Warcraft Experience

Slouken speaks up on the upcoming expansions changes to UI modifciation:

Q: Given all the new information that has just been announced are addons like benecast still possible?

You can easily bind specific spells to modified buttons, but you can’t have the addon intelligently pick the rank of the spell. For example, you can set up a row of frames representing the folks you want to heal, and then bind “medium heal” to click, and then “big heal” to shift-click, or right click. Or you could have a column of info frames showing raid member status, and then have a menu of cleanse/heal type spells that pop up when you click on them, etc. etc.

Q: Keep in mind that our secure templates are still a work in progress and we’re trying to make available lots of functionality in building-block style pieces.

Could Decursive be changed so that I could, at the very least, still target the sheeped player really quick with one button, without having to fumble around with my mouse and keyboard to try to select him manually?

You no longer have to target a unit to cast a spell on it, if you have the spell pre-loaded into your buttons. For example, you can have your teammates arranged in a pleasing array, and when they get sheeped they can start glowing or flashing … or just bleat… and then you can either click on them to dispel them or pop up a menu with the dispel action on it, depending on how you have things set up. … while you’re still targeting the flag carrier all along. The key point is that the UI won’t automatically have the right spell ready, you’ll have to plan your tactics in advance.

Slouken does promise to fight hard to get all the functions needed to make legit mods work correctly. Could this be the end of modding as we know it? If thats the case there goes many-a-uber players skills as they learn to rework the game.

No MMO has ever offered players the level of customization that World of Warcraft does. One important way Blizzard puts the power in the player community’s hands is through macros, small customizable sets of scripted instructions that keep your head in the game by sparing you mouseclicks. Ten Ton Hammer scours the interwebs to bring you the best we could find for the latest addition to the WoW Slash Commands and Macros Guide.

“Jump to Low-Res: If you’re ever in a raid or instance situation and your system is dragging (or maybe you’re getting some Orgrimmar or Ironforge lag), this is a quick macro that will lower the biggest performance-hogging settings. Experiment with a separate macro to restore your settings to what you’re used to (max is 777,2,1).

/z SetFarclip(177)
/z SetWorldDetail(0)
/z SetBaseMip(0)”

Check out the WoW Macro Guide at Ten Ton Hammer!

Oh no! Here come the Blizzard mod police! Check out what they have to say below:

rysc wanted to get this message out to the community in regards to mod making. As World of Warcraft has progressed we have found it necessary to take specific and appropriate measures to ensure the safety of our game, and our intentions with the content. Recent concerns have been expressed over bannings from use of third party programs and how that may relate to UI or macro use. These external third party programs differ from UI and macros as they provide functionality or enhancements beyond what is available in the game, UI, or macro abilities. Due to the UI and macro restrictions and our ability to control the use of functions within each, you will not be banned for any use of a pure UI addon or macro that wholly runs within the confines of the game.

Use of a third party program that works to allow unintended abilities or functions within the game poses a serious threat to your account and characters. More information on third party programs and hacks can be found on our support site here.

If your account has been banned from World of Warcraft for any reason
you may contact our Account Administration team at
wowaccountadmin@blizzard.com if you wish to discuss the restriction
further.

After the latest 1.10 patch the mod authors have been fiercly adding their updates to the various mod directories - curse gaming, ui.worldofwar and several others.

Well I’ve been doing some poking around because, well frankly the two mentioned above were going slllllllllllllllllllllllooow or timing out on my entirely. Apparently the nuts over at Filenuts have been furiously adding mods to their site as well AND have even hinted at an upcoming wow section?!

Posted by nick on: Tue, Mar 21 @ 11:56am In preparation for our upcoming WoW Mods/Add-ons section below are a few new additions, as well as, several updated mods.

Interesting. They seem to have quite a selection and appear to be adding more daily. It’ll be interesting to see what they bring to the table. If it’s anything like their current easy-to-use website with free downloads I can’t wait! Want to see it for yourself? Check it out and just hit the prepopulated Warcraft search!

For those who have a wired Xbox 360 control can now play World of Warcraft with it! Check out this tool.

* WoW-360 Router – add-on that will allow you to use your Xbox 360 (wired) controller with WoW! Although WoW was never meant to be played on a joypad, I’m sure you can find a way to manage with that very comfortable controller, while leaning back in your chair.

As an enchanter, I’ve had the odd mis-click, especially when disenchanting a lot of items at once. Despite a confirmation box when replacing enchants, there isn’t one when disenchanting goods, which can be a source of immense frustration. Some players have reported getting accidentally DEd items back after petitioning GMs, but it’s much better if you can avoid all that in the first place.

That’s where this addon comes in — Safe Disenchanter lets you set a rarity threshold and will then ask you to confirm any disenchants above that level. Fantastic.

If you’re in the disenchanting business, you’ve probably already got Enchantrix, Disenchant Predictor (which I don’t have) or something similar — but if not, they’re also must-haves when wondering whether to DE or sell an item.

[via WatchingWoW.com]

Ok so a guildie of mine, Gern, downloaded this mod and had nothing but rave reviews for it.

SuperInspect Mod

Ever wish you could check out that cool sword or helmet model that guy had without following him around and trying to move your camera just right to get a good look? Ever wish you could get up close and personal with that awsome shield model without having the owner think you are stalking them? Ever wish you could freely view that really cool looking mob from a safe distace? Ever just wanted to view a really nice character model at your leisure without having to navigate your character to do it? SuperInspect is for you….

== What is SuperInspect? ==
SuperInspect replaces the default inspect window with one that gives you these features:
-Inspect your target as long as you can target them
-Continue inspecting even if you’ve lost your target
-Show bonuses awarded to your target by the items they have equiped
-Colored borders for displayed items that indicate their quality
-Freely rotate, pan and zoom the model with your mouse
-Display NPCs
-Display Hostile Players
-Display yourself
-Gives each unit a nice background
-Toggle the display of inventory items and/or honor information
-Draggable, scaleable window
-Bind a key to inspect or view quickly
-Maximizes the window space for better model viewing

Check it out!

Bored out of your mind while you wait for those people finishing up a raid they shouldn’t have been on right before the SCHEDULED raid, or the ones that are in AV and keep yelling “it’s almost done. save me a spot”? WatchingWoW brings word of this minigames addon, a pack which includes five games to help you pass the time and save your sanity.

Games include Tetris, Gems, Mine sweeper and a couple others. Download the mod now.

Now some of you may be saying “Cosmos has this”! Well, the sad news is they USED to. It has been removed without any further information given as to why.