Routes

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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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BattyCoda0
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Posted Jul 19, 2018
Thank you for the update!

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Posted Dec 2, 2014
Hello, I've been using and loving this addon for years and I'm thankful that there is some attention being given to keep it up to date. I have one request though, recently, Gathermate was changed to include data for timber nodes and this causes some problems when attempting to create new routes from GM data. Would it be possible for routes to accept and create routes using the timber data from gathermate?

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Posted Nov 2, 2014
THANK YOU!! Got the update, so far seems to be working as I'm used to :)

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Posted Nov 1, 2014
Hi Kagaro & Xinhuan

I have updated the gathermate2 and Routes to the lasted version. However, the Routes is still not working. It cannot find the data of gathermate2 and I have install the data.

Could you please help to fix the problem.

Many many thx :

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Posted Oct 22, 2014
I've updated the Gatherer plugin so that it works properly, here: Gatherer.lua on GitHub

Also, the enUS localization file: Locale-enUS.lua on GitHub

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Posted Oct 17, 2014
per the update 20 minutes ago, still not finding the gathermate2 info when creating a new route.

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Posted Oct 16, 2014
I have the same problem with routes and using it with gathermate2 I can see the nodes on maps but nothing shows up when I try to add a zone to make a route

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Posted Oct 16, 2014
Thank you thank you thank you for updating Routes!!!

Routes that I had already created seem to be working fine (except that they do not self repair the route when I delete nodes the way it used to).

I have GatherMate2 and GatherMate2_Data installed and working (I see nodes on the maps), but on the Add Route screen, I don't have any nodes to choose, as can be seen here:

http://i.imgur.com/HhI8JB4.png

I checked on GatherMate2's Import section and that seems to also be greyed out for some reason.

http://i.imgur.com/RIizsea.png

Not sure if the 2 issues are related, just thought I'd mention it in case it is relevant.

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Posted Sep 15, 2014
Will this be updated for WoD? I'm working ok in MoP 5.4.8 so far, but am afraid to try on 6.0.1

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Posted Aug 14, 2014
I really miss routes :*(

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Posted Aug 11, 2013
Could it be possible to have the same kind of route lines that carbonite has?

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Posted Feb 3, 2013
Does this addon still not work with carbonite?

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Posted Jan 15, 2013
Has Version v1.4.2-6-gc3bce9c the Gatherer Fix from Ticket #58 included ?

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Posted Nov 3, 2012
I have an issue with this perfect addon. Created (and optimized) route slides on minimap when I move. Can I do something to get rid of that?

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Posted Oct 27, 2012
I'd lie to say its the best addon I'v ever found for faming. TY A LOT!

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#25 Posted Oct 14, 2012

Date: 2012-10-14 14:58:54
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Posted Sep 26, 2012
@PerrinGaiden

Sadly, doesn't look like it, although there's an alpha up from 9/11. I get a few errors on starting wow and when doing things, but it still works normally for me otherwise. I've created and optimized routes since Panda.

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Posted Aug 29, 2012
Is this being maintained for MoP?

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Posted Dec 17, 2011
A couple division by zero were overlooked in modules (tomtom and waypoints) v1.4.2

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Posted May 3, 2011
Hi I was wondering if there might be any way to add Profiles to this Great program I have several toons some have both Mining and herbing some have one or other. Would be nice if I could set it up to be unique for each character.

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