Filters messages out of the public chat (General, Trade, etc.) that contain key words or legendary items. The word list comes with pre-programmed words and can be edited. If you create a chat window named "spam" (without the quotes), blocked messages will be redirected to that window. Most brackets and symbols are used to define words with more flexible definitions (such as any length of "hahaha"). These symbols should not be used in words you add unless you know their proper use.
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 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- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.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)...
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jmp478 saidBUG: It's blocking my own messages in trade!
Whenever I say any chat messages with a word I have blocked on the add on my message gets blocked and shows up in the "Spam" chat window like any other received spam message
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korleonis saidBest add on in the word. 1 suggestion, change the name to "Baud Spam and Asshat Filter" because it makes all the barrens asshats disappear!
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RunawayCurse saidCan you please add an option to filter "whisper", "yell" and "say" messages too?
At SW or IF are many gold seller, who yell and whisper their spam. :(
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jmp478 saidDownload SpamMeNot if you want a gold spam filter. I used to use it as a custom word filter before I downloaded this. Now I use both.
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hohner saidCan you make it so it isn't case sensitive, just added a word and because the spammer didn't use a capital letter it still got through. I don't want to have to enter all the words twice just for the sake of not detecting upper and lower case as being the same word.
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Baudzila saidIt already shouldn't be case sensitive
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Mirius saidGreat Mod!
Was looking for something like this to weed out all the nonsense chat when in the major cities.
This is so easy to work with and has a very small fingerprint.
Keep up the good work!
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AddonFreak07 saidThis mod was long over due...no bugs yet seems to work great
Finally no more lame Chuck Norris jokes and no more this or thats OP
The option to add any word to the block list is also very useful (already added some).
Thx tons Baudzila
Awsome mod :D