Note: For easy configuration, download MonkeyBuddy!
About MonkeyClock:
Yet another hack of Telo's Clock, the MonkeyClock AddOn for World of Warcraft displays the current time in a nice dragable frame. Based off Telo's Clock, minus the tooltip and plus per character per realm saved config settings. This clock is very light wieght and doesn't use many resources.
Features:
- Military time option
- No tooltip info
- Option to lock the frame
- Option to hide the border
- Server time offsets
- Alarm notification (requires MonkeyBuddy)
- Snooze function (requires MonkeyBuddy)
- Right clicking opens up MonkeyBuddy, if installed
- Per character per realm saved config settings
Slash Commands:
See included ReadMe.txt for slash commands or use MonkeyBuddy to configure your MonkeyClock.
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- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.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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Sarajin saidIt still works *dances*
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claudekennilol saidThis is in regards to interacting with MonkeyQuest. It says it will open MQ upon right clicking. Will this make it so that if MQ is closed, the tooltip for quest mobs will still be updated?
example: I have to kill 10 MOBS for a quest. while MQ is open, I can kill a MOB, and the tooltip will be updated for 1/10 MOBS killed. I would close MQ, go kill two more MOBS, and the tooltip would still display 1/10 MOBS killed. I would then open MQ, it would update the tooltip to say 3/10 MOBS killed. While leaving MQ open, each MOB killed would have an updated tooltip. So my question is this: if MQ is closed, and I'm running MonkeyClock, will the tooltip be opened as if MQ were open?
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Trentin saidIt's not really simple to code, but it's something I've wanted to add for a while now. I don't think I'll ever get around to it though.
You could try this mod: http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=827
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JBAngel saidAt least from a non coder stand point I think it is a simple request..
An alarm.
15-10-5 minutes out - pop window or something. Description line.
So like alarm set for 10pm, at 9:45 window pops up, "Hey The Shield is coming on, log off!"
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Trentin saidOver minmap: You should try myClock, that's exactly what you're looking for.
Lock option: It's in the latest version.
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rberry88 saidLove the MonkeyMods, on the monkeyclock I hide the border and move the clock to the top portion of my mini-map window so its easy to see and out of the way, but doing this disables the ability to mouse over dots on the mini-map to be able to tell what something is, like the background of the clock is still there but invisible to the eye.
Anyway to get rid of the background totally or to make it click through, this would give the mouseover-on-the-mini-map function back.
Thoughts?
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Georgezzz saidWhy can't I lock The clock? Would be a nice option
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Fealos saidI love the way that MyClock is so small (and in such a great possition), but I hate having the empty space in MonkeyBuddy without MonkeyClock installed. Do you think you could add an option to layout MonkeyClock to replace the day/night indicator like MyClock does? This, I think, is definitely the best spot for a clock in-game that anyone's found so far. Not such a big deal, but I thought you might like the idea.
MyClock is here on Curse, it'll be easy to find if this idea interests you.
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Trentin saidYou can download the lastest versions of all the MonkeyMods in one package at my homepage. I just don't feel like having another mod entry to keep up to date.
Homepage: http://wow.visualization.ca/
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Trentin saidThis is actually Blizzards fault with the latest WoW patch not saving the layout of movable frames. I have a few mods that ALWAYS go back to the default position.
Expect a work around for this Blizzard bug in a future version.
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TheNerdWonder saidNope. can't be done. Bliz has specifically disabled that functionality.
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jugo23 saidthis doesn't have anything to do with MonkeyClock, but I have a request and i think you might be able to do it. I really need a mod that tells me how far I am from the target. I don't think there is a mod that already exists that does this. Just a simple box that shows how many yards you are from the target. You think you could come up with something like this? Maybe even call it "MonkeyDistance" ...
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jugo23 saidFirst of all, great mod, i think it surpasses all other clocks and i love the MonkeyBuddy too. Only one thing! - could you package all your "MonkeyMods" together? I use all three of em and that would save me a lot of time.
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joypunk saidEvery time I log in, MonkeyClock is back to the default top-center position. It won't stay where I put it. This was not a problem in previous versions. I am currently using v1.3, but I will upgrade to v1.3.1 when I get home today.
I am using MonkeyClock, MonkeyQuest, and MonkeyBuddy.
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Tenvan saidHi,
can you please in future release replace the string "Unkown Entity" with the global constant from blizz UNKNOWNOBJECT ? this will avoid an error on non-english clients... thx
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MayDay saidYeah, that would be nice, or maybe a frame like the one used for the cast bar would be nice also.
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Trentin said/mctoggleborder gets rid of the "same oversized ugly frame"
I was thinking of adding a backdrop with options much like those found in MonkeyQuest
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felinmorph saidhi, i have the problem (with any clock addon) that yellow text is hard to read on a white /very light blue sky-background. Is there a possibility of a version with an (optional) dark background ? -Thanks in advantage.
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MayDay saidWhy do all the clocks have the same oversized ugly frame?
Please concider making a new "alternate" one that also adapts to the non am/pm so its not so big.
Thanks
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jacobholm saidMy clock stops at 11:59PM or 23:59... just stops.. I've tried reloading the UI, no luck.