{"id":41,"date":"2006-11-09T15:21:20","date_gmt":"2006-11-09T19:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/blog\/2006\/11\/09\/my-wow-interface-update\/"},"modified":"2006-11-21T23:02:24","modified_gmt":"2006-11-22T03:02:24","slug":"my-wow-interface-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/blog\/2006\/11\/09\/my-wow-interface-update\/","title":{"rendered":"My WoW Interface, Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently pulled together a few files to post on the Blizzard &#8220;World of Warcraft&#8221; forums, so I thought I&#8217;d post them here as well for those interested.<\/p>\n<p>I like to keep everything confined to the lowest third\/quarter of the screen when at all possible, to keep the clutter manageable.  World of Warcraft is a great looking game, I like to see as much of it as I can!  Here are some screenshots.<\/p>\n<p>No Target:<br \/>\n<a title=\"MookUI No Target, Full Size\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_notarget.jpg\"><img align=\"middle\" title=\"MookUI No Target\" alt=\"MookUI No Target\" src=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_notarget_tb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->With Target:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"MookUI Target Selected, Full Size\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_target.jpg\"><img alt=\"MookUI Target Selected\" title=\"MookUI Target Selected\" src=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_target_tb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Party Frames (Discord Unit Frames):<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"MookUI Party Frames, Full Size\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_party.jpg\"><img alt=\"MookUI Party Frames\" title=\"MookUI Party Frames\" src=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_party_tb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emergency Bars (Discord Action Bars):<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"MookUI Emergency Bars, Full Size\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_bars.jpg\"><img alt=\"MookUI Emergency Bars\" title=\"MookUI Emergency Bars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_bars_tb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chat\/Channel Windows:<br \/>\n<a title=\"MookUI Chat Windows, Full Size\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_chat.jpg\"><img title=\"MookUI Chat Windows\" alt=\"MookUI Chat Windows\" src=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_chat_tb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Raid Frames (CT_Raid)<br \/>\n<a title=\"MookUI Raid Frames\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_raid.jpg\"><img title=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_raid.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_raid.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/images\/wow\/MookUI_raid_tb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Short video of the interface &#8220;in action&#8221;:<\/strong><br \/>\n(Google video, streaming):<\/p>\n<p>[googlevideo]7178031983959671079&#038;hl=en[\/googlevideo]<br \/>\n<strong>Higher quality, download &#8211; 52.7mb:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a title=\"MookUI Video Download\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/downloads\/index.php?act=view&#038;id=41\"> http:\/\/www.themook.net\/downloads\/index.php?act=view&#038;id=41<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The complete list of AddOns (120+):<\/strong><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"MookUI List of All AddOns\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/files\/wow\/readme.txt\"> http:\/\/www.themook.net\/files\/wow\/readme.txt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally, I&#8217;ve made a .zip file (~14.7mb) containing all of these AddOns available for download &#8211; the usual disclaimers apply, i.e., I am not the author of any of these AddOns, I&#8217;m only providing them as-is in a convenient bundle that I myself use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The download of all AddOns (120+):<\/strong><br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" title=\"MookUI Download\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/downloads\/index.php?act=view&#038;id=40\"> http:\/\/www.themook.net\/downloads\/index.php?act=view&#038;id=40<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few points of interest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The blue chat window in the lower left corner displays the system messages, guild chat, and any custom chat channels; the red chat window in the lower right corner is the combat log (parsed by Nurfed).<\/li>\n<li>I can click open other chat windows as needed (see the screenshot above, &#8220;Chat\/Channel Windows&#8221;) &#8211; one for Party\/Raid chat (on the left &#8211; empty in the screenshot as I wasn&#8217;t in a Party), one for the General and Trade channels, and one for the Looking For Group channel (both on the right).<\/li>\n<li>There are three bars at the top of the screen, hidden by default (see the screenshot above for &#8220;Emergency Bars&#8221; to see all three open).  The top bar holds frequently used macros, particularly the three macros for toggling on\/off the various Chat\/Channel Windows, and appears when moused over or when I hold the Ctrl key. The Healing bar appears when my Health is below 15%, and holds healing\/purification pots, bandages, and food; the Mana bar appears when my Mana is below 15%, and holds mana pots\/gems and water.  All of this is accomplished using Discord Action Bars.<\/li>\n<li>All of my abilities are contained on two hotbars just to the right of the minimap.  The lower of the two is static and does not change &#8211; it holds things I want to keep handy, mostly pots, gems, Slow Fall, Cannibalize, etc.  The higher of the two bars contains 6 separate &#8216;pages&#8217; of 12 buttons each for a grand total of 72 buttons available without moving my fingers from the keyboard (actually a Nostromo N52 Speedpad).  The middle-mouse button cycles up by 1 page, the thumb-mouse button cycles down by 1 page, so no ability, no matter how rarely used, is ever more than three mouse clicks away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think that&#8217;s about everything!  It&#8217;s fairly easy to change the &#8220;World of Warcraft&#8221; user interface with AddOns, just download, unzip to the &#8220;Interface\/AddOns&#8221; directory, and you&#8217;re good to go.  If you download my collection, be aware that I may not have included the latest version of every AddOn, but as a whole they all currently seem to work well together.  Also, due to the sheer number involved, you will have some work to do the first time you log in &#8211; many of these AddOns can be configured in a variety of ways.  But once everything is set and saved, I think it makes the game much smoother to play.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Forum Comments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/phpBB2\/viewtopic.php?t=2937\">Forum Discussion<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently pulled together a few files to post on the Blizzard &#8220;World of Warcraft&#8221; forums, so I thought I&#8217;d post them here as well for those interested. I like to keep everything confined to the lowest third\/quarter of the screen when at all possible, to keep the clutter manageable. 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