Addon: Larger Quest Log List

[thez]

In relation to this post (http://www.cosmosui.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=755), I've bundled up a personal project I did out of annoyance at the size of the normal quest window. Basically, I made it larger (http://students.uwf.edu/zjp1/pics/bigquestlog.jpg) so I can see more without having to scroll. Now, this is my first "add-on" and it hasn't been polished or probably even packaged correctly. However, if you like the idea and want to see how I've done it, you may download (and alter, if desired) my work here (http://students.uwf.edu/zjp1/files/bigquestlist.zip).

Update:
Latest: bigquestlog_0.2.zip (http://students.uwf.edu/zjp1/files/bigquestlog_0.2.zip)

[sarf]

Great work!

Sarf
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Abandon all hope, ye who PRESS ENTER here

[Drizzo]

hmm can somebody do the Lua work to register it with cosmos please? ;p

Man i gotta learn Lua heh...

[Drizzo]

What i mean is it would be cool to be able to toggle it long/short in-game.

[Vinar]

nice idea..i had a small problem with the addon..it worked, but some of the check boxes next to quest's were missing...i could only check the top 10 or so...i had like 17 quest's in my log, and most i could not check..was very weird.

[sarf]

QuestMinion assumes there's just X quests I think.

Drizzo> You need to create a NEW frame (not replace QuestLogFrame) if is is going to be (easily) toggleable.

Sarf
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I believe that everyone is entitled to my opinion.

[Anonymous]

I get a green block instead of the images.

[Anonymous]

the large quest window shows, but not all of my quests have the checkboxes needed to put it in the minion

[thez]

To make it work with quest minion, you have to add more entries to QuestMinion.xml like this:

<CheckButton name="QuestLogTitle7MinionCheckButton" inherits="MinionCheckButtonTemplate">
<Anchors>
<Anchor point="TOPLEFT">
<Offset>
<AbsDimension x="30" y="-167"/>
</Offset>
</Anchor>
</Anchors>
</CheckButton>

Where the y value continues to decrement by 15 and the X in QuestLogTitleXMinionCheckButton is incremented by 1.

Also, you have to modify QuestToolTip.lua so that it sections like if (i <= 6 and i >= 1) then become if (i <= 20 and i >= 1) then
Similarly, ones that refer to i < 7 should become i<21 (or i<=20).

I admit I'm still learning a lot of this, but I think QuestMinion can be permanently updated so that it will work regardless of whether or not my addon is used (making it easier on everybody who wants to use a big quest log). For that to work, the author could just do an insane amount of entries (doesn't hurt to have too many, since his script only activates the correct ones) for QuestMinion.xml (like 50). Also, he could grab the QUESTS_DISPLAYED constant from QuestLogFrame.lua and use that instead of hardcoding 6 or 7 in his loops. I don't know how to grab that constant from within another script, but it's almost certainly possible.

I've made an updated zip file with the latest QuestMinion patched to work with the Big Quest Log. Here's a screenshot (http://students.uwf.edu/zjp1/pics/bigquestlog3.jpg)and here's the file (http://students.uwf.edu/zjp1/files/bigquestlog_0.1.zip).

[Aqe]

I added this to cosmos/gypsy combo ui :roll:
Anyway i get the larger quest window but it still just show 6 rows.
what files should i edit?

[thez]

I added this to cosmos/gypsy combo ui :roll:
Anyway i get the larger quest window but it still just show 6 rows.
what files should i edit?
Did you pick and choose which files from the zip to move over? All the files in the zip are ones that were edited from their defaults. Let me know if there's any specific file you would like more information on. Also, a diff utility (I use UltraEdit's compare files feature) can do wonders for finding out differences in files.

[Henna]

I'm using GypsyMod + Cosmos and had no trouble with this addOn. I have a feeling Aqe may have grabbed the file from your original post and not the updated one you posted later. May want to remove or edit the original link accordingly. :)

[Anonymous]

hey, i edited your background images so that they look like the normal background, only bigger (instead of the blurry top and bottom) . drop me an email at lechtansi@gmail.com and ill send em to you.

[Henna]

Any chance we can get an update to this addOn for the 4114 revision? :)

[Henna]

No update for this? :cry:

[thez]

No update for this? :cry:
Sorry... finals week :(

Here it is: bigquestlog_0.2.zip (http://students.uwf.edu/zjp1/files/bigquestlog_0.2.zip)

It didn't have any of the files with the magic number in it. Some minor changes were made to QuestMinion that I have incorporated into this version, but I think the old one would have worked anyways.

[Anonymous]

How hard would it be to do this same thing for other windows? For example, the Auction House would be great to expand... probably more difficult than the Quest Log though. Oh, and the trade windows... those would be really good to expand. Scrolling through all my tailoring stuff is a pain. :)

[Anonymous]

Hey, love the concept but... when i use this mod the buttons abandon..share.. exit, are all below my first action bar, and i cannot move this, what code needs to be changed to raise the bar up a bit (offset function would be super!)

[Anonymous]

nobody?

[Henna]

Thanks for the update, thez. I did originally try to get the old version to work but inevitably couldn't. Hope you aced your finals. Thanks for the work. :)

[Arc2055]

Can this please be included in Cosmos releases?

It's so useful!

Everytime I update Cosmos, I end up having to reinstall this, or am I missing something obvious?

[TaraNTino]

Shure, why not incude it? Bigger quest log is definitely better than small one.

[Anonymous]

Is there any download for the gipsy/cosmos combo?

[OwlBoy]

I disliked the streatched image behind the Quest list in this mod, but loved the idea of making the QL bigger. So I modified the .tga files.

Looks much better imo.

See it here. (http://owlboy.com/wow_gallery/file/Info%20Screens/quest_log_big_better.jpg)

Download it here. (http://www.owlboy.com/fixed_big_quest_log_images.zip)

Replace the .tga files this mod comes with with these ones to use.

-Owl

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to move the quest window? when I install the bigger version I can't use the buttons at the bottom. I use a res of 1280 by 1024.

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to move the quest window? when I install the bigger version I can't use the buttons at the bottom. I use a res of 1280 by 1024.

[thez]

Changing the location shouldn't be too difficult; however, making it moveable in game would probably be quite difficult. Check out the x,y coordinates in the quest log's xml file.[/b]

[EberKain]

Great mod, can someone now please do it for the crafting window.

[Anonymous]

anychance you can tell me how to make it move to the right by 1 inch ? ( it covers the 2ndary buttons of cosmos) .. and maybe 1/2 an inch shorter?

covers the buttons of cosmos :( i tried to mess with the x and y's with no avail (yes i feel stupid) lol, can anybody help ?

[thez]

anychance you can tell me how to make it move to the right by 1 inch ? ( it covers the 2ndary buttons of cosmos) .. and maybe 1/2 an inch shorter?

covers the buttons of cosmos :( i tried to mess with the x and y's with no avail (yes i feel stupid) lol, can anybody help ?
I can take a look at it soon. I'm still on vacation visiting family for the holidays, but my flight back to Florida leaves tomorrow :)

[Anonymous]

I can take a look at it soon. I'm still on vacation visiting family for the holidays, but my flight back to Florida leaves tomorrow :)

thanks lots :)[/quote]

[Anonymous]

thanks a lot thez :)

[Avogel]

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[Avogel]

This is a fantastic addon!
I run the game in 1280x1024, and now with a decent sized quest log I keep thinking how useful it would be to have a longer trade skills window and even auction house (less scrolling = good) If I knew anything about lua and xml I'd attempt it myself but I'm more of a photoshop kinna guy.

Wish list:
Ideally some sort of cosmos like options, say a variable size for different screen resolutions or maybe even a dragable edge to change the size.

[Anonymous]

This is the problem I've been having:

http://img34.exs.cx/img34/8351/wowscrnshot0105051209589na.jpg

[Anonymous]

Great mod, can someone now please do it for the crafting window.

Here here! I would love to be able to have more to work with on this, especially if it is compatible with Pinky's Enhanced Trade Skills Screen.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-interface-customization&t=34789&tmp=1#post34789

hanks again for the fantastic mod. I also understand you have a version that works correctly with QuestMinion in Insomniax Recompilation v1.41. Great job, and thanks alot.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?FN=wow-interface-customization&T=4805&P=7

[Sancho]

This is a really great mod, thanks. Please make it work for all resolutions if you can. Right now, the buttons at the bottom are cut off and the "rested xp tag" shows up on top of the log.

[Norek]

This mods great, the short quest log list was driving me nuts, my only problem is im using cosmos and it doesnt always work right with quest minion, i think cosmos should make this a part of the mod, then there wont be any more issues with that :) plus im sure lots of ppl would love this, they just dont know it yet :)

[Nair]

Looking forward for non-questminion version and working with SiMoHiOi. :"P

[Norek]

um, dude, this is a non quest minion mod.... he just added compatability with quest minion by adding an extra DL for quest minion users

[yungsters]

Can we have this updated using the newest QuestTooltip.lua?

I tried to do the same edits to the file I that were posted on page 1 of this topic, but the problem is when I minimize one zone's quests, the QuestMinion checkboxes at the bottom of the list remain and... that's not supposed to happen. (The checkbox will remain there without a quest next to it.)

[sheykh]

IDEA: Like the AIOI, make it so that I can MOVE the quest page to a position in my screen? Sometimes Its annoying to have to close out the quest page just to use my left sidebar. Just a thought. Sexy mod tho! (Grumbles now I just need to fix this .xml file... rambles...) LoL

[sheykh]

I've got the most recent cosmos, and this current mod. But here is what I'm getting...

http://members.cox.net/sheykh/missing%20questminion%20buttons.jpg

I made the changes to the .lua and the .xml files. Am I missing something? Please advice. TY! =D

[Norek]

Easy answere to this (well my answere anyways) DL the most recent version of this, but also download the version posted a few posts down, with the quest minion fix, now extract the most recent version as per normal, and ONLY extract the questminion folder from the other one and replace the one in cosmos (i dont think cosmos has updated quest minion in some time so it should be fine) this works perfect for me, no problems at all with this program :D

[Nobula]

Not sure if anyone else is having this trouble, but I can't seem to collapse the zones anymore. When I click on the little minus sign, nothing happens in the quest log...all quests are fully expanded.

It isn't a show-stopper by any means, the mod is still very helpful to have. Just thought I'd post to let you know.

-n

[Norek]

Just wanted to know if this mod was still being worked on, its great stuff, wanted to know if there was any future plans.... perhaps being included in Cosmos :) Thated be nice :)

[sheykh]

still have error after trying to fix all problems... anyone else having issue? or am i all alone in this cold cruel world? lol

[diskawa]

i've been using this addon while playing eu beta, and it has been working perfectly so far.. (+ cosmos and other various addons)
I can see the issue about resolution/size, luckily i play with higher resolution, but it overlaps my chat window :P

Anyway, just wanted to point out that, wouldn't it be easier/better if Questlog was split into 2 columns, instead of tiling downwards?

I'm not really into the whole mod/addon/ui coding myself, but I made a really crappy photoshop attempt to show what I mean, but you get my point :)

http://www.diskawa.com/questexmpl.jpg

would this be possible? If yes then this would resolve any problems with resolution and screen space.

[Norek]

I dont know a hell of alot about LUA coding, but i do know some, and i know that this would be extreamly difficult to do if at all possible with LUA, well maybe not so much difficult as it would be painstaking to try and code. Not certain if its possible with LUA though. Have to see what the author, or maybe Sarf has to say about it.

[Norek]

Can we please get an updated version for this with the newest quest minion updates?? i tryed to figure out exactly what it was that you did to get it to work properly with quest minion, but im at a loss, which is kinda bad cause usually im pretty good at doing things like this lol.

Perhaps contacting the quest minion developer to impliment your coding changes? would make all our lives easyer :)

[Anonymous]

i've been using this addon while playing eu beta, and it has been working perfectly so far.. (+ cosmos and other various addons)
I can see the issue about resolution/size, luckily i play with higher resolution, but it overlaps my chat window :P

Anyway, just wanted to point out that, wouldn't it be easier/better if Questlog was split into 2 columns, instead of tiling downwards?

I'm not really into the whole mod/addon/ui coding myself, but I made a really crappy photoshop attempt to show what I mean, but you get my point :)

http://www.diskawa.com/questexmpl.jpg

would this be possible? If yes then this would resolve any problems with resolution and screen space.


i agree, if it's possible to design it like the picture above it would be a lot better.

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