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Compatibility:	Battle for Azeroth (8.0.1)
Updated:	09-13-18 03:05 AM
Created:	04-06-09 01:56 PM
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NPCScan

Version: 8.0.1.13

by: Torhal [More]

NPCScan helps you find NPCs by scanning nameplates, minimap vignettes, and mouseover targets, with an optional dynamic targeting keybinding. Once an NPC is found by one of these methods, an on screen alert is displayed and an audio alert is played.

Nameplates
Alerts will be triggered whenever a nameplate is created, if that nameplate belongs to one of the tracked NPCs. To use this feature with any reliability, the Interface->Names->Always Show Nameplates option must be turned on from the WoW Game Menu.

Dynamic Target Keybinding
NPCScan includes a key binding that will trigger a dynamically-generated targeting macro. Each time it is pressed, the key binding will trigger a /targetexact <mob name=""> for every tracked NPC in the current zone you are in, in addition to any custom NPC additions. This only attempts a search each time it is triggered; it is not a continuous search.

To access this feature, just set a keybind under the Key Bindings->AddOns->NPCScan->Targeting Macro section.

“Found” Alert
When an NPC is found, NPCScan alerts you by playing a loud and distinctive sound, making your screen pulse red, and displaying a Targeting Button for every NPC that is found.

Targeting Buttons
When clicked, the targeting button tries to target the NPC it depicts. You can also bind a key to trigger the newest button, in cases where multiple buttons are spawned.

Note: These buttons cannot be shown during combat. In the unlikely case that you do find a rare while fighting, the button or buttons will appear after you leave combat.

Options
NPCScan's main options window can be accessed from the Interface Options menu. To access the NPC list and other settings, type “/npcscan”.

New sounds can be added to the alert sound dropdown menu by installing SharedMedia.

5.0.0.5:
- Added custom search/achievement names to the alert pop-up button.
- Added “Galleon” to the default search list.
5.0.0.4: Updated deDE, frFR, itIT, koKR, ruRU, and zhCN localizations.
5.0.0.3: Fixed an error when logging onto new characters immediately after updating to 5.0.0.2.
5.0.0.2:
- Enabled achievement settings now apply to all characters, since they're now account-wide.
- Fixed an error when pressing the alert target button while in a raid.
- Doesn't interfere with hunters' Call Pet spell anymore.
5.0.0.1:
- Added the “Glorious!” MoP rare achievement.
- Added itIT localization and updated frFR and zhCN localizations.
4.3.0.2: Fixed a broken zhCN translations file, and updated ptBR localization.
4.3.0.1: Updated frFR, koKR, ruRU, zhCN, and zhTW localizations, and added ptBR translation by Omukeka.
4.2.0.2: Added new tamable rares from 4.2 as defaults for hunters.
4.2.0.1: Updated koKR, ruRU, zhCN, and zhTW localizations.
4.1.0.2:
- Faction-specific rares Captain Foulwind and Florence are now only defaults for the faction that can kill them.
- Tamable mobs with unknown spawning zones shouldn't always show alerts anymore.
4.1.0.1:
- Alert sound volume is now controlled by the “Master Volume” slider in WoW's Sound Options window instead of the game sound effects volume slider.
- Updated frFR, ruRU, zhCN, and zhTW localizations.
- Updated the database of tamable rares.
4.0.3.6: Updated and fixed non-English localizations so they will print chat messages properly.
4.0.3.5:
- Added an option to print timestamps with all messages. See the main _NPCScan options pane.
- Updated 3D portraits to fit the alert popup better.
- Updated frFR, koKR, and zhTW localizations.
4.0.3.4:
- Fixed an error for characters that hadn't used an updated version of _NPCScan since before 4.0.0.1. If you still experience an error on login, please reset that character's settings.
- Updated mob name translations.
4.0.3.3:
- Jadefang is now also a default custom NPC.
- Tamable rares in Uldum and Twilight Highlands should now be detected properly.
4.0.3.2: Added Madexx' colors to each of his default entries. Won't apply if you logged in using 4.0.3.1.
4.0.3.1:
- Added Cataclysm rares to defaults. If you hadn't added them already, they will automatically appear in your custom NPCs list.
- Updated the database of tamable rares.
- Updated esES localization.
- Added a way for stable mods like HunterStableInfo to coexist with _NPCScan. Authors, see source docs.
4.0.0.6:
- Updated frFR and deDE localizations, and added esES/esMX localization by galen2.
- Updated the list of tamable rares.
- Fixed uncommon error when attempting to scroll one of the rare mob tables.
4.0.0.5: The “Unmute for alert sound” option now also re-enables WoW's sound effects toggle.
4.0.0.4: Tweaked the default UI so that only the hunter's summoned pet will get cached on login.
4.0.0.3: Hunters won't see bogus found alerts on login if they have tamed or stabled rare pets.
4.0.0.2:
- Updated dropdown menus for compatibility with patch 4.0.1.
- Added deDE localization by Freydis88.
4.0.0.1: Updated for Cataclysm Beta.
3.3.5.5: Non-tamable mobs now show found alerts again.
3.3.5.4:
- Now summarizes pets cached while resting when leaving cities/inns instead of printing a line for each one.
- Cached NPCs listed when changing worlds will only be printed once per session, instead of every time you zone in and out.
- Fixed screen edge flash when mobs are found.
- Added ruRU localization from CurseForge.
3.3.5.3:
- LibRareSpawns' mob screenshots should once again appear when mousing over rows in the achievement tables.
- Added frFR and koKR localizations.
3.3.5.2: Fixed an error that occurred when “Search for completed achievement NPCs” was disabled and any achievement criteria updated.
3.3.5.1:
- Scans can now be limited to worlds (continents or instances). You can customize this for custom NPCs with an edit box next to the NPC's ID; Simply type the name of the world exactly, or select a continent name from the dropdown. If left blank, the scan will stay active no matter where you are.
- Tables of rares in the Search configuration pane are now sortable by clicking their column headers.
- Default options now only add tamable custom mobs like Arcturis and Skoll for hunters. Hold shift while reverting to defaults to override this.
- Added Bro'Gaz the Clanless as a default for Outlands.
- Added zhTW localization by s8095324.
- The found alert button now scales with your global UI Scale setting.
- Removed control over RareSpawnOverlay.
- Custom NPCs are now identified by NPC ID instead of their names. Typed names are now case-sensitive.
- Alerts for humanoid rares that used to look solid white now appear properly clothed once the mob is targeted.
3.3.0.4:
- The targeting button now marks the rare with a green triangle when clicked.
- Fixed an issue with horizontal scrolling in the rare mob list.
3.3.0.3: Compatible with _NPCScan.Overlay 3.3.0.6.
3.3.0.2: Fixed a bug in version detection. Arcturis should be added to player scan lists now.
3.3.0.1:
- Added 3.3's new spirit beast Arcturis to default scan and tamable lists.
- Added an “/npcscan cache” command to print a message like the log-in cache warning.
- Removed the rare raptors from default settings, since they no longer drop pets.
- Removed the mostly obsolete “Search for Tamable NPCs” option.
- Now uses ZoneIDs instead of map file names to locate tamable mobs. Consequently, The Razza now gets detected accurately in Dire Maul.
3.2.0.8:
- Rewrote the screen border flash so that it should never conflict with other mods that use it.
- Achievement tabs now have more prominent checkboxes so disabled tabs will be harder to miss.
3.2.0.7:
- Tamable mobs now correctly show found alerts when spotted immediately upon login.
- False found alert messages for tamable mobs now indicate why they are false alarms.
3.2.0.6:
- Rare tamable mobs now only show alerts when found in their original zone.
- Added a new “NpcOverlay_Found message” to be used by _NPCScan.Overlay.
3.2.0.5: Classified Terror Spinner as a tamable mob.
3.2.0.4: Classified Skoll as a tamable mob.
3.2.0.3:
- Added new 3.2 rare spirit beast Skoll.
- Now uses AceEvent-3.0 to communicate with map overlay-type addons.
3.2.0.2: Now loads properly when _NPCScan.Overlay isn't present.
3.2.0.1:
- Now manages which overlays are shown by the RareSpawnOverlay and _NPCScan.Overlay addons.
- Added four rare raptor mobs that drop non-combat pets in 3.2: Dart, Takk the Leaper, Ravasaur Matriarch, and Razormaw Matriarch.
- No longer shows an alert button for tamable NPCs while resting (in an inn or city), although you will still need to clear the cache.
- Added all localized mob names for zhTW, and as many as I could find for zhCN and koKR.
- Added an “Unmute for alert sound” setting to play the alert sound even if WoW is muted.
- Added an “Alert sound file” dropdown to choose which sound to play for alerts. Additional sounds can be added using SharedMedia-type addons.
- The alert border flash now only shows when you enable “Screen Edge Flash” in the Default UI's Display Interface Options panel.
- Now continues searching for rares in 5-man dungeons. Raid dungeons, battlegrounds, and arenas will still disable scanning, however.
3.1.0.1:
- Achievements to kill rares now have their own lists in the options window.
- Added slash commands to add and remove NPCs from the custom tracking list: “/npcscan add <NpcID> <Name>” and “/npcscan remove <Name>”
- You can now add tamable mobs to your search list and toggle them all using a “Search for tamable NPCs” setting.
- Found alerts for tamable mobs will note that they are tamable and may be false alarms.
- Added an option to suppress the “already cached” log-in alert.
- Added Gondria to the default rare list, and updated some rares that are now tamable in 3.1.

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10-14-10, 06:48 PM

Saiket

A Chromatic Dragonspawn

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Re: NPCScanner: Issue with Frosbitten List

Originally posted by DarknessRises
Ooooooook... I am camping Arcturis's spawn point and have just realized after 14 hours of camping the spot that when I checked NPCScans Database that lists every Rare Spawn for Frostbitten, Arcturis was not in the list. No he was not cached earlier because I cleared my cache beforehand and + this is the database that just lists them all not marks them.

Arcturis, Skoll, and Gondria do not show up on the list but Loque does.

Those three rares were added after Frostbitten, and aren't part of the achievement. I'm not sure why your custom list was empty, but it should have at least had the Time-Lost Proto Drake by default, and all three of those extra spirit beasts for hunters only.

Originally posted by DarknessRises
Also, I cannot add a creatures ID into it, (when you type /npcscan and the 2 boxes come up for Creature ID, Place in the World, and Name box, the + and - are always greyed out even with correct information put into them.

As long as you fill in the NpcID and name, at least one of those buttons should have lit up. The World ID is optional. Did you accidentally put the NpcID in the World edit box? I just double checked those edit boxes and they seem to work alright for me.

10-15-10, 04:19 PM
Geneticus A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 15 File comments: 17 Uploads: 2	NPCScan and graphical issues In the 4.0.0.2 release I was having graphical studdering in Dal. My framerate and latency were ok, but every step I took the textures that were passing by me lurched by in a jerking motion. I noticed If I hovered over the quest log the tool tip was flashing very rapidly, like around 30Hz. When I disabled _NPCScan it cleared up immediately. I see that you have released two versions since then but I did not see any related changes in the log, and I am assuming the issue is still there until I get a chance to update and load into WoW. __________________ "I don't want the world, I just want your half" - TMBG "The yellow snow is banana flavored" - Me "Try not to bend the spork, instead realize there is no spork" - Me "WHEATOOOOOON!!!" - Sheldon Cooper

10-16-10, 08:35 AM

Saiket

A Chromatic Dragonspawn

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Re: NPCScan and graphical issues

Originally posted by Geneticus
In the 4.0.0.2 release I was having graphical studdering in Dal. My framerate and latency were ok, but every step I took the textures that were passing by me lurched by in a jerking motion. I noticed If I hovered over the quest log the tool tip was flashing very rapidly, like around 30Hz. When I disabled _NPCScan it cleared up immediately. I see that you have released two versions since then but I did not see any related changes in the log, and I am assuming the issue is still there until I get a chance to update and load into WoW.

I'm not sure what would cause that, but if somehow _NPCScan was throwing lots of errors that might explain graphical stuttering. If you enable Lua errors and they're _NPCScan-related, could you post the first one you see here please?

10-23-10, 02:12 AM
Flashxx A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 1 Uploads: 0	Add-on help. I downloaded it, cleared cache...and when i open the folder, theres a few files but nothing to install? help? these are the files: Libs Locales _NPCScan.button.lua _NPCScan.Config.lua _NPCScan.Config.Search.lua _NPCScan.lua _NPCScan.Overlay.lua _NPCScan.TamableID.lua _NPCScan.toc Bindings Locales Embeded Im sure its a simple fix huh?

10-23-10, 08:34 AM

Saiket

A Chromatic Dragonspawn

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Re: Add-on help.

Originally posted by Flashxx
I downloaded it, cleared cache...and when i open the folder, theres a few files but nothing to install? help?

these are the files:
...

Im sure its a simple fix huh?

The download should have included all of those parts in an "_NPCScan" folder, which you'll need to install by hand. Here's a guide by WoWInterface on where to place addon folders.

There is an easier alternative to that, though. Addons don't have any installer you can run, but WoWInterface has published a tool called MMOUI Minion that can do the installing for you. I haven't ever used it, but I think you just give it the addon's name and it finds and installs everything for you. It can even auto-update all your addons.

Hope that helps.

11-03-10, 11:46 PM
steppin A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 29 Uploads: 0	using both npcscan and overlay ... newest versions, and nothing showing up on map in scholozar basin only. all other zones seem to work as intended changed versions to the latests .. now i see the path for loqueue , but none for king krush or aotona .. but it's an improvement !! also cleared up my graphic bug !! Last edited by steppin : 11-04-10 at 10:51 AM.

11-04-10, 03:48 PM

Saiket

A Chromatic Dragonspawn

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Originally posted by steppin
using both npcscan and overlay ...
newest versions, and nothing showing up on map in scholozar basin only. all other zones seem to work as intended

changed versions to the latests .. now i see the path for loqueue , but none for king krush or aotona .. but it's an improvement !!

also cleared up my graphic bug !!

All three of the mobs in Sholazar are tamable, so be extra careful to clear them from your cache every time you go hunting for them. If you want _NPCScan.Overlay to show their paths even when _NPCScan isn't looking for them, you can enable the "Always show all paths" option in your "/overlay" menu.

11-05-10, 12:53 PM
steppin A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 29 Uploads: 0	overlay paths WONDERFUL !!! that did the job ... thank you kindly !!!

11-09-10, 03:40 PM
nytekat A Fallenroot Satyr Forum posts: 20 File comments: 32 Uploads: 0	I was just curious if there was a way to toggle npcscan off in Cities and BG's? Every day I have to clear my cache because Skoll or loque was "Found" but I've never seen them.. only the pet form. Seems like somewhat of a fix is to just turn it off in populated areas.

11-09-10, 04:54 PM

Lazlo

A Kobold Labourer

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Originally posted by nytekat
I was just curious if there was a way to toggle npcscan off in Cities and BG's? Every day I have to clear my cache because Skoll or loque was "Found" but I've never seen them.. only the pet form. Seems like somewhat of a fix is to just turn it off in populated areas.

I've always had issues with this too. I forget to clear the cache before logging in and, when I do remember, it's a pain to drill down through the folders to delete that one file. Which is why I made a batch file to do it for me. A batch file is a plain text file that gives a series of commands to to your computer. All you have to do is open up any text editor (e.g. notepad) and put in:

c:
cd\
cd\World of Warcraft\Cache\WDB\enUS
del creatu~1.wdb

Then save it as "delcache.bat" (or whatever you want so long as it ends in .bat) to your desktop. "c:" should be whatever drive letter you have WoW installed to and "cd\World of Warcraft\Cache\WDB\enUS" should be whatever path you have WoW installed to.
What this does is tell it to go to the "C" drive, change directories to the root directory, change directories to the WoW cache directory where the file is located, and then deletes the file. The file name looks funny cause that's how it looks to DOS and this is using Windows' built in DOS emulator.
I added

cd\World of Warcraft\
launcher.exe

to mine so that it would delete the file and then immediately launch WoW.

11-09-10, 05:15 PM

Saiket

A Chromatic Dragonspawn

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WoW would cache pets in town even if you didn't have _NPCScan installed; It's part of how the game works, and I doubt we'll ever be able to turn it off. The best _NPCScan can do is simply hide the flashy alert buttons when in town.

11-09-10, 09:53 PM

nytekat

A Fallenroot Satyr

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Originally posted by Lazlo
I've always had issues with this too. I forget to clear the cache before logging in and, when I do remember, it's a pain to drill down through the folders to delete that one file. Which is why I made a batch file to do it for me. A batch file is a plain text file that gives a series of commands to to your computer. All you have to do is open up any text editor (e.g. notepad) and put in:

c:
cd\
cd\World of Warcraft\Cache\WDB\enUS
del creatu~1.wdb

Then save it as "delcache.bat" (or whatever you want so long as it ends in .bat) to your desktop. "c:" should be whatever drive letter you have WoW installed to and "cd\World of Warcraft\Cache\WDB\enUS" should be whatever path you have WoW installed to.
What this does is tell it to go to the "C" drive, change directories to the root directory, change directories to the WoW cache directory where the file is located, and then deletes the file. The file name looks funny cause that's how it looks to DOS and this is using Windows' built in DOS emulator.
I added

cd\World of Warcraft\
launcher.exe

to mine so that it would delete the file and then immediately launch WoW.

that's an idea. I use Win7 so what would that be for the path
C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft\Cache\WDB\enUS?
with the launch thing and everything? I'd def use this for my hunter looking for her first spirit beast.

11-10-10, 05:51 AM
Lazlo A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft\Cache\WDB\enUS is indeed the correct path for Windows 7. (My roommate uses Windows 7 so I looked on his pc.) So for win7 users the file would look like: c: cd\ cd\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft\Cache\WDB\enUS del creatu~1.wdb cd\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft launcher.exe I tested on my roommates pc and it worked fine. Btw, if you do the launcher bit, it leaves the dos box open. You can ignore it or close it immediately. Doesn't matter as it just sits there doing nothing and will close when the launcher closes. Last edited by Lazlo : 11-10-10 at 07:31 AM.

11-11-10, 09:57 AM
Tsurugi A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 15 File comments: 2 Uploads: 0	Sound in Background I have music and ambient sounds checked off, and the rest of the soundoptions are checked on. But can I hear the warning sound alt-tabbed ? Since the flapping of my drakes wings stops whenever I alt-tab to desktop or forum I'm not sure and wanted to ask. ( I did check all the posts, sorry if I overlooked this question but I could not find it between the previous pages )

11-11-10, 07:16 PM

Saiket

A Chromatic Dragonspawn

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Re: Sound in Background

Originally posted by Tsurugi
I have music and ambient sounds checked off, and the rest of the soundoptions are checked on.

But can I hear the warning sound alt-tabbed ?

Since the flapping of my drakes wings stops whenever I alt-tab to desktop or forum I'm not sure and wanted to ask.

( I did check all the posts, sorry if I overlooked this question but I could not find it between the previous pages )

You'll first need to make sure "Sound in Background" is enabled in your sound options window, and then you have to set your "Display Mode" to either "Windowed" or "Windowed (Fullscreen)" in your video options. Those two options should get things working.

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