I have a question, and I apologize if it's been answered already. But how do I add specific mounts to any of my buttons? With the ability to now have far too many mounts, I wan't to create a Mounts button that only has the ones I prefer using. However I seem to get nothing happening whenever I try and drop a Mount (from my Pets / Mounts tab on my character window) on to the bar. Is there something I need to do differently?
There is probably a way to sniff the enchant for the other items, then add the underlying item to a category. Using it will equip the item or use it if equipped. I have no engineer (well, its level 5). This makes testing and writing the code problematic. If someone has sample code (or can add a button to AutoBarTest) I can use that to add it in.
I've tried creating a new button using only the fun category, but having some issues with it only displaying the first item on the list and the popup not working. I've checked that "No Popup" isn't selected :p. Also "Titanium Seal of Dalaran" which you get from a fishing achievement should be in the fun category.
...how do I add specific mounts to any of my buttons?...
The problems are several:
1) There is a bad bug in the Blizzard API for Companions (mounts and pets). This bug basically disables dragging and dropping of companions which is unfortunately what is required in order to drag specific spells into a Custom Category.
2) Whoever implemented it decided that even though companions are now spells, that they need to have an API that is totally not a spell. This ensures that they have the maximum chance of being broken except for the narrow usage case via the companion ui and whatever accidentally got enabled due to its needs. Unfortunately, Murphy's law takes over at that point and here we are with a very ugly api situation.
3) Toadkiller, or Azethoth its evil twin nemesis, has totally failed at writing filtering code for the current companion buttons. However, the Ace3 config is mostly done so the main obstacle is out of the way now.
Proposed Solutions:
1) Filtering. I am thinking some kind of modified click in the popup will remove that companion. A reset in the config would reset the filter list.
2) Random mount selection. This requires splitting out mounts into categories (fast|slow|flying/ground/both), and then picking the correct batch to randomize on. Would be compatible with the filtering.
3) Hope Blizzard fixes their bugs so this stuff can be handled in a more natural fashion.
So the answers are:
1) Wait a bit longer till I fix this (it is on the todo list along with random mount selection etc.)
2) Get SVN access and write the code required for some kind of solution. As long as it does not break AutoBar I am happy to get code added. Do post first though, so there is no collision if I just happen to work on it myself which has happened in the past.
I have a question, and I apologize if it's been answered already. But how do I add specific mounts to any of my buttons? With the ability to now have far too many mounts, I wan't to create a Mounts button that only has the ones I prefer using. However I seem to get nothing happening whenever I try and drop a Mount (from my Pets / Mounts tab on my character window) on to the bar. Is there something I need to do differently?
Thanks!
I would recommend getting the "Livestock" addon from wowinterface.com for that, lets you decide what mounts its allowed to summon and can create 3 different macros. One for random land, one for random flying and one for random "smart" (picks flying/ground depending on zone).
Also has a simmilar function to summon a random pet from a predefined selection of your awailable pets.
Atleast until Azethoth has had time to get it working (or blizz fix it).
Totally off-topic to this thread but I feel the need to respond. I have over 100 addons in my UI as well and it only takes me about 3 minutes each day to quickly scan/download/extract what I need off the "Wowace Projects" and "Wowinterface Recently Updated" pages, which covers 99% of what I use. You sir, are just lazy.
Azethoth just said, specificly in this thread that WM are not allowed to update Autobar and asked ppl not to use it. Thus you should respect him and not update Autobarthrough WM, but instead use for instance wowace files.
The reason for people not to use Wowmatrix is because technically they ought to only have old versions. However, it seems they have fairly new versions now and are not distributing broken versions anymore. So till they get out of date again its ok.
As for them hosting it, its not up to anyone here to enforce that, its up to them, myself, or our hosts here at Curse who have some legaleze regarding taking code from here and redistributing it without permission.
As mentioned, its the only thing mac people can use at the moment so I am ok with that. Just be aware that they may not always give a good version since I do not syndicate to their site and in fact there is no AutoBar listed amongst their mods.
I've tried creating a new button using only the fun category, but having some issues with it only displaying the first item on the list and the popup not working...
On my DK I can make a button with the fun category. It shows my two fun items: Crashin' Thrashin' Racer and the Wand of Holiday Cheer. After selecting Rearrange Order on Use for the Button, I am able to click on it and have the two items swap to default. The popup does work.
So, move your bar to a clear spot on the screen. Do you still have issues. If you follow the debug intructions and disable all other mods, do you have issues? etc.
On my DK I can make a button with the fun category. It shows my two fun items: Crashin' Thrashin' Racer and the Wand of Holiday Cheer. After selecting Rearrange Order on Use for the Button, I am able to click on it and have the two items swap to default. The popup does work.
So, move your bar to a clear spot on the screen. Do you still have issues. If you follow the debug intructions and disable all other mods, do you have issues? etc.
Turns out the fun items worked just fine, I was just expecting some of the items in the "Permanently usable items" category to be there :p. Thanks!
It's not just mac users. I tried to install the Curse updater on my PC last week, and it was only detecting about 8 out of my 100+ installed addons. Looking at the forums, that was a known bug with 10 pages of replies and no sign of getting fixed. Tried it again today, and it's finding more of my addons, but still missing the vast majority of them.
But mainly I prefer WoWMatrix for searching for NEW addons. I used to use the WoWAce page for that, just show all addons on one page and use my browser's search function to search through the addon descriptions. But now that's gone, and my Curse alternative is completely useless. It'll only find things if I know their names or authors, both on the Curse site and the Client. There doesn't seem to be any option to search through the mod descriptions.
It's not just mac users. I tried to install the Curse updater on my PC last week, and it was only detecting about 8 out of my 100+ installed addons. Looking at the forums, that was a known bug with 10 pages of replies and no sign of getting fixed. Tried it again today, and it's finding more of my addons, but still missing the vast majority of them.
But mainly I prefer WoWMatrix for searching for NEW addons. I used to use the WoWAce page for that, just show all addons on one page and use my browser's search function to search through the addon descriptions. But now that's gone, and my Curse alternative is completely useless. It'll only find things if I know their names or authors, both on the Curse site and the Client. There doesn't seem to be any option to search through the mod descriptions.
I think what we need is an open source version that does the same thing that Curse and WowMatrix do. That way, we'll be able to keep it up to date, as a community. . . . I wonder how hard it would really be?
With sites like Ace, you can grab all the current information -- so ace mods are cake.
But, grabbing database information from curse might be a bit more difficult. . . . should be doable though -- wowMatrix does it :)
But, grabbing database information from curse might be a bit more difficult. . . . should be doable though -- wowMatrix does it :)
WoWMatrix probably parses the HTML of the Curse site. Curse Client has direct access to the Database (which may be why they won't release the source code).
With respect to the errors I saw on the PTR, it looks like they vary from class to class. I made a lvl 1 warrior and a fresh DK and neither of them experienced any errors. However, any character that has progressed much does experience the errors to a varying degree (this included a lvl 60 rogue, lvl 70 shaman, and lvl 80 DK). I received the most errors on the shaman, which also has the most class/ability buttons of them all.
This is using r732 with only Autobar (with no savedvariables) and BugGrabber/Bugsack/Broker enabled.
Ok, all I have to say is autobar is UNUSABLE in its present incarnation. It is impossible to add anything that isn't already in the database, it is unwieldy, the interface is difficult to use and what formerly was the most brilliant addon I had now requires an engineering degree to use.
The old version of autobar, with a GUI drag and drop interface was MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH 1200000000000000000% better, usable, easy, click, drag, done.
This incarnation is horrid. Trying to add new items with the "drop" method is a goddamn nightmare, not to mention, IT NEVER WORKS. I tried making a custom button for explosives since AB doesn't recognize any northrend explosives, but alas, THAT DOESNT WORK.
Really, I BEG YOU PLEASE GO BACK TO THE OLD BC AUTOBAR. It was ORDERS of magnitude better, configurable, easy to use. I haven't talked to a single person who prefers this new interface, much less who has figured out how to use it. And FYI I have used autobar since PRE BC.
Is it just me, or that quote pretty damn accurate?
Get a grip you pompous asshole.. if you can do better, then by god, by ALL MEANS do so. otherwise, drink a nice cup of shut-the-****-up and sit your ass down.
If you don't like it, revert to the old version you love so much and hack a fix into it; otherwise, ...
Please note: Addon devs write their addons on their own time for no compensation (notable exceptions excluded). You do not have the right to demand that they revert, add, remove, or otherwise do anything to their addons.
Thanks!
I've tried creating a new button using only the fun category, but having some issues with it only displaying the first item on the list and the popup not working. I've checked that "No Popup" isn't selected :p. Also "Titanium Seal of Dalaran" which you get from a fishing achievement should be in the fun category.
The problems are several:
1) There is a bad bug in the Blizzard API for Companions (mounts and pets). This bug basically disables dragging and dropping of companions which is unfortunately what is required in order to drag specific spells into a Custom Category.
2) Whoever implemented it decided that even though companions are now spells, that they need to have an API that is totally not a spell. This ensures that they have the maximum chance of being broken except for the narrow usage case via the companion ui and whatever accidentally got enabled due to its needs. Unfortunately, Murphy's law takes over at that point and here we are with a very ugly api situation.
3) Toadkiller, or Azethoth its evil twin nemesis, has totally failed at writing filtering code for the current companion buttons. However, the Ace3 config is mostly done so the main obstacle is out of the way now.
Proposed Solutions:
1) Filtering. I am thinking some kind of modified click in the popup will remove that companion. A reset in the config would reset the filter list.
2) Random mount selection. This requires splitting out mounts into categories (fast|slow|flying/ground/both), and then picking the correct batch to randomize on. Would be compatible with the filtering.
3) Hope Blizzard fixes their bugs so this stuff can be handled in a more natural fashion.
You can find the issues list here: Google Code/Issues
So the answers are:
1) Wait a bit longer till I fix this (it is on the todo list along with random mount selection etc.)
2) Get SVN access and write the code required for some kind of solution. As long as it does not break AutoBar I am happy to get code added. Do post first though, so there is no collision if I just happen to work on it myself which has happened in the past.
I would recommend getting the "Livestock" addon from wowinterface.com for that, lets you decide what mounts its allowed to summon and can create 3 different macros. One for random land, one for random flying and one for random "smart" (picks flying/ground depending on zone).
Also has a simmilar function to summon a random pet from a predefined selection of your awailable pets.
Atleast until Azethoth has had time to get it working (or blizz fix it).
Okay. Where can I find a list of these authors?
Sure, make it personal. Why not?
So I'm lazy. Tough.
Azethoth just said, specificly in this thread that WM are not allowed to update Autobar and asked ppl not to use it. Thus you should respect him and not update Autobarthrough WM, but instead use for instance wowace files.
Most authors here on wowace are against WM afaik.
As for them hosting it, its not up to anyone here to enforce that, its up to them, myself, or our hosts here at Curse who have some legaleze regarding taking code from here and redistributing it without permission.
As mentioned, its the only thing mac people can use at the moment so I am ok with that. Just be aware that they may not always give a good version since I do not syndicate to their site and in fact there is no AutoBar listed amongst their mods.
On my DK I can make a button with the fun category. It shows my two fun items: Crashin' Thrashin' Racer and the Wand of Holiday Cheer. After selecting Rearrange Order on Use for the Button, I am able to click on it and have the two items swap to default. The popup does work.
So, move your bar to a clear spot on the screen. Do you still have issues. If you follow the debug intructions and disable all other mods, do you have issues? etc.
This affects mainly the food and water buttons if you are a mage, in which case you can enable / disable the conjure button added to them.
Turns out the fun items worked just fine, I was just expecting some of the items in the "Permanently usable items" category to be there :p. Thanks!
Ah. Well if something is miscategorized just report it so I can move it.
But mainly I prefer WoWMatrix for searching for NEW addons. I used to use the WoWAce page for that, just show all addons on one page and use my browser's search function to search through the addon descriptions. But now that's gone, and my Curse alternative is completely useless. It'll only find things if I know their names or authors, both on the Curse site and the Client. There doesn't seem to be any option to search through the mod descriptions.
I think what we need is an open source version that does the same thing that Curse and WowMatrix do. That way, we'll be able to keep it up to date, as a community. . . . I wonder how hard it would really be?
With sites like Ace, you can grab all the current information -- so ace mods are cake.
But, grabbing database information from curse might be a bit more difficult. . . . should be doable though -- wowMatrix does it :)
WoWMatrix probably parses the HTML of the Curse site. Curse Client has direct access to the Database (which may be why they won't release the source code).
This is using r732 with only Autobar (with no savedvariables) and BugGrabber/Bugsack/Broker enabled.
The old version of autobar, with a GUI drag and drop interface was MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH 1200000000000000000% better, usable, easy, click, drag, done.
This incarnation is horrid. Trying to add new items with the "drop" method is a goddamn nightmare, not to mention, IT NEVER WORKS. I tried making a custom button for explosives since AB doesn't recognize any northrend explosives, but alas, THAT DOESNT WORK.
Really, I BEG YOU PLEASE GO BACK TO THE OLD BC AUTOBAR. It was ORDERS of magnitude better, configurable, easy to use. I haven't talked to a single person who prefers this new interface, much less who has figured out how to use it. And FYI I have used autobar since PRE BC.
Is it just me, or that quote pretty damn accurate?
Get a grip you pompous asshole.. if you can do better, then by god, by ALL MEANS do so. otherwise, drink a nice cup of shut-the-****-up and sit your ass down.
break19
If you don't like it, revert to the old version you love so much and hack a fix into it; otherwise, ...
Please note: Addon devs write their addons on their own time for no compensation (notable exceptions excluded). You do not have the right to demand that they revert, add, remove, or otherwise do anything to their addons.