ATTENTION: If you have already installed the older version "AF_ToolTip", please delete your AF_ToolTip folder as it will cause a case sensitivity conflict otherwise.
A once scrapped project, I decided to pick development back up due to recent free time. This add-on changes the in game tool tip in a variety of ways:
Positioning:
- 3 Independent anchoring windows can be moved to the location desired. These windows are for world tool tips (everything in the 3D World), interface tool tips (interface elements), and unit frame tool tips (any frame that has unit information attached).
- After dragging the tool tips to the location desired, you can then select where in the anchoring window you want the tooltip to expand from (using the several check boxes). Center will bind the tooltip to the center of the anchor window, mouse will bind the tooltip to the mouse instead of the window, none will leave anchoring alone (useful if you have another anchoring addon you like), and then the several other anchor points along th window's borders.
Display:
- type '/aftt' for the options window
- af_tooltip loads it's selection of colors from a file called colorChart.lua, located in af_tooltip's root directory. You can create your own colorChart.lua file and place it over top to maximize the custimization of this add-on. Don't worry about messing it up, a variable checker will make sure everything is filled out when the game loads (and if it isnt it will fill in the color white for you). If you mess up beyond repair there is always a copy of colorChart.lua stored in the MyColorCharts directory for your copy and paste needs!
Enjoy the official resurrection of this classic addon :)
-Updated for WoW v2.2.3
-Modified anchoring logic for world doodads (sometimes they would be confused as interface elements)
-Colors from extra lines in the tool tip that were added by other add-ons are now carried over
-Added more logic for tool tip formatting to avoid several possible nil errors
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 has 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)...