The Curse Profiler is Curse's data collection addon. This addon is used to collect information about items, quests, entities/npcs as well as character profile information for upload to the Curse global database.
For more information see this page: http://www.curse.com/client/
Installation Guide
- Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
- Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
- Windows XP a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
- WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
- WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
- StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
- Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
- Start World of Warcraft
- Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.
Translations
When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".
TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.
If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
Mac Support
WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.
Directory Structure
World of Warcraft
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.toc
|_ *AddonName*.xml
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
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Kaelten saidThe curse profiler got a complete rewrite and thus the new project was born.
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nlp138 saidlast comment from curse was over 2 months ago - I guess we all have different definitions of 'very near future'. Thanks for keeping us updated on the status at least :)
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Yolaw saidCurse isn't the project manager nlp. Read the authors. It's Kaelten, ASP, Ckknight, and Guillotine.
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New question: I just noticed "Curse Profiler 2.0". What's up?
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Frank-Olsen saidPeople, please wait until they can fix it. It's a problem with the profiler, but they will fix it. But thing's take time. No one can download their Char's ftm. So donate them a few dollars if you want thing's to happen faster.
They are doing a great job, so please dont stress them. They will fix it.
Have a nice day.
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Luckybob88 saidI'm getting same as ovario.
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starfighter61 saidi wonder if it will ever work
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elvenstar70 saidSorry I still am not getting my characters uploaded to curse.I have done everything that I'm to do. I'll keep waiting though.
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ovario saidI have been using the client for quite a while. Recently in curseupdate.exe, my anti-virus all of the suddent detects a malware/virus warning in the program. Any explination?
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Balastrea saidOnly thing that seems to be working for me is the ability to download and install the new updated files from curse. Data, Screenshots nor Character info is being uploaded. The Data fails to transmit and errors out every time. Just downloaded the r69934 version so we will see how that goes.
Love the idea guys - just wish it would work. :-(
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Lomig saidnot yet I assume ... :-(
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nlp138 saidAny idea when this is going to be working as a means to upload character data to our curse profiles?
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Adamar saidHi nlp138,
The information will be pushed to Curse.com in the very near future - it just isn't being pushed currently. All the character information you submit is stored in our new profile center database.
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nlp138 saidI don't understand how it will keep our characters 'up to date' if the information won't be pushed to curse.com
This is is frustrating especially since the advert for the client still advertises this as a feature.
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Muscleduck saidMy characters haven't been updated since a month or so :(
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elvenstar70 saidI hope it fixes this problem.I have everything I need for it to work but it han't so far.I will look forward to seeing my characters on my page then :).
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Adamar saidHi guys,
Character data is being uploaded, but it is currently not being pushed to Curse.com. We've been making some changes to the profile system, and we expect to have them back soon. Please continue to use the cgProfiler, as it will keep your characters up to date, as well as submit information to WOWDB.
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OLLI_S saidDisappointing that it takes weeks until you get an answer here....
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OLLI_S saidNew bug in the cgProfiler (so he does not only NOT upload my character data, he also has errors):
Date: 2008-03-01 20:05:28
ID: 51
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\cgProfiler\profile\profile.lua line 97:
bad argument #1 to 'format' (string expected, got nil)
Debug:
...ace\AddOns\cgProfiler\libs\AceEvent\AceEvent-2.0.lua:301: TriggerEvent()
...ace\AddOns\cgProfiler\libs\AceEvent\AceEvent-2.0.lua:914:
...ace\AddOns\cgProfiler\libs\AceEvent\AceEvent-2.0.lua:907
AddOns:
AucAdvanced, v5.0.PRE.2887
AucFilterBasic, v5.0.PRE.2887 (BillyGoat)
AucStatClassic, v5.0.PRE.2887 (BillyGoat)
AucStatPurchased, v5.0.PRE.2887 (BillyGoat)
AucStatSimple, v5.0.PRE.2887 (BillyGoat)
AucStatStdDev, v5.0.PRE.2887 (BillyGoat)
Auctioneer, v5.0.PRE.2887
Bagnon, v1.4.9
BagnonForever, v1.0.0
BagnonTooltips
BeanCounter, v5.0.PRE.2887 (BillyGoat)
cgProfiler, v1.62904
Enchantrix, v5.0.PRE.2887
enchantrixbarker, v5.0.PRE.2887 (BillyGoat)
EnhTooltip, v5.0.PRE.2887
EQL3, v3.7.1.20006
FriendSync
Gatherer, v3.0.4
Informant, v5.0.PRE.2887
FlightPath, v2.00
MobInfo2, v3.51
MobMap, vMobMap v1.58
MusicPlayer, v2.3.0.2
sct, v5.7
Skillet, v1.10-55300
Stubby, v52
Swatter, v5.0.PRE.2887
WhosThat, v0.9
WIM, v2.3.49
XPerlArcaneBar
XPerlGrimReaper
XPerlParty
XPerlPartyPet
XPerlPlayerBuffs
XPerlPlayer
XPerlPlayerPet
XPerlRaidAdmin
XPerlRaidHelper
XPerlRaidMonitor
XPerlRaidPets
XPerlRaidFrames
XPerlTarget
XPerlTargetTarget
XPerlTutorial
XPerl, v2.3.9b
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0Milk0 saidI have installed and reinstalled the client as well, manually installed the profiler and still nothing. This is lame please fix. I'm doing exactly the same thing everyone else is and still 0 character's. I have now deleted just because it hasn't worked I will check periodically with updates and new posts.
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RhondaC saidI've been trying for days to get it to upload my character info. I have installed and reinstalled the client, manually installed the profiler and still nothing.
I use XP Pro SP2 and have no firewalls running. I can access the internet w/o any issues for any other program. It appears to me something is broken on this Curse site.