Simple Quest Counter
What it is...
A Simple Quest Counter (SQC) for Blizzard's default Map & Quests Log. Neither shiny, nor heavy!
If you enjoy using Blizzard's default user interface, and you miss the good ol' counter of quests, then you should consider this minimal add-on. SQC takes normal quests, daily quests and account-wide quests into account. The counter indication appears on the windowed setting of "Map & Quest Log".
Note: SQC does not count quest-like tasks such as open world available quests (i.e. Broken Isles' World Quests or Draenor's Bonus Objectives) or story progress tasks, like in Suramar.
Also note: Blizzard does not strictly define which quests count against the global quest limit. So this add-on is based heavily on the "trial-and-error" approach.
Changelog
v.9.0-7: Don't count Shadowlands Covenant Calling quests against the counter.
v.9.0-6: Count Shadowlands campaign quests against the counter.
v.9.0-5: Minor fixes. Update for UI 9.0.2.
- v.9.0-4: Various performance fixes. Code redesigned to better allow for custom settings at a future update.
- v.9.0-3: Fixed the issue with "Party Sync" panel
- v.9.0-2: Fixed the broken '/sqc' command. In addition, I have added the quest counter in the objective tracker. Your feedback about this feature is more than welcome!
- v.9.0-1: The new quest counter should appear below the quest log in its own frame. The color code for the saturation of the quests is now green->yellow->red. In addition, a new "/sqc" command is available and its a basis for further functionalities in the future.
- v. 9.0-1.beta: I am releasing this pre-work until I finish decorating the quest counter label. :) An undecorated label appears under the quest log and the usual category counters are in-place.
- v. 8.0-4: Fixed serious issue with uncategorized 'War Campaign' quests.
- v. 8.0-3: Fixed various issues about category counters. Refactored code to be more flexible for further fixes and enhancements.
- v. 8.0-2: Added detailed counters per quest category. Removed completely any click interaction. Fixed various issues.
- v. 8.0-1.alpha: Early release for BfA pre-patch.
- v. 7.1-4: Added mouse interaction: left-click toggles the size of the map and right-click shows more quest count details on tooltip. Also, changed the color indication to a three-color version (white/yellow/red).
- v. 7.1-3: Added support for color indication; the counter turns gradually from white to orange(-ish), proportionally to the amount of the quests.
- v. 7.1-2: It is the actual first version of this addon.
Verified to work with:
Problems? Suggestions? Let us know.
In case you have issues (problems, bug, suggestions) with SQC, let us know in our issue tracker.
Also, if you know other map and quest related add-ons that you successfully combine with SQC, we would love to hear about it in our comments section.
SL Prepatch News
I am currently re-working this addon almost from scratch, mostly due to changes Blizzard introduced. This time the counter should not mess with Blizzard's default UI elements. Instead, it will appear as an extra information box. A new command "/sqc" will also be available.
Note: The quest counter is currently visually undecorated. I am working on it. The next release should look and feel a lot better!
BfA Release News
SQC had a serious issue that caused the add-on to fail due to uncategorized 'War Campaign' quests. It is fixed. I will have my attention for any other kind of inconvenience. I suggest you download ver. 8.0-4 (or higher) of this add-on.
Credits
Authoring & Management: Rhetbull, aka Ioannis @ Hellscream <EU>
Consultation: Lightshadow, Astralon
Feedback: Lightshadow, Arezius, Bloodseeker, Astralon
Special thanks to: H0PE for the Mapster experience, sirzooro for the heads-up!
I posted an update to my version on GitHub, apparently I did the quest cap 35 change, but never updated the git. The _G["MAX_QUESTS"] is still not working (why? I have no clue). Just verifying with one other to make sure nothing else changed, and will put in a pull request with author to hopefully update soon.
Sense this isn't being updated anymore; can any one tell me what code to edit so that the text and/or box that appears on the map under the quest log isn't so big?
Or, if there is another simple addon like that that is actually up to date?
In reply to JDM12983:
>> can any one tell me what code to edit so that the text and/or box that appears on the map under the quest log isn't so big?
File 'Settings.lua', line 19:
fontSizeAdjustment = 1
(Originally 1.75, way too big)
For the correct number of max quests, go to 'Quests.lua', line 238, and replace the…
self.maxNumCountedQuests = _G["MAX_QUESTS"] or 25
…simply with…
self.maxNumCountedQuests = 35
(As of today, they still haven't updated their constant.)
In reply to 6mot:
Thanks for the response. I'll test out the font changes; thanks again.
Also, yeah -- I made the change for the quest amount a while back from someone else's recommendations from a while back.
No idea if this addon will automatically increase with quest cap limit but the quest cap was recently changed to 35
In reply to keyboardturner:
It may, I will check it out sometime this weekend to verify, so in the code changing one text should fix it, however it isn't, it could be that Blizz hasn't fixed the full code yet or something else needs to be changed that I don't know right now
In reply to keyboardturner:
it's still NOT active after weekly reset and patch!
also the API command
still returns 25
Ok tested again and the feature is "active" now but all the API scripts still stuck at 25.
So the "Feature" is active but not "finished" yet -> they forgot to update all Client-Side data... ^^
In reply to fuba82:
I have now 31/25 quests, so it seems it's ok.
Next time better check in game to be sure, because the answer for the script can be not updated.
In reply to TeHbZShadow:
yeah...
"NEXT TIME" they better should "fully" update a feature, not just "partially" so also addon creators can make use of them and not just "guess"...
In reply to fuba82:
Temp work around in the Quests.lua file, change line 238 to
In reply to Hyphie24:
yeah... actually i already did :P
but i did this:
so it should also work for classic stuff
In reply to fuba82:
> they better should "fully" update a feature, not just "partially"
I'm glad they only forgot to update that constant, and didn't introduce new bugs with that change. So, for Blizz standards, excellent work, I would say.
*removed since updated*
I'm gonna guess that rhetbull isn't planning on updating this. Seems he hasn't been active at all here since Jan 3 2021. It's a shame, this was a helpful addon, but is now giving 3-4 errors on use. Probably not a huge problem to fix... :( Unfortunately I don't have the programming chops to even consider doing it myself.
In reply to WolfStarbuck:
it really isn't a huge problem, it's one line of code not needed, posted a fix above
Thanks for making this addon. Yours is the only one I've found that actually works in Shadowlands, but I have a small reqeust. Could you please add some options for this addon under Interface > Addons ?
I like what you've done with it being in it's own frame, but I'd like if I could make the frame opaque instead of translucent; I'd like the ability to disable the coloration of the text on the frame (I just want the standard yellow/gold that matches the names of the quests in the list, not red/yellow/green); and I'd like to be able to turn on/off the category counters.
I literally just want the most basic, simple quest counter frame without all of the bells and whistles. I used to use CQuestCounter but that doesn't work anymore, so I've turned to yours as it's the only one I've found that works, but it has a lot of unnecessary features that I have no way to disable. Not trying to sound ungrateful, as I do appreciate the addon, would just love a little bit of customization if at all possible.
Edit: Alternatively, if the options tab is too much work to implement, slash commands could work just as well?
/sqc color -- toggles value-based colours on/off
/sqc opacity x -- sets the frame opacity (even if it just has 5 presets, 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%)
/sqc categories -- toggles category counter on/off
Just a suggestion.
In reply to ZaneBusby:
Very much needs options mentioned by ZaneBusby.
Currently it is more intrusive than it is helpful.
In reply to ZaneBusby:
Very much needs options mentioned by ZaneBusby.
Currently it is more intrusive than it is helpful.
Dear friends,
At last, I've taken some time to review your feedback. I've just released an update that introduces a big change in the logic of the counter. It seems the Shadowlands campaign quests are actually counted against the global counter. Who knew? :D
Stay safe, enjoy your plays and have a lovely new year!
In reply to rhetbull:
Thank you.
That appears to have fixed the issue.