Is it just me or do the profiles not really work right?
Save-profile doesn't save the current settings, it makes a new blank profile. Normally addons then allow the blank profile to be populated with copy-from-existing profile.
Is mine not working right? I'm about to test 4039...
when you hit the save profile it takes a snapshot of how you have your current settings so if you want to save a new profile you have to make the changes you want, pick a name, and then hit save so it makes the new profile.
It DOES work when you press save. I swear I tested this over and over thinking I was doing something wrong. Then I edited the lua to make a copy of a profile.
Still, it is difficult to have multiple toons with different options. What I really want is for all toons to use the same snatch settings, but different toggles for other types of searches. I'll probably just have to deal with it.
I just ran into this... When you make a new profile it will copy the one that you currently have open. Then you have to go through and make the changes you need to the new profile. If you load a character that doesnt have a profile associated with it, the default loads, but the default is where a lot of people make their changes with their first toon.
A button to restore defaults to the current profile would be neat.
i do believe there is a restore defaults i think its called delete. go to the default profile and delete it and it should start from scratch. or at least thats what i do if i want to "start over".
The main problem is that some full-page settings like snatch items would work better as global settings across toons. For now I use the same profile but check and uncheck a few settings depending on the toon.
Heh. Hairytoes, I agree in principle, but your example is actually the ONLY thing I don't want to share across my toons!
I don't use profiles anymore, I played around with them, but in the end I wanted the same settings for almost everything for all my characters. The only thing I actually want different is my Snatch settings on Horde vs Alliance. There is no easy way for me to do that at all so for the moment I have the same snatch settings and just try and remember not to click "Yes" for Marks of Sargeras on my horde character who can't use them!
At the moment I don't have any great ideas on how to make profiles work better. There are small patches that could be made for individual problems, but I really think we need a sudden big brilliant brainstorm that'll revolutionise the way the whole thing works instead. (Note: I am not volunteering at this point! Grin.)
I actually edited the lua once and copied the Snatch settings. Worked great till I added more...
Plan A, use data sets, takes up more space and merging might get complicated. Each toon selects which data set to use. Each SnatchDataSet would have a name. Data sets can be copied, merged, deleted.
Plan B, use one dataset with a field SnatchFor to determine which toons snatches which items. SnatchToons, Toony = 1, Toonette = 2, Toona = 4, Toonevilhorde = 8
SnatchItem=Lucky Charm SnatchPrice 1s SnatchFor 5 (toony and toona)
SnatchItem=Robe of Coding SnatchPrice 1000g SnatchFor 15 (for all toons)
SnatchItem Mark Of Sangeras SnatchPrice 1g SnatchFor 11 (toony toonette toonevilhorde)