WildStar:Development

The WildStar development describes game customization and technical specifications for WildStar. This includes game UI Macro and AddOn support and documentation of other types of files used for art or for general support of the game.

Welcome to the WildStar Development Portal

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Reference

UI Customization

UI AddOns

    · TOC format · Load Process · Summaries

WildStar Global API

    · Data Types · Events · Lua functions · Changes

UI Forms

    · XML Widget declarations · Script handlers · Summaries

WS XML UI

    · XML Root · XML elements · XML Types · Summaries

Macro Command Reference

    · Console Variables

Technical details

    · User defined code · UI Snippets · more...

Other materials

Developer talk

UI Customisation Forums and Guilds

• WildStar Official forums (US)
• WoWInterface
• Ace
• In-game developer guilds

Tutorials and HOWTOs

An introduction to addons, scripts and macros

Getting started with writing addons

UI Guides and HOWTOs

• Handling events
• Saving variables between game sessions
• Creating a slash command
• Localizing an addon
• Using the Interface Options Addons panel
• Using UIDropDownMenu
• XML basics
• more...

Other Resources and Tools

Development Help AddOns

Hosted addon pages · Library AddOns

UI Code Snippets

Carbine UI Internals

• Carbine's User Interface customization tool

Lua and XML editing software

• Lua Editor List
• AddOn Studio 2010
• WoW UI Designer
• iXink XML Editor

Things you can help out with

• Fill out all those red links in World of Warcraft API!   (though pick in order of likelihood of being useful). Looking at the FrameXML code to find out how the functions are being used is good way to begin. Please do not create stubs if you are not adding new and useful facts - we prefer red links over stubs with no additional information.
• Copy bolded items in the Global functions list to World of Warcraft API et al.
• Scan Category:API stubs for unfinished pages!
• Take a look in Category:Votes for deleting and look for API pages.
• Help convert old pages to the Help:API Function articles style!
• Add "Triggers Events" sections to old pages that do not have them (and should have them).