Recount is a graphical damage meter written by Cryect. Recount (Preservation) is an attempt to preserve it through the 2.4 patch and fix up some minor things along the way. If Cryect returns the project really should be wholely his and he can keep or abandon any changes I've made here.
For details about Recount see Cryect's original project page at:
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/details/8840/
For changes see the change log. Beta versions can be found on WoWAce.
Installation Guide
- Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- 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".
- 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.
- Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- 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- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.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. Look at the above screenshots. 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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1nHuMaN3 saiddoes this allow you to report dmg done like in damage meters?
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Solaren3303 saidyes it does
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Kasperrro saidI'd like to see how much mana I've spent on a specific spell in the Detail Window for Player's Hostile Attacks. Could this be added in a future version, please?
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Elsia saidUnfortunately the combat log does not contain mana spent information.
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Kasperrro saidIs Recount restricted only to read events reported the combat log? Isn't it possible to collect this information from the spellbook at least giving the player information about his/her own spells?
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shadow096 said~Elsia
Can you add one more Realtime Window called "Solo Dps with pet?"
-- Whats the Expected output? What do you see instead?
* Expected output: Displays a Realtime Window for solo dps with pet.
* Actual output: Only Displays merge pet data with the owner Dps.
*Display only the owner dps merge with pet data. And will ignore party / raid dps
When soloing Ive been using Display owner dps but it doesnt display merge pet data even with merge enable on/off.
But when soloing using Display Raid dps it does display merge pet data.
If you can make this new Realtime Window, im going to use it alot when soloing and when raiding with my pet. ^_^
-Current Version using
<Recount (Preservation) r79128>
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Moritsune23 saidI love this addon! I have a question though, I was checking to see what the global realtime windows were and I clicked a few of them to show up, now everytime i log in they are all there and i have to close out of them all. Is there any way to close them out for good so they wont show up when i log in?
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Elsia saidDelete all Recount.lua files in the WFT subdirectories and check if the problem persists. Just closing the windows and relogging should keep them closed.
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feralwolve saidEverything works fine for me except that when im in combat it sends me whispers that say things along the lines of "RECOUNT?1^SPU^STettsuo^STettsuo^N2622^N394^N0^N0^n0....."
before on my rogue and priest it wasnt the biggest deal but now qith my new Warlock (Tettsuo) it gives me more than twice as many whispers because of my pet. Currently using Recount (Preservation) r79128
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Elsia saidIs this happening in BGs/Arenas or elsewhere?
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feralwolve saidEverywhere with every character.
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drmark saidStarting last night after I reset recount my meter has differant settings how do I fix it? It now shows my name and a 3 digit number then the % (25.9) of the damage I am doing. When I go into setup it shows the normal info, dps damage and %. Last night when we did Mags it showed his damage etc and not my guilds. I have deleted recount and reinstalled it a couple of times. What did I screw up?
Been checking it, the 3 digit number seems related to my DPS but stil off
meter says 1. Name 991 (100.05)
meter setup shows 1. Name 37815 (93.2, 100.0%)
Elisa, something so simple missed, thank you! ;)
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Elsia saidMaybe you switched from damage done to DPS display? Rightclick the title bar or use the arrow icons to page through the modes.
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capnhands saidHmmm, i'm only running recount, atlasloot and omen. maybe i'll try CCbreaker. Something else kinda odd, ran ramps last night and my dps was much higher than when i was out questing alone.
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Elsia saidIn groups you tend to be buffed etc.
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NeVeRLiFt saidAfter installing the new version of CCBreaker the bug where Recount was only adding 20dps for pet(when merged) seems gone.
Seems odd that these 2 mods would interfer with each other.
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capnhands saidI'm having the same problem as neverlift. When i merge my pets dps with mine the total is much lower(10-30 points)than if i show them seperate and add the totals manualy.
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Elsia saidThis is correct. Recount uses combat time to calculate DPS. If you merge pet with owner it takes the longer of each hence dropping the effective combat time used in calculating the DPS. Hence unless you and your pet have exactly the same combat time your DPS will drop somewhat.
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Shabbashtan saidHello,
A quick fix for the "Recount: Unknown combat log event type:" bug:
go to wherever you installed wow\Interface\Addons\Recount and open up "tracker.lua" in a text editor.
Now find (ctrl-f) "Unknown combat log event type:", you will find two lines.
Just comment them out by adding two dashes in front, like this
--Recount:Print("Unknown combat log event type: "..eventtype)
Hope this helps!
PS: for the maintainer, you may wanna add an option to choose whether this stuff gets reported or not, because apparently, every new event is gonna bug it! Thanks for a great addon :)
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Elsia saidThis really isn't a bug. The print message is there so people report the line and I can implement the event type ;). I would recommend NOT commenting out that line but rather reporting whatever event it reports back to me.
A version that works for WotLK can be found on wowace.