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Pete Dunlap

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Dec 11, 2009, 10:23:29 AM12/11/09
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Boy, they really botched up the addons good with this update. I
really really really really miss Cartographer! The default map in WoW
really sucks. Is there anything else that works and is even close to
Cartographer? Or is anyone going to fix Cartographer so it works (it
does run but the "you are here" arrow shows up in the wrong place)?
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Thomas Jespersen

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Dec 11, 2009, 2:36:38 PM12/11/09
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I like Mapster, but it doesn't have all functionality which is in
Cartographer. One of the missing functions is waypoint arrows which I
got via the "Tomtom" addon. Mapster is fully updated for 3.3 including
the quest-helper functionality.

Burt Johnson

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Dec 11, 2009, 3:47:23 PM12/11/09
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Thomas Jespersen <jesperse...@gmail.com> wrote:

Cartographer works fine. Just use the "load out of date addons"
checkbox.

I thought it was broken at first too. For some reason, the first day
after the update, all my addons were flagged as up-to-date and were
loading normally. Then the next day they got flagged as out of date and
no longer loaded. I went a day thinking Cartographer was broken, until
I thought to check addons again and found them all red and disabled.

Checked the magic box, and suddenly all my functionality was back --
including the waypoint, which is the most important part for me.

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Peter Knutsen

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Dec 11, 2009, 9:24:06 PM12/11/09
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Burt Johnson wrote:
[...]

> Cartographer works fine. Just use the "load out of date addons"
> checkbox.
>
> I thought it was broken at first too. For some reason, the first day
> after the update, all my addons were flagged as up-to-date and were
> loading normally. Then the next day they got flagged as out of date and
> no longer loaded. I went a day thinking Cartographer was broken, until
> I thought to check addons again and found them all red and disabled.

I use a map coordinates add-on (Mapcoord, IIRC) and while it can be
loaded via the checkbox, it is now broken, and reports the wrong
coordinates, at least of the mouse cursor. This is obviously because of
the changes "m" map.

Map coordinates may not be all that necessary now, with the new map, but
I've been scumming the Darkmoon Faire all week (earning nice gold), so I
can't know before I resume questing, on Sunday.

> Checked the magic box, and suddenly all my functionality was back --
> including the waypoint, which is the most important part for me.

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Urbin

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Dec 12, 2009, 10:41:12 AM12/12/09
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I found that Cartographer hasn't been updated in a long time. I have always
gotten blank maps for Wintergrasp and since the Tournament patch also for
Hrothgar's Landing.

On some chars I get the position arrow in the wrong place, for some chars it
is correctly placed. Not somethign reliable.

I have the following requirements for a Cartographer replacement:
- it must suport map notes and be able to import my CartographerNotes notes
- it must support scaling, alpha and fog of war removal
- it must support Gathermate display

So far I have not been able to substitue the world map with Carbonite and
get it to show Gathermate nodes displayed. Can anyone tell me how to do it?

Or can anyone else suggest an alternate addons for the world map?

Cheers
Urbin

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Polarhound

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Dec 12, 2009, 12:33:35 PM12/12/09
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Pete Dunlap wrote:
> Boy, they really botched up the addons good with this update.

No they did not "botch up" the addons.

It is not a requirement for Bliz to make sure that addons work,
especially after a patch. It is the other way around.

If your pet addon is no longer working and not being updated, time to
find a new addon.

Pete Dunlap

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Dec 12, 2009, 6:14:21 PM12/12/09
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I did do that. Cartographer brings up the map, but the "you are here"
arrow is in the wrong place, at least on Azuremyst Isle. I'm in Azure
Watch and Cartographer shows me just outside the Exodar.

Da 4 Horsemen.

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Dec 12, 2009, 6:22:58 PM12/12/09
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On Dec 12, 3:14 pm, Pete Dunlap <none...@your.biz> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:47:23 -0800, b...@mindstorm-inc.com (Burt
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> Johnson) wrote:
> Watch and Cartographer shows me just outside the Exodar.- Hide quoted text -
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My cartographer also doesn't work..doesn't show shaded areas that I
have not yet explore, and doesn't show map points. Tried
reinstalling. The way point works ironically, but I don't use that
too often.

Burt Johnson

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Dec 13, 2009, 4:53:31 AM12/13/09
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Pete Dunlap <non...@your.biz> wrote:

> I did do that. Cartographer brings up the map, but the "you are here"
> arrow is in the wrong place, at least on Azuremyst Isle. I'm in Azure
> Watch and Cartographer shows me just outside the Exodar.

I just found that tonight too. Worked fine for awhile, but now is lost.
Trouble started when I died and went back to my corpse, but I am not
100% positive that was the trigger, since another toon is lost on the
map too.

Rob Wynne

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Dec 18, 2009, 4:05:18 PM12/18/09
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s/find a new addon/learn how to program in LUA/

There, I fixed your post for you. :)

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