Atlas, a World of Warcraft instance map browser
Copyright 2005 - 2008 Dan Gilbert
Email me at loglow@gmail.com
IMPORTANT (For Atlas v1.12.0)
The ZIP file had some issues with Windows computers. It has been fixed; please simply download the file again!
You must delete your old Atlas_Entrances folder from your AddOns directory before installing the latest version of Atlas. My apologies for the inconvenience.
You also need to delete the AtlasMajorCities folder. This plugin will be updated in the near future, but is currently out-of-date.
If you use AtlasLoot, you must use AtlasLoot v4.06.01 or later with this version of Atlas.
Note: This readme file is just slightly out of date.
Expect a completely rewritten version in the very near future!
About Atlas
For some reason, Blizzard decided to include beautiful maps for every area of Azeroth except instances. You can still see the area surrounding you in the minimap when you're in an instance, but never the overall layout of the entire dungeon. This is where Atlas comes in. The core of Atlas is basically an image viewer. However, it's the images that come with Atlas that make it worthwhile: a map for every instance in the game. Furthermore, the maps are marked with the locations of bosses and other points of interest. Atlas also includes maps of battlegrounds, dungeon locations, flight points, and outdoor raid bosses.
After installing Atlas, you'll notice a new icon on the minimap that looks like part of a little globe (you can right-click the icon to drag it around the minimap's frame). Click this icon to open up the main Atlas window, which displays the maps and legend. You can alternatively use the slash-command /atlas. The drop-downs at the top of the window enable you to navigate between the maps. You can also drag the Atlas window around the screen. Lock it in place with the little lock button in the upper-right corner.
At the bottom of the legend is a small text-entry field as well as Search and Reset buttons. Type part of a word or name in the box and click the Search button, and the legend's entries are reduced to only those that match your text. Note that the search is performed only on the entries for the current map, not all the entries in the database. While not so useful for instances with only a few entries like Ragefire Chasm, the search comes in handy when there are a ton of entries, like for Blackrock Depths or the AtlasMajorCities plug-in. If you want to get the whole list back, just click Reset.
Configuration
Atlas has a few simple options, accessible from the Options button in the upper-right corner of the main window, or with the slash-command /atlas options. A few of the settings aren't very self-explanatory so here's some more information about them. "Auto-Select Instance Map" detects the instance that you're in when you open Atlas, and then automatically switches to the appropriate map. This feature doesn't work in instances that have more than one map, like Blackrock Spire, Dire Maul, or many of the Outland instances. In this case, Atlas remembers the last map you had open. "Right-Click for World Map" makes the World Map open when you right-click anywhere on the Atlas window. This is useful when you want to quickly switch from Atlas to the World Map. "Clamp Window to Screen" makes it so that you can't drag the Atlas window off the edge of the screen. The rest of the options are pretty straightforward. The Reset Position button is useful if the Atlas window ever gets dragged completely off-screen and you can't get it back.
Atlas Plugins
Atlas has a built-in plugin system allowing for the easy addition of map packs. In fact, Atlas ships with four of these plugins (for battlegrounds, dungeon locations, flight points, and outdoor raid bosses). If you're interested in making your own Atlas map pack, I suggest you start with one of these four as a guide. You can contact me or post on the Atlas forums if you need help, however I suggest you do as much research as possible beforehand. Furthermore, there are several Atlas plugins that do more than simply provide additional maps. AtlasLoot provides a loot table for each boss, and AtlasQuest displays the quests associated with each instance. Note that I don't develop these plugins myself; they have their own project leads.
Before Installing
Any previous versions of Atlas must be deleted prior to installation.
Atlas plugins (AtlasLoot, AtlasQuest, etc.) designed for any version of Atlas prior to this one must be deleted.
Map packs supplied by Daviesh for Atlas 1.8.6 must be deleted prior to installation (they're unnecessary now anyway).
How to Install
Unzip the package into your World of Warcraft folder.
Your zip software must preserve directory structures.
If you're having trouble, please visit the Atlas FAQ:
You MUST delete Atlas, AtlasLoot, AtlasWorld, AtlasQuest, and AtlasMajorCities folders, along with any "Atlas_" and "AtlasLoot_" folders. Then reinstall all the above addons and you should be good to go. I hope this helps both the Addon Authors and you the user.
As has been stated before (but just to reiterate) the entrance maps have not gone away, they've just been integrated into the core. Furthermore, it's my intention to have new, compatible versions of AtlasMajorCities and AtlasWorld available in the future.
Originally posted by SaiBork it seems to be working for now.
Good to hear. It sounds like you (perhaps accidentally) resolved whatever was causing the issue. Please keep me updated and let me know if you run into any problems in the future.
The problem is, I can't do certain steps to reproduce it.
I logged on this morning with one of the characters i couldnt make it work with and it just worked, also tried another char, just kept working. (not having changed settings since last night when I couldnt make it work)
Tried logging in several chars, several times, but it seems to be working for now.
So its quite random and I just hope it keeps working now
When updating to a new Atlas, especially in this case, delete all old folders that have Atlas in the name. I'm self-admittedly bad about backwards compatibility; I still have a lot to learn about software development. But I'm trying.
Originally posted by SaiBork I have the same problem...
Does the problem only occur when AtlasQuest is present? Or does it ever happen when only Atlas and AtlasLoot are enabled? If you can post steps to reproduce, please do so.
I have the same problem Carenzi, its reall strange, I removed everything. Then only added Atlas, it works, add atlasloot, it works, add atlasquest it works.
Switch char.. broken again... reload, works...
Switch to another char and again broken and dont seem to be able to fix it by reloading or changing settings in atlasloot or anywhere...
Originally posted by Twiztiddad Ok, having a problem with new Atlas. I completely un-installed old atlas and AtlasLoot, Installed the 2 newest versions, and whenever I open Atlas, and choose an Instance, I don't see any of the Bosses names or possible loot Drops.
I have the same problem, and I did the entrances folder deleted, and major cities deleted. No bosses, no loot table.
EDIT: Tried again, this time I deleted everything, and reinstalled only Atlas, Atlas Loot and Atlas Quests...same thing, no boss list.
Atlas-1.12.0\Atlas.lua:380: bad argument #1 to 'lower' (string expected, got nil)
Atlas-1.12.0\Atlas.lua:380: in function <Interface\AddOns\Atlas\Atlas.lua:379>
Atlas-1.12.0\Atlas.lua:403: in function <Interface\AddOns\Atlas\Atlas.lua:402>
<in C code>: in function `sort'
Atlas-1.12.0\Atlas.lua:448: in function `Atlas_PopulateDropdowns'
Atlas-1.12.0\Atlas.lua:326: in function `Atlas_RegisterPlugin'
ALL Atlas-plugins are Atlas 1.12 Ready!
