Carbonite, Curse, Wow Matrix and keeping upto date

[elseer]

Hi All,

Up to now I've been using Wow Matrix to update my addons since it could handle multiple repositories (WowAce, Curse, Wow Interface, Individual websites) for addons. For understandable reasons, Curse and Wow interface just blocked Wow Matrix. This leaves me in a bit of a bind. You see, carbonite, like quite a number of addons, is not available on Curse.

I was wondering if the Carbonite authors could place CArbonite on curse (with pointers back to Wow Interface) so I can keep updated using only one updater?


Yours

Elseer R or whatever my name is today

[mjcobb22]

this is nothing more than a company so what ever work something out. until i hear different questhelper here i come. why should i have to go through 4 diff updaters to get all of my addons updated or manually update 30 addons or pay 30 bucks a year for one that they didn't gimp to make a buck. i liked carb but i am not going to continue using something that only supports companies trying to make a quick buck. wowmatrix now host their own apps so where is your leech excuse now. but basically what ever, OUT!

[Torhal]

Cairenne, why can't I be uncivil?

[Cairenn]

Because you know I expect better of you.

[voodoodad]

I want to be soooo "uncivil" here, but it probably won't matter because the guy most likely won't come back anyway... But ohhhh, it would be so satisfying....

[Spahut]

Nobody expects anything good from me, so can I be uncivil?

[carboniteaddon]

Originally Posted by mjcobb22 this is nothing more than a company so what ever work something out. until i hear different questhelper here i come. why should i have to go through 4 diff updaters to get all of my addons updated or manually update 30 addons or pay 30 bucks a year for one that they didn't gimp to make a buck. i liked carb but i am not going to continue using something that only supports companies trying to make a quick buck. wowmatrix now host their own apps so where is your leech excuse now. but basically what ever, OUT!

I have always manually updated my addons and will continue to do so.

If the 1 minute it takes to update Carbonite once a month is not worth it to you, then please don't burden yourself. Forget addons. You could free up even more time by not running the game in the first place. Just think of all the other things you could be doing.

[Bluspacecow]

Meh just do what I do with Carbonite.

Use it till the version you have breaks and refuses to work. Just ignore the please up date notices.

When you find you can't use it as it's breaking and throwing up big red errors all over the screen then go to :

http://www.carboniteaddon.com

Their official website to update it.

Personally I was able to use an older version for a while just by ignoring the "this version is out of date please update" notices. It was only when I wanted to see if the latest version had flight paths plotted on it that I upgraded (still haven't worked that one out esp for the little ebon blade death knighty one on the cliffs in the NW of ice crown , not the hold that little place where you go for the bone dragon quest chain)

[Petrah]

Originally Posted by honem death knighty

/giggle

Sounds like some sorta DK lingerie

[mjcobb22]

Originally Posted by honem Meh just do what I do with Carbonite. Use it till the version you have breaks and refuses to work. Just ignore the please up date notices. When you find you can't use it as it's breaking and throwing up big red errors all over the screen then go to : http://www.carboniteaddon.com Their official website to update it. Personally I was able to use an older version for a while just by ignoring the "this version is out of date please update" notices. It was only when I wanted to see if the latest version had flight paths plotted on it that I upgraded (still haven't worked that one out esp for the little ebon blade death knighty one on the cliffs in the NW of ice crown , not the hold that little place where you go for the bone dragon quest chain)

thank you for not giving me some answer cut and pasted out of some FAQ or just saying "just do it manually". i looked at your email soultion i will try that and see if that works any better. btw sorry to all about my snippy post i had just been looking on here for a personal answer and everywhere i went (for some time) some one just posted strait from the faq or said "manually" so yes you being uncivil would be understood. it was just the way that curse and WI did it without any warning. they have lost my following, because curse had the worst manager i have seen and WI had none. then all of a sudden curse had a charge just after they killed their compitition. i shall go else where to find new addons. but your solution seems like it will work for me kinda "Automatic manual". i just hate to log in and then see a bunch of out of date messages and have to log out update then find my athenticator agian and log back in. so thanks for your input.

BTW you should really give your email solution url to more people here plenty of people i play with are starting to get (like me) tired of hearing the same pointless answers

[TiaMaster]

This thread is disappointing and very sad.

I am assuming the rest of the addon authors who gladly make their addons easier to get are pathetic and lowly? Carbonite is for the "Elite" people who do everything manually and the hard way, uphill and backwards to show the world how things are REALLY done?

Seriously. A poster made a legitimate request...I do not understand this and have never seen it here before.

[techsgtchen]

Thank you for authoring and maintaining this addon. I enjoy using this addon a great deal. Please allow WoWMatrix to distribute this addon as well. I feel that I understand some of the conflicts of the past; Yet, I think you might be pleasantly surprised with how their program works now. I feel that the issues of the past might be irrelevant now. Though for the record I do think that WoWI and Curse.com were justified in their misgivings, I feel that the method they employed is unethical and immoral.

[Petrah]

Originally Posted by techsgtchen Please allow WoWMatrix to distribute this addon as well.

[Cairenn]

/me is very carefully not saying anything right now ......

[carboniteaddon]

We are currently hosting Carbonite downloads on Wowinterface. Not Curse. Not wowmatrix. When the Wowinterface addon updater is good to go, then that can be used to update it. We do not consider it a great burden having to run the Wowinterface updater one time to grab a new Carbonite version when a person sees a new version message in game.

[xorion73x]

Originally Posted by carboniteaddon We are currently hosting Carbonite downloads on Wowinterface. Not Curse. Not wowmatrix. When the Wowinterface addon updater is good to go, then that can be used to update it. We do not consider it a great burden having to run the Wowinterface updater one time to grab a new Carbonite version when a person sees a new version message in game.

I can't wait to see the Minion at work =)

I don't mind running multiple updaters to be honest.. heck, if I could consolidate my mods onto one site cool... but there are just too many good ones out there. I just hope that Minion will co-exist with curse updater in a decent manner... not that they should have any reason to bicker as long as I run them separately.

Thanks again for the effort guys!!

[sondus]

if WoWInterface didn't suck so hard. This site is just very poorly setup, programmed and run. Then, most people say simply "stop being lazy and update one addon". But WoWMatrix, unlike WoWInterface, was made to help GAMERS not themselves. One easy download and update of ALL your addons at one time. WoWInterface and Curse simply don't give a crap about users, just their bottom line and refuse to work with WoWMatrix even though WoWMatrix offered to help pay for their bandwidth.

I've switched from Carbonite simply because they refuse to use WoWMatrix.

I was a subscriber but will not donate any money whatsoever in the future because like WoWMatrix, Carbonite writers only care about themselves and not the gaming community.

[florinpatan]

Originally Posted by sondus I was a subscriber but will not donate any money whatsoever in the future because like WoWMatrix, Carbonite writers only care about themselves and not the gaming community.

Now you aren't anymore... Bye bye, have a nice trip (btw you should do yourself and install a REAL antivirus before using wowmatrix). I hope they will steal your account faster to get rid of you from WoW as well if you bother to play on Blizzards servers..

And next time read what you are posting ffs

Originally Posted by sondus because like WoWMatrix, Carbonite writers only care about themselves

And some moderator / admin could please close all these threads about wowmatrix?

[Bluspacecow]

Originally Posted by sondus if WoWInterface didn't suck so hard. This site is just very poorly setup, programmed and run.

Um... wot ?

It's setup quite nicely for both addon users and addon authors alike. One of the easiest used sites for addons I know. it's also stayed up a lot better then other addon sites on patch day which says something for how it's set up.

Originally Posted by sondus One easy download and update of ALL your addons at one time.

At what cost ? And do you need to ?

Originally Posted by sondus WoWInterface and Curse simply don't give a crap about users, just their bottom line and refuse to work with WoWMatrix even though WoWMatrix offered to help pay for their bandwidth.

Here's a clue for you buddy boy : Wowmatrix are lying to you. Curse and Wowinterface have always tried to work with the addon users and the addon authors. They had posts up refuting the line wowmatrix are trying to feed you before wowmatrix even posted that FAQ. In fact they had posts refuting it up in October 2008 if you cared to look.

Originally Posted by sondus I've switched from Carbonite simply because they refuse to use WoWMatrix.

Because it's soooo hard to update 1 addon when you get an in game message about it. Right.

Originally Posted by sondus I was a subscriber but will not donate any money whatsoever in the future because like WoWMatrix, Carbonite writers only care about themselves and not the gaming community.

Of course this would be why they willing cut their paid subscriber model and put these forums up where you can speak directly to the developers of the mod. Damn bastards.

[whyzerman]

While I would "like" to see Carbonite support clients like the curse client or WoWMatrix, I completely understand the concerns the devs have regarding support. The addon they have built here is outstanding, and deserves donations. If I had the money for it, I would donate. If I knew anything about the WoW API, I would offer my services free of charge to help maintain this addon. Since I can't do either of these things, I can suffer through 1 manual update, and you should as well.

Those of you saying "I am switching to QuestHelper, this is BS!", good luck. I had multiple UI errors running QuestHelper, it used 10 times the amount of RAM Carbonite does, and it's interface was far from aesthetic. I replaced it with Carbonite and have not been disappointed yet. I will not whine, moan and complain that they want donations, or want us to update manually for taking time out of their game play to make ours easier, and shame on anyone who does.

So if you are going to switch to QuestHelper, by all means, do so. I can only assume that in a week or less you will be back to using Carbonite.

To the Carbonite Devs: Excellent mod, probably the best and most useful mod I have seen ingame. Kudos. I only request you add a comments view (something like Lightheaded) for either WoWHead or some other site that allows comments on quests. If I had that I wouldn't ever need another quest addon.