How to remove / hide wow chat

If you get annoyed at constantly seeing the chat interface on your screen there is a simple solution. I have found an addon called “Hide Chat Button” which when installed will hide the chat interface at a click of a button.

Simply click the red icon to show/hide the chat interface!
You can download this fantastic and useful addon at http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info17691-HideChatButton.html
Thanks goes to Phemoir for making it!

How to install this mod:

I have been asked how to install this wow addon and here are the steps to do it:

1. Make sure you have WOW closed.

2. Go to http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info17691-HideChatButton.html

3. Download the addon by clicking on the "Download" link on the top right.

4. Once downloaded unzip the file and save the files to the "Interface" > "Addons" folder where your blizzard game is saved.

5. You can then load world of warcraft and the HideChatButton addon will show in the character select screen under "Addons" where you can enable/disable it.

If you have found this post useful or have any further questions please feel free to comment below and I will update the page with the information that you require. 

How to set preferred ground and flying mounts with addon Useful Extras.

If you are a gatherer on World of Warcraft there is a free addon out there known as “Useful Extras” which will allow you to auto mount after collecting from mining / herbalism nodes on World of Warcraft.

You can download “Useful Extras” from:
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/usefulextras.aspx
The defaulted ground and flight mounts may not be the mounts that you like to use while playing World of Warcraft so here is what you need to do once you have useful addons installed to change the preferred mounts.

Show a list of your mounts

• /ue list mounts

You will then be shown all the names of the mounts that you currently own.

To set default flying mount

In the text/chat box type:

• /ue setflyer NAMEOFMOUNT

Example: “/ue setflyer Celestial Steed” will set your preferred flying mount to be the celestial steed.

To set default ground mount

In the text/chat box type:

• /ue setground NAMEOFMOUNT

Example: “/ue setground White Ram” will set your preferred ground mount to the White Ram.

I hope this helps!
Any questions please contact me.

Solution: MobInfo3 not working on patch 4.0.1

When Blizzard upgraded their game to 4.0.1 users of MobInfo3 will notice that it does not work anymore. Believe it or not the maker of the add-on has only updated MobInfo2. So basically to get it working again you have to uninstall Mobinfo3 and use Mobinfo2.







As you can tell from the screenshot above it was updated recently on 3rd November 2010 and supports 4.0.1. I have been running it myself with no problems – works first time!
You can download this directly from Curse.com using the following link.
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/mobinfo2.aspx
I hope this helps
Regards Latura

Blizzard Addon Tutorials: Hello World & Show Me The Money

I have gone ahead and re-activated my World of Warcraft account after having some time away from the game. I am very interesting in building a website with details on items of the game and so I will be creating an addon for the game which collects the information needed to expand on the topic. I have contacted Blizzard about this and they dont have a problem with me doing this in fact they have given me further inspiration to go ahead and expand on it.

I have currently been through Blizzards tutorial "Hello World" and the language used is a form of Javascript so far with an xml feed. I am familiar with the basics of javascript due to being in the website design and coding business myself. Its very simple so-far.

Error with Show Me The Money Advanced Addon Tutorial & How To fix it

If you have like me been doing Blizzards own addon tutorial known as Show Me The Money, you will experience the

"Error Money Type Not Set"

This is because Blizzard have updated their variables in the game but not updated their tutorials.
To resolve this issue simple replace the line:  

MoneyFrame_SetType("STATIC");  

With 

MoneyFrame_SetType(self, "STATIC");

 

found in the ShowMeTheMoney.xml, remember to reload it after making the change by using /script ReloadUI(); in game.

FishPing - Fishing sound over-ride files

If again you are like me and find it difficult to hear the biting sound of a fish on your line in World of Warcraft then this addon is ideal for you. Like the "Gun Silencer" addon mentioned in a prior blog entry yesterday this does not replace the original Blizzard sounds but is more of an over-ride which you can remove at any time you wish.

This addon is known as FishPing and is also avaliable from Curse.com
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/fish-ping.aspx

Developer instructions are as follows:

ping-on-fish-bite. very helpful if you're fishing alone.
HOW-TO INSTALL:
simply copy the whole "Sound" folder with all his sub-directories and files into your WoW "Data" folder. you should end up with this:
    X:/YourWoWDir/Data/Sound/Spells/FishingBobber_ver2_1.wav
    X:/YourWoWDir/Data/Sound/Spells/FishingBobber_ver2_2.wav
    X:/YourWoWDir/Data/Sound/Spells/FishingBobber_ver2_3.wav
*** DO NOT INSTALL WITH CURSE-CLIENT **

Many thanks to arT2 the project manager and developer of this very useful sound file over-ride addon

Sick of loud Gun noises?

If like me you are quite sick and tired of the loud default World of Warcraft gun shot sounds well there is a very quick and simple alternative which I personally use myself as I play the game using iPhone headphones and the sharpness and loudness of any Gun used on WOW is simply horrific for me.

The addon I have found is called "Gun Silencer" which is avaliable for download at Curse.com.
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/silencer.aspx

Addon Description:

There are a few Gun Silencer mods that replace Blizzard's ear deafening default gun sounds, and most of the ones I have found weren't very high quality. So I decided to make my own, with HI-DEF silencer recordings.
Included in this mod is the following:
- 1 Silenced Gun Shot (M4A1 Carbine)
- 3 Unique Reload Sounds

Installation is simple; Extract the .ZIP and copy the extracted files into your World of Warcraft's "DATA" Folder. For example;
\World of Warcraft\Data\

This mod is client side only, and DOES NOT alter any of Blizzard's sound files. It simply overrides the default sounds and plays the mod's sound files instead.This mod works for guns only, and can be used for other classes as well, as long as you are able to use a gun.
Enjoy. 

(Above Addon Description Provided byTalizman_Addons)

How to import MobInfo2 database into MobInfo3

Right this seems to be some unwritten law or something as I cant find a helpful resource which actually tells you how to import MobInfo2 data into MobInfo3, so here we go.

You will need MobInfo3 Addon and MobInfo3 Database which can be downloaded from
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/SearchResults.aspx?q=MobInfo3

Save the two downloads at the location of your game folder if you dont use Curse Addon Client.
Example: C://Program Files/Blizzard/World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns/MobInfo3

Right assuming you have the two addons saved in the correct place:

Step 1: Exit World of Warcraft if you have it open.

Step 2: Right click on MI2_Import.lua and open it with NotePad

Step 3: In notepad click on "Edit" then "Replace"

Step 4: In the "Find What" box write "MI2"

Step 5: In the "Replace With" box write "MI3"

Step 6: Click the "Replace All" button.

(if unsure of steps 3, 4 and 5 see screenshot below) 

Step 7: Save and close the file

Step 8: Rename the file from "MI2_Import.lua" to "MI3_Import.lua"

Step 9: Click off the file so its no longer highighted and shows "MI3_Import.lua"

Step 10: Load World of Warcraft and load your character

Step 11: Open MobInfo (by writing /MI3)

Step 12:  Click on "Database" tab

Step 13: Click on "Start the Import"

Step 14: DONE!

I hope this helps, any problems please feel free to comment!

MobInfo3 Fix

If  like me you use the very useful MobInfo3 to help you with your gathering and farming of specific items,  you may have also experienced the error which no longer allows this to work. I have looked into it and discovered that the owner of the add-on is no-longer updating it so you will have to fix it yourself.


If you get the following error:
Message: ..\AddOns\MobInfo3\MobInfo3.lua line 2139:
attempt to call global 'GetDifficultyColor' (a nil value)

The Nine Step Fix

Step 1: Close World of Warcraft 

Step 2: Go to the location of where you installed World of Warcraft

Example: C:/Program Files/Blizzard/World of Warcraft 

Step 3: From there open the following folders "Interface > AddOns > MobInfo3"

Step 4: Right click on MobInfo3.lua and open with Notepad.

Step 5: Click on "Edit" then select "Find"

Step 6: In the "Find What" box type "GetDifficultyColor" 

Step 7: Delete "GetDifficultyColor" and replace it with "GetQuestDifficultyColor"

 (You might have to manually search through the code as notepad does not always recognise large words such as GetDifficultyColor, you may have to simply search for "GetDifficulty" or "Get" to make it work and remember to start with your cursor at the top of the document and search "down" the page.)

Step 8: Save the page

Step 9: Load World of Warcraft as normal and it will work.