Druid Bar, v3.6
Druid Bar is a movable mana bar that keeps track of your current mana, even in a shapeshifted form like bear or cat. remember that this addon is an estimation of your mana, and it could be slightly higher or lower depending on your level(Lower levels will have more problems since there is much less room for error with their smaller mana pools).
=====If for whatever reason your mana bar disappears and you just can't find it, or there's other really weird behavior, do /dbar reset. it'll reset the mod as if you just did a fresh install of it. This should fix most problems people might have=========
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Slash Commands: /druidbar or /dbar
parameters: [on/off/toggle/vis/width/height/hide/lock/replace/player/text/message/status]
Explination of the parameters:
On/Off/Toggle: This will toggle running of the addon. toggle switches between on and off.
Vis: This will enable or disable any and all graphical stuff. if you use with other addons like StatusBars or Linoleum, turn it off. If not, leave it on ^^
Width (#): This will let you set the width of the bar. Default is 160px.
height (#): This will let you set the height of the bar. Default is 18px.
percent: This toggles between 3 options: Showing Raw mana, showing %Mana, and showing both. Works for both the normal bar and Replace.
hide: This will toggle on/off the hiding of the bar when in caster form.
full: This will toggle on/off the hiding of the bar in animal forms when your mana is at 100%
lock: This will toggle on/off locking the position of the bar.
replace: This will replace the Player Frame's mana bar, splitting it into two when shifted.
player: This will make the bar show up directly under the Player Frame. You know, where a lot of other addons like to place your Experience Bar.
Text: This will toggle between 3 options: No text, "Classic" text, or "Modern" Text. (Modern having a border, Classic having no border). This option carries over for both the normal bar and the replaced bar.
Message (toggle/bear/cat/aqua/travel) (say/party/raid/emote) (message): Message allows you to customize saying when you shift into/out of a form. More of a novelty item I did for a guildie, it's here in case you want it too. More in-depth info about the message parameter:
/dbar message toggle: This will toggle messages on and off. Default off.
/dbar (bear/cat/aqua/travel) (say/party/raid/emote) (message): This will set the message for the feral form you choose, in the channel you choose. for example, choosing /dbar bear say "rawr, imma bear!" will make you say that when you shift into it. make sure ya get the format right, 'else it'll yell at you!
Status: This will list the status of all the toggles in your chat window. Simple, Easy, Effective.
Best: This will try to determine which is the best travel form for you to be in; Mounted, Cheetah, or Aquatic.
kmg: This will try to replace the MiniGroup window's mana bar with a split-screen bar like with replace.
ez: enables or disables shifting using other form's buttons.
color: Changes the color of the mana bar by rgb vales. works like
/dbar color [r/g/b/a/#(0-1)] [#(0-1)] {#(0-1)}
this way you can change a specific color at once
(like /dbar color r 0.75)
or all three at once
(like /dbar color 1 0 0)
manatex (path/file): Changes the texture of the mana bar. use /dbar manatex default to reset.
bordertex (path/file): Changes the texture of the bar border. use /dbar bordertex default to reset.
reset: Resets the bar to default settings, moving the bar to the center of the screen.
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To ModMakers:
Want to find a way to integrate DruidBar into your player frames? Easily done. first, check if druidbar is installed. do a simple if statement
if DruidBar_OnLoad then blabla end. note the lack of ()'s. you're checking if that function exists. if it does, druidbar is installed.
then, you simply need to know two variable names:
DruidBarKey.keepthemana
DruidBarKey.maxmana
keepthemana is for the person's current mana. maxmana is the max mana. can plug that data in anywhere, and you should be set!
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)...