Alt modifier to force ground mount

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Alt modifier to force ground mount

2ndHouse opened this issue 8 years ago · 5 comments

2ndHouse commented 8 years ago

Just wondering if this is something you might implement? 7.0 update seems to be working fine so far btw. Like how simple this is compared to similar addons, it just works without having to configure anything.

Phanx · Answer 1 · 2016-07-29T03:19:48.000Z

What would be the use-case for this? Why would you want to use a ground mount in an area where you can fly?

2ndHouse · Answer 2 · 2016-07-29T03:33:54.000Z

Coming from other mount addons that had this option. Now that flying mounts can act as ground mounts, there are times when you want to use a ground mount instead of a flying mount in non-flying zones. Sometimes you don't want a giant flying mount blocking others views if it's not needed.

Unless MountMe always automatically summons favorited ground mounts over favorited flying mounts in non-flying areas? That would work too, just give the user less control than a modifier.

Phanx · Answer 3 · 2016-07-29T03:54:39.000Z

MountMe defers to the default UI's logic as to what's included in the pool for summoning a random mount. I don't remember offhand whether that summons flying mounts in non-flying areas; if it does, you can use my other addon AnyFavoriteMount, which, in addition to its nominal purpose of letting you favorite any mount even if the default UI normally wouldn't let you favorite it, does replace the "summon random" logic entirely as a side effect. When updating both addons for the patch I did realize there's a bit of duplication between the two addons, and may eventually fold AFM's functionality into MountMe, but for now both work just fine together.

2ndHouse · Answer 4 · 2016-07-29T04:10:20.000Z

Yeah, both Squire3 and GoGoMount let you force cast ground mounts with a modifier, and I always assumed it was because the default UI does not always handle it properly. I know it can especially act wonky in some outdoor instances/raids.

If I ever need to favorite those troublesome mounts then I will give AnyFavoriteMount a try. Hope you do eventually decide to merge the two. Anyway, thanks for the replies. Go ahead and close this if it helps.

Phanx · Answer 5 · 2016-07-29T04:27:58.000Z

Let me know if you encounter a specific situation where one or both addons seem to be summoning an inappropriate mount. On a side note, underwater (turtles and seahorse) and zone-specific (AQ40 bugs and Vashj'ir quest seahorse) mounts will be used as appropriate without needing to mark them as favorites.

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