SilverDragon tracks rares. It'll remember where you last saw a rare mob, and will pop up a notification message when you get near one.
It comes with a list of rares. Type "/silverdragon" to bring up the options, and use the "Import Data" button to bring 'em in. (It's not installed by default, in case people would prefer to keep the suspense alive. )
If you have nameplates enabled it'll scan through them to find rares nearby. Otherwise it requires you to mouseover/target a rare, or for your party member/pets to do likewise.
When a rare appears, SilverDragon will pop up a frame that you can click on to target it.
SilverDragon can also create a macro to target any rares that are known in the current zone. It's just that good.
If you import the default dataset: the very first time you come within visual range of a rare, SilverDragon will tell you. It only works the first time because it's checking the game's mob cache, and once you've seen it the game will remember. Remember, this won't happen if you don't do an import.
You can clear the mob cache by quitting WoW and deleting the Cache sub-directory in your WoW directory.
A LDB plugin is included to list rares in your current zone. I like ButtonBin as a viewer, but there'll be a minimap icon if you don't have any viewers installed. (You could use Broker2FuBar to put it on FuBar.)
If you have Cartographer or HandyNotes installed it will add map notes for rares, which can be shared with others.
Note that if you don't have a Broker viewer, and you don't have a supported map notes addon, all this addon will do is print a message into your scrolling text when you mouse over a rare!
http://www.wowace.com/projects/silver-dragon/
Change Log - SilverDragon
2.3.2
Better handling of player location in instances
Add zhTW rares translation submitted by s8095324.
Fix Nameplate/Cache scanning
Run dataminer
2.3.1
Missing AceLocale-3.0 embed.
Cartographer integration bug.
2.3.0
Default rare list localized to: deDE, frFR, ruRU, esES. Run an import to pick 'em up.
Better filtering-out of player pets.
Bump the TOC for SilverDragon_Data, so you don't need to enable out of date addons to import rares any more.
2.2.3
Different layouts for portrait and full-body model views. Full-body is big and on top of the frame.
Bump TOC
AceConsole-3.0 embed was missing. Oops.
2.2.2
Adjust said targeting frame a bit.
Fix a bunch of errors I found when looking at the Scarshield Quartermaster.
More feedback when creating a macro.
2.2.1
Show in the tooltip whether a mob is already in the unit cache.
Option to choose what ways of seeing a rare will make the targeting frame appear.
Bugfix for the click-to-target options not showing. (Thanks to EthanCentaurai!)
2.2.0
Add click-to-target frame that pops up when a rare is seen.
Add macro-generator.
Configure which sound is played when a rare is found. (Thanks to EthanCentaurai!)
Options for which scanning methods to use.
2.1.2
Quick fix for a nil error
2.1.1
Add cache-scanning, much credit to NPCScan by Saiket.
More options for notifying you: text, sound, screen-flashing.
LDB tooltip now says whether the rare is tameable.
For the cache-scanning to work, you have to import data. It relies on NPC ids that can't be gained from within the game.
2.0 r20090403010638:
Add a minimap icon for those without.
Assorted bugfixes
2.0 r20090225045942: Fix a missing LibSink-2.0 embed.
2.0 r20090224102127: Total rewrite for WotLK. It's Ace3 now, and works with HandyNotes or Cartographer to put notes on your map.
1.0 r49794
Update for 2.2.
Add deDE localization.
Some distance tweaks to rare location saving.
1.0 r36305
Update for 2.1.
Add zhTW translation from norova.
1.0 r32928
Improve TBC rares defaults.
Fix a few potential bugs.
1.0 r27768
Add TBC rares to defaults, provided by Astaldo on wowace forums.
Adjust display of coordinates to "x.x,y.y" instead of "x,y".
Better Cartographer information -- show rare info in the Cartographer tooltip.
Tweaked nameplate scanning for efficiency.
1.0 r21954
Initial release.
Optional Files - SilverDragon
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Is there any way to turn off the icons on the map? I use Carbonite for my main world map and Sexymap for my minimap. I love SD but seriously hate having little dragon head icons all over my maps.
Both descriptions given regarding that instruction seem inaccurate to me after using this for a long time. I don't have nameplates visible. The only time I see a mob name is if I mouseover it or click on it. However, I've had the rare popup thing appear multiple times for the same mobs I've already seen if they are there again another day... even if they aren't on my screen and I can't see them/no mouseover/no target. I also have never gotten false readings when entering a new zone after importing the data. The only "false" reading I ever had wasn't really false, but was an undead rare in Western Plaguelands that was invisible. I could target him but could not attack him. I looked up comments on that mob and it seems others have had issues seeing it also... they even commented on being attacked by the mob without being able to defend. I was too high level to be attacked unless I managed to get almost right on top of it. I've had a similar situation on a normal murloc in Wetlands as well, where it attacked me but was not visible.
Anyhow, I'm not really sure the meaning of that sentence, but I don't get "dummy" notices (ever) and I get popups on the same mob even when not on my screen (in buildings, behind walls or hills, etc). If anything, *maybe* it just means you'll get one popup without targeting or mouseover until logout for the same mob.
Ye i kinda figured it out myself just i think the instructions needed to be worded a little different , basically when you enter a new zone it pops up a dummy rare find window , but will only do it once per zone after that the pop ups are real targets within that zone
Last edited by Davidlloyd83 : 09-15-2009 at 06:14 AM.
Originally posted by Davidlloyd83 Ok i dont understand your instructions , qouted from the info *If you import the default dataset: the very first time you come within visual range of a rare, SilverDragon will tell you. It only works the first time because it's checking the game's mob cache* the bold part is what i dont get , so if i import it wont pop up and tell me when a rares near by ? to me when i read this its confusing
It's really simple. When you download the addon, IMPORT the default dataset. Once you do this, the VERY first time you get near EACH rare spawn it will light up for you. Now the NEXT time you are near that SAME rare spawn it won't unless you mouse over it, target it, or have the target nameplates visible. If you "see" a rare and it lights up and you don't get to kill it, you will need to go and delete your creature cache in the cache file so that next time you "see" it, the addon will light up for you. Hope that helps.
Ok i dont understand your instructions , qouted from the info *If you import the default dataset: the very first time you come within visual range of a rare, SilverDragon will tell you. It only works the first time because it's checking the game's mob cache* the bold part is what i dont get , so if i import it wont pop up and tell me when a rares near by ? to me when i read this its confusing
Keep getting whenever silver dragon targets a rare. So far it happens most frequently when l'm already in combat and a rare shows up, but l'm not positive if that's anything to do with it. I'm also not entirely sure it's silver dragon, but it's always the same message. Going to disable more addons, but atm l have a very limited number running b/c l haven't been able to figure out what's causing it.
Anyway, love the addon. it really is amazing. :P
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had to update the librockconfig thingy... i had actually done this already but had put it in the wrong folder... this one actually had to go down into the carto folder. First time I've seen that but no biggy.
Funny story to go along with this. Had just fixed this and was sitting in Nessingwary's camp in Sholozar. I had tabbed out to update this comment when I heard that old "SD" sound... so I tabbed back in and tada King Krush was waiting for me
with 3.2 i changed my mods updated etc... the usual drill. including cartographer. the map is a little different than before just flavor.. no major but the big thing is all my silverdragon markers have disappeared. I'm not sure if it's cartographer doing it or what. I didn't update silverdragon as nothing recent with it obviously. Any thoughts whta I'm missing?
Originally posted by Nathanyel Yeah Putridus is weird in that he can be targetted from halfway across the zone, while he only patrols the valley parts.
...and apparently even from Dalaran if he's in East-Southern Icecrown.
I don't quite how this is supposed to work with cartographer. Should this show up even if I haven't seen the mob, or only after I have detected the mob for the first time.
Originally posted by MorsGladius Now I have noticed one thing on the Wrath rares. I get hits for Putridus the Ancient and yet he is not there. I have 2 hits on either end of the Tournament camp in
Icecrown.
Yeah Putridus is weird in that he can be targetted from halfway across the zone, while he only patrols the valley parts.
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