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Compatibility:	Battle for Azeroth (8.0.1)
Updated:	09-13-18 03:05 AM
Created:	04-06-09 01:56 PM
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NPCScan

Version: 8.0.1.13

by: Torhal [More]

NPCScan helps you find NPCs by scanning nameplates, minimap vignettes, and mouseover targets, with an optional dynamic targeting keybinding. Once an NPC is found by one of these methods, an on screen alert is displayed and an audio alert is played.

Nameplates
Alerts will be triggered whenever a nameplate is created, if that nameplate belongs to one of the tracked NPCs. To use this feature with any reliability, the Interface->Names->Always Show Nameplates option must be turned on from the WoW Game Menu.

Dynamic Target Keybinding
NPCScan includes a key binding that will trigger a dynamically-generated targeting macro. Each time it is pressed, the key binding will trigger a /targetexact <mob name=""> for every tracked NPC in the current zone you are in, in addition to any custom NPC additions. This only attempts a search each time it is triggered; it is not a continuous search.

To access this feature, just set a keybind under the Key Bindings->AddOns->NPCScan->Targeting Macro section.

“Found” Alert
When an NPC is found, NPCScan alerts you by playing a loud and distinctive sound, making your screen pulse red, and displaying a Targeting Button for every NPC that is found.

Targeting Buttons
When clicked, the targeting button tries to target the NPC it depicts. You can also bind a key to trigger the newest button, in cases where multiple buttons are spawned.

Note: These buttons cannot be shown during combat. In the unlikely case that you do find a rare while fighting, the button or buttons will appear after you leave combat.

Options
NPCScan's main options window can be accessed from the Interface Options menu. To access the NPC list and other settings, type “/npcscan”.

New sounds can be added to the alert sound dropdown menu by installing SharedMedia.

5.0.0.5:
- Added custom search/achievement names to the alert pop-up button.
- Added “Galleon” to the default search list.
5.0.0.4: Updated deDE, frFR, itIT, koKR, ruRU, and zhCN localizations.
5.0.0.3: Fixed an error when logging onto new characters immediately after updating to 5.0.0.2.
5.0.0.2:
- Enabled achievement settings now apply to all characters, since they're now account-wide.
- Fixed an error when pressing the alert target button while in a raid.
- Doesn't interfere with hunters' Call Pet spell anymore.
5.0.0.1:
- Added the “Glorious!” MoP rare achievement.
- Added itIT localization and updated frFR and zhCN localizations.
4.3.0.2: Fixed a broken zhCN translations file, and updated ptBR localization.
4.3.0.1: Updated frFR, koKR, ruRU, zhCN, and zhTW localizations, and added ptBR translation by Omukeka.
4.2.0.2: Added new tamable rares from 4.2 as defaults for hunters.
4.2.0.1: Updated koKR, ruRU, zhCN, and zhTW localizations.
4.1.0.2:
- Faction-specific rares Captain Foulwind and Florence are now only defaults for the faction that can kill them.
- Tamable mobs with unknown spawning zones shouldn't always show alerts anymore.
4.1.0.1:
- Alert sound volume is now controlled by the “Master Volume” slider in WoW's Sound Options window instead of the game sound effects volume slider.
- Updated frFR, ruRU, zhCN, and zhTW localizations.
- Updated the database of tamable rares.
4.0.3.6: Updated and fixed non-English localizations so they will print chat messages properly.
4.0.3.5:
- Added an option to print timestamps with all messages. See the main _NPCScan options pane.
- Updated 3D portraits to fit the alert popup better.
- Updated frFR, koKR, and zhTW localizations.
4.0.3.4:
- Fixed an error for characters that hadn't used an updated version of _NPCScan since before 4.0.0.1. If you still experience an error on login, please reset that character's settings.
- Updated mob name translations.
4.0.3.3:
- Jadefang is now also a default custom NPC.
- Tamable rares in Uldum and Twilight Highlands should now be detected properly.
4.0.3.2: Added Madexx' colors to each of his default entries. Won't apply if you logged in using 4.0.3.1.
4.0.3.1:
- Added Cataclysm rares to defaults. If you hadn't added them already, they will automatically appear in your custom NPCs list.
- Updated the database of tamable rares.
- Updated esES localization.
- Added a way for stable mods like HunterStableInfo to coexist with _NPCScan. Authors, see source docs.
4.0.0.6:
- Updated frFR and deDE localizations, and added esES/esMX localization by galen2.
- Updated the list of tamable rares.
- Fixed uncommon error when attempting to scroll one of the rare mob tables.
4.0.0.5: The “Unmute for alert sound” option now also re-enables WoW's sound effects toggle.
4.0.0.4: Tweaked the default UI so that only the hunter's summoned pet will get cached on login.
4.0.0.3: Hunters won't see bogus found alerts on login if they have tamed or stabled rare pets.
4.0.0.2:
- Updated dropdown menus for compatibility with patch 4.0.1.
- Added deDE localization by Freydis88.
4.0.0.1: Updated for Cataclysm Beta.
3.3.5.5: Non-tamable mobs now show found alerts again.
3.3.5.4:
- Now summarizes pets cached while resting when leaving cities/inns instead of printing a line for each one.
- Cached NPCs listed when changing worlds will only be printed once per session, instead of every time you zone in and out.
- Fixed screen edge flash when mobs are found.
- Added ruRU localization from CurseForge.
3.3.5.3:
- LibRareSpawns' mob screenshots should once again appear when mousing over rows in the achievement tables.
- Added frFR and koKR localizations.
3.3.5.2: Fixed an error that occurred when “Search for completed achievement NPCs” was disabled and any achievement criteria updated.
3.3.5.1:
- Scans can now be limited to worlds (continents or instances). You can customize this for custom NPCs with an edit box next to the NPC's ID; Simply type the name of the world exactly, or select a continent name from the dropdown. If left blank, the scan will stay active no matter where you are.
- Tables of rares in the Search configuration pane are now sortable by clicking their column headers.
- Default options now only add tamable custom mobs like Arcturis and Skoll for hunters. Hold shift while reverting to defaults to override this.
- Added Bro'Gaz the Clanless as a default for Outlands.
- Added zhTW localization by s8095324.
- The found alert button now scales with your global UI Scale setting.
- Removed control over RareSpawnOverlay.
- Custom NPCs are now identified by NPC ID instead of their names. Typed names are now case-sensitive.
- Alerts for humanoid rares that used to look solid white now appear properly clothed once the mob is targeted.
3.3.0.4:
- The targeting button now marks the rare with a green triangle when clicked.
- Fixed an issue with horizontal scrolling in the rare mob list.
3.3.0.3: Compatible with _NPCScan.Overlay 3.3.0.6.
3.3.0.2: Fixed a bug in version detection. Arcturis should be added to player scan lists now.
3.3.0.1:
- Added 3.3's new spirit beast Arcturis to default scan and tamable lists.
- Added an “/npcscan cache” command to print a message like the log-in cache warning.
- Removed the rare raptors from default settings, since they no longer drop pets.
- Removed the mostly obsolete “Search for Tamable NPCs” option.
- Now uses ZoneIDs instead of map file names to locate tamable mobs. Consequently, The Razza now gets detected accurately in Dire Maul.
3.2.0.8:
- Rewrote the screen border flash so that it should never conflict with other mods that use it.
- Achievement tabs now have more prominent checkboxes so disabled tabs will be harder to miss.
3.2.0.7:
- Tamable mobs now correctly show found alerts when spotted immediately upon login.
- False found alert messages for tamable mobs now indicate why they are false alarms.
3.2.0.6:
- Rare tamable mobs now only show alerts when found in their original zone.
- Added a new “NpcOverlay_Found message” to be used by _NPCScan.Overlay.
3.2.0.5: Classified Terror Spinner as a tamable mob.
3.2.0.4: Classified Skoll as a tamable mob.
3.2.0.3:
- Added new 3.2 rare spirit beast Skoll.
- Now uses AceEvent-3.0 to communicate with map overlay-type addons.
3.2.0.2: Now loads properly when _NPCScan.Overlay isn't present.
3.2.0.1:
- Now manages which overlays are shown by the RareSpawnOverlay and _NPCScan.Overlay addons.
- Added four rare raptor mobs that drop non-combat pets in 3.2: Dart, Takk the Leaper, Ravasaur Matriarch, and Razormaw Matriarch.
- No longer shows an alert button for tamable NPCs while resting (in an inn or city), although you will still need to clear the cache.
- Added all localized mob names for zhTW, and as many as I could find for zhCN and koKR.
- Added an “Unmute for alert sound” setting to play the alert sound even if WoW is muted.
- Added an “Alert sound file” dropdown to choose which sound to play for alerts. Additional sounds can be added using SharedMedia-type addons.
- The alert border flash now only shows when you enable “Screen Edge Flash” in the Default UI's Display Interface Options panel.
- Now continues searching for rares in 5-man dungeons. Raid dungeons, battlegrounds, and arenas will still disable scanning, however.
3.1.0.1:
- Achievements to kill rares now have their own lists in the options window.
- Added slash commands to add and remove NPCs from the custom tracking list: “/npcscan add <NpcID> <Name>” and “/npcscan remove <Name>”
- You can now add tamable mobs to your search list and toggle them all using a “Search for tamable NPCs” setting.
- Found alerts for tamable mobs will note that they are tamable and may be false alarms.
- Added an option to suppress the “already cached” log-in alert.
- Added Gondria to the default rare list, and updated some rares that are now tamable in 3.1.

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04-24-09, 02:39 AM
snorgubbe A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 1 Uploads: 0	npcscan if i have understand it right i only have to fly above the area of the rare im looking for and npcscan finds it by it self without me doing anything else then fly?

04-24-09, 02:41 AM

Saiket

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Re: npcscan

Originally posted by snorgubbe
if i have understand it right i only have to fly above the area of the rare im looking for and npcscan finds it by it self without me doing anything else then fly?

That's right.

04-25-09, 06:07 AM

Pualani

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Great Idea...But....

This is a fabulous idea, but....you have to have better computer knowledge then I currently have to be able to do this....can you maybe list (or send me) general instructs on how to make the file "RunWow.Bat" and then how to edit in notepad. This may be asking too much, but thought I'd ask....would love to be able to do this since I can't figure out how to make the manual delete option work.

Originally posted by grazc
For anyone wanting to automate the deleting of their cache create the file;

RunWOW.Bat

Edit this file in notepad and put this in exactly;

Code:

DEL /Q /S Cache CLS @echo off @echo ************************* @echo * NPCScan Cache Deleter * @echo ************************* @echo Running launcher.exe Launcher.exe Exit

This will now delete your cache folder and run launcher when used, saves doing it manually.

04-25-09, 06:12 AM
Pualani A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	Deleting Cache Problem I have no doubt that I am computer-illiterate....but I really can't figure this one out and need more info, so anyone that can help, it would be appreciated.... I have added Gondria=33776, then of course found her as a pet in the city. Wanting to clear the cache and seem to be having problems. I have deleted the cache file as instructed in order to "clear" npcs that have been found already. In game, under /npcscan, there is still a red x next to Gondria and the other rares I killed. I delete Gondria and then try to readd her, but she still comes up with a red x. What am I doing wrong?

04-25-09, 06:23 AM

evilpresence

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Re: Great Idea...But....

Originally posted by Pualani
This is a fabulous idea, but....you have to have better computer knowledge then I currently have to be able to do this....can you maybe list (or send me) general instructs on how to make the file "RunWow.Bat" and then how to edit in notepad. This may be asking too much, but thought I'd ask....would love to be able to do this since I can't figure out how to make the manual delete option work.

Create a text file in your Program Files\World of Warcraft folder. Leave it as New Text Document.txt for now. Copy the code below and paste it into the text file you just made. Close that text file. Rename it to RunWOW.Bat. It will ask if you are sure you want to change this file, click Yes. Now run that batch file to clear the _NPCScan cache.

04-25-09, 12:01 PM

Saiket

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Re: Deleting Cache Problem

Originally posted by Pualani
I have no doubt that I am computer-illiterate....but I really can't figure this one out and need more info, so anyone that can help, it would be appreciated....

I have added Gondria=33776, then of course found her as a pet in the city. Wanting to clear the cache and seem to be having problems.

I have deleted the cache file as instructed in order to "clear" npcs that have been found already.

In game, under /npcscan, there is still a red x next to Gondria and the other rares I killed. I delete Gondria and then try to readd her, but she still comes up with a red x.

What am I doing wrong?

Make sure that WoW is turned off while you delete the cache, or WoW will recreate it right away. You have to close the game completely, not just log out.

04-25-09, 06:06 PM
Rhudaur A Defias Bandit Forum posts: 2 File comments: 8 Uploads: 0	Range Thanks so much for this great addon. I can't use the file you posted to automatically delete the cache file as I use a Mac, but I don't mind doing it manually as this addon has been so helpful at tracking down rares. The only thing I am curious about is if anyone has done any tests on the range of the addon? I was coming out of the portaling in area in Dalaran, and was at the foot of the stairs just in Runeweaver Square, when the addon said I had discovered Gondria. The person who had tamed it was standing out of line of sight over in front of The Silver Enclave. That seems a fair distance and it seems to have Xray vision Regards Last edited by Rhudaur : 04-25-09 at 06:07 PM.

04-26-09, 02:56 PM

Saiket

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Re: Range

Originally posted by Rhudaur The only thing I am curious about is if anyone has done any tests on the range of the addon? I was coming out of the portaling in area in Dalaran, and was at the foot of the stairs just in Runeweaver Square, when the addon said I had discovered Gondria. The person who had tamed it was standing out of line of sight over in front of The Silver Enclave. That seems a fair distance and it seems to have Xray vision

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The range is about 100 yards (the same as /target), except for Putridus the Ancient. His range is about half the size of Northrend, since he's a giant.

04-29-09, 08:42 AM
PAstry A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 4 Uploads: 0	Vista and npcscan ok i installed it in both folders public and programs. I do not get a console when i type /npcscan. What am i doing wrong? Thanks and I cant wait to use this.

04-29-09, 12:19 PM

Saiket

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Re: Vista and npcscan

Originally posted by PAstry
ok i installed it in both folders public and programs. I do not get a console when i type /npcscan. What am i doing wrong? Thanks and I cant wait to use this.

If you're sure you installed it in the right folder, be sure to enable "load out of date addons" at the character selection screen. If _NPCScan isn't in that menu however, I suggest checking out Seerah's installation FAQ for details of addons on Vista.

04-29-09, 01:54 PM

PAstry

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Re: Re: Vista and npcscan

Originally posted by Saiket
If you're sure you installed it in the right folder, be sure to enable "load out of date addons" at the character selection screen. If _NPCScan isn't in that menu however, I suggest checking out Seerah's installation FAQ for details of addons on Vista.

OK I know its in the right spot. Verified it per the article. Its showing up in my addon profile and its checked to load on start up yet I cannot still get a console to open. Thoughts?

04-29-09, 02:04 PM

Saiket

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Re: Re: Re: Vista and npcscan

Originally posted by PAstry
OK I know its in the right spot. Verified it per the article. Its showing up in my addon profile and its checked to load on start up yet I cannot still get a console to open. Thoughts?

Do you have Lua errors enabled in your interface options? If not, try enabling them and re-logging in; any messages that pop up could help me see what's wrong. If that did nothing or you already had errors enabled, try the following command and post the message that pops up:

Code:

/run message(tostring(_NPCScan))

04-29-09, 03:57 PM
grazc A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 12 File comments: 9 Uploads: 0	Using the RunWow.Bat code with Carbonite seems to upset it as it'll store settings in cache so i suggest modifying the code to; Code: DEL /Q Cache/WDB/enGB/creaturecache.wdb CLS @echo off @echo ************************* @echo * NPCScan Cache Deleter * @echo ************************* @echo Running launcher.exe Launcher.exe Exit Make modifications to the enGB if your using a different one, and that is wether this program uses creaturecache.wdb, not 100% sure.

04-30-09, 04:55 AM
puggan A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 2 Uploads: 0	A list off all rare elits for the 4 achivments (Time-Lost Proto Drake for mount) Including the missing: King Krush, Loque'nahak, Goretooth, Nuramoc (Not listed in orginal becose hunters can have them as pets) 18695 Ambassador Jerrikar 32481 Aotona 18682 Bog Lurker 18697 Chief Engineer Lorthander 18681 Coilfang Emissary 18694 Collidus the Warp-Watcher 32409 Crazed Indu'le Survivor 18689 Crippler 32500 Dirkee 18686 Doomsayer Jurim 18698 Ever-Core the Punisher 18678 Fulgorge 32358 Fumblub Gearwind 17144 Goretooth 32471 Griegen 32422 Grocklar 18692 Hemathion 32501 High Thane Jorfus 32495 Hildana Deathstealer 32361 Icehorn 32485 King Krush 32398 King Ping 18696 Kraator 32517 Loque'nahak 18680 Marticar 18677 Mekthorg the Wild 18690 Morcrush 20932 Nuramoc 18685 Okrek 32357 Old Crystalbark 32377 Perobas the Bloodthirster 32487 Putridus the Ancient 32417 Scarlet Highlord Daion 32429 Seething Hate 18693 Speaker Mar'grom 32438 Syreian the Bonecarver 32475 Terror Spinner 32491 Time-Lost Proto Drake 32400 Tukemuth 32386 Vigdis the War Maiden 18683 Voidhunter Yar 18679 Vorakem Doomspeaker 32630 Vyragosa 32447 Zul'drak Sentinel

04-30-09, 01:02 PM

PAstry

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Vista and npcscan

Originally posted by Saiket
Do you have Lua errors enabled in your interface options? If not, try enabling them and re-logging in; any messages that pop up could help me see what's wrong. If that did nothing or you already had errors enabled, try the following command and post the message that pops up:

Code:

/run message(tostring(_NPCScan))

No there were no errors.
I ran, /run message(tostring(_NPCScan)) and I received a Hil Bracket box.

Thanks for your help.

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