Make Sgather Profiles

[DrWho1988]

Addons Needed:

• Routes
• GatherMate2
• GatherMate2_Data

Optional Addons:

• Mapster
• HandyNotes

Setting Up GatherMate
1. Open up GatherMate2
By typing "/gathermate"


2. Import Data.


Select what you want to display on the World Map


Setting Up Routes
1. Open up the Routes options
By typing "/routes"


2. Add A New Zone/Route
Type in the name you want and click "Okay".


3. Select the Gathermate Data you want
Click "Create Route".


You should have something that looks similar to this:


4. Now go back into your Routes options
Click the Zone and route that you want. Set cluster radius somewhere between 150-200. 150 for zones with not as many nodes and 200 for zones with loads of nodes. Click "Cluster".


Now your map should look similar to this:


5. Go back into your Routes options once again.
Now click "Foreground" and it should optimize the route and spit out the best one. You can click it multiple times to try to make an even more efficient route if you'd like.


Your optimized route should look like this:


You can go into the line settings and tweak the lines colors and size as you see fit. Now onto creating the profile.

Mapping Out The Profile:
1. Run Sgather
Attach it to WoW and all that jazz. Click the "Profiles" tab and click "Clear All" to start fresh. Make sure the little bullet next to "Waypoints" is filled in. head to the nearest crosspoint on your route and click "Add".


2. Fly to the next segment endpoint.
Click "Add" again. Repeat this process all the way around the map, following the route until you get right back to where you started.


To make the route even more efficient, you can click "Add" near any nodes you come across while your mapping it out.

3. Adding Vendors and Mailboxes
This is very simple, just get in front of a repair man or mail box, select "Town Waypoint", and click add in front of each mailbox and vendor you come across



4. Save It
Click "Save ..." and choose the location and name you want.

Bingo, you're done


EZ Mode Way of Mapping out Profiles:
Download http://www.mmowned.com/forums/world-...e-creator.html. Thanks icqpro for that lovely little tool.
This makes it ridiculously easy to make a route. Run that program AFTER starting SGather.

1. Open the Settings tab and set it up like this:
   
   The mount can be whatever flying mount you prefer. If yours isn't listed in the dropdown box then you will have to edit "Settings.xml".
2. Start APC. I like to run it as admin just to be safe. WoW HAS to be in Windowed mode for this.
   
3. Make sure you the have the tab open that has "Start" and "Stop" on it and also check and see if the "Waypoints" bullet is filled in.
4. Now all you have to do is hit "Home" and "NumLock" at the same time to start the program and start autorunning.
5. Now to turn or rise/fall, you simple hold down your right mouse button and steer your character in the desired direction.
   
6. Add vendor points manually and save your settings AND the profile before you close SGather. Too many times have I noobishly closed it before saving the route.

Tips:

• Try not to make too sudden of movements when recording the route. Make turns and inclines/declines as smooth as possible. If it jerks around too much people will know instantly its a bot.
• I would also recommend staying above the treeline/roofline/ruins/obelisks/pyramids anything that might get in the way.
• If something seems TOO high, then fly around it instead of over it.
• When you encounter a cliff, then fly above it, not below it. If you have a long cliffline that has nodes that spawn on the cliff AND on the ground below it, then fly higher than the cliff but still be above the ground below and follow the length of it, running parallel to the ground. Take Uldum for example:

[DK1989]

Nicely done. +rep

[Maccer]

Good one, thanks.

[wolfeater2010]

+Rep, This is perfect to help people create and share their own paths, it was very confusing before, i think this will help a hell of alot!

[kaliska]

I hardly give rep because most stuff is common sense or some sort of repost
but this def deserved it and actually will help me out

[DrWho1988]

+Rep, This is perfect to help people create and share their own paths, it was very confusing before, i think this will help a hell of alot!

I hardly give rep because most stuff is common sense or some sort of repost
but this def deserved it and actually will help me out

Thank you It's much appreciated

[Ventrilinty]

+rep , This is some really good things you have made here.

[Rmble]

Amazing, thank you. +rep

[jackie1337]

Is it just me or is the picture gone? Rly good guide anyways =) + rep

Edit: How do you do so it goes up more smoother like " / "from the air and not straight up "| "

[kaliska]

Not showing me pick either.....

[babybern]

Sorry to say that, but this kind of profiles can lead to several problems due to the routes plugin automation. This addon doesn't handle things like mountains, rocks, trees and mobs, so that you can easily get stuck or killed if you don't set the good wayponts. Before recording the waypoints in sg, the botter should think how the bot will deal with the terrain, and blacklist some nodes.

For the "town waypoint" i recommend you to do that :
- Go high in the air above the city, so that theres no obstacles between you and the mailbox. Add wp.
- Go near the mailbox. Add wp.
- Go in the air again, but not so much. Add wp.
- Go to the vendor. Add wp.
- Optionnaly, set another wp in the air at the end, usefull in Ramkahen

But i don't deny that your guide is great don't worry ^^.

(Sorry for my english)

[DrWho1988]

Sorry to say that, but this kind of profiles can lead to several problems due to the routes plugin automation. This addon doesn't handle things like mountains, rocks, trees and mobs, so that you can easily get stuck or killed if you don't set the good wayponts. Before recording the waypoints in sg, the botter should think how the bot will deal with the terrain, and blacklist some nodes.

For the "town waypoint" i recommend you to do that :
- Go high in the air above the city, so that theres no obstacles between you and the mailbox. Add wp.
- Go near the mailbox. Add wp.
- Go in the air again, but not so much. Add wp.
- Go to the vendor. Add wp.
- Optionnaly, set another wp in the air at the end, usefull in Ramkahen

But i don't deny that your guide is great don't worry ^^.

(Sorry for my english)

For the first problem you mention, what I do is set up what the addon calls 'Taboo" regions. Any areas that have high concentrations of mobs, a big mountain, etc I create a taboo for that section. I apply it to the route and reoptimize it, that section is completely omitted.
As for the town way point that is a decent way. I'll try it out on this new batch of profiles I'm working on right now.

Not showing me pick either.....

Is it just me or is the picture gone? Rly good guide anyways =) + rep

Edit: How do you do so it goes up more smoother like " / "from the air and not straight up "| "

Pics fixed. Sorry I changed the location but forgot to change them on here.

The best way to do elevation changes is to go forward and up 50 yards and set a way point all the way until you get to the elevation you desire.

[Nattsvart]

Awsome!

Thx alot man

[Colster]

Nice guide, appreciate the effort you made making all the pictures etc.

+rep

[fwxbit]

It took me a while to get used to 3d connect the dots...