Comments on: SexyMap and GatherMate addons http://pwnwear.com/2009/10/12/sexymap-and-gathermate-addons/ On tanking, leading and thinking Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:44:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gravity http://pwnwear.com/2009/10/12/sexymap-and-gathermate-addons/comment-page-1/#comment-832 Gravity Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:07:29 +0000 http://pwnwear.com/?p=1712#comment-832 <p>The HUD map isn't upside down, most  likely, it's just it has a fixed orientation. If you rotate your character, any node on the hud will rotate on its hud, so you can steer yourself towards it. Once the node is up the top-most edge of the hud, it is in your forward path, so you just move forward to find it. Hope that makes sense.</p> The HUD map isn’t upside down, most  likely, it’s just it has a fixed orientation. If you rotate your character, any node on the hud will rotate on its hud, so you can steer yourself towards it. Once the node is up the top-most edge of the hud, it is in your forward path, so you just move forward to find it. Hope that makes sense.

]]> By: Starets Sayas http://pwnwear.com/2009/10/12/sexymap-and-gathermate-addons/comment-page-1/#comment-831 Starets Sayas Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:23:25 +0000 http://pwnwear.com/?p=1712#comment-831 Thanks for this tip. It works great!!! ...when it works. For some reason last night my hud map was upside down making it more annoying than anything else. Looked in vain for some way to flip it. Anyone have any ideas what might have happened? Thanks for this tip. It works great!!! …when it works. For some reason last night my hud map was upside down making it more annoying than anything else. Looked in vain for some way to flip it. Anyone have any ideas what might have happened?

]]> By: DerangedHermit http://pwnwear.com/2009/10/12/sexymap-and-gathermate-addons/comment-page-1/#comment-801 DerangedHermit Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:20:21 +0000 http://pwnwear.com/?p=1712#comment-801 Yeah, i was going to reply to recommend Routes too. It's just essencial when you want to level mining or go on mining runs. About the 'HUD', if you're talking about the little zone map, Mapster can also do that. I use that instead of SexyMap but i'll check SexyMap when i get home. EDIT: looking at the screenshots, i see what you mean by HUD. Mapster does not do that , then :) Yeah, i was going to reply to recommend Routes too. It’s just essencial when you want to level mining or go on mining runs.
About the ‘HUD’, if you’re talking about the little zone map, Mapster can also do that. I use that instead of SexyMap but i’ll check SexyMap when i get home.

EDIT: looking at the screenshots, i see what you mean by HUD. Mapster does not do that , then :)

]]> By: Gravity http://pwnwear.com/2009/10/12/sexymap-and-gathermate-addons/comment-page-1/#comment-798 Gravity Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:14:35 +0000 http://pwnwear.com/?p=1712#comment-798 <p>whoa that's more impressive than I'd thought. I saw it, but figured meh, it'll suck, didn't realise it used an intelligent algorithm!</p> whoa that’s more impressive than I’d thought. I saw it, but figured meh, it’ll suck, didn’t realise it used an intelligent algorithm!

]]> By: Karatheya http://pwnwear.com/2009/10/12/sexymap-and-gathermate-addons/comment-page-1/#comment-797 Karatheya Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:36:48 +0000 http://pwnwear.com/?p=1712#comment-797 Ah, but you missed the gem that makes GatherMate and SexyMap complete: Routes http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/routes.aspx Routes works with GatherMate (or some of the other map addons) to plot the quickest path across the map that hits all the places where nodes might be.  It uses the algorithm taught in CompSci to solve the traveling salesman problem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem Which I find incredibly cool.  "Graph Theory = WoW gold?  Yes Please!" On it's own, Routes draws the path to follow on the minimap and on the world map, but combined with SexyMap's HUD (which is the only addon that does this to my knowledge), you get the line superimposed on your main screen.  It turns resource farming into what I like to call a gold-making bombing run. Take a look at a couple of screenshots, both of the HUD and the world map: http://gallery.cold-comfort.org/User-Interfaces/Routes Ah, but you missed the gem that makes GatherMate and SexyMap complete: Routes

http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/routes.aspx

Routes works with GatherMate (or some of the other map addons) to plot the quickest path across the map that hits all the places where nodes might be.  It uses the algorithm taught in CompSci to solve the traveling salesman problem:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem

Which I find incredibly cool.  “Graph Theory = WoW gold?  Yes Please!”

On it’s own, Routes draws the path to follow on the minimap and on the world map, but combined with SexyMap’s HUD (which is the only addon that does this to my knowledge), you get the line superimposed on your main screen.  It turns resource farming into what I like to call a gold-making bombing run.

Take a look at a couple of screenshots, both of the HUD and the world map:

http://gallery.cold-comfort.org/User-Interfaces/Routes

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