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| Jame's Leveling Guide: TourGuide style
5 Average: 5 (16 votes) Related links: TourGuide: An Ingame Addon for Jame's Leveling Guide Contents Installation Mandatory Addons
If you are not familiar with the installation of addons, it can be done as follows:
You can check ingame if you've installed it correctly; when you go to the character selection screen, down the bottom there is a button labelled Addons. Click that, then scroll down and look for TomTom and TourGuide (it's in alphabetical order). Make sure they're enabled. Installing the WoW-Pro Guides: Alliance - Updated to v0.7 - 12/07/2009
Installing the WoW-Pro Guides: Horde - Updated to v0.7 - 12/07/2009
Using the Addon Loading a Guide
If, however, you wish to chose a new guide, right-click on the TourGuide bar. This will open up a overview of the guide's steps. Down the bottom right are two buttons, "Config" and "Guides". Select Guides to choose a different guide.
Following a Guide
This ingame help menu can be accessed by heading to the menu, then selecting "Interface", then "Addons" (up near the top), then expanding (click the + button) "Tour Guide" then selecting "Help" (you can see the "Addons" button and the "Help" part to the left of the screenshot) Use Item Button Comments Note Objectives These non-auto completing notes should come in three flavours: "Repair, restock and vendor junk" (a general reminder when in town and beginning a new circuit, matches those in the guide); "READ THIS" (used to convey important information about the next objective that you want to know before you start) and "Things to do" (side objectives to complete as you quest). I've tried to keep non-auto completing notes to these three formats, but I'm fairly sure I've slipped in places, so bear with me there. Author's Note: Not all of these guides have been thoroughly playtested and as such there will be some errors. I do try get it right, but they do slip through. Wowhead or Jame's internet guide will help in the case of an error. Supplementary Addons DoubleWide - A simple but helpful addon, it makes the quest log twice as wide and much easier to read. This section is still just new (I know about QuestHelper but LightHeaded performs the same function), so suggestions for improvement are welcome. Guide List Alliance - Updated to v0.7 - 12/07/2009
Horde - Updated to v0.7 - 12/07/2009
Known Issues If you have a problem, be sure to check the leveling addon FAQ page before asking a question - it only takes a minute, and the answer might be easily found there! If you still have a problem, feel free to post a comment anywhere on the leveling guide pages and we will respond as soon as possible. Borean Tundra
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TourGuide Problem
I've been using TourGuide since it was released and haven't had a problem with it, until recently. When I accept a quest from an NPC or even just check mark that the quest has been accepted, the guide also check marks the quest objective and the turn-in. This happens on every character I have and/or make whether it's Horde or Alliance. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the guide a numerous amount of times and also uninstalling all my add-ons. Any help with this problem would be really appreciated.
Thank you,
Kimbo
Honored Member
If you manually check off
If you manually check off the accept step for the quest TourGuide will assume you have completed the quest and check off any steps with the same Quest ID. I don't really know about that happening when you accept the quest from a NPC, but if you go and uncheck the quest objective step it should leave the accept step checked and allow you to continue with the quest.
A stupid question
Hey there!
I ve already played one time with the dk guide and since then i didn re- or de-install any of my addons.
I wanted to use the guide on a different realm but i can t find it.
I looked through a dozen times but i can t find it...
Maybe i m just blind :/
Could you tell me where it is in the list?
Sorry for troubling you
Greetz
exitus
Help
When i have these addons in my folder, WoW crashes. What do I do?
Happens with questhelper too, which is why I deleted quest helper.
Honored Member
how far can you get before a
how far can you get before a crash?
If you can get to the char select screen, disable ALL of your mods and see what happens, then enable them one by one until you crash.
If you cannot get to the char select screen, its not an addon problem and you will need to use the repair.exe in the wow folder or reinstall the game.
Death Knight Guide does not work
Hey there!
Today i created a dk but the arrows don t work there. All other guides do work with my other chars but if i try the dk guide with my dk everytime there should be an arrow a lua error appears.
Please help me!
Thx
Moderator
I need to add this to the
I need to add this to the FAQ page.
The Death Knight starting area is not supported by the arrow addons, I'm not sure of the technical reason behind it but there's nothing we guide writers can do about it
The Death Knight guides have been coded with very specific instructions to try and help combat this, so you should hopefully still be able to use them. You can also always use the "paper" guides, but that's a big letdown when you are used to the addon 
Good luck!
Honored Member
I think coords don't work in
I think coords don't work in the DK start area because its an instance, one that you cant leave until you get your Death Gate spell at the end. Look at its load screen, its not Northrend nor is it EK.
Great guide
I just did a test witch guide is fastest, this or Zygors.
I testet an Dranei mage from L1-14 and whid Zygors I used around 6hours and 45min, whid Jame's around 6hours and 10min.
I guess I could done it around 15mins faster whid zygors if I dident die so mutch, but overall it seems like this 2 guides are around the same in speed, and as we all know, Jame's is free.
Yesterday I did get some lua errors, but I installed Lightheaded and they was gone and the missing tomtom waypoints was back
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Awesome, glad to hear our
Awesome, glad to hear our guides are still competitive and that they are working well for you. Thanks for taking the time to give us some feedback!
Problem in Scryer guide (addon version)
Hi,
First off, awesome guide. I started using it on my 55 DK, and am now lvl 67 (and just starting the 62-64 portion of the guide).
Second, sorry if this has already been covered. I didn't see a search function so I could check...
So, my problem:
The coordinates for some places in Shattrath city are being placed out in Terokkar forest. Some quests and waypoints do point within the city, and those are great. The ones outside though, I have to look at the coordinates, and then remove the waypoint and add my own at those same coords within Shattrath. (So, I can still progress with your guide, its just a lot of micromanagement now to find where to go next)
Any way to fix this? I am using the latest versions I could find of tourguide & tomtom. (3.2.0.55-beta for tourguide, and r266 for tomtom)
Thanks!
Moderator
You working with the Horde
You working with the Horde or the Alliance version?
I've been a happy user of
I've been a happy user of your guides (and lately the add-on) forever now and I truly adore them, however today I experienced a minor problem.
I've just finished questing in Nagrand, half a level till 70 and felt like I still want to do some quests in BEM. Unexpectedly though, when I checked off the last step, the add-on showed me an error message telling me there is no guide to continue to. I opened the menu so I could load the BEM guide manually, but was then unable to find it - the same goes for Netherstorm and Shadowmoon Valley. Afterward I went to check the files in the add-on folder to see if the guides are even there. And, well - they aren't.
Now, I assume you probably just disabled those 3 guides since most people go to Northrend straight away, howvewer if that is not the case, I would very much enjoy seeing them again.
Cheers,
Esku
Moderator
It takes a lot of time to
It takes a lot of time to code one of Jame's guides into addon form. I had been planning to do the Blade's Edge Mountains guide sometime, but I've become very busy with school and haven't got around to it. Same goes for his partial Netherstorm guide and Kroa's Shadowmoon guide. There just hasn't been enough demand for these guides in addon form to justify me spending the time to code them. It's still something I want to get done eventually, but it's pretty low priority for me right now. There are other people working on the addon, but I think they all feel pretty much the same way.
So unfortunately, if you want to use Jame's guides for BEM and farther in Outland, you'll have to use the "paper" version. I realize this pretty much sucks when you are used to the awesomeness that is the addon
Another option, if you are fairly close to 70, is to just go to Northrend early - I think you should be able to pick up the quests and you'll probably ding 70 in no time.
No TomTom Arrow?
I installed all the needed addons. When I loaded WoW, LightHeaded, Lightheaded_Data_A through Lightheaded_Data_E, Lightheaded_Data_NPC and Lightheaded_Data_QIDNa... were all activated, as well as TomTom and Tour Guide. However, the Wow-Pro Horde Leveling guide is marked as out of date. I click "Load out of date AddOns" and begin to start a new Orc hunter. The Durotar 1-12 guide is loaded, and I begin to follow the guide when I discover that there is no TomTom arrow directing me. I can set my own waypoints on the map, then the arrow will appear and guide me to them, but it doesn't seem to be cooperating with the leveling guide. Can anyone help? It's not this particular guide either, as I tried useing a Barrens guide on another toon, and the arrow still didn't appear.
TomTom Arrow works on Alliance, not on Horde
I'm having the disappearing arrow problem, except that it seems to work on all my alliance toons but not my Horde! I only have one Horde currently working through the Thousand Needles quests. I don't see the green circle either.
Honored Member
If you have Questhelper,
If you have Questhelper, make sure it's arrow is disabled and the TomTom arrow is enabled from the Questhelper options menu on your map. If you're running Cartographer, it may have the same solution. If not you can always disable the Cartographer Waypoint module on the addons page (That's what I did, but before I had TomTom. It's been turned off so long I forgot Cartographer had an arrow).
Moderator
Hmmm, it sounds like you did
Hmmm, it sounds like you did everything correctly. I have heard some folks having trouble with TomTom for no reason that I can tell. You could try using Cartographer instead - it is a bit bigger and clunkier addon if all you want is the arrow, though I like the maps it provides.
Other than that, I'm not sure what to suggest other than maybe re-downloading TomTom.
carbonite
Can the guide be used whid the arrow in carbonite, or does I have to use tomtom/cartographer?
Carbonite
Carbonite can emulate both Tomtom and Cartographer.
How?
/carb options
> General
[x] Emulate Tomtom Waypoints
Does this mean I DO NOT have to install Tomtom for Tourguide to work?
Yes
Do I install Lightheaded?
Yes - Lightheaded will attach itself to the Carbonite Quest-tracker and is fully compatible with the built in Tomtom emulation.
Moderator
Very nice and complete
Very nice and complete answer. I think I will post this in the FAQ page for now, and possibly include at least part of it on the main page.
Moderator
I don't believe the arrow in
I don't believe the arrow in Carbonite (or Questhelper) works with TourGuide. However, you can always download TourGuide and Lightheaded without TomTom and try it out. If it doesn't work, just download TomTom (or Cartographer).
Actually...
I made an account on wow-pro just now to say that Carbonite is 100% compatible with Tomtom. In fact, it emulates Tomtom perfectly via, you guessed it, the Carbonite Tomtom emulator. You can find this by visiting Carbonite's in game options window, if you need help finding it from there... just look for it, seriously.
Tourguide, along with all the additional guides here, will work with Carbonite LOADED. You don't need to disable it or remove it, in fact, you can run Carbonite right along side Tourguide. Yet another reason why Carbonite stomps Questhelper in a mud-hole as it has since it was made free and Blizzard purchased their code (which we will all be using come 3.3 for the new quest tracking system).
Rules to success with leveling using the guides available here:
1) Uninstall Questhelper
2) If you did not uninstall Questhelper, throw your computer in the street and quit wow now
3) Install Carbonite and turn on Tomtom emulation
4) Install Tourguide and any additional guides such as the ones on this page
5) Be happy you're no longer held down by a lackluster addon like Questhelper
If you need it broken down anymore than that:
Carbonite = Great Compatibility With Addons, Experienced Development, Better Code
Questhelper = Non of the Above, Junk
Moderator
Different people like different things!
Remember, different things are better for different people with different needs in the game. What is "Junk" to you might be something someone else finds vastly better than something you think is "OMG AWESOME". I personally much prefer Questhelper because I hate Carbonite's map and interface, and Questhelper meshes much better with my UI, and seems more minimal (not talking code here just what the user sees) - and I like minimal.
Still, I know a lot of people like Carbonite, and this post is very helpful for Carbonite users who want compatibility with Tour Guide! Thanks for the information, we are going to be working on cleaning up the addon pages in the coming few days, and I think I'll include some of this info up at the top
Coming in halfway through
I've just downloaded the addon, everything is working fine.
Now I've known for a while that most quest-based leveling guides are heavily reliant on chain quests. This has caused a problem for me as I am level 33 already so I am already part of the way through the guide.
I opened up the 33-34 guide and the first quest relies on previous quests which I have not done yet. I assume that as I got further through the guide, the same situation will arise several times over. What is the quickest way to work through this problem? Start on a guide a few levels lower perhaps, and always be a few levels ahead of the guide?
This is a situation that will happen over and over again for me as well, as I often stop questing and simply run instances or battlegrounds for 3 or 4 levels before I begin questing again.
Moderator
I would recommend starting
I would recommend starting one or two levels behind your actual level, and just skipping quests that required a pre-req - just as you said.
Just a quick question
First of all I'd like to thank you for these amazing guides, already leveld up two 80s using them and am working on a third.
I use titanpannel as well which shows me my xp/hr and expected time until I level and when I leveled my rogue to 74 yesterday by how quickly I was getting xp using you're guides it said 3hours to next level, which is insane imo
When ever I level to the max level bracket of an area on your guides I skip the rest and move on, is that the best way to do it or would I be getting more XP/HR if i just kept on with the current guide?
For example borean tundra level 71-73, went there at 71 and got to 73 with only 49% of the guide completed(Probably due to 10% xp shoulders and chest) but I still skipped to dragonblight which is labeled as 73-75 on your guide. Would it of been better for me to just keep going in borean tundra or would either option give the same xp/hr (The reason I'm asking is because I'm not sure if there is some ramp up time in new zones, i.e you'll get more xp/hr the further you are in the guide)
Sorry for typing so much xD
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In old world or Outlands, I
In old world or Outlands, I would agree with skipping stuff if you are higher level. Or, what I usually do is just skip the sections that take place in areas I really hate.
For Northrend, however, I definitely recommend sticking to the guide. That's because you'll be doing low level quests first. This leaves more high level quests available once you hit 80, and that is awesome because you get more gold for those quests than you would for the low level ones.
Plus, Jame's guides take you most or all the way up to 80 *if* you don't skip anything in Northrend (and probably do a few instances). If you skip stuff, they won't take you all the way.
Member
Sorry
Hey all i have been using the guides for some time now but i am now getting sick of alt tabbing and i have been trying to do the add on for about an hour now i really don't understand it any chance someone would mind helping me through it thanks ok hope to hear soon bye
Moderator
Sorry, what specifically are
Sorry, what specifically are you having trouble with? There's a lot that could be going wrong and I have no way to help you unless you explain the problem. First I recommend checking the Frequently Asked Questions page to see if your problem is on there. If it's not, go ahead and let us know what the problem is and we'll do our best to help.
Awesome addon, little
Awesome addon, little question: In the guides list, the names of the guides are so long that the progression % is written over, how do I fix it?
Moderator
Hmmm, unfortunately I don't
Hmmm, unfortunately I don't think this can be fixed
I know, it's annoying! And the naming convention had been well established before I noticed this was occurring. I think if you select a guide, open it, and then right click it, the title appears up above. But I honestly haven't been using the guides too much lately so my memory may be rusty (barely had time to play the main lately)
That's the annoying part, I
That's the annoying part, I know it's perfectly fixable. I have two characters on different accounts, both using tourguide with Jame's guides, and on one character the text is all squeezed together and the interface box small, on the other account the interface box is wide enough that even the Scarlet Enclave guide has enough space. I've been turning addons on and off and poking around in the settings, but can't for the life of me figure out what the difference is between the two.
Moderator
Hmm, perhaps it's a video
Hmm, perhaps it's a video resolution setting that is causing the discrepancy? You may have tried that already, however. That's the only thing I can think of that would affect this >_<
Muha! Tracked it down
On my end at least. Lots of trial and error revealed: if the addon Ackis Recipe List 1.0 is active, the frame is nice and wide:
http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a369/midnattsmusan/?action=view¤t=WoWScrnShot_100209_122743.jpg
If the addon is not active, it's narrow and annoying:
http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a369/midnattsmusan/?action=view¤t=WoWScrnShot_100209_122842.jpg
To me, it makes no sense, but then I'm just the end user.
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I can only assume that there
I can only assume that there is something built into the coding for Ackis that widens the interface window. I don't know anything about addon coding myself, if I did I would totally steal whatever it was that was doing that and put it in our addon! Well, at least you solved the mystery so your second account won't have to suffer through the trials of tiny windows
Current version
Website says current version should be 0.7, but download link seems to be version 0.6.5 ?
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Hmmm, *probably* just forgot
Hmmm, *probably* just forgot to change the version number in the update. Just in case, clear your cache and try again. Whatever is linked should be the most current version.
Tried to download fresh.
Tried to download fresh. The .toc file says version 0.6 and the changelog says 0.6 as well. This is for the horde download.
For alliance I'm seeing 0.6.5 in both the .toc and changelog.
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Hmmm, I definitely thought I
Hmmm, I definitely thought I updated the ToC file for Horde, but I'm looking at my copy and it says 0.6. So I guess I just missed that. With the next version we'll be sure to fix the ToC and change logs for both sides. Sorry about the confusion.
Thanks a lot
I now tried it with some other guides and the problem just exists with the blade's edge mountains.
Thanx!!
Thanks and another Arrow-problem
Hey there!
Thanks very much for the great addon. I m levelling much faster with it than before.
Now to my question: Some days ago the arrow disappeared. Everything else is working perfectly. There are even the green points on the map but theres no arrow.
Why could that be?
Thanks
Exitus
Moderator
Hmm, are you using TomTom or
Hmm, are you using TomTom or Cartographer, and is this in multiple sections of the guide or just one? I have heard of a few problems which exist within TomTom but not Cartographer, but unfortunately Cartographer is a much more bulky addon which may do a lot more than you need.
First thanks really much for
First thanks really much for one of the best addons ever!
The main problem is that the arrow fades when i´m near the questtarget. Say if I have 3 quests in the same area and i´m in the same area. The arrow disappears. How can I fix it? How to fix it like questhelper, so the arrow only fades out when u have completed the quest?
Out of date?
For some reason when I go into the addons section of the WoW login screen it says it's out of date, anyone know how to fix this?
Moderator
It's something that needs to
It's something that needs to be edited in the addon's code. For now, just hit "load out of date addons" on your addon selection screen.
where's my arrows?
Hey! I've used the internet guide to level characters, and I was thrilled about the prospect of trying out the addon. I was previously using questhelper and alt+tabbing. I completely deleted questhelper, downloaded tom tom, light headed, tour guide and Wow-pro guide. I am level 34, and I am in the middle of killing elder tigers for tiger mastery. The addon seems to be working fine, save that I have no directional arrows. I have nothing at all showing what I need to do next. I've selected "WoW-Pro Jame's 30-40 Stranglethorn Vale 32-35. Any help?
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Hmm, were the arrows there
Hmm, were the arrows there before and then disappeared, or were there no arrows when you first tried out the addon?
Not having arrows sounds like a Tom Tom problem, possibly. Are you using the Alliance or the Horde guide? If you want, you could try downloading Cartographer, as far as I know it's arrows work great and are a substitute for TomTom, though it's a much heavier duty addon than you may need/want.
Cartographer worked, been
Cartographer worked, been meaning to redownload it anyways since my reformat. Thanks
And just so you know, I'm using the alliance guide, and there were no arrows at all. I also had nothing showing my progress, or where I was on the guide. That all showed up however when I put in cartographer.
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Excellent, glad that worked.
Excellent, glad that worked.