Getting your addons 2.1 compatible
by Mike Schramm 
May 8th 2007 at 11:25AM
In expectation of the coming patch (though it might still be a while), Curse has posted a compiled list of all their known 2.1 compatible addons. Unfortunately, that list is of Curse-only addons, so while both KLHThreatmeter and Healbot are on there, lots of other high profile addons are not.That doesn't mean they won't be 2.1 compatible, however-- it just means that, well, in most cases we don't know. Titanbar (an addon I live by) was updated after the last big patch, but hasn't yet been updated for the new one. It's the same story with Auctioneer. CTMod hasn't mentioned 2.1 yet, but they update pretty quickly, and even if they don't get a new version out before the patch appears, it's very likely the latest version (v2.001) will still work.
Since I'm not an addon creator, I'm not sure how much functionality is changing in 2.1, but from what I can make of the UI Forum, it won't be nearly as much as the expansion patch did. There may be a few problems (ui.worldofwar.net has a short list of known problematic addons on the PTR), but for the most part, we can probably expect 2.1's addon changes to go pretty smoothly. You'll still have to manually enable your addons (since they'll all be out of date), but chances are none of them will be really broken.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pingmeister May 8th 2007 11:37AM
The last patch broke my add-ons so I never replaced them. Playing "naked" isn't as bad as I thought it would be. I may leave it like this.
Bunkai May 8th 2007 11:47AM
I use MazzleUI now, and as long as they get their compilation updated, that's the only download I'll have to worry about :-)
chillis May 8th 2007 11:54AM
last time I did addon clean-up I noticed a bunch of "Blizz" folders in my addon folder. If I accidentally delete one of those will it reload automatically or will I have to go hunt it down?
Telshazz May 8th 2007 11:54AM
There are compilations on that list that use alot of the addons I use like CT and Fubar, looks like they are going to work. :)
Martineau May 8th 2007 12:01PM
So is there no 2.1 patch today?
Mike Schramm May 8th 2007 12:10PM
Martineau, nope, not today.
Jason May 8th 2007 12:35PM
Blizzard's addons should auto reload if you delete them, at least that's been my experience.
As to UIs in general, I run an Ace2 centered build with a few other odds and ends. In general, if you stick with those, no patch will completely break your addons, although it might get a little glitchy.
Gridneo May 8th 2007 12:49PM
It's a hassle to get my UI (since it's totally custom) back to normal... I'm not big on the larger compilations, but I do enjoy CT, Titan... I haven't updated Auctioneer/Discord (are they even updated) since BC came out...
All I want to see in the world of mods is a global 'Settings/Profile Import' option in every mod that's produced... I pushed for CT to implement it, and they finally gave in. w00t! Who wants to play different characters on different servers with completely different UIs? Small changes here and there with or without additional mods are ok, other things are static between characters.
wowinsider.qsh May 8th 2007 5:50PM
People still use titan?
Pent May 8th 2007 11:14PM
afaik titanpanel is no longer being developed actively since a very long time ago.. you might want to switch to fubar... if a titanpanel was updated it was just a matter of changing the toc version number and someone uploading it to curse, however people still make modules for titanpanel which I don't understand at all...