Frequently Asked Questions
Q: I use a non-English client. Will Rematch work?
A: Absolutely. Extreme care has been made to make this addon work on all clients. Some languages (German, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean) even have localized translations thanks to the work of volunteers.
However, there are quirks between languages that can sometimes cause unexpected behavior. If you're not on an English client, please let me know when you send a bug report.
Q: Is there any site with Rematch teams to import?
A: My personal favorite is Xu-Fu's Pet Guides. Each team on the site has a "Rematch String" button beside it, clicking this will copy the team to the clipboard to import into Rematch. In addition to every tamer in the game, it has Family Familiar teams for all tamers too.
Q: Is there any way to get back the old compact Rematch UI from 3.x and earlier?
A: Yes! Go to the Options tab and turn on the following options: Single Panel Mode, Combine Pets And Queue, Compact List Format, and Move Toolbar To Bottom. The result will be very similar to the old compact UI.
Q: When loading a team, the first pet in the team is summoned. Is there any way to prevent this?
A: Unfortunately there is no way to completely prevent summoning that pet. The game will summon whatever is slotted into the first slot regardless of how it happens.
However, Rematch has an option called Keep Companion (under Miscellaneous) that will re-summon the pet you had out prior to a team loading. If you had no pet out prior to loading a team, it will dismiss the summoned pet.
Q: I logged in and all my teams, queue and settings are missing! How do I get them back?
A: There are many ways that addons can lose data, most commonly from the game crashing during an exit. It may be too late, but look in your SavedVariables folder inside WTF to see if there is a Rematch.lua.bak created by the game. If so, create a copy of it, exit the game entirely, and delete the Rematch.lua file and rename Rematch.lua.bak to Rematch.lua. Then log back in and see if it's a recent version.
Addons have no file I/O on their own and unfortunately the tools to combat the many ways to lose data are limited. Check out Xu'Fu's Pet Guides linked above to rebuild your teams. Remember to backup your teams!
Q: Is there a way to skin Rematch to work with ElvUI?
A: I also maintain the Rematch ElvUI Skin addon to reskin this addon to match ElvUI. It's a separate addon you'll need to run alongside both Rematch and ElvUI.
Q: Why do I not see breeds, or why is the breed wrong for this pet, or any other breed concern?
A: All breed data is provided by one of the supported breed addons, which includes Battle Pet Breed ID and Pet Tracker Breeds. Without a breed addon, Rematch does not display breeds. Rematch makes no attempt to duplicate their work nor make its own interpretation of their data. It simply displays what those addons calculate. If you have any issue with breeds beyond a display issue, you should look to the author of the breed addon you're using.
Q: What are the future plans of this addon?
A: The present plans for the addon are broken into three groups, none of which are settled in stone:
In the near term, I'd like to make breeds supported on import/export if a breed addon is enabled; find a way to import "one off" teams like for the Family Familiar achievement; and a "Find Moveset" on the right-click menu of pets.
In the mid term, I'm rewriting this addon as Rematch 5.0. Among its improvements will be offloading parts of the addon to load-on-demand modules; a "team builder" mode to create teams even with pets you don't own; a new "Ignore" slot type to behave like the now-impossible "Empty" slot used to behave; and many more improvements!
In the longer term, I'd like to work out more complicated details like getting multiple targets into the same team and having alternate pets as an "understudy" should a pet load while dead or injured.
Q: I have a suggestion or a bug to report. What's the best way to do that?
A: For the moment, post a comment on curse or wowinterface. Soon you'll be able to post a suggestion or bug report at this site as well.