About
A simple addon to track resources you gather (herbs/mining).
This is my first addon and mainly just for fun, but I found it useful in Classic since a lot of other similar addons didn't work at the start.
I never planned to make this available for Retail, but figured I'd update it for Shadowlands since someone mentioned it.
Notes
- It doesn't come with pre-loaded database so it will be empty on first use.
- Initial Minimap icon support implemented, but no directional hints yet.
Commands
/tr zonemap (toggles zonemap icons)
/tr minimap (toggles minimap icons)
/tr zonesize n (sets size of zone icons, default is 12)
/tr minisize n (sets size of minimap icons, default is 12)
/tr prof (toggles showing all profession resources, or the default of current professions)
/tr alpha n.n (icon alpha/transparency, from 0.0 to 1.0, default is 0.75)
Classic Only:
/tr autocast (toggle auto cast of gathering after death - default on)
/tr codex (if you have ClassicCodex, experimental use of its database for locations)
Todo
The minimap work was much harder than expected so this first version is just basic icons which will show when a resource is in range of the minimap window. If I get more free time I also plan to add support for directional hints (icons further away but placed on the edge of the minimap for reference). May be other issues I haven't thought about as well.
Bugs
Leave a comment if you notice any issues.
It doesn't, no... but I could look into it. I'm not an engineer so it'll be hard to test/record, but do the clouds always appear in the same spots?
In reply to KindredTwitch:
The clouds are always roughly at the same spot. They just wander around a little bit. For us engineers it would be a great improvement if the addon would also track gas cloud spots.
Does this track engineering gas clouds?
Hey,
I totally missed Rich Adamantite Deposits - I've added that in v0.15 which I've just uploaded.
Khorium though I left out, since as far as I know they are random right? i.e. they spawn in locations where normal nodes spawn, so you can't really track them.
Hey, addon works in tbc pretty well like in classic. But I don't track rich adamantite veins or khorium veins (no chat message/no icon on the map). I am playing on german localisation.
Yep that totally fixed it. Thanks for all the effort of keeping this maintained!
Yeah I think that is related to the texture filtering options (which is causing me other headaches - see comment prior to this).
If you run this command it will revert to LINEAR filtering (kinda looks crisper): /tr filtermode linear
I liked the default mode (TRILINEAR) as it gave a more rounded edge, but I noticed those artifacts too and not sure what causes it.
https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/API_Texture_SetTexture - if you're curious about the filter mode.
Great addon, used it all throughout classic. Other addons had all sorts of issues, this one just worked.
I'm having some problems with the tbc version though... Only the top half of icons are rendering, which makes it a lot harder to see what is where. There's also a frame hiccup that increases more and more depending on how often you open and close the map.
This addon was causing the game client to crash on the TBCC Beta. No error to post other than the debug.txt from the game client which I cannot post here due to privacy reasons.
In reply to justcrushingit:
Yes I reported this as well - apparently on beta builds the TRILINEAR filtering mode for icons causes an assertion error.
It's the default mode I set as it looked a little prettier (gives icons a kind of nicer edge), but I'm thinking it may just be simpler to use LINEAR (the default texture filter when not specified).
If you want to change it just run: /tr filtermode linearLong term I may have to somehow detect Beta builds (or just not have the option and default to LINEAER).
Hello,
Thanks for your work. I have 2 questions.
1- If I made disappeared the icon near the minimap, how can I put it again?
2- Is that possible on the map to have the name of the herb when my mouse goes on it?
Byebye
Hi,
1) I'm not sure which icon you mean - there is no minimap button. If you mean you turn off herb icons on minimap, maybe you can run: /tr minimap
2) Not yet sorry - I don't really have much time to update the addon, but it is something I want to add next when I have time.
Also, is this for Classic WoW or Shadowlands?
Thanks!
In reply to KindredTwitch:
Hey, thanks for the reply. it's for Shadowlands.
I thought there was an icon. So I delete one and I don't know which one.
Any word on this addon being updated for Shadowlands Beta/PTR?
In reply to xasalamel:
Hey - this addon was only ever for Classic as it has static/known node locations that can be discovered/saved. I don't think the spawn logic is the same for live (or Shadowlands) and honestly there's so many really good gathering addons for live that it would feel redundant (at the time I did this one there wasn't a working one for Classic).
Since you've brought it up though I'm happy to at least have a quick look to see what any challenges would be and the amount of work involved. It'll be a few days before I can try but will follow up with feedback.
In reply to xasalamel:
I've had a quick test on the beta and for the most part I think it will be relatively simple fixes/updates - just a few checks to add in for when its running on Classic. I'll see if I can get a version published tomorrow for testing.
In reply to KindredTwitch:
Awesome thanks! I will try testing it today
In reply to xasalamel:
I've published a 9.0.1 version of the addon on here (Twitch client should pick it up soon). It will track most of the ores/herbs in the Beta currently, but I haven't fully tested every ore/herb type yet. There's a lot of stuff different to Classic that I may rip out for a Retail version, but for now I think I have the basic functionality working like it does in Classic.
Hi! Don't want to say "Thank you" after stealing logic from my addon to yours? Or maybe it was just an independent idea?
Hello also, I found improved icons and now have the problem that I see no more icons on the minimap and on the Worldmap when I use said icons.
Is there a way to tie this into your addon?
here the Link to the new Icons that i use: https://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info25462-CleanIcons-MechagnomeEditionClassic.html
and sry for my bad english - i used google translater ;)