Archaeology Helper

Last Updated: Oct 30, 2016 Game Version: 7.1.0

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Dec 17, 2010

Owner: oscarucb

Archaeology Helper accelerates your surveying by providing triangulation on a Heads-Up Display (HUD)

Survey then press green, yellow or red button to add new sector to the HUD and narrow down the position of your fragment
HUD optionally includes GatherMate2 pins showing possible fragment positions, further accelerating the process
Shows Dig Sites on Battlefield Minimap
Keybindings and various settings

How to use

Go to dig site, Right Click last button (spade) to show HUD and Left Click to cast Survay. Then ROTATE YOUR CHAR, BUT DON'T MOVE in the needed direction and press colored button according to Survey result. Move to other location, do same again.
It is strongly recommended to use in conjunction with GatherMate2, which will show all previous or imported dig-points on the HUD. When using GatherMate2 jump onto fragment before gathering! GatherMate2 data accuracy depends on that. Minimap zoom buttons also zoom the HUD display.

Controls

Left Click main window to move it
Right Click main window: opens config

Left Click on colored button: adds new sector to the HUD
Right Click on colored button: temporarily hide/show that color

Arrow button: undo last sector

Left Click spade: cast Survey
Right Click spade: show/hide the HUD
Middle Click spade: open Archaeology window

Use "/arh" or "/arhcfg" for command line help

HUD

On the HUD you can also see player arrow in the center and very small red circle that represents survey success range. And ofc all colored transparent overlapping areas that were set by you with colored buttons.

How to help

Bug Reports and Feature Requests - bug reports in comments will be deleted
Translators Needed! Apply localization here

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xuomi
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#408 xuomi

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Posted Mar 27, 2018
As of March 27, 2018, I can no longer activate this addon. Now when I hover over it in my addons list, it says:

Dependencies: Blizzard_BattlefieldMinimap.

I haven't disabled anything involving Blizzard files.

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Jedasa
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#407 Jedasa

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Posted Mar 4, 2018
Getting this error:

1x Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1096: bad argument #1 to 'cos' (number expected, got nil)
[C]: in function `cos'
Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1096: in function `UpdateConsPositions'
Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1135: in function `UpdateCons'
Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1715: in function `Arh_HudFrame_OnUpdate'
Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1806: in function <Arh\arh.lua:1802>
[C]: in function `Show'
Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:99: in function <Arh\arh.lua:97>
Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:175: in function `ToggleHUD'
Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1532: in function `Arh_MainFrame_Init'
Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1424: in function <Arh\arh.lua:1414>
Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1433: in function <Arh\arh.lua:1431>

Locals:
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "number expected, got nil"

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Sunstringer
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#406 Sunstringer

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Posted Oct 7, 2017
I've noticed after the last update that most of the time when I enter and then leave combat the interface will disappear and I'll have to reload or run out of the digsite and back in. Happens pretty frequently. Every 1-3 adds I kill.

Last edited by Sunstringer: Oct 7, 2017

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Posted Aug 8, 2017
I keep getting this message.

Message: Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1096: bad argument #1 to 'cos' (number expected, got nil)
Time: 08/08/17 05:33:26
Count: 1
Stack: Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1096: bad argument #1 to 'cos' (number expected, got nil)Interface\SharedXML\SharedBasicControls.lua:204: in function <Interface\SharedXML\SharedBasicControls.lua:203>
[C]: ?
[C]: in function `cos'
Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1096: in function `UpdateConsPositions'
Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1135: in function `UpdateCons'
Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1715: in function `Arh_HudFrame_OnUpdate'
Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1806: in function <Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1802>
[C]: in function `Show'
Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:99: in function <Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:97>
Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:175: in function `ToggleHUD'
Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1532: in function `Arh_MainFrame_Init'
Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1424: in function <Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1414>
Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1433: in function <Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1431>

Locals: errorMessage = "Interface\AddOns\Arh\arh.lua:1096: bad argument #1 to 'cos' (number expected, got nil)"
DisplayMessageInternal = <function> defined @Interface\SharedXML\SharedBasicControls.lua:187
MESSAGE_TYPE_ERROR = 0

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kingfriel
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Posted May 25, 2017
First off, I absolutely love this addon!

Without this, I would never have taken the time to actually grind my archeology skill with the default ui. I really hope it continues to be updated for current content!

Thank you for making such a wonderful addon.

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maxchang9
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Posted Feb 17, 2017
Thanks for such a Fantastic UI, but there are some possible improvement i would like to add.

Lets say I am surveying a new dig site with no gather mate history. What i do was:

Survey->add sector with the right color accordingly -> fly into the sector-> survey a second time -> fly to the overlapping zone-> narrow the are until you find the fragment.

There are 2 problems i'm facing here,

1st: the color sector is approx. 90 degree, which is roughly 1/4 area for all possible fragment.

2nd: when u got multiple color sector on screen, it could get really messy.

So my suggestions are the following:

1st: instead of making a sector, make it a full circle, and if possible, exclude the area that aren't within the dig site (unable to survey)

2nd: When you add the sector the 2nd time, ONLY keep the overlapping zone (were the fragment lies). Other marked zone will be automatically erased. This will keep the screen clear and less confusing.

3rd(optional): When the buff "standing on it" pop, alarm with music/sound.

That was all, thanks again for the amazing UI.

Last edited by maxchang9: Feb 17, 2017

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prophetik
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#393 prophetik

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Posted Sep 15, 2016
Love the option to mount up on red/yellow - as a shaman though, Ghost Wolf is actually faster and instacast...any chance that could be an option? Thanks so much!

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Posted Sep 18, 2016
Replying here, because I have a similiar idea: any chance of adding an option making use of Nagrand's garrison ability (the one with permament mount)? Also, why is the red triangle so large on the screen (larger than the actual digsite)?

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solitha
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#396 solitha

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Posted Sep 27, 2016
Addons have no idea how large a digsite is, or its boundaries. The markers are simply "it's within this angle somewhere".

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#391 Ambush

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Posted Sep 13, 2016
I only have the small markers on the pop-up map after I collect an item. How do you get suspected node locations to show?

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oscarucb
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#392 oscarucb

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Posted Sep 14, 2016
You need GatherMate2 v1.36.3+, and if you want nodes you've never seen you'll need to import the arch data from Gathermate2Data.

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#388 Aoie

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Posted Sep 8, 2016
Since Legion the pins from GatherMate2 do not show on the HUD, is there a way to fix this?

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oscarucb
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#389 oscarucb

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Posted Sep 12, 2016
I assume you are referring to arch nodes in Legion areas - this was a GatherMate2 bug that should be fixed in GatherMate2 v1.36.3

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#385 Abomz

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Posted Aug 24, 2016
is it possible to create a macro or something that automaticly pops up every color when u use dig instead of haveing to moues click each individual color (the red yellow green thing)

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oscarucb
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#387 oscarucb

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Posted Aug 24, 2016
You can keybind the color buttons, but you have to actually look at the survey indicator in the game world and press the right one. No way around that.

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Posted Aug 19, 2016
Is it possible to mount a flying mount instead of a walking. On old zone that sould be better.

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#383 oscarucb

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Posted Aug 19, 2016
The auto-mount feature (for non-druids) uses the "Summon Random Favorite Mount" feature in the default mount UI. This defaults to using one of the fastest available favorite mounts for the current area. Make sure you add some flying mounts as favorites!

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#379 tassadar7945

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Posted Aug 13, 2016
Loving the mod, but is there any way to get Routes to output to Arh's HUD? I used to use SexyMap's HUD, but it no longer works, and while i can get the nodes from gathermate to show up, Routes will not show up in Arh but will show up on the rest of the maps. If it's an issue with Routes and not Arh, I'll post there, but I'd love to get it to work :D

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#373 Midgetti

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Posted Jul 12, 2016
I LOVE this mod, so sad that it's taken me this long to discover it. Thank you so very much for helping me to be able to enjoy archaeology again.

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#372 machinelf

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Posted Jul 12, 2016
Is there a way to set the keybinds on every character or do you have to set them piecemeal?

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