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- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.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TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)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 This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface.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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vlakarados saidGreat addon, I have a problem which I didn't find discussed.
When I inspect someone (I have Hook Talents enabled in Tal. Conf.), I can check these talents as long as I do not log out, any way of saving others specs forever, not only for the current session?
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Reead saidAny particular reason that the download has been unavailable for the last two days? As a priest that actively switches between Disc PvP healing spec and Holy Raiding spec, I've been recommended by numerous people to use this addon. I really don't want to have to switch to a 3 month old version :(
Any assistance is appreciated.
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Jahrek saidIt seems to be another hiccup with Curse. I'm in the process of uploading another update (which simply add ruRU locale). The version from March is working fine, though. Talented is very mature and only slight modifications and obscure bugs are being corrected.
You can always get the latest version here : http://files.wowace.com/Talented/Talented.zip
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korsaorlong saidI downloaded and installed Talented and Talented_Data. I can create templates, but I am unable to apply them. How do you "wipe" the existing template to allow overlay of the new template?
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Jahrek said'Apply' means setting your spec to the template you're viewing. It only works if you're viewing a template for your character's class and you have enough talent points to apply the complete template. 'Apply template' is perfect when you need to respec. Just go to your trainer to wipe your talent points, open Talented, the template you wanna apply and press "Apply template", and it will be done in a few seconds.
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rakkarage said'I also get the warning on the tooltips "Effective Tooltip information not available"'
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nlp138 saidSounds like you're missing Talented Data - download that 'addon' as well and you should be good to go.
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Lordfury007 saidHi, Great mod, small problem
As a lock (haven't tested it with any other class) say I put a talent point in "Demonic Embrace" (Bottom level Demonology talent) it shows the tooltip "Increases Stamina by 3% and lowers Spirit by 1%" which is normal, but if i add more, it does not update. The tooltip remains saying "Increases Stamina by 3% and lowers spirit by 1%"
I also get the warning on the tooltips "Effective Tooltip information not available"
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Shintill saidI just loaded Talented and I love it. however i ran into a small problem. I right clicked on the Talenteds tab on my mini map and made Talented vanish. (not on purpose...lol) how can I make Talented visible again? I cant even look at my talents now at all and i would realy like to keep this mod and get it back up and runing. can anyone help?
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Jahrek saidThere's no Talented minimap icon.
To show Talented, simply press the 'N' key or press the talent Microbutton.
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taemobulok saidthis will be better if you can show the change on stats as you change your talents in template mode.
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mileg saidDruid's Feral Combat Talent "Nurturing Instinct" has changed (needs updating in Talented). It is no longer str based.
Current Talent:
Increases your healing spells by up to 50%/100% of your Agility, and increases healing done to you by 10%/20% while in Cat form.
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zalina saidDate: 2008-01-10 02:21:06
ID: 57
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\Talented\tips.lua line 65:
attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
Debug:
[C]: ?
Talented\tips.lua:65: SetTooltipInfo()
Talented\ui\buttons.lua:14:
Talented\ui\buttons.lua:13
AddOns:
Ace, v1.4
AceGUI
ArkInventory, v2.26
AshCommunication
AshCooldowns
AshCore
AshDoTimer
AshNotifications
AshPlayerAuras
AshProminence
Atlas, v1.10.3
AtlasBattlegrounds, v1.10.3
AtlasDungeonLocs, v1.10.3
AtlasEntrances, v1.10.3
AtlasFlightPaths, v1.10.3
AtlasOutdoorRaids, v1.10.3
AtlasLoot, vAtlasLoot Enhanced v4.02.01
Auctioneer, v5.0.PRE.2616
Buffalo
CartographerTrainers, v1.0
CartographerVendors, v1.0
Cartographer1, v2.0
Cartographer, vr56125
CartographerFishing, v1.0
CartographerNoteshare, v1.0
CartographerQuests, v0.2
CartographerTreasure, v1.0
ClearFont2, v2.1
ClearFont2FontPack, v1.0
CraftList2, v2.0 r52665
cyCircled, v0.5
cyCircledGoldOrbs, v1.0
cyCircledsimpleSquare, v1.0
cyCircledVolGold, v2.3.0.0
cyCircledVolM, v2.3.0.0
cyCircledVol, v1.0
DetachedMiniButtons, v0.9.42
DoubleWide
eePanels2, v2.0
EnhTooltip, v5.0.PRE.2616
ErrorRedirect, v20100
Fane, v1.0
GFWDisenchantPredictor, v2.3
FuBarDurabilityFu, v2.0
FuBarGarbageFu, v2.0.$Revision: 55484 $
FuBarGuildFu, v2.4
FuBarMoneyFu, v20000-1
FuBarTopScoreFu, v2.0
FuBar2
FuBar, v52783
FuTextures, v2.0
Informant, v5.0.PRE.2616
LightHeaded
MiniChat, v1.0
MobHealth, v3.2
NDragIt, vr55609
nQuestLog, v1.0 r57213
Omen, v2.1r55025
OmniCC, v2.0.7
Outfitter, v3.6.0
PitBull, v2.0r56911
Postal, v2.1 r58160
Prat, v2.0 57869
Quartz, v0.1.0
RatingBuster
sct, v5.7
SharedMedia, v1.0
SharedMediaAdditionalBackgrounds, v1.0
SharedMediaAdditionalFonts, v1.0
SharedMedia20, v2.0
SimpleCombatLog, v1.3.0.54892
simpleMinimap, v20100-6
Skillet, v1.10-55300
Skinner, v2.3
Stubby, v2
Swatter, v5.0.PRE.2616
Talented, v1.3
TipTac, v07.12.06
Trinity, v20300.1
TrinityBars, v20300.2
Getting this error when in template mode and putting a cursor over a talent since patch 2.3.2
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EVilvonbek saidhitting a problem.. and can't seem to find an FAQ for the add-on.
have been planning builds and setting hem as targets no problem till i installed the latest patch version.
now templates either will not stay when i close template mode after setting it as target, or if they do they seem to clear themselves of all data about 3 days later.
any ideas what's up. no .lua errors or other clashes with Talented, just the template and character profiles wiping every so often
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Chrisser000 saidoh.. alright = /
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Chrisser000 saidbut when I unckeck Talented and Talented_Data from addons, it's just fine ! then it shows 10% 20% 30%
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Jahrek saidNot here : http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/classes/shaman/talents.html
So it's up to Blizzard to correct the information above so that it appears correctly in Talented_Data.
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Chrisser000 saidso..... that means?
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Jahrek saidThat means that if you see an error, you should report it to Blizzard.
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Chrisser000 saidGreat mod..
When are you gonna update the 2.2 ( I think, maybe sooner) change for shammies in the restoration tree, Focused Mind. It's not 5% 10% 15% anymore. It's 10% 20% 30%