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v1.6.0
19 July 2018
(Written for Live Servers v8.0.1.27101)

Routes allow you to draw lines on the worldmap linking nodes together into an efficient farming route from existing databases. The route will be shown (by default) on the minimap and zone map as well.

Use /routes to begin.

See spikey star-shaped routes?

You haven't optimized the route yet. Go into the route you created and optimize it. Instructions below.

Quickstart:

Video about configuring this addon.

Download and install:

Start up World of Warcraft and make sure all addons are marked to be loaded (in the addon selection screen).

Importing into GatherMate2:

type: /gathermate2

Go to 'Import Data' and then to 'GatherMate2Data' (left side)
If you already have herbs/mines of yourself, select 'Merge' from the 'Import Style' dropdown, otherwise 'Overwrite' is ok.
Select which sources you want to import (ea: Mining/Herbalism) and tick their respective boxes.
Hit the 'Import GatherMate2Data' button on the bottom.

Creating your first route:

type: /routes

Go to 'Add' (left side)
Type the name of your route (and press 'Okay' or enter)
Now select the zone you want to create a route in from the 'Select Zone' dropdown.
Make sure the 'GatherMate2' source has it's checkbox ticked.
Select which nodes (ea: what type of herbs/mines/fish) should be used to create your route.
Hit the 'Create Route' button.
Done! you can now go to the zone and follow the generated 'route' on your minimap.

You can change the color in the 'Line Settings' tab (and also completely hide the route)

Open your worldmap on the zone you just created a route in, and you will see a massive whirling of lines (light-redish).

Changing/Optimizing your route:

type: /routes

Go to 'Routes' and then the zone you made your route in and finally to the route you created. This has taken you to the 'Information'-tab of this route.
Click on the 'Optimize Route' tab.
Hit the 'Cluster' button, this is usually advisable as most zones contain large amounts of nodes. Clustering will group 'nearby' nodes onto 1 point and the default distance is easily viewable on the minimap.
Hit the 'Foreground' button, this will try an optimization of the length of your route (you can see it being updated after it finishes if you use a map addon like Mapster).
Keep hitting the 'Foreground' button to try and make the route smaller,

Features:

Select node-types to build a line upon. The following are supported
- GatherMate2 (Author's preference)
- Gatherer
- HandyNotes
Optimize your route using the traveling salesmen problem (TSP) ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm
Background (nonblocking) and foreground (blocking) optimization
Select color/thickness/transparency/visibility for each route
For any route created, finding a new node will try to add that as optimal as possible
Quick clustering algorithm to merge nearby nodes into a single traveling point
Quickly mark entire areas/regions as "out of bounds" or "taboo" to Routes, meaning your routes will ignore nodes in those areas and avoid cross them
Fubar plugin available to quickly access your routes
Cartographer_Waypoints and TomTom support for quickly following a route
Works with Chinchilla's Expander minimap and SexyMap's HudMap!
Full in-game help file and FAQ, guiding you step by step on what to do!

Download:

The latest version of Routes is always available on this page... or at:
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/routes.aspx
http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info11401-Routes.html

Contact:

If you find any bugs or have any suggestions, you can contact us on:

Forum: http:forums.wowace.com/showthread.php?t=10369
IRC : Grum or Xinhuan on [[irc://irc.freenode.org/wowace|irc://irc.freenode.org/wowace]]
Email: Grum ( routes AT grum DOT nl ), Xinhuan ( xinhuan AT gmail DOT com )

Paypal donations are welcome ;)

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Greg4144
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Posted Nov 10, 2019
I had the same problem as Ssateneth:

I deleted my Saved Variables from Routes and now all is good. No errors.

I also had problems getting the addon to recognize the GatherMate2 Data. If you have issues with that see comments below for a fix.

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Posted Oct 25, 2019
I WILL PAY for a copy paste fix!

Does anyone have a FULL copy paste fix for routes addon to work with gathermate2 so i can make a route for herbing/mining? I tried adding the fixes but I still get lua error and it doesnt work. I don't want to mess with a git program or whatever. I just need a copy paste or a zip file of fixed addon

Message: Interface\AddOns\Routes\Routes.lua:916: bad argument #1 to 'format' (string expected, got nil)
Time: Fri Oct 25 11:08:43 2019
Count: 1
Stack: Interface\AddOns\Routes\Routes.lua:916: bad argument #1 to 'format' (string expected, got nil)
[C]: in function `format'
Interface\AddOns\Routes\Routes.lua:916: in function <Interface\AddOns\Routes\Routes.lua:886>
[C]: ?
...ce\AddOns\AdiBags\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:70: in function <...ce\AddOns\AdiBags\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:65>
...ce\AddOns\AdiBags\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:498: in function `InitializeAddon'
...ce\AddOns\AdiBags\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:613: in function <...ce\AddOns\AdiBags\libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.lua:605>

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Posted Nov 10, 2019
In reply to Ssateneth:

So i had the same problem. I deleted my Saved Variables from Routes and now all is good. No errors.

I also had problems getting the addon to recognize the GatherMate2 Data. If you have issues with that see comments below for a fix.

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Posted Nov 10, 2019
In reply to Ssateneth:

So i had the same problem. I deleted my Saved Variables from Routes and now all is good. No errors.

I also had problems getting the addon to recognize the GatherMate2 Data. If you have issues with that see comments below for a fix.

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Posted Nov 10, 2019
In reply to Ssateneth:

So i had the same problem. I deleted my Saved Variables from Routes and now all is good. No errors.

I also had problems getting the addon to recognize the GatherMate2 Data. If you have issues with that see comments below for a fix.

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Posted Oct 13, 2019
Using WoW Classic fix by KOVIKO from bellow. Everything works great, I can make routes and I can cluster etc. I have two issues, adding taboo and editing paths. If I add a taboo and lick edit, the triangle with movable vertices does not show up on the map. Same thing for editing the pat, no vertices are visible to move around.

Do note that this is a graphical issue. If I create a taboo with the default triangle and add it into the route, the route alters to omit the invisible taboo.

Thank you for all and any help.

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Posted Oct 23, 2019
In reply to FeverStriker:

I've added a small fix for this problem into KOVIKO's patch, see his thread below.

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Posted Nov 8, 2019
In reply to FeverStriker:

Here's a fix for editing taboos:

https://github.com/mrpoundsign/routes_classic/commit/94bffaa1494fd3e3fea5d14912455fb63a428694

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Posted Oct 7, 2019
having issue optimizing route in Nazjatar :

Message: Interface\AddOns\Routes\TSP.lua:622: script ran too long
Time: Mon Oct 7 01:50:23 2019
Count: 1
Stack: Interface\AddOns\Routes\TSP.lua:622: script ran too long
(tail call): ?
Interface\AddOns\Routes\TSP.lua:622: in function `TwoOpt'
Interface\AddOns\Routes\TSP.lua:453: in function `SolveTSP'
Interface\AddOns\Routes\Routes.lua:1875: in function <Interface\AddOns\Routes\Routes.lua:1859>
[C]: ?
...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0.lua:51: in function <...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0.lua:49>
...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0.lua:838: in function <...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0.lua:664>
[C]: ?
...ce\AddOns\GatherMate2\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\AceGUI-3.0.lua:72: in function <...ce\AddOns\GatherMate2\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\AceGUI-3.0.lua:70>
...ce\AddOns\GatherMate2\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\AceGUI-3.0.lua:290: in function `Fire'
...tant\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\widgets\AceGUIWidget-Button.lua:22: in function <...tant\Libs\AceGUI-3.0\widgets\AceGUIWidget-Button.lua:19>

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Hi,

my current problem is if I add a new route and configure the route it does work all perfectly but when I reload/relog the routes doesnt show up in the "Routes" list. It does still show up on the world map and minimap but I cant edit the "old" routes I've been create.

Hope you can help me.

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Posted Sep 17, 2019
I keep getting an error saying Script Ran Too Long whenever I try to either cluster a route or run an optimization in the foreground. I get the error both when I have all my addons and when it is just Routes, Gathermate2 & Bugsack.

Here is the error I keep getting:

6x Routes\TSP.lua:930: script ran too long
Routes\TSP.lua:930: in function `ClusterRoute'
Routes\Routes-v1.6.1.lua:1667: in function <Routes\Routes.lua:1663>
[C]: ?
...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0-78.lua:51: in function <...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0.lua:49>
...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0-78.lua:838: in function <...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0.lua:664>
[C]: ?
...rfaceBankStack\lib\AceGUI-3.0\AceGUI-3.0-40.lua:72: in function <...rfaceBankStack\lib\AceGUI-3.0\AceGUI-3.0.lua:70>
...rfaceBankStack\lib\AceGUI-3.0\AceGUI-3.0-40.lua:290: in function `Fire'
...olic\libs\AceGUI-3.0-40\widgets\AceGUIWidget-Button.lua:22: in function <...olic\libs\AceGUI-3.0\widgets\AceGUIWidget-Button.lua:19>

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#903 Posted Sep 12, 2019

Classic Fix

Though there isn't a Classic version of Routes yet, it appears to work with only a few minor adjustments. Manually download the latest version of Routes (v1.6.3 as of this comment) and extract it to your classic AddOns directory (WoW/_classic_/Interface/AddOns). Then, edit the following files within the AddOns/Routes directory.

Routes.lua

In Routes.lua, Routes attempts to use the cosmic map (ID: 946) as the base map. However, that map doesn't yet exist in Classic. Instead, use the world map (ID: 947). The changes begin at line 196.

Routes.lua:196

OLD

      local COSMIC_MAP_ID = 946
      processMapChildrenRecursive(COSMIC_MAP_ID)

NEW

      local WORLD_MAP_ID = 947
      processMapChildrenRecursive(WORLD_MAP_ID)

Modules/AutoShow.lua

In Modules/AutoShow.lua, you want to remove all references to professions that don't yet exist. That means you remove ExtractGas (TBC), Archaeology (Cata), Logging (WoD). Also, you want to change the ID used for Herbalism to the old ID, 2366. Also, remove the reference to the newer version of Fishing. The changes begin at line 10.

AutoShow.lua:10

OLD

      local have_prof = {
        Herbalism  = false,
        Mining     = false,
        Fishing    = false,
        ExtractGas = false, -- Engineering
        Archaeology= false,
      }
      local active_tracking = {}
      local profession_to_skill = {}
      profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(170691)] = "Herbalism"
      profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(2575)] = "Mining"
      profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(7620) or GetSpellInfo(131476)] = "Fishing"
      profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(4036)] = "ExtractGas"
      if GetSpellInfo(78670) then
        profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(78670)] = "Archaeology"
      end
      local tracking_spells = {}
      tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(2580))] = "Mining"
      tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(2383))] = "Herbalism"
      tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(43308))] = "Fishing"
      tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(2481))] = "Treasure"
      tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(167898))] = "Logging"

NEW

      local have_prof = {
        Herbalism  = false,
        Mining     = false,
        Fishing    = false,
      }
      local active_tracking = {}
      local profession_to_skill = {}
      profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(2366)] = "Herbalism"
      profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(2575)] = "Mining"
      profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(7620)] = "Fishing"
      local tracking_spells = {}
      tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(2580))] = "Mining"
      tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(2383))] = "Herbalism"
      tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(2481))] = "Treasure"

That's it!

There may be other changes that I haven't noticed but, so far, this has restored full functionality for me in Classic. That said, I haven't actually used Routes since maybe Cata, so there may be features I haven't tested. But taboos, TomTom, and routes seem to be working just fine. :)

Last edited by KOVIKO: Sep 13, 2019

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Posted Sep 12, 2019
In reply to KOVIKO:

Thanks for fix. I suggest making git repository and making pull request for it if possible, or just having this fix there as a repository.

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The project isn't abandoned, so that feels like overkill.

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Posted Sep 13, 2019
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Last edit was Jul 2, so far author work on other things

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In reply to KOVIKO:

My routes works for choosing nodes, map, clustering to create a route but I can't manually remove nodes or create taboo sections. Have you had any luck getting this to work?

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Posted Oct 15, 2019
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Yes he has other things he wants to do. Making a git for two bloody changes is overkill, you need to go relax.

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#1008 Posted Oct 21, 2019

You can apply this by saving it into a text file and using: git apply <patch filename>.

Edit: I've added a small fix for editing routes and taboos.

From f536ae88e3b81d4a0764e37e56a3e7c08963d3c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jicksaw <foo@foo.foo>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:23:21 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] KOVIKO Classic Patch

---
 Modules/AutoShow.lua | 12 ++----------
 Routes.lua           |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Modules/AutoShow.lua b/Modules/AutoShow.lua
index 55a0db5..cae3b5b 100644
--- a/Modules/AutoShow.lua
+++ b/Modules/AutoShow.lua
@@ -11,24 +11,16 @@ local have_prof = {
 	Herbalism  = false,
 	Mining     = false,
 	Fishing    = false,
-	ExtractGas = false, -- Engineering
-	Archaeology= false,
 }
 local active_tracking = {}
 local profession_to_skill = {}
-profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(170691)] = "Herbalism"
+profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(2366)] = "Herbalism"
 profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(2575)] = "Mining"
-profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(7620) or GetSpellInfo(131476)] = "Fishing"
-profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(4036)] = "ExtractGas"
-if GetSpellInfo(78670) then
-	profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(78670)] = "Archaeology"
-end
+profession_to_skill[GetSpellInfo(7620)] = "Fishing"
 local tracking_spells = {}
 tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(2580))] = "Mining"
 tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(2383))] = "Herbalism"
-tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(43308))] = "Fishing"
 tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(2481))] = "Treasure"
-tracking_spells[(GetSpellInfo(167898))] = "Logging"
 
 function AutoShow:SKILL_LINES_CHANGED()
 	for k, v in pairs(have_prof) do
diff --git a/Routes.lua b/Routes.lua
index 65127e3..eb7cc09 100644
--- a/Routes.lua
+++ b/Routes.lua
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ local function processMapChildrenRecursive(parent)
 	end
 end
 
-local COSMIC_MAP_ID = 946
-processMapChildrenRecursive(COSMIC_MAP_ID)
+local WORLD_MAP_ID = 947
+processMapChildrenRecursive(WORLD_MAP_ID)
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Core Routes functions
-- 
2.21.0.windows.1


From af96fe7c183d06534bc554ecf7e743ef6013751c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jicksaw <foo@foo.foo>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 08:15:59 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] World Map opening fix

---
 Routes.lua | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Routes.lua b/Routes.lua
index eb7cc09..afd2981 100644
--- a/Routes.lua
+++ b/Routes.lua
@@ -3002,7 +3002,10 @@ do
 		taboo_edit_list[taboo_data] = copy_of_taboo_data
 
 		-- open the WorldMapFlame on the right zone
-		OpenWorldMap(zone)
+		if not WorldMapFrame:IsShown() then
+			ToggleWorldMap() -- at time of writing OpenWorldMap(mapID) leads to undef call
+		end
+		WorldMapFrame:SetMapID(zone)
 
 		local fh, fw = Routes.DataProvider.tabooPin:GetHeight(), Routes.DataProvider.tabooPin:GetWidth()
 
-- 
2.21.0.windows.1

Last edited by jicksaw: Oct 22, 2019

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Posted Oct 25, 2019
In reply to jicksaw:

I tried running your command but I get an error. "'git' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file."

Do you just have a copy paste fix? I dont know how to git.

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I edited the files as shown above, but now i can´t choose gathermate 2 as the datasource. in fact there´s nothing to choose.

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