need help activating addons
What do u mean activate? i cant help with mac but the lines should roughly the same i would assume.
1. Have you dl zipped file?
2. You need to unzip files and place in the C:Programs/worldofwarcraft/interface/addons folder
3. Load WOW and log in, at character selection screen ther should be a addons button at bottom left corner
4. Click addons button and make sure all addons have tick beside em and make sure check box "load out of date" is checked
5. Load chacter and mods should be there
what do you mean by dl zipped file? how do you get there? and how do i unzip the files and place them in C:Programs/worldofwarcraft/interface/addons folder? these are the things i did.
1. downloaded all the addons
2. do i need to save them or just run them?
3.then i tried to get on wow and no dice. didnt show them up. no box on the bottem left, were u pick the toon you wnt to play on...
1. dl zipped folder = down load addons (they all come zipped for smaller size downloads- u have already done this step by the sounds
2. Depending on operating system is on how u unzip files, im using XP and all i need to do is double click the zipped folder and it shows the the unzipped folder i then move this folder to C:Programs/worldofwarcraft/interface/addons folder, if this doesnt work you may need a program called winzip or similar program which unzips files then move the unzipped folder to the addons folder
As for question 2 you just save them to that location no mods should need to be run, from memory no mods should be .exe format and if they are be very careful as they could be viruses.
Installation Guide
- 1. Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- 2. 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".
- 3.. 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.
- 4. Verify your WoW Installation Path, That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- 5.. 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. 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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stealthy_sargesomebody PLZZZZZZZZZZ help me activate my WoW addons @_@