ABOUT
A lightweight addon that notifies you when Battle or Commanding Shout is about to fade.
Depends on Scrolling Combat Text and will display a message to its textframe.
This mod is minimalistic and has no external variables, optiondialogs or ingame settings.
It almost doesn't consume resources, but off course it needs SCT to work.
Open SCTBattleShout.lua with notepad to make some configurations if you want. View README.gif for explanation.
INSTALL
Unzip the contents of the zipfile to your addons folder
CONFIGURATION
For editing colors, setting timers and toggling sounds: view the readme.gif
If you want, you could replace the wave file with something you like more.
Just make sure they have the same filename.
HISTORY
0.33
Updated toc, tested, minor modifications, repacked
0.32
Updated for 2.1.0
0.31
Fixed bug with repeating of sound with booming voice
0.3
Updated the code
Added sounds which can be enabled or disabled
0.2
Will tell you when the buff is fading
0.1
Will tell you when the buff faded
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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ET20 saidworks in 2.4. untested with the new SCT tho... if i don't post back or edit it works with the new one.
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Lertes saidI think that the sounds in this mod is bit too similiar to windows Vista alert sounds, which has confused me a number of times. I havent checked yet, but I guess you could turn them off though. Great mod!
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Showside saidIf you are a little handy, you could try to replace the sounds
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gronstad saidThis is not working. It says on addon list that dependency is missing.
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Showside saidwell you need SCT as stated
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khariv saidI would like to say thank you for this mod. As a software developer, I know it is not possible to anticipate every moronic thing that a use will do with your mod.
An error message would be nice, sure, but to be honest, there is no way you can account for people deleting the mod files.
Anyway, thanks for a great mod.
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Wowgamer233 saidI would like to second Khariv's thanks to Showside for providing this mod.
I find some of the comments that are posted regarding mods sometimes contain quite incredible statements of stupidity, usually coupled with vicious remarks. I can't remember seeing a link on this mod upload (and indeed almost every other) asking for cash for the work.
Use it or don't use it. Provide constructive feedback and not dumbass flames. Treat it as-is unless you pay out cash for it in which case you can THEN AND ONLY THEN expect some form of purchased service level.
Again, thanks for the mod. I for one appreciate your work.
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Showside saidRecap of deleted posts: You can more or less do this with SCT too. This mod was made for people who don't know how to do that. But the from version 0.2, this mod will warn you BEFORE the buff fades, which can't be done with SCT.
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Mikentosh saidEven though I'm not a warrior, this is a pretty useful mod for people who are.
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Crazytoo saidThank you for a helpful mod. I just cloned it then changed it from Battle Shout to Commanding Shout. Is there anyway to make it do Battle, Commanding and Demoralizing shout all in one mod?