Aug 19
My Addon: Nice Try
Posted on August 19, 2009 under Addons, My Play | 6 CommentsWorld of Warcraft is an ever-changing game. While reading this post, keep the date it was written in mind—changes may have occurred since then!
I’ve been wanting to develop an addon for a long while now, but I never had an idea for a need that could be filled that did not already have very talented addon authors creating spectacular addons for. Well, recently, a good friend of mine leveled a hunter, and discovered the joys of Misdirection–including casting it on people it wasn’t quite meant to be cast on (namely: me).
Thus, Nice Try was born! From the Curse.com page:
Everyone knows that no-good hunter or rogue that’s always trying to get people killed by using Misdirection or Tricks of the Trade. Don’t fall prey to their wily ways–install NiceTry to automatically cancel both these buffs when they are cast on you! Watch them fumble for Vanish or Feign Death the first time you automatically cancel their buff and they proceed to attack XT-002!
It’s available for download at http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/nicetry.aspx or via the Curse Client. I will be getting it out to other addon sites eventually. If you have ideas for the addon, let me know!
[Edit] Now also available at http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=14476.
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by Leiandra, on August 19 2009 @ 12:13 pm
Now that’s funny! Great job.
by Badas, on August 19 2009 @ 3:02 pm
He deserved every last MD he got. and I will never believe any different. An awesome addon, but it does make me sad. Now I will have to stick to Mding the tank like i’m supposed to.
by Sid, on August 20 2009 @ 6:56 am
lol @ the 2nd comment.
“Nice Try”… I loved the name xD and the addon itself, though situational, seems pretty ingenious.
Though I won’t try it… cause I’m a Tank lol!!!!
Instead I’d use an addon to throw random swears at the lazy hunters that don’t give me MD!
by Sid, on August 20 2009 @ 6:58 am
P.S: Is it difficult to write addons? I’ve a bit less than the basic programming knownledge…
by BinaryMuse, on August 20 2009 @ 8:35 am
With a little bit of programming knowledge and a few references, you could probably do some addon programming. Here are some of the resources I use:
The World of Warcraft API at WoWWiki: http://www.wowwiki.com/API
The Lua Reference Manual: http://www.lua.org/manual/
Take a look at the source code of Nice Try–it’s not a complicated addon. If you understand the basics of Lua tables, you should be good to go.
by Yoface, on August 22 2009 @ 9:23 am
So I demand a shout out also besides Mr. Badas. I am the rogue who LOVES TO CAST TRICKS on you <3