The 2.3.0 "It's Patch Day!" PSA & FAQ (14:43)

by Kaydeethree | 12/11/2007 03:52:15
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Kaydeethree

(last update: 2007-11-13 14:43 PST)

Patch 2.3 is live! Check for updates to your mods now, before the addon sites get swamped. Don't forget to check "Load out of date addons" before you first log in!

IMPORTANT: Off-topic or entirely redundant posts are liable to get deleted. It is however in everyone's best interest to not post them in the first place - We'd rather slouken could spend his time coding us cool things than moderating this thread!

GET UPDATES TO YOUR MODS.

Table of Contents:
  • So, the servers are up and your addons are broken?
  • Why shouldn't I use TOC-autoupdater programs? (or: Should I check "Load Out-of-Date"?)
  • What mods have been updated?
  • What mods need to be updated?
  • Want to stop automatically dropping out of forms/stealth/shadowform?
  • What are the /stopcasting changes mentioned in the patch notes?
  • Polymorph issues?
  • Having issues updating your addons?
  • Why does Blizzard break addons every patch?
  • Curious about what this patch did for addons?
  • Other Questions?

So, the servers are up and your addons are broken?
Don't panic! Just download updates to your mods. Here are direct links to the "latest updates" pages of the big three addon sites:
WoWInterface: http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/latest.php
Curse: http://wow.curse.com/downloads/updated/
WoWUI@incgamers: http://wowui.incgamers.com/
WoWAce: http://www.wowace.com/wiki/WowAceUpdater and http://files.wowace.com
CT Mod: http://ctmod.net
Auctioneer: http://auctioneeraddon.com

Why shouldn't I use TOC-autoupdater programs? (or: Should I check "Load Out-of-Date"?)
There's a "Load Out-of-Date Addons" checkbox. Use it. Using a TOC autoupdater achieves a similar result but at the cost of not knowing which addons you haven't actually updated. The resident blue agrees. See The 2.1.0 "It's Patch Day!" PSA & FAQ

What mods have been updated?
Check Cairenn's handy thread at: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=2856201835&s
id=1

What mods need to be updated?

Want to stop automatically dropping out of forms/stealth/shadowform?
/console autoUnshift 0
This command only needs to be run once. You can re-enable this functionality by changing the "0" to a "1"

What are the /stopcasting changes mentioned in the patch notes?
Courtesy of Slouken @ Stop casting question
Q u o t e:
In 2.3 you don't need /stopcasting, you can always try to cast before the end of your current cast. This gets the cast to the server sooner so it's more likely that your casts will go back to back.

A couple things to note:
  • The global cooldown is client side, and you can never cast more often than the global cooldown (when it's triggered)
  • This doesn't reduce your cast time. If you send your cast too early, it'll still fail because another spell is in progress.
  • Careful timing is always better than spamming. Prior to 2.3, you were always penalized by your latency when casting. Now you're only penalized if you cast too early. :) People who used to use /stopcasting are familiar with this, but now the penalty is simply a round trip from the server instead of canceling your previous spell.


Basically, it's no longer necessary to use /stopcasting unless you're using an emergency interrupt, like 
/stopcasting
/cast Ice Block
So, if you were originally using a regular AP+POM+Pyro macro, you can reduce it to 
/use 13
/cast Arcane Power
/cast Presence of Mind
/cast Pyroblast
It should also no longer be necessary to use Quartz macros like 
/stopcasting
/cast Fireball
as a simple /cast Fireball should act the same way.

Polymorph issues
The names of the spells have changed. Use the following instead of Polymorph: Pig and Turtle
Polymorph(Rank 1: Pig)
Polymorph(Rank 1: Turtle)

Having issues updating/installing your addons?
View the handy install guide at http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/faq.php?faq=install#faq_howto_insta
ll

Why does Blizzard break addons every patch?
All Blizzard cares about is making sure its own UI works properly. Anything third-party is explicitly unsupported. More info in the Mods FAQ sticky at: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=442927843#9

C
urious about what this patch did for addons?
The technical details are at WoW 2.3 Changes - Concise List http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=879058320

Oth
er Questions?
The "Mods FAQ - READ" sticky has all the information you need: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=442927843

[ Post edited by Kaydeethree ]

Live or die trying.
It seems mages were saving more money than originally intended. Any money saved will now be reduced by 10% and will break Frost Nova.

by Slouken | 13/11/2007 22:44:57
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Slouken

If you have an auction AddOn and it's freezing the game and disconnecting you, you should check to see if there's an update for it. The auction API now has the capability to return the entire contents of the auciton house which can take a while to process. :)
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