Step-by-step tutorial: Favorites

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Introduction

This tutorial is designed to hold your hand through the process of creating a simple multi-waypoint favorite. The intention is not to patronise you, dear reader, but to ensure you don't come unstuck.

Carbonite allows you to specify your own sets of waypoints. Many players use favorites for creating an optimised path between their daily quests or for specifying the best route between event objectives (e.g. Lunar Festival Elders, Midsummer Fires etc).


Preparation

To start with we need to open up the Favorites window. To do this we click on the Favorites button located on the Carbonite map:



The Favorites window will appear. Our first task is to create a folder. Each folder can contain one or more favorites, typically somehow related to one another. To do this we right click Root (in the left-hand pane) and select Add Folder from the popup menu:



Give the folder an appropriate name. I've chosen "Examples" here, but you could use "Events", "Dailys" or pretty much anything you like:



Next we add our favorite. To do this we select the folder we've just created ("Examples" in this case) and right click. Select "Add Favorite". Think of this as creating a page within the folder. This "page" can contain one or more related waypoints on it.



Give the Favorite a name. In this case I'm going to create a Favorite containing all of the waypoints I need to check all of the book spawning locations for the achievement "Higher Learning". No prizes for guessing the name I'm giving my Favorite:




Adding Your First Waypoint

Left click your newly created Favorite so that it is highlighted. Now select the "Record" button:



For accuracy it's a good idea to move to the location of the first waypoint and zoom the Carbonite map fairly close. To do this click the "+" icon on the Carbonite map:



At this point we have two types of waypoint open to us:

• "Target 1st" are waypoints that will always be the first part of a path. These are created by holding CTRL when left-clicking the carbonite map at the desired location of your waypoint.
  
• "Target" waypoint which specifies the next waypoint in a sequence. These are created by holding both CTRL and SHIFT while left-clicking the carbonite map at the desired location of your waypoint.

In my experience it doesn't really matter which type you choose as the first waypoint in a path. However, if you want to see multiple connected waypoints on your path (that is waypoints 1 and 2 and 3 etc) at a glance then you should choose "Target" for all waypoints after the first one. If you only want to see the very next selected waypoint (only 1 or 2 or 3 etc) then use "Target 1st". Don't worry if you don't understand the distinction right now. It's nothing you can't work out with a bit of experimenting later.

For now lets stick with "Target" waypoints. To reiterate we make these by holding both CTRL and SHIFT down together and then left click on the map where we want our waypoint to be placed.

Making sure the Record button is still red in the Favorites window we hold CTRL and SHIFT down. Your characters location on the Carbonite map should now turn from an arrow to a dot. Still holding CTRL and SHIFT down, left click the dot to record the location of your character as a waypoint.

Note: The waypoint is always set where you CTRL+SHIFT+left click on the Carbonite map. We're just using the dot to accurately pinpoint our desired waypoint location.



You should now see the first waypoint appear in the Favorites window. Type shows what type of waypoint you've added (it should show "Target"). Value should currently show "Goto " followed by the waypoints coordinated. However, Value is purely a name for your waypoint that will appear on screen when you arrive at your waypoint in future. You can change it to something more meaningful. To do this select the waypoint in the right-hand pane of the favorites window and right-click. Select "Rename" from the popup menu:



Now give it a meaningful name and select Accept (or press the return key):



That's the first waypoint done.

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Adding More Waypoints

Now let's add another waypoint.

Note: Remember, the "Record" button in the Favorites window should be selected (i.e. highlighted in red).

Move your character to the desired location. Zoom the map in. Then hold down CTRL and SHIFT while left clicking the Carbonite map:



Select the new waypoint in the Favorites window. Right click to bring up the popup menu and select Rename.



Give your waypoint a suitable name and press the return key or select the "Accept" button:



That's the second way point added. Keep repeating this process until you've added a string of waypoints. Now we've added all of the waypoints click on the "Record" button to exit waypoint recording. The Record button should no longer be red:




The Finished Result

Click the top-most waypoint in the Favourites window and you should see all of the waypoint you've recorded chained together on the Carbonite map:



Move to the first waypoint. When you arrive you'll hear a ping and see the text you specified as it's value displayed on screen. The Carbonite waypoint will vanish from the map and the path will direct you to the next way point in the list (the 2nd one you created).

You don't have to always start a path at the 1st waypoint. You can click any waypoint the favourite you've created and the path will show from that point down.

Congratulations! You've just created your first Favorite


Things to try next

Making "Target 1st" waypoints (CTRL + left click the map)
Add comments to your favourites list
Change the order in which waypoints are connected


Futher Reading

http://www.carboniteaddon.com/cs/for...4127.aspx#4127

Enjoy

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[Jezzabel]

Great post indeed.

A sticky would be great

[Silverloch]

There is a lot to Carbonite. Lots to learn. New things to discover... like the file system..


Cool

[Jezzabel]

any reason I dont see any more the pictures ? link lead me to Imageshack but no picture available there

[Coral]

Is it possible to get carbonite not to show quests for other classes?

IE If i'm on mage, can I turn off priest class quests?

[rotath]

Is there a way to simply record ur player trail, say for farming routs and suck
a simple way at tht i would be nice to add my fav routes to it withou haveing to fool with waypoints ???


plzz email me respons to ty.

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Originally Posted by Coral Is it possible to get carbonite not to show quests for other classes? IE If i'm on mage, can I turn off priest class quests?

Good question. I dunno the answer though.

You'd be better asking in Carbonite: General discussion as this topic is dedicated to the Carbonite Favorites (sic) feature, which is used for creating your very own waypoints.

Originally Posted by rotath Is there a way to simply record ur player trail, say for farming routs and suck a simple way at tht i would be nice to add my fav routes to it withou haveing to fool with waypoints ???

Not as far as I know.

It does sound like a useful idea, although I imagine the route would have to be captured at timed intervals, at points where you stop for more than a <set> time or when a player gathers ore/herbs, obtains a quest etc.

I'd recommend suggesting it as a new feature request in Carbonite: General Discussion.

[Maeby]

I'm working on the insane title, and I would like to use Carbonite to search for Blood of Heroes at their spawn points in the Plaguelands.

I've been able to import the nodes for herb and mining locations and have loved using those to route a farming path, and I'm sure the same could be done with Blood of Heroes nodes.

I've looked up Blood of Heroes on wowhead, and someone has posted all the spawn points as well as instructions on how to import those into TomTom via the .lua file. How can I do the same for Carbonite using the list of lua-ready cords?

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You could add them as a Favourite using /carb goto x,y but this would limit you to a set route between them.

What would make more sense is for the Carbonite team to add the option to gather Blood of Heroes using the same system employed for Herb/Ore gathering.

I'd suggest starting a new thread about it, as it's unlikely that Carbonite team members will look in this (tutorial) thread for new feature suggestions.