Step-by-Step instructions for Joana's Guide IN GAME. Fixes coordinates & note book!

[Vante]

Ok, it seems a lot of people were having problems in the other thread about this, so I wanted to post my own little guide to help some people out. I deleted my posts in the other topic and brought them here, because I didn't want a triple post to look bad, and this may have gotten more attention in it's own thread. First off, I give complete credit to the two posters of the Joana's guide. They gave me the idea to post these step by step guides in the first place, so props to Demon and Alth.

1. Download the .zip attachment in the original post ( http://www.mmowned.com/forums/attach...metamapnbk.zip ), and also make sure you have installed the MetaMap addon that was linked in Demon's thread as well (comes with like...9 modules that will individually show up on your AddOn menu)

2. Place the MetaMapNBK.lua file in Program Files > World of Warcraft > WTF > Account > "YourAccountName" > SavedVariables

3. Launch WoW, log into game.

4. When you log in, open your world map. Notice how it has changed, it is now scaled down a bit and has a few options on the top (You may also have an orb around your minimap that is for MetaMap as well). Click the Options button (the menu may pop up by just hovering your mouse over the Options button), and click on Note Book. There be your in-game guide!

5. Click on "General Options / Help", and click the bottom tab that says Modules. Put a check for MetaMapNKB, and then reload the UI (/console ReloadUI). This will ensure that the notebook loads every time you log in. It may load every time anyway, but this is just a precautionary measure.

[Vante]

Here's how to get the coordinates to show up on your world map to correspond with Joana's Guide:

1: http://www.joanaguides.com/MetaMapEXP.zip Go to that link to download the MetaMap file that contains the coordinates. You do not need to be a member of Joana's site to download that file.

2: Install MetaMapEXP.lua to World of Warcraft > Interface > AddOns > MetaMapCVT. Chances are you will have to replace an existing file, it's fine.

3: Log into WoW. Again go to the MetaMap options (through the menu on the World Map or the minimap, it doesn't matter) and this time make sure "Show Unexplored" is set to the ON position. Then, click to open the General Options/Help menu.

4: Click on the Modules tab at the bottom of the General Options window, and make sure MetaMapFWM is checked. Then, click on the Database tab. Click on the bottom left button that says Import Module, and that makes the two buttons at the top light up. Click on the Import button for User File (it's the second one of the top two buttons). Then just to make sure it all works, click the ReloadUI button.

Now, open your world map. There should be map notes posted all over your world map that represent the coordinates that are in Joana's guide, as well as a listing of the coordinates to the right side of the map. You can have them sorted or unsorted, it's up to you.

(Note: If there is NOT a list of coordinates to the right side of your world map, yet the map shows the coordinates, just right click the globe beside the Options button)

[Vante]

I noticed that the MetaMap NoteBook module does not have it's own keybinding. I also noticed that it got annoying having to find the minimap icon every time I wanted to open my notebook for Joana's guide to check my progress and what I had to do next. Well....I changed that

Here's the step by step method to creating your own keybinding for MetaMap Notebook

1: Go to your MetaMap folder. World of Warcraft > Interface > AddOns > MetaMap

2: Right click on the Bindings.xml file. Click on Edit, and it should open that file in Notepad. Insert these three lines of code exactly as I paste them here

<Binding name = "METAMAP_NBK">
        MetaMap_LoadNBK();
    </Binding>

It will look like this

Hit save!

3: Now, this step is unnecessary. The keybinding code is now in your WoW and it would work normal without this step. However, to make it look nice and normal on the Keybindings menu, go back to the MetaMap folder, and right click on the localisation.lua file (there are a few of them...the others end in .de, .es, and .fr). Again, click on edit. Scroll down to the second main section of code and insert this line

BINDING_NAME_METAMAP_NBK = "Toggle Note Book";

at the end of the BINDING listings. It will look like this

Again, hit save!

Enjoy your keybinding It makes the in-game guide that much easier to use.



Again, props go to The Demon in you and Alth. They gave me the idea to do these step by step guides, because I noticed people were having difficulty. I hope these help! If you have any other questions, I will try to answer them as soon as possible. If someone else can provide an answer before I can, feel free! If there was any place I did not give credit where it was due, please let me know. Thanks

[C1n3rgY]

man, this helps so much, thanks for going through all the effort of getting this good to go for other players.

[Kartio]

Very nice guide.

[Alth]

Nice guide! +2 Rep

[darkwarf]

Is it allowed by Blizzard to do this ? Can we be banned for doing this ?

[Vante]

Yes it is allowed

[Argumentative]

Very nice guide, thanks for putting the effort in.

[slokage]

Yay

Thanks mate, have been looking for this a while now

+rep

[Remen]

Nice job making it easy for everyone to understand!

[Rofled]

Thank you +Rep

[Jub_Jub]

thanks dude +rep this roks

[cindy]

WTF when i download the cord think folder its in my Downloads folder as a winrar zip archive and i went to extract it and it said nuttin was in there

[Vante]

mmmm what? Rephrase that so it's easier to understand