User Interface Modifications

You do not need any addons to fish, however there are some popular add-ons that you may find particularly useful:

There are many other fishing addons, some with special features, such as displaying helpful information. Browse at: Curse, WoW Interface or WowAce.

Installing Addons

To install add-ons:

  1. Close World of Warcraft.
  2. Download the addon, and open the file (normally a .zip file).
  3. Extract the contents of the file to the World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns directory.
  4. Start World of Warcraft. At the character selection screen, click "AddOns", and tick the new addon to enable it.

Sound

To change the sound of the bobber splashing, follow these steps:

  1. Convert the sound file you want into .ogg format. If you need software to do that, try Audacity.
  2. Create directories within the WoW directory: World of Warcraft/Data/Sound/Spells/ .
  3. Copy the .ogg file into the new Spells directory 3 times, and rename to: FishingBobber_ver2_1.ogg, FishingBobber_ver2_2.ogg, and FishingBobber_ver2_3.ogg .

You can also use FishPing, FishingSound, or SilentFish.

User interface modifications are not the only tools available.

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Comments about Addons and Utilities

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Fishing Buddy Suggestions/Comments

  1. Sutorix, April 2009:

    Hi -- I'm the author of Fishing Buddy, and since I'm going to be hanging out here with all of these dedicated fisher<insert noun denoting sex/race/class of reader here>, I'm open to suggestions for improvements or new features for Fishing Buddy. I don't promise to get to them all, but at least half of what Fishing Buddy does is from requests -- so bring them on!

  2. Marlburo, April 2009:

    Big fan of the add on....has provided me and this site some really accurate stats! I have no suggestions really just wanted to say thanks!

    *EDIT After reading El's post yeah that would be sweet to somehow be able to cut and copy the stats intot he forum......though the only stats that were such a problem I didnt post them fully were in dalaran.....

  3. Sutorix, April 2009:

    The new version (0.9.6p) adds the total number of fish you've caught in this location (and the current count) to the watcher -- I noticed I couldn't tell how many casts I'd made so far to see how far off the average I am for the turtle :-)

  1. Marlburo, April 2009:

    Oh and I'm no expert and I'm sure its like impossible to make the add on know when you're pool fishing or non pool fishing. BUT if there were some sort of box or something you could click when you were pool fishing....and those stats would be separate from other fishing stats. Would be useful in getting accurate stats for dark herring, turtle, etc. because when you were exclusively pool fishing for these items they would be seperate from other stats!

  2. Sutorix, April 2009:

    I have been working on separating out pool info -- unfortunately it calls for a bit of a rewrite since I kind of "bolted on" pool fishing afterwards. And detecting a pool is not an exact science -- I check to see if you're "casting" into a pool and I have code that looks at the fish you catch -- but neither one of those is easily expandable.

    I also want to separate out "quest fish" -- they mess up the stats too.

  3. Daisyvondoom, April 2009:

    I love and have used the mod since I started fishing, but how about separating or at least and option to separate pygmy suckerfish catches from the rest like the way El has it on the fish finder pages so that the catch percent adds up to more than 100? Or even an option to remove them from the catches table all together so it showed a total number of casts, instead of just the number of fish you brought in. As it stands right now, if you want to know how many casts you've put in you have to subtract the suckerfish from your totals which isn't a big deal but it is kind of a hassle.

  4. Marlburo, April 2009:

    what files should not be over written so I can keep my previous version data yet get the new fishing buddy? never could figure it out lol!

  5. Sutorix, April 2009:

    You can just install the new version -- the data files aren't overwritten, they're in the "WTF" folder while the add-on lives in the "Interface" folder. If you're really worried, you can back up your "SavedVariables/FishingBuddy.lua" file -- I try very, very hard to make sure that you never lose any data (which would sort of make collecting the data pointless :-)

  6. Paralord, April 2009:

    I use the addon, and love it. The down side, for some reason, I cannot cut and paste the totals. per zone. Is there a way to do this.

  7. buMf00d, April 2009:

    Hi Sutorix,

    First of all I would like to thank you for writing this awesome addon! It's really made fishing easier for all of us. If it wasn't for you addon I probaly wouldn't have been fishing all that much and now it's my greatest hobby inside the game :).

    Secondly I do have one small "favor" to ask. In the version of the addon I use it doesn't seem to be able to find out when it is fishing in shallow water. This is particularly "annoying" when fishing for coins. I've seen several macros for this on this forum but I haven't been able to implement them into fishing buddy itself. Maybe it's an option I have missed but is it possibel to make fishing buddy "check" if it's fishing in shallow water and if so automatically recast?

    Thanks in advance :)

  8. Sutorix, April 2009:

    If a macro can do it, then FB can -- I'll add it to the list (right after I figure out why ErrorMonster stops me from seeing the messages at all!).

  9. Thalen, April 2009:

    If I'm remembering correctly, the macro simply cast several times instead of once. Since casting somewhere where the bobber doesn't land will not stop the current cast, it's much more likely to find a valid spot and stick there.

    That doesn't help, for instance, trying to cast into a pool, since casts outside are valid locations. But for the fountain, or trying to cast into one of those pools too close to shore, I can certainly see where it would be somewhat helpful. Maybe an option you can select to have each double-right-click cast 4 times instead of 1? If you can figure out a way to detect that the 'fishing' buff didn't stick, and auto-recast, that would be even better.

  10. Sutorix, April 2009:

    @Thalen -- I actually have some code written that notices both "target not in sight" and "water too shallow", but with Blizz's control of when things happen all I can do is shorten it by one click, i.e. double-click, too shallow, single-click, cast.

    The only problem is that it gets stuck that way if you're nowhere near water, so single clicks keep casting :-) Trying to clamp it to two or something...

  11. Polikon, April 2009:

    Ive been using fisshing buddy some time now, i think u should separate data. Because all the numbers are next to each other it is hard to tell which is which.
    Thx in advance!

  12. Svet, April 2009:

    How about adding a dropdown to select the maximum lure bonus to use? that way I could have it use my fishing hat all the time - but not my glow worms unless I really wanted to use them.

  13. Trann, April 2009:

    I would love if you could tell FB which lures to automatically put on your pole. It seems it always goes for my glow worms above all others, when I actually need to go through the vast number of sharpened fishing hooks I have first.

    I realize the code might be looking for the most effective lure in your inventory, however that might not be the one the user intends. I am a coder myself, and would love to offer some help with logic/code, but I have no intimate knowledge of the API.

  14. Trann, April 2009:

    One more thing: As we all know, interface addons can get deleted or corrupted, but I would hate to lose the record of fish I have caught. Is there any way to back up the fishing XML or LUA file that the addon reads from to a more safe/secure location, or perhaps add a backup function to run once the game client ends?

  15. Sutorix, April 2009:

    Fearless Fisherfolk!

    Here's a beta of the latest version of FB: http://cid-66aeff484ae5a135.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public

    Version 0.9.7
    - Display your chances of catching a fish in the current zone (on the "display current zone" line)
    - If you fish up junk (besides Felblood Snapper), do the auto-lure dance
    - Rework auto lure so that it tries to pick the lowest possible lure for the zone
    - Reduce casting to one click if the water is too shallow or the cast is out of sight
    - Custom version of LibTourist with updated fishing levels and zone information
    - Work with new fishing poles (Jeweled, etc.) which use a lowercase texture name -- (somebody please check this, I don't have one yet :-)

    Please try it out -- there aren't any changes to the underlying fish data, but to be safe -- back up your fishing data (copy SavedVariables/FishingBuddy.lua somewhere safe)

    Thanks!

    Sutorix

  16. dec13, April 2009:

    Im using the 0.9.7 beta version, but it wont work with my bone fishing pole which i got yesterday

  17. Paralord, April 2009:

    I like the updates, and I have no problems with it. The only thing I wanted to know, is there any way to cut/paste the info from each region? Mainly to put on posts/forums.

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Ultimate Fishing Macro

  1. cactuar, June 2009:

    Here's a pretty nifty macro I cooked up.

    When you click it, it will first attempt to equip your fishing gear (Hat and Kalu'ak pole in my case).
    The next click will use your Weather Beaten Fishing Hat to put the +75 lure on your Fishing Pole.
    Any subsequent clicks will simply cast your fishing line as normal (until your fishing lure runs out, then it will refresh it!)

    #showtooltip Fishing
/script UIErrorsFrame:UnregisterEvent("UI_ERROR_MESSAGE");
/equip Mastercraft Kalu'ak Fishing Pole
/equip Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat
/use Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat
/script UIErrorsFrame:RegisterEvent("UI_ERROR_MESSAGE");
/use Fishing

    Enjoy!!

  2. Keirelle, June 2009:

    Thanks mate!

  3. Keirelle, June 2009:

    What did I do wrong? Each time I click on it it will make her say "that item is not ready yet". Is there anyway to make that stop? I know it is because essentially the hat is being equipped each time and it doesn't need to reuse the lure each time, but can you make it so it doesn't say so?

  1. cactuar, June 2009:

    Actually, the error is not from equipping an already equipped item. That action won't cause an error, it'll just ignore it.

    The error message comes from the multiple attempts to use the hat.
    If you're talking about the error text that appears on the screen, that's what the
    /script UIErrorsFrame:UnregisterEvent("UI_ERROR_MESSAGE");
    and the
    /script UIErrorsFrame:RegisterEvent("UI_ERROR_MESSAGE");
    are for.
    They temporarily turn off the error messages during the macro.

    The actual speaking from your character can be turned off in the "Sound" menu. Uncheck the "Error Speech" option.

    Sorry, I forgot to mention that because I always have it turned off by default.

  2. Keirelle, June 2009:

    Yeah that's what I meant, not re equipping but just using it each time. Otherwise I really like the macro, guess I will just turn error messages off then! :)

  3. weregamer, January 2010:

    While a macro like this will work, I am much happier since I found an option in the Outfitter addon that I already use. I play a lot of hybrid classes (Druid, Shaman, Paladin) and love this addon to manage my equipment sets. Even though Blizzard has added an equipment manager to the default UI in 3.3, I like the UI for this addon.

    Anyway, if you make an outfit called "Fishing", you can not only easily change it as you upgrade your equipment, you can also use the advanced settings to turn on a script that does the following:
    * Unequips your pole (switching back to the weapon you had before you started fishing) when you enter combat, and reequips it after combat
    * Changes your minimap tracking to track fishing pools when you switch to the Fishing outfit, and switches it back to what you had before when you turn off the Fishing outfit.

    I've never seen much value in the Fishing-specific addons like Fishing Buddy, since Blizzard outlawed botlike behaviors. But this tweak to Outfitter suits me perfectly.

    Outfitter is listed with WoWMatrix, or you can get it from the usual suspects, http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/outfitter.aspx, http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info5467-Outfitter.html, etc.

  4. Wooly Bay, January 2010:

    weregamer wrote:

    "...I've never seen much value in the Fishing-specific addons like Fishing Buddy, since Blizzard outlawed botlike behaviors..."

    I read this and was like...WHAT are they saying here? Fishing Buddy a Bot-Addon? What?
    I asked several of the people I know that know way more about W0W than I do, and they agreed with me, Fishing buddy is no where near a Bot
    I also did a little bit of research and found these supporting threads:

    http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=4272418271&sid=1

    http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=3773327746&sid=1

    http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=16102301679&sid=1
    Fishing Buddy follows all of these guidelines, and is (as of my last logon) Still useable in game.

    Not a Bot.

    or a cool macro like the OP put out here for the rest of us, "Thank You cactuar"

  5. el, January 2010:

    I think weregamer is referring to the old automatic re-cast after catch, which used to be possible before Blizzard tightened things up. That's going back 3 or 4 years.

  6. Schema, January 2010:

    weregamer wrote:

    ... Outfitter addon ...
    * Unequips your pole (switching back to the weapon you had before you started fishing) when you enter combat, and reequips it after combat

    I love Outfitter, but lately I've been having problems with it and Fishing. If I'm in my Fishing outfit and enter combat, my weapons do swap back in -- but if I'm actually fishing and get jumped by some Mob, my fishing pole remains equipped. And it does less damage than my two daggers. :-)

    Has anyone else noticed this, and perhaps have a fix?

    Aditional: Just read that 3.3 removed the ability for add-ons to equip weapons during combat. So I guess this is just the way it is for now. :-(

  7. Shalura, January 2010:

    You know you can just use the built-in equipment manager to make a fishing set, right? Just ignore all the slots except the ones that have your items. This is what I use for a fishing macro:

    #showtooltip Fishing
    /equip [nocombat, nomod:alt, noequipped:Fishing Pole] 3 1
    /equip [combat] [mod:alt] 3 1
    /cast [equipped:Fishing Pole, nomod] Fishing
    /use [mod:ctrl] 3 2
    /use [mod:ctrl] 16

    Just keep your pole in bag 3 slot 1 and your lures bag 3 slot 2. Macros that switch weapons in combat still work, just a couple days ago I accidently hit my spec switch macro on my paladin in the middle of a combat and the only thing that changed was the weapons.

  8. tcomputerchip, June 2010:

    In this macro, I have two sets made in the Equipment Manager, one called Fish and one called Raid.

    The script UI line disables errors and console line turns off the warning sounds. I do this because slot "1" is the Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat. Because blizzards has a limit of 255 chars per macro, I chose to /use 1 instead of spelling out the name of the item.

    Click the Macro: to Equipt, Use the Fishing Hat, and Cast Fishing
    Right Click: to equipt Raid gear (or PVP gear or default gear of choosing)

    If you don't know about the equipment manager, its a great thing :) Read up about it.

    #showtooltip Fishing
    /equipset [btn:1] Fish
    /equipset [btn:3] Raid
    /script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
    /console Sound_EnableSFX 0
    /use [btn:1] 1
    /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear(); UIErrorsFrame:Show()
    /console Sound_EnableSFX 1
    /cast [btn:1] Fishing

  9. Fishing for chickens, September 2010:

    Does tcomputerchip's macro work as long as the sets in the EM are set up and w/o any other special adjustments like having your things in specific spots in my bags? I'm not great (yet) with macro-coding, so I don't completely understand what all this macro does.

    I have FB installed, but I'm using it less and less. Installed Spartan UI, and the ` key uses a specific spot in the bar, so I just put my pole in that slot on all my toons, and hit that key w/ my left hand and right-click the bobber with my mouse - auto-loot is already turned on in my interface, so it's a rather automated process. The only thing FB does for me now is enhance the sounds (and I'm often listening to music instead anyway) and auto-lure. If this could be adjusted to auto-lure, I could uninstall FB entirely.

    The way I have it set up, it doesn't matter if I am on my main (which has the Kalu'ak Fishing Pole,) a new lvl 1 toon, or any of my toons in-between, it's all set the same on my bar.

    Now if someone ever made an add-on that auto-added to the mini-map the vendor or trainer for getting the RECIPE for COOKING any particular fish I fish up, THAT I'd add in a HEARTBEAT!! I hate tabbing out to go look it up! Better, one that would *auto-buy* a fish cooking recipe you have the skill for if you VISIT any of those vendors!! I don't always check the vendors, and I HATE having to go *back* to an area just cause I didn't know the vendor had it at the end of their inventory.. Would it be hard to program something that checked your skill and popped up a dialog asking you if you wanted to "buy X recipe"?

  10. PoMR, January 2011:

    Here's a fairly simple fishing/lure macro. I didn't bother with an outfit change macro as I use Outfitter and it does a great job. :)

    #showtooltip Fishing
    /cast [equipped:Fishing Pole, nomod, button:1] Fishing;[button:2] Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat;[modifier] Glow Worm

    Nothing too fancy but it lets me pick between the fishing hat and a gloworm and has the lure/fishing in one macro.

    Hope someone finds it useful. :)

  11. Sutorix, January 2011:

    Fishing Buddy is definitely *not* a bot -- I'm completely against such things. Fishing Buddy plays by all current Blizz add-on rules and just makes it more convenient to fish -- but you still have to do all the "work" yourself. That is, it will cast with a double-click, but you still have to click on the bobber in order to catch anything :-)

  12. VGA Disciple, July 2011:

    I've been using a fishing macro that I created sometime ago. However, I have taken my macro, and have taken bits and pieces of other members' macros to improve upon mine.

    This is the macro I'm using now, and it works awesome... except one minor issue. Every time you cast, it will make the equip set sound fx... but this is such a minor issue, it doesn't bother me.


    #showtooltip Fishing
    /script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
    /console Sound_EnableSFX 0
    /equipset Fishing
    /use Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat
    /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear(); UIErrorsFrame:Show()
    /console Sound_EnableSFX 1
    /cast Fishing

    Hashshashin - Dwarven Tank Warrior - Shu'halo

  13. Osvald, July 2011:

    I use this one

    #showtooltip
    /equip [noequipped:Fishing Pole, nomod:alt] 3 21;
    /equip [mod:alt] 3 21;
    /cast [equipped:Fishing Pole, nomodifier:alt, nomod:ctrl] Fishing;
    /use [mod:ctrl] 3 20;
    /use [mod:ctrl] 16;

    use: equips your fishing pole or casts if it is equipped.

    Alt: Re-equips your weapon and you can add
    /equip [mod:alt] OffHandItemName;
    after the 3rd line (/equip [mod:alt] 3 21;)
    to equip your off hand item

    Control: applies a lure

  14. Osvald, July 2011:

    I started thinking about using Equipment manager in the macro.
    My gear sets are named "Standard" and "Fishing"

    #showtooltip
    /equipset [noequipped:Fishing Pole, nomod:alt] Fishing;
    /equipset [mod:alt] Standard;
    /cast [equipped:Fishing Pole, nomod:alt, nomod:ctrl] Fishing;
    /use [mod:ctrl] Weather-Beaten Fishing Hat;

    use: equips the "Fishing" gear set or casts if it is equipped.
    Alt: Re-equips the "Standard" gear set
    Control: Adds the lure from the fishing hat

    The only issue is that "#showtooltip" does not show the icon associated to the equipment set.

  15. tarouszars, August 2011:

    For those who don't use Fishing buddy I've found this macro to be very useful.


    #showtooltip Mortal Strike
    /cast [noequipped:Fishing Poles] Mortal Strike; [equipped:Fishing Poles] Fishing
    /startattack [noequipped:Fishing Poles]]

    (Obviously I'm a Warrior. Change your ability based on class)

    This lets me cast with 1 click using the same convenient button i use for MS.

  16. Nasmire, December 2012:

    I tried this macro, and the "not ready to cast yet" message bugged me, so I found this by mix mach

    #showtooltip Fishing
    /script UIErrorsFrame:Hide()
    /use Nat's Hat (whatever lure you got here)
    /script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
    /script UIErrorsFrame:Show()

    This cast normally, and only applies hat lure when the needed. The hat has a 10 minutes cooldown, and 10 minutes lure is why it works I guess. No error message. You just click again to cast after he applies lure. This is cool, cause I don't get to forget anymore :-)

    The frame clear and show at the end make sure the error messages will start again on anything else afterwards. This macro on here got me on the right track, but the error message did appear at every cast.

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Looking for feedback on an addon I wrote

  1. Age, April 2008:

    Hi, a while back (way back when fishing buddy's ability to recast when catching was removed in fact) I wrote an addon to help streamline my fishing experience.

    I was poking about with it yesterday fixing a few things and I decided I might as well release it into the wild and see if anyone else finds it useful.

    It adds a button to the minimap which toggles "fishing mode" - when active, buttons are shown for creating a campfire, cooking, attaching a lure (automatically selects your best lure) and casting your line (though this is rebound to middle mouse while the menu is open).

    Also, activating fishing mode sets your tracking mode to fish (if available) and equips your best rod, fishing hat and boots (if available) - when leaving fishing mode your original gear and tracking options are restored (and if you get attacked while fishing, it'll automatically re-equip your weapons).

    You can get it from http://www.curse.com/downloads/details/12079/ and if anyone could test it with the fishing boots and the new hat (neither of which i have) I'd really appreciate it.

    Thanks for reading =]

  2. Longhunter, April 2008:

    you know i saw this Last night while up dating my addons and i was thinking it was nice. But i did not want to mess up fishing buddy. I do like the idea about the cooking and fire making it would save a few secs. Do you have to have it open to get the icons.

    does it work with the new fishing hooks to? and does it would like fishing buddy and drop all your aromr you want and equipt. your fishing gear? like my blue overalls and fingerless gloves?

    one other suggestion, i would rename it. sometime fishing net or tackle box exp. Give a bit more info, i was unsure what it did. Or i would have picked it up.

  3. Longhunter, April 2008:

    ok i went and Down loaded the file but it is not in the normal file type so i dont know where to go with this now so.............

  1. Age, April 2008:

    Thanks for the feedback =]

    At present, yes, you do have to have the fishing mode open to get the cooking icons, but I'm changing that cause it bugs me too.

    It does work with the new fishing hooks (and it should choose the new hat's on use ability if you have no +100 lures on you) but no, it doesn't change you into a fishing outfit - it only changes hat and boots (if you've got a fishing hat or nat pagle's boots). I do like the full fishing costume feature in fishing buddy but I opted for a more "combat ready" approach, as befits some of the fishing I do in outland =]

    I'm not sure what you mean about the file type, it should just be a folder you extract to your interface\addons folder like usual.

    Oh and as for the name: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abt6wGtWVX8

  2. el, April 2008:

    I think Longhunter is referring to the RAR format, which probably means he doesn't have any software that can open it (Try WinRAR, IZArc, or 7-Zip).

    I'd suggest, Age, you stick with zip. It's the only thing you can be reasonably sure everyone can open. And efficiency of compression is irrelevant on a 10KB of data.

    (And, um, yes - I need to write a proper tutorial on the addons page.)

    I've only had a brief look, but my first reaction was "what do the buttons do?" Ergo, it needs tooltips.

  3. Age, April 2008:

    Ahh, my apologies - I tend to do everything in rar cause that's what winrar defaults to when I create an archive, I'll switch to .zip for future versions.

    And yes, tooltips - can't believe I forgot those.

    Thanks again for the feedback =]

  4. Longhunter, April 2008:

    OH i get it Now! Sry, i did not know what that ment but know i do. now if you said Bill Dance.....

    thanks, Sounds good. could you make it so you could do a quick change button on the titin panel or make an option so you can do i full change?

    Sounds sweet i will be glad to test and give a review.

    Oh one last thing could you make a button for the Fishing chair and Mr. P.

  5. Age, April 2008:

    Ok, there's a newer version up on curse (in zip format) which has tooltips, a cooking only mode (accessed by right clicking the icon) and should manage to replace your gear ok if you log out while fishing.

    As far as swapping all your gear for a fishing outfit, I could add that but I'm not really keen to because it drastically increases the complexity of the mod for something that's not really needed. As it stands the mod achieves it's aims without you needing to configure it in any way, which is something I'd like to keep as much as possible.

    The fishing chair however, is something that I *will* add - how does it work exactly? Does it just appear next to you when you cast it or do you have to choose where to place it?

    And as for Mr Pinchy, I'm assuming you mean add a button for casting his wishes? I'll likely add that to the chair button as a right-click option.

  6. Pipre, April 2008:

    the fishing chair is an item in your inventory. When you use it the chair appears next to you after a 3 second cast. The owner can then right click on it to sit.

  7. Longhunter, April 2008:

    First i would like to say Thank you thank you thank you!!!

    the Fishing Chair is an item you click in you bag and it shows up in front of you like the fire Mr.P "pet" is the same way but the Chair has a cool down.

    I understand your point about felling a bit naked when Fishing, With out being Combat ready i have come under attack from mages and rouges many times.I have died becuse of there 12 year old games, but i tend to turn the check. Rez get some freinds and then camp them for the nexts 48 hrs.

    i feel better in the morning

    the cooking button will be Great i plan on opening a Food supply chain for other ppl and farm the meat and cook for them so that will be very helpful

    It would be nice if Blizz would come out with a fish Bag or something

    Thanks for your help i plan on down loading it tonight and take it for a spin and see how it goes look for my review Saturday

    Longhunter
    korgath, if you are on pst me and i will do some fishing with you

  8. Longhunter, April 2008:

    ok after 2 days of fishing the only thing i would like to see if a Double click cast.

    Mainly becuse i am to lazy to move the mouse and click the button other then that i like it, Fishing buddy's Fish tracker is nice but i can live with out it i do like the idea of being combat ready the 12 year olds seem to really like the gank fisherman.

    Longhunter

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Addon Question

  1. Dinde, July 2008:

    I was wondering if there is an addon that records the location of a pool of fish for later referances such as the Gatherer addon if anyone has any info on this please post a reply

    Thanks, Dinde

  2. el, July 2008:

    From memory, this was a feature within Gatherer at one time, but did not work terribly well.

    The problem is technical: When you catch a fish from a pool, only the game server (realm) knows it came from a pool. Your game client (the part installed on your computer) only gets the information that you caught a fish - it doesn't know where the fish came from.

    An addon might be able to analyse the colour of pixels on the screen, but the differences between pools and the surrounding water are so subtle, that it would need to be exceptionally clever. So in practice the only pools that can be tracked are those that contain a completely unique fish, such as Zulian Mudskunk, since those always come from pools.

    I imagine the inability to spot and track pools automatically is partly historic accident (there were no pools for the first year of WoW's release), partly an anti-bot feature (since you cannot easily automate farming what you cannot record electronically).

  3. Oberweiss, July 2008:

    IIRC, I use the Gatherer plugin for Cartographer, which does track fishing schools. How it identifies schools is flawed, but it works fairly well for me. I think watches for pool names in your mouseover when you catch something via fishing. I have only had it mis-label open water as a pool once (I was curious as to how it worked, so I was actively trying to make it mis-label at the time), and it usually only takes one catch from the pool to record the school location.

    After installing this mod, you may have to manually enable the fishing part. Let me know if you're having trouble getting it to work. I'll be able to check into my mods and settings more once I get home, if that'll help you.

  1. Dinde, July 2008:

    Thank you very much for your information on this subject i will try out the Cartographer and see how it treats me.

    Thanks, Dinde

  2. Oberweiss, July 2008:

    I just checked, and the addon I use is Cartographer Fishing. Here's an example of what it looks like. You can filter the kind of nodes that show, as well as adjust the opacity and size of the symbols. There's also an option to show/hide the icons on your minimap.

  3. Barkeater, July 2008:

    Pools are in the same place every time!

  4. el, July 2008:

    There is a fixed list of possible pool locations, but in most cases not all those pools will be fishable. This explains the pattern (and this provides more evidence).

  5. Pipre, July 2008:

    Between memorization, an epic flying mount, and the fish-tracking ability I found the tracking addon to be completely useless. The pools don't always spawn, so you have to fly the whole route and stare at your minimap or the water anyway.

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