the ability to use abilities and execute macros. For example, shift left click on a unit could be set to counterspell said unit. Configurable by opponent's class.
- The little class icons to the right of the unit's target indicate your allies are targeting that unit. You can click on these icons to target that unit, even if that unit frame was not created prior to combat.
- The unit's class icon will be replaced with CC effect icons should that unit be afflicted by one. I.e. polymorph, sap, fear
- The addon is now configured via Blizzard's interface options menu framework
* Scaling option addon
* Opponent buff and debuff filters added. You can now set exactly which buffs/debuffs you wish to see
* A buff scanner option added, which will check your opponent's buffs and display which talent spec they are if it can be determined
* Frame locking option added
* Auto-focusing is now optional and off by default
* Some localization added for all languages, but more help is still needed. All features should work though, even if they are in english
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)...