Sharing add on settings across accounts.

[Arendel]

There was a method I recall reading a long while ago to share add on set ups across accounts. For example for the Macaroon bar add on, so bar set ups on one would be accessible to all. Does any one remember how to do this? I can not for the life of me find the old post.

[Khatovar]

http://www.dual-boxing.com/threads/3...l=1#post322301

[Arendel]

Thank you kind sir.

[Sam DeathWalker]

Thats not 100percent correct some addons store information by character name, you have to then go into the .lua file and change the name from your main to the alt ....

Just taking the file from the main and putting in the correct place in the alts does not work for all addons, you have to do that AND change names in the file itself.


This is what I am refering to:

How Do I copy my mod settings from my master to my slave?

Settings are not saved in the ADDON folder. The addon folder only stores the actual mod with the default information it needs to work. Addons store information specific to your settings in the WTF folder. However, copying the entire WTF folder will also copy the \ACCOUNT NAME\Saved Variables and \ACCOUNT NAME\SERVER NAME\TOON NAME\Saved Variables paths, thus not putting the files in a folder that the slave accounts will access, since they will have different ACCOUNT NAME and TOON NAME.

Within the WTF Folder, there are 2 places where addon settings will save. Some use both locations to save different things.

World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\ACCOUNT NAME\SavedVariables

and

World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\ACCOUNT NAME\SERVER NAME\TOON NAME\SavedVariables

Simply copy the LUA file for whatever mods from the master account to the same place in the slave accounts, using the appropriate ACCOUNT NAME and TOON NAME for the slave, of course.

Make sure it's the LUA, not the BAK. It should say LUA under "Type" or when you right-click > Properties, not LUA.BAK.


Maybe you can load your mains profile for addons that use profiles;

http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=42428