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
I love the help everyone is giving, but it is a lot to ask of people to make all of these changes. Here is a copy of the file with all of the changes already made and in working order:
https://mega.nz/#!yxwnDLpC!YKDOjNz98JQtr-Anxma3krX1-2sDnlZXJKOqrSlV0oA
In reply to Fostot:
Thanks! It should work.
In reply to Fostot:
Thank you so much, you have save me
That's the compass under HUD config. Though the success circle does the same thing (but smaller).
For newcomers:
Take the archive from Namestaken_ google drive (somewhere in the comments), then apply Nolzik's changes to arh.lua from post below. Then apply my changes from this post to the same file. This will make it work in 8.2.
Replace the lines with SPELLS\CIRCLE.BLP in arh.lua with...
Line 1711
Arh_HudFrame.SuccessCircle:SetTexture(165793)
Line: 1716
Arh_HudFrame.CompassCircle:SetTexture(165793)
In reply to Ynazar1:
Thanks to all for the help and suggestions. Unfortunately, I've downloaded and installed the updated file from Namestaken. And updated the arh.lua as per your instructions. However, I'm unable to load the addon and test as I am showing a missing dependency in the Addon List. Dependencies: Blizzard_BattlefieldMinimap. Btw, I don't have BfA and I'm wondering if that could be the issue... Thanks in advance!
In reply to locnroc:
Try the version from Fostot above. if its still doesn't work then you're outta luck probably. Sorry.
In reply to Ynazar1:
Thank you! That took care of the dependency issue when loading the UI. Haven't actually had time to go out and test the update as yet. Hope to do so this weekend and will hope for the best.
However it turns out, thanks again Ynazar1, Fostot and everyone else for the suggestions!...
To make the addon from the google drive version to 8.2 compatible, update arh.lua file at line 105 to 110 from:
to:
In reply to nolzik:
Thanks for the fix, issue was resolved from what I can see so far.
Any idea on how to fix the graphical issue being caused (at least for me) where the map circle is now replaced with a green square? Dig locations at the site seem to be moving correctly and the range colors seems to work, but the green square is a bit confusing along with the GYR range colors and the dig position circles. Thanks.
In reply to nolzik:
Thx for the fix!
Minor problem, but I get the following error on login while standing on a digsite:
1x Usage: local position = C_Map.GetPlayerMapPosition(uiMapID, unitToken) [C]: in function `GetPlayerMapPosition' Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1150: in function `GetPos' Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1192: in function `GetPosYards' Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1758: in function `Arh_HudFrame_OnUpdate' Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1850: in function <Arh\arh.lua:1846> [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:1575: in function `Arh_MainFrame_Init' Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1467: in function <Arh\arh.lua:1457> Arh\arh-1.6.4.lua:1476: in function <Arh\arh.lua:1474> Locals: (*temporary) = "Usage: local position = C_Map.GetPlayerMapPosition(uiMapID, unitToken)"
In reply to Ribbler:
You gotta start with the version that Namestaken_ posted from his google drive. Not the official version that's on curse. GetPlayerPosition was changed in 8.0
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!
In reply to katech725:
In reply to Tofke:
Thanks!
In reply to Tofke:
Are there any plans for this to be updated? Feeling lost with out it.
Thanks in advance.
In reply to sporta06:
Releasing a fan update version gets very murky with the curse policies/legalese and Arh license either intentionally or inherently being 'All rights reserved'.
It would certainly be super useful to get it showing up again in the client rather than dealing with a mess of patches on top of Nameless_ google drive fixed copy.
Update: As expected, after trying to spin up a fan update, the moderators have told me that I would express permission by the current project owner to create a new project due to "All Rights Reserved". I'm fairly sure there's no way I can talk myself through that. I've sent a private message to the project owner asking for permission, but I'm fairly certain that I will not get a reply.
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
Sure would like an update to this. There's no other addon like it. Definitely doesn't feel right doing archaeology without Arh!
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)