Archaeology Helper

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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.

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

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katech725
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Posted Feb 9, 2019 #461
I check Twitch for an update to this add-on every single time I launch WoW... it really was handy, and completing a dig site, while obviously still doable, is just not as much fun or quite as easy. I browsed a bit and couldn't find anything, but has anyone happened across a similar add-on that we can use until this one gets updated? I've only seen stuff that makes changes to the UI or categorizes the artifacts, etc. Thanks!

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Posted Feb 22, 2019 #462
2.6.0.0

In reply to katech725:

There's a fixed version that was posted in these comments. It works (using it daily).

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wpMnXxEYVG2LZSaMYNsXSDjBjQerIxZO

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Posted Feb 24, 2019 #463
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Heyyy! Did not realize Namestaken_ had updated their version! When I tried it a few months ago, it just resulted in the same "Dependencies" error, thanks so much for pointing me back to it, Tofke! :) And thanks to Namestaken_ for the awesome fixes.

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Posted Jan 3, 2019 #460
Are there any plans for this to be updated? Feeling lost with out it.

Thanks in advance.

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Posted Nov 11, 2018 #456
Hey all,

Any update on this? It is still saying "Dependencies: Blizzard_BattlefieldMinimap" missing...Haven't seen anything in the comments since Sept. 24, 2018. Would really like to get this going again.

Thanks in advance

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Posted Oct 19, 2018 #453
Sure would like an update to this. There's no other addon like it. Definitely doesn't feel right doing archaeology without Arh!

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Posted Sep 24, 2018 #446
Not working. Demands Blizzard_BattlefieldMinimap but cannot find it. If I remove this dependency, it crooks with 1140: attempt to call global 'GetCurrentMapContinent' (a nil value)

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Posted Sep 24, 2018 #447
In reply to ngorongo:

Further investigation reveals it is related to map API change.
Tried to change to
local oldmap = C_Map.GetBestMapForUnit("player")
local currentContinentInfo = C_Map.GetMapInfo(oldmap)
local oldcont = currentContinentInfo.name

but still cannot find a replacement for GetCurrentMapDungeonLevel()

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ngorongo

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Posted Oct 5, 2018 #448

Got it working:

--- arh.lua	Sun Oct 30 12:04:54 2016
+++ arh.lua	Tue Sep 25 00:19:46 2018
@@ -1094,14 +1095,19 @@
 
 function addon:UpdateConsPositions(player_x, player_y, player_a)
 	local cos, sin = math.cos(player_a), math.sin(player_a)
+	
 	for _,item in ipairs(addon.ConsArray) do
-		local dx, dy = item.x-player_x, item.y-player_y
+		--print(item.x .. "   " .. player_x)
+		--print(item.y .. "   " .. player_y)
+		local dx, dy = item.x - player_x, item.y - player_y
 		local x = dx*cos - dy*sin
 		local y = dx*sin + dy*cos
 		local rot = item.a-player_a
-
+	
 		--item.texture:ClearAllPoints()
+		-- 4000 = too fast
 		item.texture:SetPoint("CENTER", Arh_HudFrame, "CENTER", x*PixelsInYardOnHud, -y*PixelsInYardOnHud)
+		--item.texture:SetPoint("CENTER", Arh_HudFrame, "CENTER", -25, -75)
 		RotateTexture(item, rot)
 	end
 end
@@ -1137,9 +1143,13 @@
 
 local _lastmapid, _lastmaptext
 function addon:GetPos()
-  local oldcont = GetCurrentMapContinent()
-  local oldmap = GetCurrentMapAreaID()
-  local oldlvl = GetCurrentMapDungeonLevel()
+  --local oldcont = GetCurrentMapContinent()
+  --local oldmap = GetCurrentMapAreaID()
+  --local oldlvl = GetCurrentMapDungeonLevel()
+  local oldmap = C_Map.GetBestMapForUnit('player')
+  local mappos = C_Map.GetPlayerMapPosition(oldmap, 'player')
+  local oldcont = C_Map.GetWorldPosFromMapPos(oldmap, mappos)
+  local oldlvl = 0
   local map = oldmap
   local level = oldlvl
   local text = GetRealZoneText()
@@ -1152,14 +1162,18 @@
       WorldMapFrame:Hide()
       flicker = true
     end
-    SetMapToCurrentZone()
-    map = GetCurrentMapAreaID()
-    level = GetCurrentMapDungeonLevel();
+    --SetMapToCurrentZone()
+    --map = GetCurrentMapAreaID()
+    local map = C_Map.GetBestMapForUnit('player')
+    --level = GetCurrentMapDungeonLevel();
+    level = 0
     --print("SetMapToCurrentZone: "..oldmap.."->"..map)
     _lastmapid = map
     _lastmaptext = text
   end
-  local x, y = GetPlayerMapPosition("player")
+  
+  local x, y = C_Map.GetPlayerMapPosition(map, "player"):GetXY()  
+  
   if flicker then
     WorldMapFrame:Show()
     if oldmap ~= map then
@@ -1176,12 +1190,38 @@
 
 function addon:GetPosYards()
   local x,y,map,level = addon:GetPos()
+  
   if x and y and map and x + y > 0 then
-    local id, _, _, left, right, top, bottom = GetAreaMapInfo(map)
+    --local id, _, _, left, right, top, bottom = GetAreaMapInfo(map)
+	--[[local hitrect = C_MapExplorationInfo.GetExploredMapTextures(map)
+	local top, bottom, left, right
+	for key, value in next, hitrect do
+		for k, v in next, value do
+			if k == "hitRect" then
+				for r, t in next, v do
+					if r == "bottom" then bottom = t end
+					if r == "top" then top = t end
+					if r == "left" then left = t end
+					if r == "right" then right = t end
+				end
+			end
+		end
+	end]]--
+  local vector00, vector05 = CreateVector2D(0, 0), CreateVector2D(0.5, 0.5)
+  local mapID = C_Map.GetBestMapForUnit('player');
+  local instance, topLeft = C_Map.GetWorldPosFromMapPos(mapID, vector00)
+  local _, bottomRight = C_Map.GetWorldPosFromMapPos(mapID, vector05)
+  local top, left = topLeft:GetXY()
+  local bottom, right = bottomRight:GetXY()
+  bottom = top + (bottom - top) * 2
+  right = left + (right - left) * 2
+	
+	--[[
     if left == right or top == bottom then 
       -- instanced areas should never be relevant to arch, but useful for testing
       _, right, left, bottom, top = GetDungeonMapInfo(map)
     end
+	--]]
     if left and right and left > right then
       x = x * (left - right)
     end
@@ -1189,6 +1229,7 @@
       y = y * (top - bottom)
     end
   end
+  
   return x,y,map,level
 end
 
@@ -1228,9 +1269,9 @@
 end
 
 local function AddPoint(color)
-        local jax, jay = addon:GetPosYards()
+    local jax, jay = addon:GetPosYards()
 	a = GetPlayerFacing()
-
+	
 	AddCon(color, jax, jay, a)
 	PlaySound(SOUND_ADDCON)
 end
@@ -1404,9 +1445,11 @@
 SlashCmdList["ARH"] = handler;
 SLASH_ARH1 = "/arh"
 
-local function OnSpellSent(unit,spellcast,rank,target)
+--local function OnSpellSent(unit,spellcast,rank,target)
+local function OnSpellSent(unit,target,rank,spellcast)
 	if unit ~= "player" then return end
-	if spellcast==GetSpellInfo(73979) then -- "Searching for Artifacts"
+	--if spellcast==GetSpellInfo(73979) then -- "Searching for Artifacts"
+	if spellcast==73979 then -- "Searching for Artifacts"
 		addon:OnGathering()
 	end
 end
@@ -1707,6 +1750,7 @@
 
 local last_update_hud = 0
 function Arh_HudFrame_OnUpdate(frame, elapsed)
+	-- I'M MOVING
 	last_update_hud = last_update_hud + elapsed
 	if last_update_hud > 0.05 then
 
@@ -1809,4 +1853,4 @@
 	if cfg.HUD.UseGatherMate2 then
 		UseGatherMate2(false)
 	end
-end
+end
\ No newline at end of file

ngorongo

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Posted Oct 5, 2018 #449

And arh.toc too:

--- arh.toc	Sun Oct 30 12:04:54 2016
+++ arh.toc	Mon Sep 24 12:49:25 2018
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 ## X-Revision: $Revision: 109 $
 ## DefaultState: Enabled
 ## OptionalDeps: GatherMate2, LibDataBroker-1.1, LibDBIcon-1.0
-## RequiredDeps: Blizzard_BattlefieldMinimap
 ## X-Embeds: Ace3, LibDataBroker-1.1, LibDBIcon-1.0
 ## SavedVariables: Arh_Config
 ## LoadManagers: AddonLoader

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Posted Oct 13, 2018 #450
In reply to ngorongo:

A few errors still but at least it's working. Thanks a ton!

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Posted Oct 16, 2018 #452
In reply to ngorongo:

This didn't work for me, it shows 'Incompatible' in the game's addon list, and that it's insecure in LoadIT. Loadable, loaded and load on demand are all no, enabled yes.

Given that it's working for Freezy3 I'm sure it's something I did wrong, but I don't know what. I made a copy of arh.lua, then deleted everything out of it and replaced it with your code there, did the same for arh.toc.

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Posted Oct 24, 2018 #454
In reply to Azaram:

same for me

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Posted Nov 9, 2018 #455
In reply to Azaram:

Well it isn't just you. I ended up in the same place with the same error.

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Posted Dec 26, 2018 #458
In reply to Azaram:

Did you straight copy-paste, or did you note which lines were additions and which were subtractions?
ngorongo, it would probably be easier for most if you could put the modified files up for download. However, I don't know licensing well enough to say if that would be permitted.

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Posted Dec 27, 2018 #459
Quote from generilisk >>

In reply to Azaram:

Did you straight copy-paste, or did you note which lines were additions and which were subtractions?

It looked like a 'full' file to me with my pitifully limited knowledge of code, so I deleted the contents of the files, and replaced them with the ones above. From your question, I take it I did it wrong...

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Posted Aug 5, 2018 #444
Quote from nolzi35290 >>

In reply to Namestaken_:

Glad to hear it.

Btw have you managed to figure out what is wrong with the geometry?

Quote from Patsien >>

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Any thoughts on throw your fork up on Github (or something), listing the issues, and perhaps allowing others to help?

In any event, thanks for doing this!

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Great! This thing has spoiled me so much, I don't think I can do archaeology without it. :)

Prejudice182 fixed the geometry issues in the Issue tracker forum and I put it into the drive file. Feel free to let me know as you find more bugs :)

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Posted Jul 23, 2018 #429
8.0 broke it for me. Is there any chance of an update?

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Posted Jul 23, 2018 #431
In reply to Tirasa:

Check out my comment below, I've been working on fixing this addon for BfA. Still plenty of bugs but it's an improvement over nothing.

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Posted Jul 23, 2018 #433
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Great! This thing has spoiled me so much, I don't think I can do archaeology without it. :)

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