UI Forums FAQ

[:1]DO NOT POST QUESTIONS ABOUT MODS IN THIS THREAD. PLEASE FIND A RELEVANT THREAD OR MAKE A NEW ONE. THIS THREAD IS FOR DISCUSSIONS OF THIS FAQ AND OF FORUM ITSELF ONLY.

Welcome to the UI Customisation and UI Development forums. If you’ve come here looking for help then you should read through the first section of this post as it will help you get the best out of the community here. After that you’ll find useful sections on things such as installing and uploading mods.

Posting

The most important thing to remember is to think before you post. Use some common sense and think what your post will look like for other people’s view. Some areas to think about:

Forums

Threads about finding, installing, using and troubleshooting mods go in the UI customisation Forum.

Threads about designing, coding and testing mods go in the UI Development Forum.

Threads about other topics should go in the relevant other forum.

Titles

Make thread titles useful. It should be short and to the point but give another user a rough idea of what the thread is about.

Good titles:

• “Looking for loot-rolling mod”
  


• “Cartographer gives an error”
  


• “I can’t get any mods to load”
  
  

Bad titles:

• “Help!!!”
  


• “anyone know?”
  


• “mod help”
  
  

Details

Post details! If you’re looking for a specific mod, describe it in detail, exactly what it should do. If there is something similar then people will find it for you. If you’re too vague then your description might cover many different mods and people won’t bother replying. It’s better to be too specific since then you might find something that does most of what you want but not all.

If you have a problem with a mod or mods, post error messages and exact details of what happens. PCs are complicated things and the hardware and software on each one can vary a lot. See the troubleshooting section for some things to try first, try these before you post. Also note that some technical issues may be more suited to the Tech Support forum.

Links

You may not link to any site which contains adverts for gold selling or power leveling services, or is owned by or supports any organization involved which such services. We will not provide a list of such sites since we refuse to advertise their names. Where possible we will try not to delete entire posts because of a bad link but we make no promises. If you’re unsure, feel free to contact me first by PM and check the link with me.

Try to link to the latest version of a mod where possible as this helps users to avoid issues later on.

Be careful when clicking links, especially from relatively new members as they may not go where they claim to. Always check the actual address in the status bar at the bottom of your browser. If you’re at all unsure, just click the report button (Skull icon, left hand side) and one of the mod/admin team will check it out.

Getting Help

If you have any problems while using the UI forum, just send me a PM. I’ll try to reply as soon as possible. While I do try to reply to help requests about a specific mod or mods, you’ll generally be better off making a thread about it on the forum so that everyone in the community can help you.

Installing Mods

(The following section was written by Rushster and is taken from the old FAQ with some minor edits)

Installation of UI/Mod addon files is actually very simple. When you download a file the author usually keeps the original file path where they should be stored to function. For example...


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C:\World of Warcraft\Interface\Addons\Name of UI

However this is not always the case so the best thing to do is unzip or unrar the file (depending on the compression tool used by the author) to a temp directory.

Once you have the file unzipped there will be a folder, usually called the mods name. Copy this folder and paste it into the directory...


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C:\Your World of Warcraft Directory\Interface\Addons\

All custom mods have to sit inside this Addons directory for WoW to pick them up. Anywhere else and they simply won’t load when you start WoW.

Make sure Mods Are Enabled

Many of these mods let you know they’re loaded in the chat screens as soon as you enter the game so it’s always good to look there as soon as you join to see what has been loaded. You need to check this because Blizzard has included version checking on mods.

If you have downloaded a mod which has not been updated since the latest patch WoW will detect that this is the case and disable the addon. You need to enable the mod to work by checking the ‘Load out of dat addons’ box in addons screen in-game. Remember, not all mods need updating following a patch and some may still function perfectly well so you can always try enabling out of date addons if the mod you use has not yet been updated.

Addon Packs

Some files come as packs which are a collection of mods all put together. Again, follow the above procedure making sure you are placing the pack inside the Addons folder.

Removing UI/Mods

Removing a mod is as simple as adding them. Just delete the mod folder directory within the Addons directory.

For example...


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C:\World of Warcraft\Interface\Addons\Delete me mod.

Can I back-up my mods and mod Settings?

Yes you can thanks to our handy tool UIBackup. Check http://wow.incgamers.com/ui.php?id=2699 for all the details

Uploading Mods

(The following section was written by Rushster and is taken from the old FAQ with some minor edits)

If you have created an addon you want to share with the community make sure you send it up to wowui.incgamers.com. This will automatically also add it to the UICentral database for easy updating by the WoW community. Happpy uploading!

Making A Compilation

(The following section was written by Xinh with some minor edits)

This is easier than you might think. If you have the mods in your AddOns folder then follow these simple instructions

• Copy the Interface folder (the parent of your AddOns folder) onto your Desktop or something other working area.
  


• Now dive into the copied AddOns folder and weed out* any mods that are unnecessary or are personal mods.
  


• Now zip up that Interface folder (the copied one) using your favorite zip utility (or Rar in my case) and upload.
  
  

* If you are including mods that need dependencies (like Sea, Earth, Khaos, etc) or stand alone libraries (Ace2, BabbleLib, Threat1.0 etc) then make sure you include those in your AddOns folder.

If you want to include your UI settings then you want to include your WTF folder in the zip file. Just make sure to change the ACCOUNT, SERVER and CHARACTER folder names to something generic (like "YOUR ACCOUNT", "YOUR SERVER", "YOUR CHARACTER") and remove all but one CHARACTER folder (unless you are including different settings for different classes, in that case name the folders accordingly). You may also want to include a text file listing the files included in the zip, and install directions. Then zip up the complete folder and upload. Your file directory should like this (name used are just examples)

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MyUI.zip

ReadMe.txt

Interface

AddOns

AddOn No.1

AddOn No.2

WTF

Account

YOUR ACCOUNT

SavedVariables

SavedVariableFile1.lua

SavedVariableFile1.lua.bak

SavedVariableFile2.lua

SavedVariableFile2.lua.bak

YOUR SERVER

YOUR CHARACTER

SavedVariables

SavedVariableFile1.lua

SavedVariableFile1.lua.bak

SavedVariableFile2.lua

SavedVariableFile2.lua.bak

Config.wtf

Why use the Interface (and WTF folder if included) folder as opposed the AddOns folder? It makes it real easy for your users to install as all they have to do is drop the unpacked Interface (and WTF folder if included) into their WoW directory. If you do include the WTF folder then your users also have to rename the files I listed.

Anything Else?

Feel free to ask questions related to this FAQ or the forum here. Please do not post general mod questions in this thread. Off-topic posts will be deleted.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to those who have sections included above. Thanks also to Meowr who did most of the formatting for this post.

Thanks for reading.

|||Many thanks to Meowr who fixed up some nice formatting for this :) .|||Hi, i read the thing about how to install a UI but it doesnt work-

i REALLY want this one http://wowui.incgamers.com/?p=mod&m=6152 on 1440x900 (beta) but it doesnt do anything and i dont know which folders in it to rename.. please help me