Routes

v1.2.2

8 November 2008
(Written for Live Servers v3.0.3.9183)

Routes allow you to draw lines on the worldmap linking nodes together into an efficient farming route from existing databases. The route will be shown (by default) on the minimap and zone map as well.

Use /routes to begin.

Features:

• Select node-types to build a line upon. The following are supported
  • Cartographer_Fishing
  • Cartographer_Mining
  • Cartographer_Herbalism
  • Cartographer_ExtractGas
  • Cartographer_Treasure
  • GatherMate
  • Gatherer
  • HandyNotes
• Optimize your route using the traveling salesmen problem (TSP) ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm
• Background (nonblocking) and foreground (blocking) optimization
• Select color/thickness/transparency/visibility for each route
• For any route created, finding a new node will try to add that as optimal as possible
• Quick clustering algorithm to merge nearby nodes into a single traveling point
• Quickly mark entire areas/regions as "out of bounds" or "taboo" to Routes, meaning your routes will ignore nodes in those areas and avoid cross them
• Fubar plugin available to quickly access your routes
• Cartographer_Waypoints and TomTom support for quickly following a route
• Works with Chinchilla's Expander minimap and SexyMap's HudMap!
• Full in-game help file and FAQ, guiding you step by step on what to do!

Download:

The latest version of Routes is always available on this page... or at:
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-ad.../routes.aspx
http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info11401-Routes.html...

Contact:

If you find any bugs or have any suggestions, you can contact us on:

• Forum: http://forums.wowace.com/showthread.php?t=10369
• IRC  : Grum or Xinhuan on irc://irc.freenode.org/wowace
• Email: Grum ( routes AT grum DOT nl ), Xinhuan ( xinhuan AT gmail DOT com )

Paypal donations are welcome ;)

Changes:

Changes from v1.2.1 to v1.2.2

• Fix possible loading order issue caused by Blizzard bug with optdep and reqdeps.
• Hopefully fix most cases of Routes producing routes that cross over itself.
• Add support for reparenting to Chinchilla's Expander or SexyMap's HudMap.

Changes from v1.2 to v1.2.1

• Moved 'Edit Route Manually' to a tab.
• Moved 'Create Bare Route' button to the top of 'Add Route'.
• Reworked the 'source data' multiselect to be more verbose.
• Added a second 'Create Route' button.
• Update URL of forum thread in the FAQ to the new wowace forums.

Changes from v1.1.1 to v1.2

• Fix "No data found" until you toggle the "Select sources of data" checkboxes issue.
• The zone dropdown list (both taboo and route creation) will now list ALL zones instead of just the outland ones and the one you are in/viewing.
• Update FAQs.
• Add HandyNotes support to Routes. You can now make routes from your own HandyNotes!
• Add "Note" category to Auto show/hide module.
• Remove old style taboo editing. Implement new GoogleMaps style taboo shape editing.
• Implement manual editing of any route that is not clustered.
• Editing a taboo/route will now open the map to the correct zone.
• Fix issue where Routes would fail to work with GatherMate if AddonLoader is present (which causes GatherMate to be LoD-delayed)

Changes from v1.1 to v1.1.1

• Fix taboo region creation menus and menuitems to work.
• Remove embeds.xml/locales.xml and move them into the TOC.
• Fix the Dalaran data login spam.

Created On:	Sun, Sep 14 2008
Localized:

Author

Xinhuan

(Project Manager)

Downloads

• Routes
• Postal
• Omen Threat Meter
• LibGraph-2.0
• LargerMacroIconSelection
• IPopBar
• HandyNotes_FlightMasters
• HandyNotes
• GemHelper
• GatherHud
• FuBar_RoutesFu
• EasySerum
• BankItemsFu
• BankItems

Grum

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r218 | xinhuan | 2008-11-08 09:28:56 +0000 (Sat, 08 Nov 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   A /tags/v1.2.2 (from /trunk:217)

Tag v1.2.2 for release.
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r217 | xinhuan | 2008-11-08 09:23:24 +0000 (Sat, 08 Nov 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/TSP.lua

Comment out unused function TSP:GetIntersection(x1, y1, x2, y2, sx, sy, ex, ey)
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r216 | xinhuan | 2008-11-08 09:19:31 +0000 (Sat, 08 Nov 2008) | 1 line
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Remove clearTable() function and just use wipe() introduced in patch 3.0.2
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r215 | xinhuan | 2008-11-08 09:17:27 +0000 (Sat, 08 Nov 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/TSP.lua

Adjust the 2-opt loop slightly so that it will start checking the last 3 nodes in a path by cycling the last 3 nodes on every loop. Also perform a non-pruned 2-opt at the end of optimization. This should fix 99% of created routes that criss-cross each other.
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r214 | xinhuan | 2008-11-08 08:06:30 +0000 (Sat, 08 Nov 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/TSP.lua

Increase the pruning distance from 20% to 30% of zone width, so that there are less chances of a route that crosses itself. (If anyone cares, changing it to 100% will remove pruning on line 313 of TSP.lua and create routes that will never cross itself, but increase optimization time by more than double)
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r213 | xinhuan | 2008-11-08 08:03:12 +0000 (Sat, 08 Nov 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Routes.lua
   M /trunk/Routes.toc

Update TOC to v1.2.2. Modify some comments.
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r212 | antiarc | 2008-11-08 02:37:07 +0000 (Sat, 08 Nov 2008) | 1 line
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Add line width and gap scaling based on the inverse of the parent minimap scale. This lets us use Routes on big minimaps without the routes themselves being obscenely large.
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r211 | xinhuan | 2008-11-02 06:21:05 +0000 (Sun, 02 Nov 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Routes.lua

Call AddCallbacks() on plugins on ADDON_LOADED event. This is the 3rd time AddOnLoader has caused loading issues due to addon initialization after Routes has loaded.
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r209 | xinhuan | 2008-10-26 21:29:10 +0000 (Sun, 26 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Routes.lua
   M /trunk/Routes.toc

Update to 1.2.1
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r208 | grum | 2008-10-26 16:07:25 +0000 (Sun, 26 Oct 2008) | 5 lines
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   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-deDE.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-enUS.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-frFR.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhCN.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhTW.lua
   M /trunk/Plugins/Cartographer.lua
   M /trunk/Plugins/GatherMate.lua
   M /trunk/Plugins/Gatherer.lua
   M /trunk/Plugins/HandyNotes.lua
   M /trunk/Routes.lua

Big update so I can start working on a howto.
- Moved 'Edit Route Manually' to a tab.
- Moved 'Create Bare Route' button to the top of 'Add Route'.
- Reworked the 'source data' multiselect to be more verbose (and in turn edited all plugins);
- Added a second 'Create Route' button.
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r207 | xinhuan | 2008-10-25 23:37:59 +0000 (Sat, 25 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-deDE.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-enUS.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-frFR.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhCN.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhTW.lua

Update URL of forum thread in the FAQ to the new wowace forums.
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r205 | xinhuan | 2008-10-25 10:18:39 +0000 (Sat, 25 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Routes.lua

Update internal date.
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r204 | xinhuan | 2008-10-23 05:04:02 +0000 (Thu, 23 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Routes.lua

Swap ordering to open WorldMapFrame first, then setting the world map to the correct zone, instead of the other way around on editing a taboo region or route.
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r203 | xinhuan | 2008-10-23 05:00:22 +0000 (Thu, 23 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-deDE.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-enUS.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-frFR.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhCN.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhTW.lua
   M /trunk/Routes.lua

Add button to create a bare route with just 3 nodes in it. Mainly to be used for creating routes for manual editing. Add option to draw lines on the minimap when indoors.
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r202 | grum | 2008-10-22 22:40:07 +0000 (Wed, 22 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Routes.lua

'Edit Taboo' will now open the WorldMap at the right zone.
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r201 | xinhuan | 2008-10-22 21:15:28 +0000 (Wed, 22 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-deDE.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-enUS.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-frFR.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhCN.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhTW.lua
   M /trunk/Routes.lua

Implement manual editing of any route that is not clustered.
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r200 | xinhuan | 2008-10-22 13:42:21 +0000 (Wed, 22 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-deDE.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-enUS.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-frFR.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhCN.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhTW.lua
   M /trunk/Modules/AutoShow.lua
   A /trunk/Plugins/HandyNotes.lua
   M /trunk/Routes.lua
   M /trunk/Routes.toc

Add HandyNotes support to Routes. You can now make routes from your own HandyNotes! Add "Note" category to Auto show/hide module. Bump version to 1.2.
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r199 | xinhuan | 2008-10-22 11:09:03 +0000 (Wed, 22 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-deDE.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-enUS.lua
   A /trunk/Locales/Locale-esMX.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-frFR.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhCN.lua
   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhTW.lua
   M /trunk/Routes.toc

Update FAQs with zone dropdown change.
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r198 | xinhuan | 2008-10-22 10:15:30 +0000 (Wed, 22 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Routes.lua

Fix "No data found" until you toggle the "Select sources of data" checkboxes issue. The zone dropdown list (both taboo and route creation) will now list ALL zones instead of just the outland ones and the one you are in/viewing.
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r197 | xinhuan | 2008-10-22 09:10:40 +0000 (Wed, 22 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Locales/Locale-enUS.lua
   M /trunk/Routes.lua

Update English FAQ slightly with taboo editing changes. Update version to 1.1.1
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r196 | xinhuan | 2008-10-21 15:34:58 +0000 (Tue, 21 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Routes.lua

Remove old style taboo editing. Implement new GoogleMaps style taboo shape editing.
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r195 | xinhuan | 2008-10-19 19:29:12 +0000 (Sun, 19 Oct 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   M /trunk/Plugins/GatherMate.lua
   M /trunk/Routes.lua
   M /trunk/Routes.toc

Fix issue where Routes would fail to work with GatherMate if AddonLoader is present (which causes GatherMate to be LoD-delayed).
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r194 | grum | 2008-10-18 20:03:28 +0000 (Sat, 18 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk

Fixed LibStub svn:externals link.
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r188 | xinhuan | 2008-10-18 07:26:35 +0000 (Sat, 18 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk/Routes.lua

Correct spelling.
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r187 | xinhuan | 2008-10-17 21:03:31 +0000 (Fri, 17 Oct 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
   M /trunk/Routes.lua

Fix taboo region creation menus and menuitems to work.
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r186 | xinhuan | 2008-10-17 19:11:02 +0000 (Fri, 17 Oct 2008) | 1 line
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   M /trunk
   D /trunk/Locales.xml
   M /trunk/Routes.toc
   D /trunk/embeds.xml

Remove tsvn:logtemplate. Update TOC and version. Remove embeds.xml/locales.xml and move them into the TOC.
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r185 | shefki | 2008-10-16 07:22:44 +0000 (Thu, 16 Oct 2008) | 2 lines
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   M /trunk/Data.lua

- Stop the maddness, no more complaints about Dalaran.

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r184 | root | 2008-09-30 16:09:27 +0000 (Tue, 30 Sep 2008) | 1 line
Changed paths:
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Hopefully fix .pkgmeta
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r183 | root | 2008-09-29 21:56:16 +0000 (