WoW-Pro Leveling Addon (Old)

LocalizationI’ve used Lib Babble Zone and some of the translations provided by Tekkub. This should allow the addon to work properly on most clients. Everything will still be written in English, but for mapping and auto-completion purposes, the addon should be fully functional.

I’m not releasing it officially until I can get a few people to test it, however. You can find the beta files on our github site, here: [url]http://github.com/downloads/Jiyambi/WoW-Pro-Guides/WoWPro%20v1.0.1.zip[/url]

If you run WoW in a non-english client, please consider downloading and trying this out 🙂

Okay update. I just did theOkay update. I just did the 1-5 section of the BE guide with no problems.

I’m thinking 1 of two things might be going on. First, it could be a class or race specific issue since there are class and race quests there. What class/race were you? I played it as a BE mage and had no issues.

Second, do you have the guide set to enable resize? At the moment, if the guide is resized too small to display the full step, nothing will display. Try changing to manual step number, or resizing the guide larger. In the future I’m adding code to keep this from happening, but for now just make sure the window is large enough for you to see the step.

In short: no. ZygorIn short: no. Zygor requested that we remove the old addon because it was based on Tour Guide, which he now owns.

Let me experiment and see if I can duplicate your issue, if it happens so early in the BE starting area it should be easy for me to test, and I can see if I can get it fixed for you 🙂

Is there a way to get a holdIs there a way to get a hold of the old add-on? The new one doesn’t work for me. Once I get so far into the guide, the steps fail to show up. For the Azuremyst Isle, the guide got gobbled up around step 21, and for the blood elf starting area, it stopped working after the 3-4th step. I’ve tried both re-downloading and deleting the settings out of the saved variables folder, and neither have helped.

The arrow has been behavingThe arrow has been behaving oddly for a few people, though I haven’t heard of it actually completely disappearing and not showing back up before.

Thank you for being detailed with what guides you were using and where you were in them. Just glancing at the guides, I don’t see a problem in their code, so I think the code I am using to feed the coordinates to the arrow might be malfunctioning.

I don’t know what to tell you for now. Let me know if it changes at all. I’ll be looking into this part of the code in depth so hopefully that will produce a fix, but it won’t be right away 🙁

Disappearing arrow?My arrow doesn’t show up! When i first got this addon i was leveling with a friend and was level 2 at the time. Then, when he left, I went onto one of my alts; A Troll shaman and when I took the quest “dark storms” the arrow disappeared! So i went onto my level 27 tauren warrior And selected stonetalon mountain 27-28 guid, and the Arrow never appeared! Confused about this, I created a new character, an undead priest and the arrow only stayed untill I completed “A rude Awakening” and then just disappeared Please help me with this problem!!!

Hmmm, could be a holdoverHmmm, could be a holdover from Lightheaded, could be something lost in translation, since these guides were mostly converted by an automatic tool one of the contributors made. I’ll try to get these fixed if someone has time to do so, but the errors may just end up being left there. Unfortunately we aren’t prioritizing fixing errors in the 1-60 guides at the moment, since they’ll be wiped out in Cataclysm.

Issues with Horde guidesI’m not sure if it’s a coding issue, personal preferences, or something that hasn’t been fixed from Lightheaded, but in the Searing Gorge guide, the towers you’re supposed to burn weren’t coming up as waypoints, just the coordinates in the notes.

Also, when I clicked “next guide” to go into the Un’Goro guide, it didn’t do anything, so I had to manually click on it.

Finally, At the start of the Un’Goro guide, the Hearth to Org and fly to TB were already marked, and the waypoint for “Bone-Bladed Weapons” was set to Un’Goro, and not Org. Maybe they’re the “Set to”, instead of “use/fly to”.

It should be PnP, I’ve neverIt should be PnP, I’ve never seen the issue you are describe. I assume from what you said that you see a guide list and guides there, and you see a window, but nothing loads into it? It silently errors out, no error messages?

One thing I might check – if you used our old addon, make sure to delete any WTF files pertaining to WoW-Pro. I’m really not sure how this could cause the problem you are describing, but it’s worth trying.

Unfortunately I really am not sure what I can do to troubleshoot the problem you’re having – I know it’s not something that happens to me or others I’ve talked to. Try disabling other addons to see if there might be a conflict.

Is there a solution?I assumed downloading that this was PnP, I select my guide and click Okay and no quests or any information loads into the new window.

I’m betting you saw theI’m betting you saw the 55-60 death knight guides at the bottom of the list and thought they were the highest level guides available. If you scroll up, just above those you’ll see the 60-80 guides.

I really don’t know whatI really don’t know what would cause this, I haven’t had it reported by anyone else. Let me know if you get any errors when this happens or anything else that might help me solve the problem, unfortunately at the moment I just don’t know enough about what’s happening to do anything about it 🙁

Tradeskill guides areTradeskill guides are planned 🙂 I apparently forgot to add them to the list of future modules, though. Oops! Will add them now 🙂

I see what you mean now I see what you mean now 🙂 I’ll see what I can add. And I’ll look into the click to quest log thing, not sure why it’s not working 🙁

RE: RE: Suggestion response…[quote=Jiyambi][list][*][b]Current Guide Panel[/b] – We hope to allow guide scrolling in the main panel in the future, which might help. Also, someone gave me the code to fix the bug where it sometimes doesn’t open to the right page, but I lost it 🙁 I’ll have to hunt for it again, completely forgot about that. Believe it or not, this is Blizzard’s code’s fault, not mine 😀 [/list][/quote]

This I’m not surprised on, many of my other add-ons also do this. I think it has something to do with the sub-option menus being closed, if they’re open/fully expanded then it works fine.

[quote=Jiyambi][list][*][b]Open quest log by clicking the quest step[/b] – Did you try this? It’s already been implemented, but it’s possible it’s not working properly. Left-clicking should open it.[/list][/quote]

Yes, I tried left (and right) clicking the quest step itself. It does nothing. 🙁
Also the check boxes seem a little small to me. Is there anyway to re-size those? I’d personally like them about the size of the icons on each step. Or maybe make them another color? The seem to blend in with the background a little bit, especially when the guide is on a darker background.

[quote=Jiyambi][list][*][b]Step wrap[/b] – Get me a screenie, since I’m not sure exactly what you mean.[/list][/quote]

Here’s your screenshot.
[img]http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/Cirily/WoW/wow-pro-steps.jpg[/img]
See how it just puts an ellipsis at the end… this only happens if the step is too long and the guide window is too small. There is no way to SEE the whole text unless you open the guide. This makes longer instructions harder to read. If the text for the step wrapped to a second (or even third) line it could show the whole text. Or if the guide window would auto-size to the line length, but that option would only be best for when the Manual Step Number option is checked.

Sometimes if the step is too long for the window it won’t display anything at all.
[img]http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c291/Cirily/WoW/wow-pro-guide.jpg[/img]
Checking the mouseover notes option you mentioned below resolves this, but it’s not a default option, see below.

[quote=Jiyambi][list][*][b]Hovering tooltip[/b] – already implemented, check display options 😀 [/list][/quote]

Oops musta missed that. It resolves the issue above tho, or at least one of them… Now having an option to display it on the left or the right of the list would be great.

[quote=Jiyambi][list][*][b]Auto-hide in combat option[/b] – good suggestion, will add at some point. For now, if it gets in the way, you can double-click the titlebar to hide.[/list][/quote]

Ooh that’s pretty slick. Hmm, maybe my next guide will be a how-to/tips and tricks for the guide itself. Well, after I get the Voidwalker costume done for the Penny Arcade Expo this year…

[quote=Jiyambi][list][*][b]Racial Requirements[/b] – Just like in Tour Guide. Just use a |R|Your Race| tag when writing the step into the guide, obviously replacing “Your Race” with whatever race it is. Some of the current guides aren’t using them where they should, but the functionality IS in there.[/list][/quote]

Would this be something to submit in a bug report, or is this just something of a more personal preference?

All in all I’m very impressed with the guide. It has a lot of display options that the old TourGuide didn’t. I really like that the fonts themselves can be re-sized.

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Hi, i’m a new user, but i’veHi, i’m a new user, but i’ve been a constant reader, and i thought it was about time to make a account. And i have been using Wowpro, and so far its GREAT, but i got a suggestion of a wowpro extra addon, like the tradeskill guides, but you just add them into the wowpro addon, and it show’s you coordinates for areas that got the items you need, and a list for what you need, and stuff like that, would be awsome 😀

If wishes were fishes, a genie would give you 3 fishes !( i know its typo :D)

ok atm i cannot run your leveling guidesidk if its me but everytime i try to play your addon crashes my client and i have no other addons non-blizz

your addon WTFPWNS my wow clientwell atm i think i have a solution cause the blizzard addons could be corrupted cause i did something stupid but atm anytime i try and run wow pro and tomtom alone as addons they crash my client

Probably due to a lack of aProbably due to a lack of a |Z| tag, will look into it 🙂

Wrong waypoint in the 28-30 guide for Thousand Needles (Horde)One of the last quests of the guide, Sacred Fire has a quest turn in waypoint that is wayyyy off. Like, it shows up outside of the Thousand Needles map, into Hillsbrad Foothills, when the turn in is actually in Thunder Bluff.

Otherwise, great =).

Great jobLong time ghost and user of the tourguide version. Have been trying Z’s addon lately but like this one better, even at this early stage. Logged in to my 71 alt and it knew exactly where I was up to. Works like a charm. No bugs so far. Like the clean interface too.

I have guides that bring meI have guides that bring me up to 80, horde side when I use your addon.

What guides are you using?What guides are you using? Keep in mind that the arrow may not be present for a lot of turn in and accept steps because we are still converting the guide files over, and we are not using LightHeaded anymore for those steps.

The arrowMy Tomtom arrow dont show up at all.

Hmm, that’s strange. ThereHmm, that’s strange. There should be guides up through level 80. Alliance or Horde?

Happy to help outI’ll be giving this a run through in Hellfire Peninsula with my DK. I’ll let you know if anything pops up

add on levelingMy leveling guide does not show any guides past lvl 60- i think? Will James horde guide for dragon blight be added soon?
love everything you guys have been doing? Would never be as far as I am without you guys. Thanks

New Addon ImagesAdded up to date images displaying some of the nice features of the addon 🙂

thanks :DOk thanks Jiyambi :]
I was nervous about which I should use..so thanks for clearing that up!
I’ll start using it immediately, lol.

Yes, the old one isYes, the old one is outdated.

This is a replacement.

It will catch up *roughly* to where you are, though you’ll need to select the guide that you are currently on. Basically the addon checks what quests you have completed and checks all of those off, but a couple of steps might not automatically complete.

Is it worth it? Definitely. There are a TON of new features and you’ll need to switch over for the Cataclysm guides eventually anyway since we’re not going to be writing them for the old addon anymore.

Ah, this is probably aAh, this is probably a holdover from when we were using Lightheaded for these things. It’s probably a guide file issue then and not a mistake within the addon’s code.

Since IC won’t be getting destroyed in Cata, hopefully we can get someone to correct those steps soon 🙂

Urdui, I’ll respond to eachUrdui, I’ll respond to each point:
[list][*][b]Current Guide Panel[/b] – We hope to allow guide scrolling in the main panel in the future, which might help. Also, someone gave me the code to fix the bug where it sometimes doesn’t open to the right page, but I lost it 🙁 I’ll have to hunt for it again, completely forgot about that. Believe it or not, this is Blizzard’s code’s fault, not mine 😀

[*][b]Open quest log by clicking the quest step[/b] – Did you try this? It’s already been implemented, but it’s possible it’s not working properly. Left-clicking should open it.

[*][b]Step wrap[/b] – Get me a screenie, since I’m not sure exactly what you mean.

[*][b]Hovering tooltip[/b] – already implemented, check display options 😀

[*][b]Auto-hide in combat option[/b] – good suggestion, will add at some point. For now, if it gets in the way, you can double-click the titlebar to hide.

[*][b]Racial Requirements[/b] – Just like in Tour Guide. Just use a |R|Your Race| tag when writing the step into the guide, obviously replacing “Your Race” with whatever race it is. Some of the current guides aren’t using them where they should, but the functionality IS in there.
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Thanks for the suggestions, glad to hear you are enjoying the guide 🙂

What should I use? 😕
I’ve been using the [im assuming] outdated? wow-pro leveling addon..
Is this release a replacement?
If so, will it be able to catch up with where I am on the old addon?
And, is it worth it? Or should I stick with the old one?

Loving this!Yay I’m loving the new add-on… very smooth. There are some possible future features I’d like to see now that I’ve had a chance to play with it.

The ability to open the current guide in a separate window by clicking/right clicking the title bar, or perhaps the frame. Sometimes when I ask it to open the current guide from the drop down menu it will just open the add-on options window only. Also have the option to open the quest log by clicking/right clicking the current quest step.

I’d like to see the longer step text wrap. When the guide is re-sized small, or resizing is turned off because the manual step number option is checked, the window will be too small to see the whole step and sometimes even the note below. Having an option to put the notes in a hovering tooltip could be another option.

The ability to hide the whole thing while in combat I think is a suggestion I saw earlier when it was still in alpha stage…

Are there options to designate quests with specific class or racial requirements? I know particularly in the 1-12 range guides the short “this is a flight point” quest chains are race specific, so if you take a human to Dun Morogh you won’t be able to get the “Honor Students” quest and the chain that follows it. It would be nice if the add-on skipped over these steps…

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Alliance.

And after someAlliance.

And after some more playing, I’ve noticed that I get a few arrows, mostly on active steps (go kill this, click this…).

Where I am really missing the arrows is when I am told to pick up a new quest, but there is no tooltip saying who to go to, and no arrow to point which camp the giver is in.

Thanks again.

I have the same issue, forI have the same issue, for me it’s alliance.
Will try other zones later.

yes i have bothyes i have both

Hmm, are you certain you’veHmm, are you certain you’ve got both WoW-Pro AND WoW-Pro Leveling?

Horde or Alliance? Let meHorde or Alliance? Let me know and I’ll check out the guide file and see what I can find.

Thanks Gzou!

Another userThanks Gzou!

Another user from WoWInterface has already got me started on making a localization file for this. I’ll also add the option to turn off that error message, or perhaps automatically turn it off if the translation is not available with a warning on start up that the coordinates may not be correct.

Thanks Ralpb! You inspiredThanks Ralpb! You inspired us to get started on it, so I’m glad you are pleased with the final (ish) product 🙂

We are still going to add a lot to it, but I think the next thing I will work on is a guide recorder/editor.

ive installed the addon andive installed the addon and i have tomtom, yet i cant select any guides. the guide list doesnt show up.

Awesome Job!Awesome job on the addon! I’ve already used it for 3 levels on my Mage and it works great. There aren’t any bugs I’ve experienced yet.
Great job!

WaypointsHey guys, thanks so much for the new addon! I love the cleaner look.

One issue I’m having is that I am not getting waypoints with the guide for Icecrown. I don’t know if it is an issue with the guide or if there is something stupid that I am doing to mess it up 😛

I have tried both Carbonite and TomTom, (yes, the setting to emulate TomTom is checked in Carbonite).

Just wanted to see if anyone else was having this problem, and if so, how it was fixed.

Thanks again for the awesome guides!

Zone names on non EN clientsI am currently testing it on a French client. It works wonder so far, safe for the “Zone not found. Using current zone” message that appears after each completed step (commenting the line #30 in the WoWPro_Mapping.lua file works fine to prevent it from being printed).

I was wondering if something could be done to localize the names of the zones without rewritting all guides for a specific language? Otherwise, could an option be added to hide this error message?

Thanks for all your work, your guidesof this site were already incredibly helpful, but this little addon is utterly full of win.

The addon in the currentThe addon in the current version is really great. I tested it out quite some hours now since you’ve released version v.0.12 but didn’t find much bugs at all.

Keep up the good job!

Not that addons can be usedNot that addons can be used in the beta yet anyway…..one of the 1st things I’m going to try and find out off a GM, who wants to bet againist the answer being “soon” 😀

We are signed up for a keyWe are signed up for a key from both Curse and WoW Interface. At the moment, the key font has run dry – Blizzard hasn’t awarded any addon-related keys since July 22nd. We can only hope they award more soon.

CataclysmSince you now are hosting the addon on wowinterface and curse, is it possible to get the addon contributors beta keys?

Addon – v1.0.0 – ReleaseNew version of the addon is available for download here, on github, WoW Interface, and Curse! Download links in the above article.

[b][u][SIZE=16]Current Version: 1.0.0 – Release[/SIZE][/u][/b]

Bug Fixes:

[list][*] Core addon and module are now independent
[*] Core addon libraries now load correctly (can be loaded without errors if no TomTom)
[*] Quest tracking text will no longer sometimes remain after the guide has moved on from that quest
[*] Quest tracking objectives will now update while in combat. However the main guide will wait until after combat to update.
[*] The LUA error caused on start up with some guide files should no longer occur – this had to do with a error in the optional quest code.
[*] The Profiles option pane will no longer conflict with other addons – it has been renamed “WoW-Pro Profiles”
[*] Guide now checks your zone on load, as well as when entering a new zone
[*] Steps should no longer get “stuck” – this was due to an error in the loop skipping optional and hidden unsticky steps.
[*] Waypoints will now correctly reset when steps are completed while in combat.
[*] Getting a flight point will no longer cause a LUA error.[/list]

Enjoy!