After downloading the latest version, please login and out of all your characters before uploading your file. This will ensure your achievements get correctly recorded.
Localizations have been added, so please feel free to help out with translations!
Description
The purpose of this addon is twofold. Firstly, to help create a database of quests that count towards the Loremaster achievements. Secondly, it displays that information in-game in the quest description.
On quest completion, it records whether or not the quest counts towards one of the Loremaster achievements. The saved variables can then be uploaded to a website in order to build up a list of quests that count towards the achievements (and those that don't).
The more people upload their data, the more accurate the addon gets. By enabling debug mode (/lm debug), you can see how many positive and negative submissions had been made at the last update. Currently, a number of quests have no data, and of the remainder, many have only one or two submissions. This is not enough to give an fully accurate picture, more are needed!
EveryQuest integration
Version 2.0 has major new functionality. If you have both EveryQuest and Loremaster installed, you can use the following functions to enhance them both:
/lm eqignore - Sets all quests that have less positive responses than negative ones - ie that either definitely don't count, or probably don't count - to 'Ignored' status in EveryQuest.
/lm equnignore - Clears the ignore list previously created with eqignore.
What this means is that, if you have run a quest scan and you run eqignore, the EQ window will only show either quests that probably do count, or that have no data, thus giving you a checklist of quests to complete. Pretty cool, eh?
Note that it doesn't ignore quests with no data. If you do those quests, please send me your data so those quests can be ignored or added to the list of Loremaster quests.
In addition, Kandarz has now added Loremaster support to Everyquest. Quests that count for Loremaster will have an [L] next to them in the EveryQuest window, and the tooltip will contain the Loremaster text from the quest log window. Big thanks to him for adding this!
Submitting data
To help, please upload your saved variables file to this website:
http://www.jaffa.f2s.com/The file to upload can be found at
{WoW folder}/WTF/Account/{Accountname}/SavedVariables/loremaster.lua
You could also download a little app I wrote called LoremasterSync which will upload your files and also download the latest data file to the addon.
Notes
Please leave a comment here if you wish to help out with the website or have any issues with the addon.
This is my first addon, and I used EveryQuest for a number of ideas on how to do things. Kandarz has written a great addon there, you should check it out.
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Installation Guide
- Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
- Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
- Windows XP has a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
- WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
- WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
- StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
- Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
- Start World of Warcraft
- Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.
Translations
When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".
TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.
If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
Mac Support
WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.
Directory Structure
World of Warcraft
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.toc
|_ *AddonName*.xml
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
