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
oh boo. I liked yours, and I don't like TomCat's with all its bloat. I wish you would reconsider.
In reply to dblanch369:
You should consider communicating that with Tom himself, he is extremely open minded and maybe is able to write a light version? (That is not a promise, that is a suggestion!)
The reason I won't have to reconsider is that most of the functionality will work even less by Shadowlands, and part of the functionality will be native in shadowlands. Making rare-hunt addons less useful.
Thanx for the support though, I appreciate that a lot :)
Check out our other addons, we are making several utility addons with optional modules!
https://www.azerpug.com/addons
Hi dblanch369:
Can you help me understand what you're considering to be bloat and what issues you've encountered to think so? I'm always looking to improve things, but this is truly the first time I've heard anyone's say my addons are bloated. I'm not offended - just curious. Hop on by my discord https://discord.gg/T7qXXSt or Twitch https://twitch.tv/TomCat if you'd like to have a voice in where I head with development!
I know this addon isn't being developed anymore but I was wondering if the Post Chest part of it still works or how it works?
Thanks for all your work on this addon.
In reply to Wrathlan:
It used to work that you just post your own location to the chat, and it was up to the player not to abuse that. The planning was to make it so that you needed to be within X yards of an actual chest to make it work, but I never got around to that.
I would honestly not be able to tell you if it still works or not. I assume it does, since it was a basic post own location to chat function, but no guarantees!
In reply to AzerPUG:
Thanks for the reply, I use it next to chests and nothing happens, woulda been a very cool feature but still an awesome addon.
In reply to Wrathlan:
Thanx for your kind words. I urge you to try out TomCat's addons. The functionality he has got not tainted by the API updates and he is still actively developing, and also will do so in Shadowlands!
If you are an active Raid/M+ player, check out our newest addon: AzerPUG-InstanceUtility
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 Forge_User_56921100:
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?