Cartographer is a modular, lightweight, and efficient framework for manipulation of the world map. It is based on Rock and other libraries of the wowace community.
- Battlegrounds : allows viewing of battlegrounds outside of the zone.
- Coordinates : adds coordinates to the bottom of the world map of the player and the cursor.
- Foglight : Shows unexplored areas on the map. replacement for MozzFullWorldMap or Unexplorer. Much more efficient, though.
- Group Colors : turns all your party's and your raid's POIs into circles colored based on class, and shows a number on them based on their raid group.
- Instance Maps : shows maps of instances.
- Instance Notes : adds boss notes and such to instance maps.
- Look 'n' Feel : allows you to change the transparency, position, and scale of the world map.
- Notes : lets you put notes on the map, similar to MapNotes.
- Professions : automatically tracks herbs and minerals.
- Zone Info : on hovering over a zone, it will show the levels of the zone, the instances in the zone, their levels, and the number of men the instance is made for (e.g. 5-man, 40-man).
TO INSTALL: Put the Cartographer folder, Cartographer_Herbalism, and Cartographer_Mining into
\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\
Wiki: http://wiki.wowace.com/index.php/Cartographer
SVN: http://svn.wowace.com/wowace/trunk/Cartographer
There is a new "experimental" version of Cartographer, called Cartographer3, at http://www.curse.com/downloads/detail.../12701/
r78027 | ckknight | 2008-07-07 18:57:07 -0400 (Mon, 07 Jul 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer.toc
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_Battlegrounds/Battlegrounds.lua
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_Coordinates/Coordinates.lua
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_Foglight/Foglight.lua
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_GroupColors/GroupColors.lua
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_GuildPositions/GuildPositions.lua
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_LookNFeel/LookNFeel.lua
Cartographer - only disable modules if Cartographer3 is hijacking the map.
r77997 | ckknight | 2008-07-07 12:52:29 -0400 (Mon, 07 Jul 2008) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_Battlegrounds/Battlegrounds.lua
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_Coordinates/Coordinates.lua
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_GroupColors/GroupColors.lua
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_GuildPositions/GuildPositions.lua
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_Waypoints/WayPoint.lua
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_Waypoints/Waypoints.lua
Cartographer - Disable pointless modules if Cart3 is detected (GroupColors, Coordinates, GuildPositions, Battlegrounds)
- Implemented a neutral waypoint API if Cart3 is not detected. Note: This API may change and thus is not published yet.
r77300 | ckknight | 2008-06-23 19:00:35 -0400 (Mon, 23 Jun 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_Foglight/Foglight.lua
Cartographer - Disable the foglight module if Cartographer3 is enabled
r77299 | ckknight | 2008-06-23 18:51:02 -0400 (Mon, 23 Jun 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer.lua
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_GuildPositions/GuildPositions.lua
Cartographer - Remove all references to the old CGP format, since we use the standard LibGuildPositions-1.0 and the 2-month CGP phase-out period has passed.
r77298 | ckknight | 2008-06-23 18:42:42 -0400 (Mon, 23 Jun 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Cartographer/Cartographer_LookNFeel/LookNFeel.lua
M /trunk/Cartographer/embeds.xml
Cartographer - if Cartographer3 is detected, disable Cartographer_LookNFeel
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 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)...
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HateHatred saidi tried auto installing cartographer and it said:
Failed to connect to previous instance [Error 00000000]
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mercinary112 saidplease pleases pleaaaaasssee update this
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Ojoo saidQuick question, on 1 of my characters I can right click and report people in BG's but all my other characters it would seem that feature is disabled. Any idea how to enable it?
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WowLance saidDoes anyone know if there is a way to have a list of all the notes one has created on the side in alphabet/ order .. sorta pointless for me to see all the notes in the map when i can't find htem.. I like metamap there on the right and i click and it blinks on the map.. Please help.. metamap longer being develept
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oliverfs saidplz update to patch 2.4.3 ! ;P
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Tiggers1087 saidWhere is the locations of the quest givers? Where can I find something like this? Please help.
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Tiggers1087 saidPlease? Does anyone know a addon to find quest givers?
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mordain2323 saidi get these errors after updating to Cartographer r78027.1, and half the stuff doesnt work, lucky i kept the old version zip files in my personal archive.
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Error: bad argument #1 to 'sub' (string expected, got nil)
AddOn: Cartographer
File: Abacus-2.0.lua
Line: 21
Count: 1
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Error: Cannot find a library instance of Abacus-2.0.
File: ...ns\Cartographer\Cartographer_Waypoints\Waypoints.lua
Line: 273
Count: 1
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Error: attempt to concatenate global 'GOLD' (a nil value)
File: ...bs\SpecialEvents-Loot-1.0\SpecialEvents-Loot-1.0.lua
Line: 72
Count: 1
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Error: Cannot find a library instance of SpecialEvents-Loot-1.0.
AddOn: Cartographer_QuestObjectives
File: addon.lua
Line: 12
Count: 1
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Error: attempt to index field 'L' (a nil value)
File: ...dOns\Cartographer_Treasure\Cartographer_Treasure.lua
Line: 928
Count: 1
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Error: attempt to index field 'L' (a nil value)
AddOn: Cartographer_Vendors
File: addon.lua
Line: 539
Count: 1
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Error: attempt to index field 'playerModel' (a nil value)
AddOn: Cartographer
File: Cartographer.lua
Line: 659
Count: 1
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Error: Tablet-2.0: Bad argument #2 to `SetFontSizePercent' (table or string expected, got nil)
File: ...ns\Cartographer\Cartographer_LookNFeel\LookNFeel.lua
Line: 514
Count: 1
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Error: attempt to index field 'pois' (a nil value)
AddOn: Cartographer
File: Cartographer.lua
Line: 908
Count: Infinite
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Error: attempt to call method 'IsNoteWaypoint' (a nil value)
AddOn: Cartographer
File: Notes.lua
Line: 2703
Count: 3
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lawngnomejack saidHelp! Ever since I installed Cartographer my world map has been small and windowed and I can't figure out how to change it back to full screen, and keep it that way so that I don't have to change it everytime I log in or after patching. Any thoughts?
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GunsForSale saidWow this made my MS go over 7000. And i know because i uninstalled it and it went back to norm 100ms.
What the fuck is wrong with this version.
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Kurokawa41 saidFor some reason, the newest version of this addon seems to have about a million problems. My notes don't show up right (i.e. different icon and in a different location than where I made them), the whole black screen thing (even when I drag the map, I still can't use WASD while the map is up), it's just generally a big mess and I find it near impossible to use. I don't know what went wrong, but I hope this addon becomes useable again
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nate4801 saidcan anyone please tell me why in the world it keeps saying to me in an error box - "Failed to connect to previous instance [Error00000000]" i instaled curse and everything.... i really want this add on please help...
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JasperKazai saidHow do I get rid of the waypoint arrow? When I updated, Cartographer only has like 4 options sections now. The arrow is really annoying, and I don't like it at all.
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starfloater saidThere is an options in the cartographer settings. You can easily click the 'Options' button on your bottom the toolbar and click n 'Interface' there will be a tab there called 'Cartographer' just click on the tab and expand the plus sign and you will see a setting for 'waypoints' uncheck the setting.
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Xaximus saidThe Foglight settings aren't showing up for me, but I'd really like to be able to hide where I haven't been on the maps. Is this a known issue?
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Takaisan saidMy system has started lagging really bad every time I try and pull this up...is there intent to release a post 2.4.3 version of it, or are you still working on it?
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Johnny9r saidI just updated my cartographer and when i open my map i get a black background that takes over the screen. Is there a way to get rid of this black background? I saw somewhere in this thread that someone said shift roll your mouse wheel will get rid of it but I have bound that function to something else and can't find a way to bind it again.
Help I love the mod but it's unusable right now.
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Addela saidYou can actually just drag it a little bit and let go, it'll snap randomly to the top of your page, but it will clear the background.
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VectorDragon saidomg you have no idea how many things have gone wrong with the cart-3 and me, the first time i logged on it said something exploded and ever since then the whole thing lags like hell! in my oppinion it would have been better to just stay with cart-2
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Xena-LaughingSKull saidis there an update coming for this soon or do I need to go find another addon