Redgar
2006-12-26, 11:02 AM
While I was looking around for some Ace mods updates I ran across this really handy program called WoWAceUpdater. In a nutshell this will auto-find your WoW install, scan for Ace Mods (any mod that runs off of the Ace backbone), checks the Ace Mod website, and will automatically update them.
WoW Ace Updater (http://smashtech.net/~murry.smashtech/HLS/wowaceupdater.zip)
A walkthrough of how to use it:
1. Unzip to anywhere on your computer. I simply made a folder on my Desktop called WoWAceUpdater and extracted to it.
2. Run "WoWAceUpdater". It looks like the Ace of Spades (clever huh).
3. When first launched it will suggest to backup your addons. I copied my "Addons" directory to my desktop.
4. Verify that it is looking in the right place (this really should only be if you are trying out the Public Test Realm or are in the beta) by clicking on Edit and selecting Preferences (or hit F8). Check that the "WowInstallDirectory is where you installed WoW (default, if I remember, is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\"). All it has to be looking at is the WoW folder, NOT the Interface or Addons folder.
4a. You don't have to change any other settings.
4b. Close out the Settings window. Only if you had to set the WoW install directory will you need to close out WoWAceUpdater and relaunch it.
5. Now, in the main window you will see a list of the Installed Ace addons, and below that is a listing of the ones you can get, with a bit of a description that are available.
6. Check, and I recommend, all the installed ones. Now if you want go ahead and scroll through the list of available ones and check any ones you might want to try out.
7. Once you have them selected, go to "File", select ""Install/Update Marked Addons >", and select "With Externals". Or you can simply press F12.
You will see a status scroll of the updates (if needed) and/or installs, and that is it.
Hope this helps with some of the ruckus and chaos with mods and how often they are updated to get, at the least, some of them updated quickly and without hassle.
WoW Ace Updater (http://smashtech.net/~murry.smashtech/HLS/wowaceupdater.zip)
A walkthrough of how to use it:
1. Unzip to anywhere on your computer. I simply made a folder on my Desktop called WoWAceUpdater and extracted to it.
2. Run "WoWAceUpdater". It looks like the Ace of Spades (clever huh).
3. When first launched it will suggest to backup your addons. I copied my "Addons" directory to my desktop.
4. Verify that it is looking in the right place (this really should only be if you are trying out the Public Test Realm or are in the beta) by clicking on Edit and selecting Preferences (or hit F8). Check that the "WowInstallDirectory is where you installed WoW (default, if I remember, is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\"). All it has to be looking at is the WoW folder, NOT the Interface or Addons folder.
4a. You don't have to change any other settings.
4b. Close out the Settings window. Only if you had to set the WoW install directory will you need to close out WoWAceUpdater and relaunch it.
5. Now, in the main window you will see a list of the Installed Ace addons, and below that is a listing of the ones you can get, with a bit of a description that are available.
6. Check, and I recommend, all the installed ones. Now if you want go ahead and scroll through the list of available ones and check any ones you might want to try out.
7. Once you have them selected, go to "File", select ""Install/Update Marked Addons >", and select "With Externals". Or you can simply press F12.
You will see a status scroll of the updates (if needed) and/or installs, and that is it.
Hope this helps with some of the ruckus and chaos with mods and how often they are updated to get, at the least, some of them updated quickly and without hassle.