Need to restart after changing addons?

I have always quit / upgraded addons / relaunched WoW. I was wondering
if that is really necessary though. It seems that addons are loaded
when I log on rather than when I launch.

Is it sufficient to just log out / modify addons / log in?

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- Burt Johnson
MindStorm, Inc.
http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/software.html

On Nov 26, 6:24 am, b....DeleteThis@mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:
> I have always quit / upgraded addons / relaunched WoW. I was wondering
> if that is really necessary though. It seems that addons are loaded
> when I log on rather than when I launch.
>
> Is it sufficient to just log out / modify addons / log in?
>
> --
> - Burt Johnson
> MindStorm, Inc.
> http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/software.html

I think what it does at launch time is look for the files. Thus if
"modify addons" is just editing a LUA file, a simple /script
ReloadUI() would be sufficient (seems to be more reliable than /
console reloadui). If you're updating from a site however, then you
need relaunch the whole game as you have been doing.

It is also prudent to reload the UI after major tinkering of addon
configurations as it forces the configurations to be saved into
savedvariables. Otherwise you lose these settings if your game does
not exit normally.