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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 Whether this project is out of date or its author has marked it as abandoned, this project is no longer maintained.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 Cartographer(v2) uses an outdated framework that will not be updated in the case of major breakages so Cartographer(v2) would require a complete rewrite.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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_ForgeUser85993
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Posted Jan 20, 2010
Oh And I've been meaning to bring this up, but that fan update of Cartographer I've torrented includes updated LibRock files. So if anyone has been waiting for LibRock 3.x compatibility for a while, ahhh there it is! Enjoy.

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Posted Jan 20, 2010
It's a shame to see such a wonderful addon come to an end. It's a beautiful piece of work with seamless intergration that I have used from the very beginning of when I discovered addons.

Although, everything must have an end.

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Posted Jan 19, 2010
Or do we need to still do Asagron tweaks below?
if so he says type certain things like "at the beginning of line 371 add "--[[" with no quotes". Do you expect me to count every line to 371? or is there a easy way of doing it??

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Posted Jan 19, 2010
just throw it in there. No manual adjustments needed, hence the term 'update'

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Posted Jan 20, 2010
Would be nice to have a download location without having to install a software first. Rapidshare or something would be nice ...

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Posted Jan 19, 2010
ElrickEnonimis,
Do we need to do any tweaks or just throw them in the addon folder??

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Posted Jan 18, 2010
Hi,

i tried to fix cartographer how Asagron told: Asagron said Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2010 19:15:24 (4 days ago) (post from Curse)

@MrDreamers ---- cartographer.lua ---- at the beginning of line 371 add "[[" with no quotes. at line 385 add a - in front of the --[[ just to make sure our block comment doesn't end prematurely. at line 398 remove a ] from the --]] again to make sure our block comment doesn't end prematurely. at line 1070 add "" at the front of the line to comment out that line, don't use quotes...do this again at line 1074

- ~~notes.lua~~ - ~~goto line 1810 change the whole line "frame:SetFrameLevel(9)" to "frame:SetFrameLevel(WorldMapFrame:GetFrameLevel() + 20)" don't add the quotes.~~

at the end of notes.lua add the following block starting on a new line:

"function Cartographer_Notes:PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD(...) rotateMinimap = GetCVar("rotateMinimap") == "1" end "

don't put the quotes in. If you are not sure how to jump to a specific line simply open the .lua file in notepad and press ctrl+g to open the goto box allowing you to go to a specific line.

Hope that helps! --------------------------- I use notepad but i can´t use ctrl+g to go to a specific line. I count manually the lines and comment the lines out. After next login i get a bunch of errors.

I only want to use cartographer + questobjectives + questinfo. Mapster is the latest v. 1.3.4. I use the german client.

Hope, somebody can help me out.

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Posted Jan 18, 2010
Hi,

i tried to fix cartographer how Asagron told:
Asagron said
Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2010 19:15:24 (4 days ago)

@MrDreamers
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cartographer.lua
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at the beginning of line 371 add "--[[" with no quotes.
at line 385 add a - in front of the --[[ just to make sure our block comment doesn't end prematurely.
at line 398 remove a ] from the --]] again to make sure our block comment doesn't end prematurely.
at line 1070 add "--" at the front of the line to comment out that line, don't use quotes...do this again at line 1074

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notes.lua
---------
goto line 1810
change the whole line "frame:SetFrameLevel(9)" to "frame:SetFrameLevel(WorldMapFrame:GetFrameLevel() + 20)" don't add the quotes.

at the end of notes.lua add the following block starting on a new line:

"function Cartographer_Notes:PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD(...)
rotateMinimap = GetCVar("rotateMinimap") == "1"
end "

don't put the quotes in. If you are not sure how to jump to a specific line simply open the .lua file in notepad and press ctrl+g to open the goto box allowing you to go to a specific line.

Hope that helps!

I use notepad but i can´t use ctrl+g to go to a specific line. I count manually the lines and comment the lines out. After next login i get a bunch of errors.

I only want to use cartographer + questobjectives + questinfo. Mapster is the latest v. 1.3.4. I use the german client.

Hope, somebody can help me out.

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Posted Jan 18, 2010
in notepad... View -> Status Bar. And presto at the bottom is a line number that corresponds with where your cursor is...

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Posted Jan 20, 2010
also, try Notepad++ (Google it). it's freeware and is a much better version that the standard Windows Notepad.

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Posted Jan 23, 2010
You have to disable Word Wrap before it will let you turn on Status Bar.

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Posted Jan 17, 2010
pfff when will they update it ? :(

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Posted Jan 17, 2010
So far never again which is quite sad considering the large following this addon has come to have over the years. I love Cartographer 3 and haven't found anything on par with it yet.

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Posted Jan 15, 2010
update coming soon :)

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Posted Jan 15, 2010
good... does it fix the prob were you cant open and close the map when fighting?

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Posted Jan 16, 2010
pleaaaaaasssseeeee DO!

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Posted Jan 22, 2010
do you mean we will be able to continue using cartographer like old times without disabling 1/3 of it to keep it error free ? :)

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Posted Jan 15, 2010
So sad! I LOVE love LOVE loved this app! I loved being able to track where I've mined, gathered herbs etc. Oh sad times indeed. This was always my all time fav.
/begupdate

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Posted Jan 15, 2010
GathererMate or simply Gatherer will also do this for you.

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Posted Jan 14, 2010
With the authors apparently not continuing this fantastic mod, here are a few suggestions for replacements of most of Cartographers features:

Mapster (simple configuration of the world map, also highlighting of unexplored areas and coords)
TomTom (waypoints) --hosted by WoWInterface.com
HandyNotes (with its various plugins for questgivers, venders, mailboxes, ect.)
MapNotes (allows notes to be added to the world map)
Atlas (instance maps)
Cromulent (zone info)

Hope this helps someone.

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