FAQ&Readme

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All the information on this page is for the old Vanilla version of this addon (Questie 3.7.1/WoW 1.12)

For the Classic version of this addon (Questie 4.x/WoW 1.13) you'll find installation instructions here

Basic installation instructions:

In order to properly set up Questie with your World of Warcraft client, you must ensure you have the following:

• A Vanilla (1.12.1) WoW Client.
  • For Classic (1.13) WoW Client go here.
• A Questie release.
  • You can download the latest stable release from here.

When you have both ready:

• Extract the downloaded zip archive.
• Copy the !Questie directory into your <WOW PATH>/Interface/Addons/ directory.
  • It should be beside several folders that start with Blizzard_
  • NOTE: The default program folders in Windows (usually C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86)) are write protected. DO NOT INSTALL WOW THERE. If it is installed there, move it to some other folder. When WoW is a subfolder of one of these locations, Questie (and all other addons) can not save their variables to a file when the client closes. This leads to weird bugs, like quests being marked as finished only so long as you do not close the client, then marked as unfinished again when you restart it.
• Start WoW, log into the character selection screen, and verify Questie is enabled by going into the addon menu (Button on the bottom left of the selection screen). If there is no button or Questie is not in the list when the menu is opened, there might have been a mistake when copying Questie to the WoW directory.
  • NOTE: It is strongly recommended to remove or increase the addon memory limit (top right of the addon menu window). The default value for vanilla WoW (1.12.1) is very low and can cause the game to log you out when all addons together use more memory than assigned here, which is very likely to happen when Questie is enabled. Setting the value to 0 removes the limit and is the recommended setting for most people. However if the total available RAM is very limited, set to at least 256MB to prevent hard crashes of the WoW client.
• When you have made sure the addon is installed and the memory limit is removed, you can log into a character and start using Questie.

FAQ:

1. • Q: How do I move the QuestieTracker and QuestArrow?
   • A: Hold down CTRL + Shift + Hold Left Mouse Button + Drag
2. • Q: "My Dead Corpse"? Do you even English, bro?
   • A: The "My Dead Corpse" is kind of an inside joke from the original Closed Beta for Vanilla WoW days. Back then I was playing Alliance exclusively and the famous Horde guild [Goon Squad] was notorious for trolling Stranglethorn Vale. They would lock up the zone for hours corpse camping any Alliance player. Someone created a toon called MyDeadCorpse and left it dead and never resurrected. It was always there in the zone. A naked Gnome. For some reason, the Horde HATED Gnomes. :) Ref.
3. • Q: I get an error: attempt to index global 'QuestieConfig' (a nil value)
   • A: This can be caused by upgrading from an older version of Questie or using it for the first time before a SavedVariables can be properly created. Please use /questie clearconfig while in game to clear/reset your config file.
4. • Q: I play on a non-English server and Questie isn't working. How come?
   • A: Currently, Questie only supports English servers/clients. Language support is currently being worked on but is not yet available.
5. • Q: I can't seem to get my quests to appear in the tracker automatically.
   • A: For those not running EQL3 or some other QuestLog mod. If you prefer the default wow QuestLog and Tracker that's fine but it's very limited. For example, if a quest doesn't have any objectives to "track" then it won't appear in the quest tracker and no Quest Arrow will be available for it. Additionally, quests will not automatically be tracked by the default WoW quest tracker. The way that it works is that if you have the option enabled in the games Interface Options --> "Automatic Quest Tracking" then yes, it will auto track a quest with an objective once you OBTAIN the first quest item. Then it will appear automatically in the list unless you manually Shift+Click the quest in the QuestLog but again, only if there is a "trackable" objective. Unlike EQL3 or other QuestLog/QuestTracker mods where pretty much anything is trackable, these quests will appear in the Questie QuestTracker. If the quest appears then map coordinates are cached and this allows the QuestieArrow to hook into the position and give you an arrow.
6. • Q: Why isn't the QuestieArrow appearing?
   • A: You have to click on an objective on the Minimap, Worldmap or the quest in the QuestieTracker. If a quest has never been tracked it won't appear until after it has appeared at least once in the QuestieTracker. If you disable the QuestieTracker, the QuestieArrow will not work.

Questie Slash Commands:

Use /questie to show the help menu in game. Possible values for /questie <command> are:

Arrow related commands

Note: The arrow only works if the tracker is enabled (see below).

• arrow: Toggles the QuestArrow on and off.
• corpsearrow: Toggles the CorpseArrow on and off.

Tracker related commands

• tracker: Toggles on and off the QuestTracker.
• cleartracker: Resets the position of the QuestTracker and places it in the center of your screen.
• color: Two different color schemes. The original(default) and the other mimics Monkey Quests colors.
• header: This places an additional line (depending on which direction you have your QuestTracker listing quests) either above or below and informs you how many quests you have in your log.
• listdirection: The default setting lists quests in the QuestTracker from the Top --> Down. Running this command will change the direction from Bottom --> Top.
• qtscale: Resizes the Questie QuestTracker using one of 3 pre-programed sizes. Small(default), Medium and Large
• background: Turns on the QuestTracker background
• backgroundalpha: Sets the QuestTracker background alpha level. Takes a number input from 1 to 9.

Miscellaneous setting commands

• showquests: Toggles on and off the ability to always show quests on the Worldmap / Minimap - tracked or not tracked.
• maxlevel: Toggles the maxlevel filter on or off.
• setmaxlevel: Hides quests until levels above players level (default=3).
• minlevel: Toggles the minlevel filter on or off.
• setminlevel: Hides quests levels below players level (default=5).
• professions: Toggles profession related quests.
• tooltips: Toggles on and off the Quest Objective tool tips.
• mapnotes: Toggles all World Map and Mini Map icons on and off. This is the same function as the Questie Toggle button on the World Map (which will eventually be removed).
• resizemap: This command is for those that do NOT run a Worldmap mod such as Metamap or Cartographer. This toggles the Worldmap in either fullscreen or windowed mode.
• cluster: Toggles quest icon clustering, which combines available/complete quest icons into groups of up to 5.

Maintenance commands

• settings: Displayes your current toggles and settings in your default chat window.
• clearconfig: Resets all Questie settings and removes stale quest database entries (will not delete completed quests).
• NUKE: Resets ALL Questie data and settings which includes the quest database.