Moncaí's Quest Tracker
I have been developing my modified quest tracker over the past few years. Each time Blizzard updated it's tracker, I updated mine with it. Coded from the ground up again for patch 3.1, I'm releasing it here so others may benefit.
Current features
- Track as many quests as you like!
- Track quests that do not have objectives!
- Persists which quests you are tracking between sessions
- If you quest with someone else who has this tracker, you can track their progress
- Tracker shows levels, colors, is more compact, but still stays true to the original by Blizzard
- Works with QuestHelper 1.x.y, reflecting the order in which to do the quests (version 1.1.17 tested)
- Shift-click a header in the Questlog to toggle the watches for all quests under that header
- Access the new configuration screen by typing /mqt in the chat window
- A few features I have missed
QuestHelper integration
For a successfull integration with QuestHelper, please mind the following things:
- Please use version 1.1.10 or higher of QuestHelper
- Make sure it's enabled in the configuration screen (type /mqt to access it)
- Disable the built-in tracker of QuestHelper, either via it's configuration menu or via the slash command "/qh track" (without the quotes)
Upcoming features
- Even more options!
- Persist Achievements
- Automatically track quests without objectives
Beta, what does that mean?
Oh yes, there will be bugs! Currently working towards a release. If you like, please give it a try, and help me make the addon better!
Feedback
Your feedback is important! Please submit bugreports, localizations in your language and suggestions. Have a problem? Tell me! Like my addon? Tell others :D
Where to post what
- Bug reports, suggestions for new features and improvements: Preferably create a ticket on curse forge
- Comments, questions, praise: Feel free to post right here :D
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r26 | moncai | 2009-08-30 20:27:47 +0000 (Sun, 30 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/v0.1.1-beta (from /trunk:25)
Tagging as v0.1.1-beta
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r25 | moncai | 2009-08-30 20:27:06 +0000 (Sun, 30 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/MoncaiQuestTracker.toc
Update version number to 0.1.1
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r24 | moncai | 2009-08-30 13:02:10 +0000 (Sun, 30 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Configure.lua
M /trunk/Core.lua
M /trunk/WatchFrame.lua
Add fixed-width option for simple mode
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r22 | moncai | 2009-08-24 09:52:36 +0000 (Mon, 24 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Core.lua
M /trunk/QuestHelper.lua
Fix for ticket #3, quest tracker not showing on clean install without QuestHelper.
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r20 | moncai | 2009-08-18 16:04:47 +0000 (Tue, 18 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /trunk/Configure.lua
Forgot to include added file in the commit :$
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r18 | moncai | 2009-08-18 14:56:08 +0000 (Tue, 18 Aug 2009) | 10 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Core.lua
M /trunk/Libs/MoncaiLib.lua
M /trunk/MoncaiQuestTracker.toc
M /trunk/QuestHelper.lua
M /trunk/QuestLogFrame.lua
M /trunk/WatchFrame.lua
M /trunk/localization/deDE.lua
M /trunk/localization/enUS.lua
M /trunk/localization/frFR.lua
M /trunk/modules.xml
- Added a configuration screen, open with /mqt. Includes profile management!
- Verbose messages are now optional, see configuration under "Verbosity"
- A little bit of code cleanup
- Fixed a small error in MoncaiLib.lua print_r
- Minor update to localization. Known bug: configuration screen is not (yet) localized
- New option: Quest Helper integration can be turned on and off
- New option: Hide completed objectives
- New option: Enable/disable quest level shown
- New option: Enable/disable coloring of quest titles in the tracker
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r16 | moncai | 2009-08-11 12:09:15 +0000 (Tue, 11 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Core.lua
Fix typo
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r14 | moncai | 2009-08-09 17:57:34 +0000 (Sun, 09 Aug 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Core.lua
M /trunk/MoncaiQuestTracker.toc
M /trunk/QuestLogFrame.lua
M /trunk/WatchFrame.lua
Now compatible with 3.2.0
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r13 | moncai | 2009-05-27 10:09:03 +0000 (Wed, 27 May 2009) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Core.lua
M /trunk/MoncaiQuestTracker.toc
M /trunk/WatchFrame.lua
Core.lua Fix typo as reported in ticket 1
WatchFrame.lua First start to implement option to change font size of tracker
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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)...
