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04-10-13, 07:59 PM   #3
semlar
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It's possible, but not exactly simple.

There are only two ways I can think of to tie a nameplate to a quest.

The first one requires that you see the GUID of one of the mobs either through hovering over one or through the combat log, then using that to construct a tooltip and checking if it contains quest text and building a table using the mob name for the key.

That way if you see a nameplate with a name that's in the table then you can be reasonably confident it's a quest objective.

The other way would be to just take the name out of the nameplate and search through your quest log's quest objectives for a match, which might be more reliable but probably more intensive.

There's an interface option in the game under Names, in a dropdown menu under NPC Names you can select Quest NPCs to make their names always appear, which makes them more noticeable.

edit: Actually the second option wouldn't work, you'd pretty much have to do tooltip scanning for this. The mob's name is not necessarily mentioned in the quest text at all.

Last edited by semlar : 04-10-13 at 08:12 PM.
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