Due to API changes that were brought out, solely to counter the sheer amount of people getting silenced/banned because of other addon developers rather removing reports about bugs, then to resolve them; most rare addons lost a lot of their functionality.
With Shadowlands no longer allowing most of the dynamic functionality around sharing rares through addons, we stopped with active development of this addon.
It still works and is updated for 8.3, but that is all there will be.
If you want a proper, actively developed addon for finding rares, the (by far) best one out there is TomCat's Tours.
TomCat's Tours will also be actively developed in Shadowlands! Go download it at:
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/tomcats
Im assuming this addon is dead? No update since January
In reply to Snackyy23:
It's updated for the 8.3 patch, but ye, with the end of 2019 API change due to other addons spamming too much (and getting thousands of people silenced or banned...) and with Shadowlands even putting a total stop to rare addons like this, we stopped active development for new features.
If you want a proper rare addon that most likely will keep its functionality in shadowlands (as it focuses on different things then ours did), I suggest TomCat's Tours.
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/tomcats
By far the best addon out there that is still in active development!
Also, TomCat is a great guy who actually listens to his community which makes the addon even better!
In reply to AzerPUG:
Thank you! I’ve used TomCats for a while. I saw someone using your addon in game and came to check it out. Sucks to hear about the API changes.
In reply to Snackyy23:
Not much we can do about it, sadly. But Blizz is adding some native-wow things to share locations of rare in Shadowlands, for what I have heard. So that would be a good new thing :D
New version of the addon went online today!
Please remember this is a BETA-BUILD, there might be flaws.
Report them in our discord in the #RareUtility channel and we will try to fix them ASAP!
Thank you for downloading and using our addon!
In reply to AzerPUG:
Thank you for bringing this out so quick. It works, which is by far the first priority. All those other addons focused on how great they looked. But none of them work. This one looks shit... Sorry. But it works.
I am a fan of it! Have been for a while and this way, I will stay a fan for a long time.
Thank you for getting us a working addon!
Due to some recent API changes, there is a lot of errors going around. We are aware of the problem and although some of our replies below state that we don't know when we have the time for it, we managed to get some openings in our schedules to fix some of the issues ASAP.Due to some recent API changes, there is a lot of errors going around. We are aware of the problem and although some of our replies below state that we don't know when we have the time for it, we managed to get some openings in our schedules to fix some of the issues ASAP.
Our lead addon developer assured us we would have a working version very shortly (today; depending what your timezone is). Keep an eye out, we will have a proper, working, non-spam update onto your Twitch shortly.
Keep in mind, we are currently in the process we call "Triage", which is literally, fix what needs fixing first. This will mean not everything works as intended or at all by the time we have our first update. We ask you for a bit of patience while we compensate for these issues.
We would also like to clarify why Blizzard made these changes.
First off, NO, this was not something they fucked up. This was a deliberate choice.
Second, NO, this was not a bad choice by some intern, this was, sadly enough, the right call. Some addon developers rather delete bug and silence reports then fix their products. This more or less forced blizzards hands to prevent those features in the API to cause these issues. The negative side effect is that addons like AzerPUG RareUtility used the same features in a proper way (we never got any one silenced with our addon).
In reply to AzerPUG:
Yeah, been tweeting you couple times re: issues (tried to message via your discord, logged into it but it doesn't allow messages to be left?)
My issues currently: AzerPUG has stopped announcing rare deaths (checked toggle & re-toggled to make sure), & now also "Interface action failed because of addon" when targeting rare (thus sometimes won't announce).
Thank you for all you do, LOVE this addon, & hard to do rares without :D
In reply to dilvishthedamned:
Sadly enough, due to the lack of skill and willingness to work on their product, other lack-luster addon developers forced blizzard to make changes in the API. As such, many great features can not return, as their functionality was plain and simple, removed entirely.
That sad, we are working on making this as functional as is still possible to support the WoW players, as well as some other QoL addons.
Sorry for the late Twitter response, with the addon having to be rewritten and some of us being extremely busy with having a life (dafuq is that?) we are slightly 'understaffed' at the moment. Our Discord would be the best way to contact us. If you can't see any channels try the '!accept' and the '!wow' commands. (You do "accept" our rules then as well, so keep that in mind :P )
In reply to AzerPUG:
Thanks for the responses here & on twitter. I totally understand life & short staffed. It is a real shame other addon creators caused this functionality to be removed from blizz's API...hopefully we can get some of the goodies back. That !accept command worked & has allowed me access to chats. Thanks!
the addon isnt working anymore
its not announcing stuff anymore
In reply to lvll:
From https://twitter.com/deadlybossmods/status/1176685822223011842
In reply to bsolar17:
that would explain why my rarity isnt announcing shit aswell anymore so i guess addons have to whisper you now or wont that work aswell?
In reply to lvll:
After other addons spammed hundreds of times, because the author wasn't fixing the bugs (it also got hundreds upon hundreds of people silenced, because of extreme amounts of spam). Blizzard decided to fix the addon issue at their own end as a workaround. Sadly enough, that does also means addons like ours, no longer work.
This is what happens when hobby programmers delete bug reports and claim they don't exist instead of fixing problems which they do not understand.
As such, most of these great addons will not be able to do their work, until they work around the issues now presented to them. We are currently working on 2 other Quality of Life addons for the WoW community, that is why we have not been bringing out much updates for this one recently. However, we are working on a workaround and will hopefully have a working version with you shortly.
Once our lead programmer finds some more time, you should also keep an eye out for our other addons ;)
Edit: New version probably coming today! Read the other messages!
In reply to AzerPUG:
Thanks for all your hard work. And yes it sucks that the bad folks are always the reason for Blizzard having to restrict functionality (although, would it have hurt them to reach out to the offending addon authors??? All hail King Ion and his heavy-handed rule)
Again, thank you. We look forward to see what you guys come up with next!
In reply to dblanch369:
You (and every one else) are most welcome.
I'm seeing an issue where the mod doesn't work in Mechagon when I take a flight point here but the one time I flew here manually the moment the zone changed to mechagon the windows with rares list popped up.
EDIT: not sure why I did not think about it sooner, waiting on rustfeather and I randomly decide to reload ui, that brings it up.
In reply to Tenaka30:
Very few people seem to have an issue like that still. Not sure why. I fixed it for most people, but seemingly not for all.
I have tried to look into it but thus far can not find the issue. But I will continue trying, of course :)
For the time being, sorry that you have to work around it by reloading :(
That's what I'm doing. Thanks for getting back to me :)
In reply to dblanch369:
I have tried to look into this, but have been unable to locate the problem thus far. When testing it, it shows up when zoning in, but doesn't get hidden when zoning out. Which is peculiar because this is handled by the exact same function. When I call it manually in game through a script, it works fine. So it should work...
I will look into it more, of course, but just figured I would update you as well :)