PartyPooper

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Last Update:	Dec. 28, 2007 (6 months ago)
Category:	Unit Frames
Tags:	hide and partyframe
Project Manager:	Guillotine
Current Version:	PartyPooper v1 (for World of Warcraft 2.3.0)
Downloads Today:	9
Downloads Total:	1,930
Favorites:	12
Comments:	4

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Created On:	Dec. 28, 2007
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Guillotine

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About PartyPooper

This AddOn does very little. All it does is hide the default Party frames. I made it to use with Grid, but it can be used with any AddOn.

1 Installation Guide
2 Translations
3 TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
4 Mac Support
5 Directory Structure

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- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.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.

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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JMHammer said
Feb. 12, 2008, 11:51PM (4 months, 3 weeks ago)
This is great! Extremely helpful for use with unit frame mods that don't properly suppress Blizzard's own party frames.

Feature request: Is there some way to spoof the UI into thinking I'm in a raid? For example, let's say I want to use Blizzard's own raid pullout frames, but when I'm in a 5-person party. This mod currently suppresses the display of Blizzard's party frames, but that does not permit Blizzard's own raid frames to be used.

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Guillotine said
Feb. 13, 2008, 10:28PM (4 months, 3 weeks ago)
Yes, that would be possible, but not within the scope of this AddOn. I'd suggest requesting it in the official UI&Macros forums as I don't currently have the time to make it.

Personally, I just suggest Grid to anybody and everybody :P

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PhantomDave said
Dec. 29, 2007, 12:06PM (6 months, 1 week ago)
I'm confused....

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Dridzt said
Dec. 30, 2007, 11:26AM (6 months, 1 week ago)
It hides the default party frames in 5man parties.

It's useful if you're using custom unitframes (like Grid) even when playing 5man,
and don't want to have the default party frames cluttering your screen too.

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