Basic starter question

[thach1ef]

Figured this would be the best place to ask.

Say I wanted to teach myself how to create something with xml for WoW. Somethign really simple.

2 questions

1- can anyone tell me what something very basic that I could try out would be, even if it's just adding a different color or adding a line of text to something

and

2- what files need to be made/changed?

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From what I've been reading, it looks like when creating addons or whatever, you in fact don't change any original WoW material.. you just add extra material to the interface/addons folder.

What needs to be in this folder to tell WoW that you have add ons and custom xml to be used?

I have programming background, but absolutely nothing in XML. I know what it is and how it works so I think this would be something I can get familiar with by playing around with it. Just not sure how it is set up in as far as what files are needed to complete a simple addon.

Thanks

[sarf]

You need to create .toc file for WoW to know what XML file(s) to load:
http://www.cosmosui.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=200

I would really recommend reading this page:
http://www.wowwiki.com/Interface_Customization

It has loads of links, mostly for the already initiated though.

There's a pretty good walkthrough on the official forums that sets up a "Hello World" addon. It's a nice start :
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-interface-customization&t=173&p=1&tmp=1#post173

Sarf
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[thach1ef]

thanks for the quick reply.

now a silly question. is there a way to test out mods that display graphics outside of the game? or do i need to only test in game?

im guessing a good way to do this would be to edit the addon and just reload the UI. right?

[sarf]

No way currently of doing it outside of the game.

Reloading the UI would be a good way of doing it. :)



Sarf
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