The distance indicator is useful, but you can get it in other ways, such as a Weakaura string that I think someone posted up thread (maybe that's what Pete has?) - the thing that really made Archy stand out was histories of old finds.
ARCHY IS BEING COMPLETELY RE-WRITTEN The old codebase was showing its age, so I'd been wanting to do this for awhile. With WoW 8.0, however, Blizzard forced my hand by completely replacing the map subsystem and API.
To reiterate: Archy is not dead; it's being worked on.
ARCHY IS BEING COMPLETELY RE-WRITTEN The old codebase was showing its age, so I'd been wanting to do this for awhile. With WoW 8.0, however, Blizzard forced my hand by completely replacing the map subsystem and API.
To reiterate: Archy is not dead; it's being worked on.
It's worse than that - if it was dead then maybe someone could take over, but if it's a Zombie project (where the author is still convinced that he'll get back to it some day) then the code will never see the light of day again.
"Archy is not dead; it's being worked on. " Why take over project just to kill it? I think its safe to say that after any news is apsent for 1 whole expansion.
Yeah, I fully expect at this point Archy will never come back. I've just swapped to the beta of Minimal Archeology with the distance meter and it fills my needs.
Have Minimal Archeology the double right click to dig? I was searching for an addon with this specific characteristic (like fishing buddy) that Archy had. I only miss this addon because this feature and the distance meter.
For what I used to use Archy for, the game now has sufficient functionality... the 'lightbulb' notifier above the character when you're close does the job.
If you get a 'red light', all you really need to do is take a second reading to make sure you 'aim right'... unless the in-game scope has been made more accurate.
That said, what else did Archy add to Archaeology, other than rangefinder accuracy?
It kept a record of exactly where you'd found artifacts - so if it says 'it's over that way' and I know there's only one artifact site over that way then I can fly straight to it.
If you need to track your previous digs, you can use gathermate 2, or possibly another similar tracker. Minimal Archaeology add on adds some helpful features, too.
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v8.2.5b2-beta (28/10-19) doesn't have it...... or it's hidden so deep, I cannot fid it.
The distance indicator is useful, but you can get it in other ways, such as a Weakaura string that I think someone posted up thread (maybe that's what Pete has?) - the thing that really made Archy stand out was histories of old finds.
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Seems like it, try Minimal Archaeology, not quite the same but it helps.
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ARCHY IS BEING COMPLETELY RE-WRITTEN
The old codebase was showing its age, so I'd been wanting to do this for awhile. With WoW 8.0, however, Blizzard forced my hand by completely replacing the map subsystem and API.
To reiterate: Archy is not dead; it's being worked on.
But after 2 and 1/2 years I believe it is DEAD!
Aww, it’s only been 2 years!
I offered some fixes a while back, never got a reply and my public post got deleted by the author so I'm fairly confident that it is dead.
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It's worse than that - if it was dead then maybe someone could take over, but if it's a Zombie project (where the author is still convinced that he'll get back to it some day) then the code will never see the light of day again.
"Archy is not dead; it's being worked on. " Why take over project just to kill it? I think its safe to say that after any news is apsent for 1 whole expansion.
Yeah, I fully expect at this point Archy will never come back. I've just swapped to the beta of Minimal Archeology with the distance meter and it fills my needs.
Have Minimal Archeology the double right click to dig? I was searching for an addon with this specific characteristic (like fishing buddy) that Archy had. I only miss this addon because this feature and the distance meter.
I tried to contact Torhal and Mrfixit and I only got contacted by this last one
If Torhal respond my message I'll post it here.
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No it is dead. DEAD! DEAD!
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Considering there will be no new archaeology in SL, I believe you're right!
Being worked on for 4 years now, is this abandoned?????
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YUP
I use the addon: Minimal Archaeology. It does the job really well if you have the TomTom addon as well.
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Curse PremiumFor what I used to use Archy for, the game now has sufficient functionality... the 'lightbulb' notifier above the character when you're close does the job.
If you get a 'red light', all you really need to do is take a second reading to make sure you 'aim right'... unless the in-game scope has been made more accurate.
That said, what else did Archy add to Archaeology, other than rangefinder accuracy?
It kept a record of exactly where you'd found artifacts - so if it says 'it's over that way' and I know there's only one artifact site over that way then I can fly straight to it.
If you need to track your previous digs, you can use gathermate 2, or possibly another similar tracker. Minimal Archaeology add on adds some helpful features, too.