Book of Crafts (fan update)

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Last Update:	Oct. 4, 2007 (9 months ago)
Category:	Tradeskill
Tags:	profession and tradeskill
Project Manager:	Lombra
Current Version:	Book of Crafts (fan update) 2.2 (for World of Warcraft 2.2.3)
Downloads Today:	3
Downloads Total:	1,928
Favorites:	43
Comments:	7

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Created On:	Oct. 4, 2007
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Lombra

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About Book of Crafts (fan update)

I have just updated this addon to work for BoP recipes, all credits goes to the original author, Blackdove.

(rest of description taken from original project page, slightly modified - http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/1014/)

BookOfCrafts (BoC) is a simple add-on which provide you with information regarding your other characters crafts. With it activated, whenever you display a recipe tooltips, it will list which character know this recipe already, which character may learn it now and which character will be able to learn it later.

In case no character is concerned by this recipe, a simple message is displayed.

Some special notes :

- By default, currently played character is not displayed in lists, because top of recipe text should inform you about "known" state. However an option is available to force current character listing
- When a recipe requires a craft specialisation, character should know this specialisation to be listed. Knwing the base craft is not enough. For instance, if your character knows "Dragon scale leather crafting", it won't be listed for a "tribal leather working" recipe even though it is a leather craft.
- Works with regular chat message hyperlinks, merchant, bank, bags tooltips.

However, if you work with add-ons which do not handle tooltips correctly, through hook functions, BoC may be unable to display any information. So be sure to check which add-on you have in use before blaming BoC ^_^

OPTIONS

You may access to options through 3 ways:

- with '/boc' command (or '/BookOfCrafts')
- A myAddOn button (my favorite way... if myAddon is installed)
- A binding key, through normal binding menu

Available options are :

- Same Faction: Search of characters is limited to same faction as currently played one
- Show Skill Rank: If option is active, listed characters will show their current craft skill level (for instance 'Lini (78)'. Otherwise, only the name will be displayed)
- Show Chat Msg: More feedback is displayed in chat frame
- Tooltip colors: choose your own color for BoC tooltip text and background
- Display miscellaneous informative chat messages (used for debug generally)
- Show also current character in lists.
- Use Side Tooltip: BoC Information is displayed in a detached tooltip

COMPATIBILITIES

Information will be shown an any plan/manual/recipe in ...

- Auction House
- Merchants
- Inventories

This is compatible with

- AllInOneInventory
- Auctioneer new auction windows.
- BankItems
- CharacterViewer
- MyAddons
- MyBags
- MyInventory

KNOWN PROBLEMS

- If you delete a character date, It is not removed from list in option interface

DEPENDENCIES

There is no mandatory dependency. This is a standalone add-on

NOTES

This add-on has been thoroughly tested in French only. It is provided with Deutsch and English localization which I cannot test, so the quality of BoC behavior in those 2 languages highly depends heavily on users feedback.

CREDITS

My big thanks to Ayradyss, maker of "RecipeBook" addon. I've been a first user of this add-on, but found myself in need of something different and I have developped "BookOfCrafts" (also at this time, RecipeBook development was stopped). This is thanks to "RecipeBook" that I started to get involved in Add-on development.

However, there is no competition with "Recipe book" and Ayradyss. Perhaps you should check also this add-on as it is a great add-on that you might prefer for its different features.

Special thanks to Bburt for his overall help
Special thanks to Ghandi and Ayradyss for German translation
... and my thanks for all of you for your feedback

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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Lombra said
Jan. 16, 2008, 02:18AM (6 months, 1 week ago)
Sorry, haven't been checking here for some time! But yes, it seems to work fine, haven't encountered any problems so far. Then again, 'twas just a minor fix. =) You may of course include it yourself!

I was thinking about adding a check for "Unique" as well (there are like two recipes in total that are unique), but wouldn't it be possible to simply (not that I know how it's done, hehe) scan all the lines of the tooltip for the requirement line?

About the target issue, it seems to be blocked by WIM (WoW Instant Messenger) as well, and probably even more addons. Again, I hear it's very easily tainted. I never use that particular feature though, so it doesn't bother me.

I have also noticed that my performance addons claims that BoC is using quite some memory. The "usage rate" seems to increase all the time. Around 700 kB as we speak and rising with about 10/sec. Now, I'm not experiencing any lag or other problems nor do I actually understand what all those numbers mean, but it just seems odd.

Maybe I should've posted this on your project page I realise now. Either way, I'm glad you're back!

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Blackdove said
Jan. 2, 2008, 11:46AM (6 months, 3 weeks ago)
Heya there,

I've just found that you've made a "fan" update of BoC. That's a great thing you did by taking on yourself to solbe the BindOnPickup issue!

Is your fix working fine? Do you mind if I include your fix in next version of BoC?

Yes you're correctly reading my question. I'm planning to play Wow again, and I'll update BoC, of course!

If you agree, I'll give you genuine credit to your fix.

cheers!

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Lombra said
Oct. 10, 2007, 02:33AM (9 months, 2 weeks ago)
Ah now I see. I will, however, have to disappoint you that I have no cluee of how to fix it. The change I made to this version was very simple. Either way, targetting is very easily tainted so I'll basically blame this on Blizzard. You can always try out ProfessionsBook found here on the site. I don't think it has these issues and I will probably use that myself once a few bugs have been crushed.

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Blackdove said
Jan. 2, 2008, 11:48AM (6 months, 3 weeks ago)
Ouch that seems to be quite a big glitch... I'm currently having no access to wow as I have not still reactivated my account.

If you have any hint about this, do not hesitate to put some comment in the BookOfCrafts page!

cheers

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Gorehunter said
Oct. 6, 2007, 09:38PM (9 months, 3 weeks ago)
It's when I hit enter after shift-clicking their name into the chat box after typing "/target." If i just type the name in it doesn't have a problem.

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Gorehunter said
Oct. 5, 2007, 05:29AM (9 months, 3 weeks ago)
I already had this problem before, but when BoC is enabled and i type /target and shif-click the person's name to target them, it comes up with something saying Book of Crafts is blocking this action.

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Lombra said
Oct. 5, 2007, 02:40PM (9 months, 3 weeks ago)
I have confirmed this taint, but I'm afraid I'm not very good at taints. Is Book of Crafts the only addon that taints that function for you? I e does it work with BoC disabled but all other addons running?

Edit: Sorry, I misunderstood it first. Do you mean you use Shift-click to insert a player's name into the editbox and that's when it pops the "protected action blocked" or is it when you press enter afterwards? In either case this works for me, so it must be another addon interfering.

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Table of Contents

PURPOSE

OPTIONS

COMPATIBILITIES

KNOWN PROBLEMS

DEPENDENCIES

NOTES

CREDITS

Table of Contents

Installation Guide

Translations

TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)

Mac Support

Directory Structure