NOTE: To avoid copyright issues DanceMusic is distributed without any songs !!!
Dancemusic is the first addon I wrote, mainly to get a feeling of how making addons works. It's purpose is simple. When you do the /dance emote a song will start playing and the song will stop when you start moving again. The song that is played is determined by your race and gender.
For an idea on how it looks ingame check out this video.
I hope you enjoy the addon as much as I do.
Mr.Mitchell (a.k.a. Robsato on Stormrage EU)
You can enable/disable dancemusic in-game with the "/dancemusic on" and "/dancemusic off" commands.
To add your songs you will have to place them in the "<warcraft>/Interface/Addons/DanceMusic/Music" folder. The songs should be in the MP3 format. The name of the files should be in the form "<race><gender>.mp3". So for a human male character it would be "HumanMale.mp3". See the "filenames.txt" for exact filenames for all races.
Personally I always edit the songs a bit so they loop nice (cut it at the right place and fadeout). Audacity is a nice free package for that.
For inspiration on songs to use you can browse around YouTube a bit for the different WoW dance videos like this one. Or pick something from the list below. This list was posted in the comment section on Curse by sykospaz.
| Race | Song |
|---|---|
| Blood elf | Jamiroquai - Canned Heat |
| Draenei | Daler Mehndi - Tunak Tunak Tun |
| Dwarf | No suggestion yet :-( |
| Gnome | Justin Timberlake - Sexyback |
| Human | Bee Gees- You Should Be Dancing |
| Night elf | Michael Jackson - Billy Jean |
| Orc | MC Hammer - Can't touch this |
| Tauren | Buckwheat Boyz - Peanut Butter Jelly Time |
| Troll | the Prodigy - Breathe Paranaue |
| Undead | Seizure Of Power - Marilyn Manson |
| Goblin | Soulja Boy - "Crank That" |
| Worgen | Justin Timberlake - My Love |
| Race | Song |
|---|---|
| Blood elf | Britney Spears - Toxic |
| Draenei | Beyonce - Naughty Girl |
| Dwarf | No suggestion yet :-( |
| Gnome | The Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha (remove Buster Ryhmes out of beginning) |
| Human | Los Del Rio - Macarena |
| Night elf | Kelis - Milkshake |
| Orc | Rihanna- SOS (Rescue Me) |
| Tauren | Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart |
| Troll | Shakira - Whenever, Wherever |
| Undead | Godsmack - Voodoo (best if remove the words at the beginning) |
| Goblin | Beyonce Knowles - Single Ladies |
| Worgen | Lady Gaga - Pokerface (Youtube video) |
Well, bascially the only thing that can go wrong is that the song does not start to play. This can have a few causes: