RWMod
RWMod is an Ace2 WoW interface addon primarily designed for PVP (player versus player) combat use. It's intended to eventually provide an all-in-one replacement for PVP timing which would previously require several different mods (e.g. player cast tracker, enemy immunity tracker, diminishing returns tracker, battleground timers etc.) This is a beta version, and the mod isn't yet feature complete or bug free.
Current features are as follows:
- Timers to track player casts on multiple targets (DoT, HoT etc. timers)
- Killing blow announcer and killing spree tracker
- Timers for critical enemy immunities such as divine shield, ice block and cloak of shadows
- Timers for diminishing returns on abilities such as cyclone or fear (configurable)
- Battleground timers for events such as the start of the game, or the time left to capture bases in AB/AV
- Extra features for warlocks (because I play a warlock) such as nightfall/backlash announcer
- Interfaces with Blizzard scrolling combat text (if enabled) for additional notifications of killing blows, nightfall procs etc.
Unlike many mods, RWMod uses "intelligent" timer tracking to an extent. For example if an enemy dies, timers related to them will be removed, or if a mage clicks off ice block early, the timer for it will vanish. Diminishing returns timers also update to predict as accurately as possible - for example if an enemy breaks your fear with a trinket, the DR timer will update to reflect that fear will now be off diminishing returns faster than if it had lasted its full duration.
Installation instructions
Download the addon. Unpack the RWMod folder with your favourite unzipping tool (e.g. Winzip, Winrar, Windows zip folders) into your World of Warcraft interface addons directory (this is most commonly "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Interface\Addons" or similar). It should then load when you start World of Warcraft, click the "addons" button on the character select screen and check it is enabled before logging in.
Setting up
When you first load the game, 4 anchors will be visible when you log in which you can drag around to determine where the timers will appear (they're all in the middle by default, you need to move them apart). Once you're happy with the arrangement, use the command "/rwm showanchor" to toggle the anchors off.
You will also need to set up the diminishing returns feature and let the mod know what kinds of abilities that have diminishing returns you want tracked. Typing /rwm DRTimers will display the current setup. You can toggle each of these categories, for example /rwm DRTimers RootNova will enable diminishing returns tracking for entangling roots and frost nova.
Some useful commands are: -
- /rwm ShowAnchor - toggles whether the timer anchors are visible (hide them once you have the positioning you want set)
- /rwm Test - display a few test timers to check positioning
- /rwm TimerSettings BGTimersGrowDown|DRTimersGrowDown|PlayerCastsGrowDown|TimersGrowDown - toggles whether that particular group of timers grows up or down the screen from the anchor position you set
- /rwm Features - toggle particular features on and off, type the command for a list of currently toggleable features
- /rwm DRTimers - toggle which classes of diminishing returns abilities will be timed
TOC update for latest patch
Fixes for a couple of obvious API changes/crash bugs
No new functionality
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)...