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| Created On: | Oct. 23, 2006 |
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- About Gatherer
Gatherer is an addon for herbalists, miners and treasure hunters in World of Warcraft. It's main purpose is to track the closest plants, deposits and treasure locations on your minimap.
The addon does not track like a tracking ability does, rather it "remembers" where you have found various items in the past. It does this whenever you gather (perform herbalism, mining or opening) on an item, and records the specific map location in its history. From then on, whenever the item comes into range of being one of the closest 1-25 (configurable) items to your present location, it will pop up on you minimap.
When you view your World Map, you will also see the item locations marked on the particular map you are viewing there.
For more information, please visit us at http://www.gathereraddon.com/
USAGE:
Just use the game as normal. When you gather things, they will appear on your minimap and your main map. If you want to configure the addon, click the Gatherer configuration icon floating around your minimap frame or type /gather options.
CONTRIBUTING:
Gatherer is an open source project, and is built upon the donations and the support of the community. To help with translations, please visit http://www.norganna.org/localizer/ To help with Node Name data, please visit http://www.wowwatcher.com/data/ and use the upload client Forums: http://forums.norganna.org/ Bugs: http://jira.norganna.org/browse/GATH
Slash Commands
/gather minimap (on|off|toggle) - controls the minimap tracking functionality
/gather mainmap (on|off|toggle) - controls the world map tracking functionality
/gather dist <n> - sets the minimap tracking distance to this number of units. (in game yards)
/gather num <n> - sets the maximum number of items to display (default=20, up to 50)
/gather herbs (on|off|toggle) - select whether to show herb data on the minimap")
/gather ore (on|off|toggle) - select whether to show mining data on the minimap")
/gather treasure (on|off|toggle) - select whether to show treasure data on the minimap")
/gather options - show the configuration dialog
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stik824 saidOk so let me get this straight, it doesn't look for things like mineral veins or herbs it lets you know if you've gone over and found them?
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Nechckn saidStik824,
In the most simple of terms, Gatherer recalls the locations of all herb, mining, and treasure nodes in the game after you have found them. That allows you to then plan to visit certain locations to find the items of interest to you.
Since the respawning of nodes is a system function, you still must enable the appropriate "tracking" skill, et cetera.
If you lose your data or want a pre-filled database, visit our main site, accessed via http://GathererAddOn.Com/dl/ where you can find a database mined from our friends at http://WoWHead.Com, along with the installation instructions. **As discussed in a previous post, not all nodes will contain an herb, ore, or treasure item all the time- the nodes are randomly spawned by the server, Gatherer simply allows you to visit the locales where such things spawn.
Gatherer and the GatherHUD are extremely configurable- allowing you to display or hide each piece of information available to you. We also provide message boards via http://Forums.Norganna.Org where you can find information, help, and insight from other users and developers alike.
Hope that clears things up,
Nikk
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Crowdcontrol13 saidHey brandweath, just go into your gatherer options, and you can disable tracking for certain things, and im not sompletely sure but there should be a disable all together. There is also options to make the nodes on my map smaller, and to show less around you. Try those solutions =)
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BRANDWEATH saidhello nikk,
i just got this add on i have had it a few days now. im not sure if i like it,the thing is that it shows me where all the herbs are but when i get there its not there making me around with my head cut off. i just cant seem to turn it off.i want to track herbs but theres symbles of herbs every where and i cant see my friends on map either.help
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Nechckn saidBrandWeath,
See CrowdControl's response just above.
The nodes marked on the map and, or, HUD are where the game spawns the herbs and mining items. Those locales obviously do not continually have spawned goods- the game randomly spawns herbs and ore and we have no control over which spawn points the game picks- we can only point them out so that you have a better chance of finding the type of gatherables you want.
Via the options there are numerous settings to determine when and, or, if the nodes are displayed.
Hope you find some combination to meet you needs,
Nikk
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osoma saidHello,
I just downloaded this addon and I think it's probablt the best one I have so far.
There is only one small thing that I think would be nice to add.
It's a search machine for the nodes list. FX I need gold... so now I need to scroll down the whole list but if I had a searcher it would be much faster. well or just being able to sort by: Type, zone or lvl :D
This addon has changed my playing permanently to the better.
Thank you
osoma
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Nechckn saidOsoma,
The sort of functionality you envision actually used to be part of Gatherer but due to some major changes by Blizzard a rewrite was necessary.
Keep an eye on the next few versions for the return of such an ability. =)
Happy Gatherering,
Nikk
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mermaidhunter saidHi,
I am getting the following message when I first log in. I am currently running the most current version of Gatherer:
Interface\AddOns\Gatherer\GatherZoneTokens.lua:125: table index is nil
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Nechckn saidMermaidHunter,
We need the full error, including the AddOn list.
While in game simply enter /swat show to see the older errors to obtain the rest of the information.
Based on only that bit of data, it looks like you are not running the current version, but only with that error text will we know for sure.
As one of the folks down the list commented, the Curse updater was not installing the current version for them. You may want to manually pick the most current version, 3.1.1, from the version list above and see if that does not fix the issue.
If, after doing that, you still see an error, then we will need the full error capture.
Thank you,
Nikk
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Dragonprincx saidHi there, this is my first time getting this addon. Ok quick question: Is Gatherer HUD important to install to my addon list. Because when I open the Gatherer file, there are 2 things: Gatherer and Gatherer HUD. So is Gatherer HUD important or is it ok if I just leave it out. Also right now from what I can tell, this is going to be a good addon.
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Nechckn saidHello DragonPrincx,
You do not *need* to include GathererHUD if you do not wish to do so, but would suggest that you install the module, try it, and then if you do not like it disable it via Gatherer's option panel.
The HUD allows you to see the nodes in a larger area on the screen- which is very handy if you are running around specifically mining, herbing, et cetera. The heat trail will show you where you have been and helps to ensure that you are not missing any of the nodes.
So, you can use Gatherer without the HUD but you will likely find it to be very handy. There are numerous options for the HUD, and Gatherer overall, that are quite self-explanatory, so be sure to read through them once you have installed and start the game. The options are most easily accessed via the SlideBar menu, which is installed by default just below the minimap, along the right side of the screen.
Wishing you plenty of gatherable nodes,
Nikk
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Sieraj saidIn regards to: http://forums.norganna.org/discussion/6787/what-happened-to-the-range-on-the-hud/#Item_13
Any idea of when a fix for the HUD will be available, or is there an easy edit that can be made on the user's end to restore the HUD? In its current form, it's about as useful as bellybutton lint, which is a shame, as the HUD was extremely helpful.
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Nechckn saidSieraj,
As noted in the discussion you linked, there are ways to expand the number of nodes shown, most easily by expanding those shown on the minimap.
As for the issue overall, there is no ETA when or if the range can be expanded with the current implementation. Keep an eye on the release notes here and via http://GathererAddOn.Com - those will reflect any changes pertaining to Gatherer and the GatherHUD.
**Also- since you have found the main forums, please feel free to post such questions there in the future. Though we endeavor to provide support where ever possible, the main forums certainly obtain more attention than these 3rd party sites.
=)
Nikk
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jcseely saidI know the bug that caused the game to freeze when changing zones was fixed. However, it seems that Gatherer is causing my computer to freeze upon exiting WoW. I tried disabling it for a few days and the freezes went away completely. As soon as I re-enabled it, I got a freeze. Do you know what is causing this?
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Nechckn saidJCSeely,
There is nothing that Gatherer does that should cause any issues when exiting- when entering the game, the time needed to load will go up a bit, but that is all. The issue with loading new zones had to do with the way that Gatherer was preparing data for the new zone- basically the opposite of the issue you are having.
Are you running any other AddOns? Does this "freeze" ever not happen?
Nikk
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jcseely saidNikk,
Yes I run lots of addons but it is definitely Gatherer. As soon as I turn it off my freezes go away completely. The freezes only occur when I actually try to Exit the game, not when changing zones or anything.
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Nechckn saidJCSeerly,
Have been looking into a possible link but honestly have not found anything that causes what you are seeing within Gatherer.
Could you try disabling each of your other AddOns to see if that affects the disconnects- this could well be some sort of dastardly interaction between AddOns.
Will let you know if we find anything, please do the same.
Thank You,
Nikk
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Thunderclees saidhello, and thank you for this wonderful addon! have a small issue. had a few WoW crashes that caused me to have to re download my addon, the only one i use is Gatherer. seems everytime i re download, all my data is gone, and i have to start from scratch, all the herb gathers i made arent there in the database. is there anyway to avoid this? maybe something i can do before i re download the mod? ty as always...
Thunderclees
ps- i do have the newest version of Gatherer installed... 3.1 i believe.
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Nechckn saidThunderclees,
The actual data for Gatherer, and all AddOns, is actually stored in the ..\WorldofWarcraft\WTF folder, while the "program" portion is stored in ..\WorldofWarcraft\Interface\AddOns.
If you only updated the mod, the "program" portion, then you still should have the data. We do recommend that folks take the step of backing up their WTF folders regularly, just in case there is ever any issue. With that back up all you would have to do is overwrite the new WTF folder of a new, complete World of Warcraft reinstall.
Note that we also offer a "database" of nodes from our friends over at WoWHead via our WoWHeadDB module- basically all of the nodes throughout the game. To obtain that database, simple visit our main site at http://GathererAddOn.Com/dl/ and grab the GatherDB addon and install that in the \WorldofWarcraft\Interface\AddOns directory. The rest of the importing instructions are linked right next to the GatherDB link on the download page. =)
Happy Gatherering,
Nikk
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drugz saidHey, first of all thanks for the great add on.. but I have one minor issue.
I really enjoy the minimap feature of Gatherer, but I have am starting to get somewhat puzzled as to why this orange-ish line appears on the actual ground setting of the game accompanied by a few herb and node symbols when I toggle on the Mini Map tracking feature. I know this is the issue because upon turning Mini Map tracking off, it goes away.
Here's a picture of what I am speaking about.. just curious if this is supposed to be a part of the add on / what's it purpose.. and is there any way I can remove it?
Picture: http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gathererku5.jpg
Thanks!