Ethan Centaurai

TradeSkillInfo updated for Mists of Pandaria

It’s been a long time coming, but after a lengthy hiatus TradeSkillInfo is back!

The original authors, Dys, Evenue and wmRojer, have all stopped playing World of Warcraft. With a lot of thanks to VirusCamp and CM Titan on Curse, TradeSkillInfo has been updated with most of the new recipes added in Patch 5.0.4 and beyond.

There is still plenty of room for improvement and some changes are planned, but they’ll be discussed in detail in a future update.

For now, download and enjoy the newly resurrected addon. You can find it on either Curse or WoWinterface.

And please don’t hesitate to get in contact if you find a problem. Feedback is greatly appreciated and helps your favourite addons become even better!

Updates, Updates Everywhere

Remember when I said in my previous post that Chinchilla will work without errors?

Well, it turns out I was wrong and a few errors managed sneak past my eagle eyes. However, thanks to my userbase the errors were discovered and quickly fixed. All known errors are now solved and I can once again turn my attention to overhauling parts of the code.

Two other of my projects also received updates recently, but these were simple compatibility fixes for Patch 5.0.4.

Chinchilla Minimap
Recent Changes:

Version 2.5.5

Fixed an error in the Ping module. Thanks to Spiderkeg for reporting it.
Fixed an error in the Location module caused when a SharedMedia font can’t be found.
Removed some redundant code.
Removed pre-5.0 compatibility layer.

Version 2.5.6

Fixed an error with the new LFG minimap button when set to show on mouseover.
Fixed a very silly bug that prevented users from choosing “None” as a border or background.
Removed options for the Battleground minimap button as was merged into the LFG button in Patch 5.0.4.

Download Links:

Broker uClock
Recent Changes:

Version 3.3.6

Updated for Patch 5.0.4.

Download Links:

MogIt Highlighter
Recent Changes:

Version 1.0.1

Updated for Patch 5.0.4.

Download Links:

Curse
MogIt Highlighter is not available on WoWinterface as MogIt is only downloadable from Curse.

Chinchilla Minimap updated for Mists of Pandaria

Patch 5.0.4 is edging ever closer and many people are eager to make sure their customised interfaces will continue to work once the servers come back online.

Today, Chinchilla Minimap joined the ever growing list of addons that will be compatible with Patch 5.0.4 when it hits. Version 2.5.4 and higher will work without errors on all servers, whether they are the post-5.0 beta realms or the pre-5.0 live realms.

You can install it manually from Curse or WoWinterface. However, it will likely not appear as an update in the Curse Client until Patch 5.0.4 actually hits.

If you happen to find any issues with this addon please contact me. I don’t care how, be it via Twitter, GitHub, Curse, WoWinterface or even in the comments here. I read and investigate every message I receive.

As always, a huge thanks goes out to the users of Chinchilla Minimap. It turned four years old on July 10th and has been downloaded over 1 million times.

Focus now shifts towards completely overhauling the Position module, especially it’s horrendous positioning logic. Expect some more updates to come!

I hope you continue to enjoy this addon. See you in Pandaria!

Introducing “MogIt Highlighter”

I am a huge fan of the transmogrification feature added to World of WarCraft in Patch 4.3.0. It offers true customisation of your character, allowing you to choose exactly how you want him or her to appear.

There are a large number of sites and tools to help create some stunning outfits, including the addon “MogIt“. I have used MogIt in recent times to help design some outfits for my own characters but found some of the functionality a little lacking.

Namely, the Wishlist feature.

I’m not saying it’s a bad thing though! I just wanted to do more with it. I wanted to be able to see at a glance if an item was in my MogIt wishlist and snap it up. For instance, my Druid’s transmogrification outfit is comprised mostly of quest reward items. I didn’t want to miss getting the item I wished for, choosing instead something else because it had a higher sell price to a vendor.

Thus, MogIt Highlighter was born.

Here’s how it works.

That’s a nice looking pair of gloves.

These gloves are the Nether-Rocket Gloves, a reward from the quest Breaking Down Netherock in the Netherstorm. These are a unique model and fit my transmogrification outfit perfectly. So, I added them to my MogIt Wishlist.

The gloves were the last item I needed to complete my outfit, so I went over to the Netherstorm to complete the quest and obtain the gloves.

Ooh, shiny.

I can immediately see that the gloves I wanted are here and I can nab them after I complete the quest. I chose a sparkly visual indicator to distract me from clicking something else and miss the item I wanted so much. Maybe in a future update I’ll add an audio indicator too.

Gimme dem gloves!

I hope to support more UI elements in future versions of this addon. Possibilities currently include:

The auction house
Vendors
Professions
Personal inventory (bags, bank, etc.)
Loot windows

I hope this addon will be useful to you. It is currently available to download from Curse.

Enjoy!

Preparations for Pandaria

With Mists of Pandaria launching in September time it’s high time I started getting myself ready. I have already decided on what I’ll be doing after the expansion arrives, but there are some things I want to try and get done before it arrives.

The first four points of my bucket list are the ones I absolutely want to get done. The rest is gravy.

Transfer characters. (not yet started)
I want to move two of my characters, Ulbrecht and Innis, over to Ghostlands-EU to join Ysaera in Harvest Moon.
Buy heirlooms. (in progress)
I have enjoyed tanking as Ysaera recently and will most likely spec my Pandaren Monk as a Brewmaster. I will use every opportunity to gain as many Justice Points as possible to buy the leather agility heirlooms from the vendors. Innis already has a cape, two maces and two haste trinkets so I will send them to the Monk instead of buying new ones. If I have time, I will also buy the intellect mail heirlooms and respec Innis into a healer.
Loremaster. (in progress)
Completing Loremaster on Ysaera will be the most time consuming thing on my to-do list. Kalimdor is complete and the other four continents are in progress.
Max out Ysaera’s secondary professions. (in progress)
I have… neglected these somewhat. I’ll try to gain as much skill as possible while I’m working towards Loremaster.
Transmogrification. (in progress)
The outfit I currently have planned for Ysaera is nearing completion. The only things I need to find are some shoes, some gloves and a weapon. The ones I’m after are quest rewards in Outland and I know exactly where and how to get them.
Level alts to 85. (in progress)
I only have three characters left who are below level 85 and they are Innis (currently level 60), Lucaria (currently level 82) and Suranyu (currently level 83). I have been levelling Innis alongside the lovely Jaedia from Jaedia’s Menagerie and hope to get them all to 85 as soon as possible.
Collect as many mounts and minipets as possible. (in progress)
Ulbrecht has the majority of my mounts and mini-pets and I’m eager to collect as many as possible before Patch 5.0 arrives, bringing ~~Pokemon~~ companion battles and account-wide mounts and minipets with it. The ones that immediately come to mind are the baby raptors and the Argent Tournament rewards. If I can somehow motivate myself to get back into the daily grind I will obtain the few that I haven’t yet bought.
Get as much gold as possible. (in progress)
Items on the auction houses are going to be stupidly expensive for the first few months while everyone and their minipet will be clamouring for the new armour, gems, enchants and mounts. While I am hardly a gold-making machine like some awesome folks I follow on Twitter, I will try to get as much as I can in the time I have left.