Chat Channel Troubles - Blue Tracker

#0 - Oct. 7, 2008, 1:45 a.m.

As most people know, default chat channels in a capital city include General, Trade, LocalDefense and (sometimes) Guild Recruitment.

For some reason, when I try to join LocalDefense (I manually left it some time before), instead of filling up the third chat channel, it jumps to either the fourth, fifth, or sixth channel - which are taken up by custom chat channels.

I tried leaving every channel, including General, Trade and such to try and "reset it" - even reset my chat ui - but it was in vain. No matter what I do, no channel will take up that third chat channel ( /3).

Anyone know what sup? Or how to fix it?

Thanks.

TL;DR-
/1 works, /2, /4, /5, etc. - but no channel will go to /3 for chat channels.

#5 - Oct. 7, 2008, 1:57 a.m.

Actually, before you perform a full user interface reset, please try typing the following:

/leave 3
/join LocalDefense (local defense is defaulted to the third chat channel)

If that doesn't work, then please feel free to perform a full user interface reset. Here are the steps I use to do so:

Q u o t e:
Note: Please be aware that upon completion of these steps, all in-game user settings will be reset to default value, and all customized macros will be removed.

You can save your macros and key-bindings by preserving your macros-cache.txt and bindings-cache.wtf files. These are found inside the Account folder, which is within the WTF folder.

Addons may be preserved by moving the Addons folder from the Interface folder to a safe location. Please attempt to test the issue you were experiencing before restoring either of these folders.

1) *IMPORTANT* Exit the World of Warcraft to your desktop by logging out of the game and exiting. If World of Warcraft isn't closed, then these steps won't have the desired effect.

2) If you used an "installer" for a custom UI, see if it has an "uninstaller" and use it.

3) Inside the World of Warcraft Program Folder, delete the "WTF," "Cache," and "Interface" folders.

4) Restart your computer.

5) Please do not reinstall Addons prior to testing the issue you were experiencing.

6) Make sure that you are using WOW.EXE or LAUNCHER.EXE to start the game. Please do not run any UI installers beforehand, as we want to eliminate them as part of the issue.

7) Upon launching the game, you should see the Intro cinematic movie and be prompted to agree to the Terms of Use. Once you authenticate past the login screen, the “AddOns” button should no longer be visible at the lower left corner of the character selection screen. Both points mentioned previously must hold true if you should complete the aforementioned steps correctly.