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This project is abandoned and its default file will likely not work with the most recent version of World of Warcraft. Whether this project is out of date or its author has marked it as abandoned, this project is no longer maintained.

CARTOGRAPHER HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR 3.3!!!

DO NOT CREATE BUG REPORTS SAYING IT IS BROKEN!

There are no plans to do any major bug fixes for Cartographer (v2 or v3). If there is an update it will only be a minor fix. (It has already been this way since at least 2008.) Cartographer(v2) uses an outdated framework that will not be updated in the case of major breakages so Cartographer(v2) would require a complete rewrite. Neither of the two main developers (Ckknight and Arrowmaster) have the time nor desire to do this currently. Occasionally a new version might be released to include fixes made by other developers or new versions of embedded libraries.

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.
Zone Info : on hovering over a zone, it will show the levels of the zone, the instances in the zone, their levels, and the group size the instance is made for (e.g. 5-man, 40-man).

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Posted Dec 10, 2009
The v3 sucks a lot.. i hope that somebody with a brain will update this to work with 3.3

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Posted Dec 10, 2009
What kind of idea was it to go over to v3 anyway?
The author should be atleast HALF WAY capable of telling if an addon has any use or not. It seems that its not the case here. Many fans of the addon protested against v3 and thats why i said that it has been stated a half million times that it lacks every freaking feature cartographer v2 had.
v2 was perfect as it is. Offered an unmatchable amount of information in the blink of an eye. Including raid members under attack, class of raid members, then we didnt talk about shading and blending, resizing to fit next to anybody's taste.

v3 looks cool and thats ALL there is to it.
Its as useless as trying to get to the local store using google freaking earth.
Im astonised that the author is uncapable of grapsing this fact and forces v3. Seriously what the f***?

Also i support the petition, this addon is one of the essentials and should be continued under every circumlance. v3 is a failure and obivously only newbies stick with it that would have fun at puzzling even with their map alas bejeweled.

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Posted Dec 11, 2009
You're an idiot.

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Posted Dec 10, 2009
ut doesn't work with 3.3
all messed up
looks like crap

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Posted Dec 10, 2009
When you open your map, in the lower right-hand corner uncheck the box that enables the display of quest objectives. I'm using Cartographer and it's working fine as long as that option is unchecked.

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Posted Dec 10, 2009
Something I might point out to people: while they comment that Cartographer is officially dumped, and Cartographer 3 is now the place to go... Cartographer 3 hasn't been updated in just as long as Cartographer. So that alone makes it a non-option.

I'm personally with people on Cartographer. C3's interface? I tried using it, and I'm not all that interested. It's a memory hog that, while looking cool, slows me down. Maneuvering for me was too awkward with the style. I just wanted a simple map that was linked in with my other AddOns (Gatherer et all) and Cartographer was perfect.

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Posted Dec 10, 2009
Last comment on this from me is:

Ditch V3 - no-one likes it - so basically working on it is a waste of time and energy

Work on Updating this Version - as it is 'Loved and Cherished' :o)

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Posted Dec 10, 2009
Re: If you are experiencing any issues
"Is the addon showing up as "Out of Date" and you're using Windows Vista? "
it says go to: C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft
This is wrong - there is no such Folder

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Posted Dec 10, 2009
IF Cartographer was being up dated I could understand the DONATE bit - but why would we Donate if it is not being updated? I did try Cartographer 3 and cannot understand Why it even exists - really it is Awful - this First Cartographer is one of the Best Add-Ons EVER - Please Update it - after all if you are going to spend time on 3 - Which is Not popular at all - then surely it would be better to go back to this one and update it and Not 3 - 3 should really just go in the Recycle Bin

Would be good if Blizzard just took note of the amount of people that use Cartographer and make amendments to their Map - although it could never replace the beauty of Cartographer

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Posted Dec 9, 2009
This may be abandoned, but it can be made to work with patch 3.3. With the map open, uncheck the "Show Quest Objectives" checkbox in the bottom right corner. I haven't noticed any problems since doing that.

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Posted Dec 10, 2009
I tried that but it didnt work for me.Its especially the notes that doesnt work for me.I hate the v3.It destroyed all addons i am using!

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Posted Dec 9, 2009
i swear to god if they aboandoned this ima make a petition!

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Posted Dec 9, 2009
Petition won't help in this case. It's a question of finding a programmer who wants to support it. If it were easy to develop and maintain something as useful as Cartographer 2, anyone of us would do it. It takes knowledge of the coding language used, and - even if no new features are added - a dedication to keeping up with the modifications necessary to stay compatible with each patch that Blizzard releases.

There are a fair number of lua coders out there but very few with the abilities of C.K. (not knocking Arrowmaster or Moncai, who both have addon projects of their own). And unless you live with your parents, the requirements of school or living expenses - especially in this economy -cause those who have ability to prioritize where they allocate their time.

I'll give Mapster a try and I'll keep checking in case someone else manages to keep C2 operational.

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Posted Dec 9, 2009
I think it's kind of funny that Cartographer 2 is being abandoned, seeing as it's the #2 most popular addon on wow.curse.com! Surely someone wants to take it over?

I also don't like the look and feel of Cartographer 3.. yet I can't find a popular / supported map mod. Does anyone know of a good map addon out there?

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Posted Dec 9, 2009
Mapster http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/mapster.aspx

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Posted Dec 9, 2009
So if C2 is not getting updated and C3 is not an acceptable alternative on the feature set, what map addon do is recommended that is most like C2?

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Posted Dec 9, 2009
No offense to anyone who has posted here recently, but those of us who have been using Cartographer 2 (C2) for a while knew this day was coming for a long time. When C.K. started Cartographer 3 (C3), we knew that he planned to kill C2 at some point. The problem was - and is - that C2 and C3 approach mapping in different ways, and C2 has features that C3 does not - or at least did not the last time I looked at C3. Each version has fans, and it certainly seems as if more people use C2 than C3, but who really knows?

Add to that that C.K. said - quite some time ago - that he was going to be spending a lot less time coding addons for WoW, and you get to where we are today.

What puzzles me is that I thought that C.K. had enlisted other authors who preferred C2 to continue support and development of the C2 addon. That does not seem to be the case. What we need now is for someone to step forward to take over C2 code development - someone who wants to do it because he/she prefers C2's way of doing things to C3's.

And if that doesn't happen, we should discuss what people think is the second best Map addon and throw our support behind that. All I know is that it isn't C3.

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Posted Dec 9, 2009
Hi,

look at wowace to update cartographer.

http://www.wowace.com/addons/cartographer/

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Posted Dec 12, 2009
That was an "alpha" update by me to fix two (load on demand) issues with it in WoW 3.2. Not WoW 3.3. It wasn't anything more and I'm not an author of Cartographer. Cartographer appears to be dead.

Switch to Mapster + HandyNotes for notes (& various HandyNotes modules). Both functioning in/updated for WoW 3.3 without problems.

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Posted Dec 9, 2009
Cartographer 3 is a large amount of crap and this has been stated a half million times.
Its flashy, you can spend a half hour zooming in and out, trying to find your own house it like google earth, but it lacks every freaking feature that a map has to have.

A map is supposed to offer as much information on first glance as possible.
As in not f***ing around with it for 3 hours zooming around, dragging, faping, pushing it in your nose and below.
Cartographer v2 was unbeatable in this while v3 fails at it utterly. Its not too much to say that its completly useless as a map addon.

If v2 wont get an update then thas how far this add goes v3 will die off along with it because its useless.

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