Jame's Leveling Guide: Addon Version - Updated 12th July
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People have been waiting for years to get my leveling guides in an addon format. And finally here it is.
Our addon will be based on the TourGuide addon, written by Tekkub.
- Alliance: Updated v0.7.0 12/07/2009 [Download]
- Horde: Updated to v0.7.0 12/07/2009 [Download]
Keep in mind that not all chapters have been done yet and that's it's a work in progress, so please have patience. And feel free to contribute!
Links
- Main info page - Updated 12/07/2009
- Bug Reporting
- How to Contribute
- List of works in progress
- Forum Discussion
- Latest News
- Addon FAQ
Leveling Speed
Follow Jame's and Jiyambi's blogs to find out how fast you can level with the addon:
Alliance
The Adventures of Holyjame - Chapter 1
The Adventures of Holyjame - Chapter 2
The Adventures of Holyjame - Chapter 3
Horde
The Adventures of Mokrana - Chapter 1
The Adventures of Mokrana - Chapter 2
The Adventures of Mokrana - Chapter 3
Enjoy!
7th February Update
The leveling addon is turning out to be even more amazing than what I imagined. I'm testing the leveling speed of the addon with a new character I created (a human paladin I called Holyjame).
So far, he's Level 30 with only 19 hours /played !!!
This is done WITHOUT any twinking and WITHOUT any rested EXP bonus. Follow Holyjame's Progress every week on my blog .
Thanks!
Just wanted to give some love for all the work you've put in to the addon version of your guides. I feel that using your addon gives me a huge advantage over anyone any other guide.
Hope you'll continue to post updates. It was a sad day when I finished your Alliance Grizzly Hills section and had to go reinstall Quest Helper.
completed ingame quests
First of all, thank you for bringing all the information on this into a single addon ! *bows deeply*
Second, i was wondering if there is a way to 'remember' the quests you've done when logging on to a different computer.
The following.. When i'v been playing on the desktop, the wife comes home we eat and i grab my latop to sit on the couch and play WoW with ofcourse this great addon.
The moment i log on to the laptop i have to single-handedly selected all the quests i've just been through on the desktop to get to the quest where i was.
I've been trying to do the following:
- desktop >> copy tourguide.lua >> laptop "saved variables" directory
Result is, i ended up with and empty 'no guide selected' message
Hopefull this little story clarifies one another a bit
Is there a way to make this work, rather than copying and playing wow on an external HD or am i missing something ?
Kind regards
the key
Just wanted to share the answer with you all.
Before you start it never hurts to make backups
1. Close WoW
2. For instance, if you're on the laptop. Copy X:\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\\SavedVariables\TourGuide.lua
onto e.g. a usb flashdrive or email it to yourself. (Where 'X' is the drive letter you've installed WoW).
3. Fire up the desktop, plug in the flashdrive and copy the 'TourGuide.lua' to X:\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\\SavedVariables\TourGuide.lua
4. Start WoW and you'll notice that you can continue Jame's guide without having to click every quest which you've just done already on the other pc.
Any chance of a Jame
Any chance of a Jame Zul'Drak, Scholazaar Basin, Stormpeaks and Icecrown version of the addon guides?
Administrator
Hmmm, unless you are using
Hmmm, unless you are using Scoot's addon guides, I am a little worried that you have actually not been using our guides with the addon. WoW-Pro doesn't have any officially guides past Grizzly Hills. So I think you may have been using the default tour guide guides.
All of our guides say "WoW-Pro" in the title. But maybe you already knew this and were just using the tour guide ones to fill in the holes!
As to your question, Jame has been pretty busy in RL lately and hasn't been writing guides. It's possible he'll get some done before the expansion hits, but its more likely that, if he does come back to guide writing, we'll only see Cataclysm guides for a while.
Huh? Most of your answer
Huh?
Most of your answer must be directed to someone else I guess
Either that or you have some serious skills (even though they fail since
I most definately am using the WoW-pro guides) in distance-mind-reading since
you can by no means draw that conclusion from what I wrote...
Anyway, the last part answered my question good enough so I am satisfied for now.
This is a lua file, it is
This is a lua file, it is impossible for it to hack you. If you are using an auto-downloader or opening .exe files, that can possibly compromise your computer. Somehow a keylogger made it's way onto your system. However, the lua file downloaded from this site cannot do anything outside of wow (after you've already entered your password) so there is no way it could have hacked you.
I suggest getting some anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, and also getting an authenticator, to help prevent these type of issues.
Jack,
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email extractor
Administrator
Hah, I guess I just assumed
Hah, I guess I just assumed you meant that you had been using addon versions of the guides and wanted to see paper versions. But now I see that there are several ways to interpret your first comment.
Oh well sounds like you got your answer anyways
Honored Member
Here's a link to my
Here's a link to my guides,if you don't already have them. I have all but Icecrown for the Horde. Alliance side, all but Storm Peaks and Icecrown, but there is an Icecrown guide already in the WoW-Pro Alliance pack. There is a Read Me file included with instructions on how to get them to work, if you need it.
Member
anyone noticed this
anyone noticed this
"Submitted by Jame on Sun, 2010-01-10 21:33"
2010? wtf
Administrator
The front page is organized
The front page is organized by date. As the site administrator, Jame can put any date he wants on things. So this one has a future date to keep it on top since it's important.
Administrator
Nope, even as the site
Nope, even as the site administrator I cannot cheat on dates.
The real reason is: I can time travel!
Trusted Member
O.o
I knew it!
No one could do all this stuff without time travel! Does it really look like a Police Call Box?
Administrator
Police call box in a
Police call box in a DeLorean!
Trusted Member
Great Scott!
It's good to be admin!
On a more serious note, this is my favorite site and it has helped me enjoy WoW even more. You have put in an amazing amount of work, and it is truly appreciated!
Jiyambi has done a great job keeping this site rolling and I love that everyone is willing to help. I hope to have the knowledge to contribute soon, but until then, I'll keep testing.
Keep hitting 88 mph, and whatever else it takes to keep up the good work!
2 computers
Is it possible to use the addon on 2 computers? How do i copy the progress between the 2?
Administrator
Unfortunately, you will have
Unfortunately, you will have to copy+paste your progress every time you change computers. Just copy the your character's folder from the WTF folder in your WoW directory, and paste it into the WTF folder in the WoW directory on the second computer.
got hacked
when i downloaded the guide and all the other stuff for it i ended up getting hacked from it any thing happen 2 anibody else?
Administrator
This is a lua file, it is
This is a lua file, it is impossible for it to hack you. If you are using an auto-downloader or opening .exe files, that can possibly compromise your computer. Somehow a keylogger made it's way onto your system. However, the lua file downloaded from this site cannot do anything outside of wow (after you've already entered your password) so there is no way it could have hacked you.
I suggest getting some anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, and also getting an authenticator, to help prevent these type of issues.
Auto-check?
Hey!
I really like this AddOn, use it to level all my alts. However, whenever I accept a quest, it also checks turning it in & the progress (for example: kill mob x at location y). This way I cant use the arrows...which is very annoying and basically takes out the use of the AddOn. Anyone know a way to fix this?
Thank you in advance
Gratch - Thunderhorn EU
Administrator
This happens because you are
This happens because you are checking off a step you have no actually done yet. Tour Guide gets really confused when you do this, and checks off the follow ups to it as well, assuming that since the quest is not in your log, you must already have done it. If this is NOT the case, please let me know if there is a specific quest giving you trouble or is it all of them?
Basically, try being sure to allow Tour Guide to automatically check off the quest accept step after you get the quest, rather than checking it off yourself. If it still is doing what you describe, or doesn't automatically check off the accept quest, it means there is either something wrong with the coding or you are somehow accepting the wrong quest (perhaps the wrong step in a chain). Please give us some more details about what's going on and I'll do my best to help
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Thanks for your reply.
In this case, I accepted the quest ''Mudrock Soup and Bugs'' in Dustwallow Marsh 38-40 (Alliance), however the progress has already been checked, even though I am steps ahaid of that phase of the guide. When I scroll down I see that 2 other quests, and this one, I am on now as well are also already turned in..even though thats near to te actual end of the guide.
Any ideas?
Thank you again,
Gratch
Administrator
Hmm, unfortunately I'm not
Hmm, unfortunately I'm not very familiar with the guides and/or coding on the Alliance side. Has it done this with other quests, or are these three the only problems? My advice for now would be to try uncheck the completed steps, and if that doesn't work just be extra careful to open the guide and complete each step for this section. It *shouldn't* be doing this as long as you are allowing it to auto-complete the quest accept steps, and hopefully the next section of guide will not exhibit this issue. Sorry I don't have more helpful advice
Ok then, I'll just have to
Ok then, I'll just have to deal with it. Thanks for the effort anyway.
Trusted Member
A possible reason for
A possible reason for this...
Many quests in the guide are tagged (part 1) (part 2) etc, which isn't recognized as the quest name. So you pick up a quest, it doesn't quite match up log vs guide, and perhaps...
Just a thought. I'm not sure if that's the reason or not. I just had it happening with what's listed as Rise of the Silithid (final) in the Alliance Azshara 51-52 chapter.
Copie?
From the looks of it I think this site "www.teamidemise.com/index2.php" might be selling copies of James leveling addon.
I CAN NOT! confirm it since I'll never buy any leveling guides tho the screen shot shows a guide very similar to james.
Exalted Member
Idemise are ok, no worries
Idemise are ok, no worries there. They've had many other guide versions in the past, and quite a few leveling guides have been put into TourGuide format lately.
Trusted Member
They ripped off the guide
They ripped off the guide many years ago (back in Classic), but I'm not sure if they've changed it since then. Probably.
Exalted Member
I doubt anyone would rip off
I doubt anyone would rip off a freebie, no matter how good it is.
Exalted Member
Well, maybe this does not
Well, maybe this does not belong to this page, but I've recently started a Dreanei, and I'm going through Snowflake's Guide 1-12, and so on to Sven's 13-20 Guide, etc.
So far, I'm level 12 with 3 hours 40 minutes /played!!
Things that could be reason to why I was 'behind' Holyjame's leveling speed where:
I will start working on Sven's guide today
Addon co-ords
Great addon and an excelent guide loving it
(6days /played at level 70 with my new Enhancement Shaman)
Just like to point out... that for the Thassarian quests in Borean Tundra, the arrow points you to the wrong place... while the lightheaded co-ordinates appear to be correct...
Also seems the co-ords for a few quest starters are missing.... so far i've just had to click them as checked and move onto the next one hoping that they're not part of a big chain.... (XP hasn't really been a problem due to this... although I suspect having 20% increased XP from BoA gear might be helping there)
Trusted Member
Update?
Is there any ETA for guide updates? This version is a few months old now... is the project inactive?
Edit: BTW - I just submitted a bug report for the 1-12 Draenei guide. I see now I was not using a WoW-Pro guide. Please nix it!
Administrator
Updates
Jame's been away on RL stuff for quite a long time. I'm in email contact with him, and he keeps saying he's coming back, but I'm not sure when. I actually had three people message me about him this weekend. I sent him an email asking him to post some sort of news update on the site explaining what's up.
Horde Guide
The horde guide for levels 42-43 Stranglethorn Vale has a problem with the Bloodsail Buccaneers quests (parts 4 onward) -- seems to be skipping a couple of parts, screwed me up pretty bad
Absolutely fantastic
Jame,
I've addicted to leveling, and so far have 2 80's, several 70's, and I just started a new hunter a couple of weeks ago. I've been using one of the more popular leveling guides (which isn't free), and I was getting tired of the repetition, so I decided to install your addon guide, and I can't tell you how angry I am that I wasted money on the paid guide. Yours is SO MUCH BETTER! It's so simple to set up, and all the quest stacking makes sense and is easy to follow. The toon I'm currently working on with your guide is lvl 62, and I've been getting 200K experience/hour! Really amazing work. Thanks so much for putting in all the time and effort.
You rock!
P.S. I created this account solely to let you (and everyone else) know that your guides are simply the best. Thanks again!
??
I just installed the add on (including all of the others needed to run it), clicked the link it said to and it says "out of date" (I'm talking about the actual Wow-Pro one) under my add on screen on WoW. Does it say that for everyone or is there a different download I was supposed to use?
Administrator
It says that because I
It says that because I haven't gone in and updated it to say it's up to date with the new patch. It is, however, up to date, you'll just have to check "Load out of date addons" for it to work.
Thanks for the quick reply
Thanks for the quick reply Jiyambi. I was afraid you'd say that, since I've been using the wrong guides and will now have to manually check the quests I've completed. Ah well, now I will know for future reference. Keep up the great work.
Administrator
Unfortunately this happens a
Unfortunately this happens a lot
We've tried various ways of fixing it, but it seems that no matter what we do, someone is unhappy or still uses the wrong guides. So no worries, you aren't alone, and sorry for the mix-up!
Hey Jame Thanks for the
Hey Jame
Thanks for the addon to the tourguide. I've been using it for quite a while and love it. Not sure this has been answered yet, after the 3.2 patch when opening the guides, it shows |WowPro with author, zone and level in the top half, but the bottom half just shows zone and level. What is the difference between the top half with |Wow Pro and the other bottom half guides? I wasn't sure which one to use. Thanks for your answer.
Administrator
The ones that don't say
The ones that don't say WoW-Pro are not from this site, and were not written by Jame. They are guides that come with the addon Tour Guide (which we didn't write - we just use it to bring our guides into the game).
Basically - use the guides with "WoW-Pro" in the title, unless there isn't a guide for the zone you want (such as Sholazar or Storm Peaks).
Minor Glitch
In the Grizzly Hills section of the guide addon, whenever it sends you to talk to Samir (ie, for the quest turn ins for Troll Season and Filling the Cages), the waypoint that gets sent to TomTom is *way* off.....it is putting the waypoint somewhere off the coast of Howling Fjord.
This may just be an issue with my machine, but it is always setting that waypoint to the exact same place.
Revered Member
Faction?
Which faction, Alliance or Horde?
James
Alliance. It actually seems
Alliance.
It actually seems to do it with several of the quest giver/receivers in that little camp in Granite springs (notably Prigmon).
Thanks for the awesome guide!
Revered Member
Thanks!
I'll check into that the next time I'm questing in Grizzly Hills.
James
Help Please
Just recently, my addons for the Horde and Alliance leveling guides stopped working. Whenever ever i enable them, Tour Guide doesn't even show up. I checked to make sure everything is up to date. But now every time i log on with the Wow-Pro Guides enabled i get an error message. Help please.
Revered Member
Post Error
Please post the error message. That will help us track down the problem.
James
Does anyone know how to make
Does anyone know how to make the TourGuide status frame (the one where the objects are shown) bigger? I'm using a small UI scale, and it's the only thing I can't read.
Administrator
I'm not sure this is
I'm not sure this is possible, but if it is it would be somewhere under the interface options for Tour Guide.
Missing Addons
Hello,
Since 3.2 came out I've found out some Alliance guides are missing. All addons with an authors name are missing, and Alliance LvL 35 is missing from the list I am following (no author). It has 34 with Desolace, then skips to 36 in Stranglethorn.