You can also use regular notepad if you would rather, or even larger programs like Adobe Dreamweaver.Īny of these will work, but if you use notepad you have to remember when you're saving your code to switch the save as file type to All Files from.
Personally I like to use Notepad++ as it's lightweight and easy to install ( LINK) There are many programs you can use to program. 1, a program in which to code your addon, and 2, a good WoW environment in which to code your addon. This section will go over getting your computer set up to create your addon. It won't go over (somewhat) advanced topics like graphical interfaces or profiles or the like. It will go over just enough to help you get started with creating and working with your addon. This guide is intended to be for beginning to moderate addon authors/programmers. What this guide will cover, and what it won't As a result, I will be splitting up this guide into multiple sections with a table of contents to make browsing this guide a little bit easier (I may miss things, and I plan on updating this, so feel free to let me know in a PM if I missed something) This guide will go over quite a few things, everything from getting started and some basic Lua programming information, to more complex topics like storing data between user sessions. If you're fine with those things, then let's get started. Getting it right the first time is very rare If you don't like programming you probably won't like creating an addon
Subsquently, you can double-click the WowMatrix green icon on your Desktop each time you wish to install or update your World of Warcraft AddOns.So you want to create your very own addon do you? Here's a few things you should know before you start. If a 'Windows protected your PC' message appears, click More info, then click 'Run Anyway' to proceed.
Double-click the green WowMatrix icon to run WowMatrix.ĩ. Click the 'Unblock' button (if there is one).Ĩ. Right-click on the green WowMatrix icon on your Desktop and select 'Properties' from the menu.Ħ. When the download completes, you should see WowMatrix (with a green icon) on your Desktop.ĥ. (If asked if you wish to replace an existing copy, select 'Replace'.)Ĥ. Select the Desktop from the list and have it download there. Drag it to your desktop, then skip to step 4.)ģ. Otherwise, if the download begins immediately, wait for it to finish, then click the 'Open Folder/View Downloads' link. If you are then asked to select a destination folder, proceed to step 3. (If, however, such an option does not show up, left-click the above link instead. Right-click on this link (yes, those two blue words just before this!) and select 'Download link as./Save link as.' (or a similar option) from the menu. We have seen cases where users, after downloading WowMatrix, unknowingly open an outdated copy of WowMatrix rather than the newly-downloaded copy.Ģ. Your in-game AddOns will remain untouched. IMPORTANT: If you already have one or more copies of WowMatrix on your computer, please first drag all of them to the Recycle Bin, to avoid any confusion. To download WowMatrix for Windows, follow these steps:ġ.
WowMatrix Step-by-Step Download Guide for Windows