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Compatibility:	Dragonflight (10.0.2) Shadowlands patch (9.0.2) Visions of N'Zoth (8.3.0)
Updated:	12-25-22 01:22 PM
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LightHeaded

Version: v100002-1.0.0-2022-12-15

by: Cladhaire [More]

Classic not updated at the moment, only retail.

LightHeaded is a very simple addon that displays quest information and comments from http://www.wowhead.com in game, eliminating the need to Alt-Tab when you get stuck on quest. This addon was inspired by qcomments and wowhead_quests, which both serve a similar purpose. Data is only loaded when you first request it, so you can be sure you're not using more memory than you need to.

I HIGHLY suggest using this addon with TomTom, another one of my addons (http://www.wowinterface.com/download...32-TomTom.html ). This allows you to simply click any coordinate in LightHeaded to add it to your map as a waypoint.

The following slash commands are valid:

/lh attach - Attaches the frame to the quest log
/lh detach - Detaches the frame, allows you to resize and move it
/lh sound - Toggles the open/close sound
/lh page - Toggles showing all comments on one page, or with multiple pages
/lh bgalpha <0.0-1.0> - Changes the alpha of the LH window background textures, so you can see the world.
/lh debug - Enables or disabled debug messages when loading quest databases
/lh config - Opens the LightHeaded configuration window
/lh autodetails - Toggle automatic opening of the Lightheaded window when clicking a quest in the objective tracker

LightHeaded now includes the English descriptions and introductory text for most of the quests in the game. This is disabled by default, but can be enabled for those players that are not playing in their native locale.

LightHeaded supports sending coordinates to TomTom, MapNotes, Cartographer2 and Cartographer3.

IMPORTANT: Addon authors that wish to use this API and data should
include the wowhead logo in the frame that displays this information.
They are kind enough to let me continue parsing their database, and we
owe them at least that much. Thank you.

Thanks for using my addons!

Updated 2022-12-15 for retail.

Beta Files (7)

File Name	Version	Hits	Size	Author	Date
beta_LightHeaded-v30401-1.1.0-2022-12-15.zip	v30401-1.1.0-2022-12-15	0	32MB	Cladhaire	02-04-23 03:41 AM
beta_LightHeaded-v11302-1.0.0-2020-05-01.zip	v11302-1.0.0-2020-05-01	591	10MB	Cladhaire	05-05-20 11:47 AM
beta_LightHeaded-v11302-1.1.0.zip	v11302-1.1.0	1,322	10MB	Cladhaire	10-04-19 11:26 AM
beta_LightHeaded-v11302-1.0.0.zip	v11302-1.0.0	1,464	10MB	Cladhaire	09-05-19 12:16 AM
beta_LightHeaded-v70100-1.1.0-2016-12-29.zip	v70100-1.1.0-2016-12-29	299	30MB	Cladhaire	01-12-17 02:27 PM
beta_LightHeaded-v70000-1.0.0-beta.zip	v70000-1.0.0-beta	307	27MB	Cladhaire	09-05-16 07:11 AM
beta_LightHeaded-v60000-0.1.0.zip	v60000-0.1.0	1,012	22MB	Cladhaire	10-20-14 02:50 PM

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03-21-11, 03:45 AM
Cladhaire Salad! Forum posts: 1935 File comments: 4940 Uploads: 19	Great, I'm glad you were able to get the problem resolved! __________________ "There's only one thing that I know how to do well and I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well, and that's be you-- be what you're like-- be like yourself. And so I'm having a wonderful time, but I'd rather be whistling in the dark..."

03-20-11, 10:11 PM
Adokas A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	Thank you for all the help, it was another addon interfering. The addon was quest guru, i switched to quest helper and im not having any more problems. Again thank you very much.

03-20-11, 09:18 AM

Richtea

A Kobold Labourer

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File comments: 1

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Originally posted by Cladhaire
No, very little has changed at all, which is why I'm confused. Can you try disabling all other addons except LightHeaded and try loading with just that?

I just had exactly this problem, for some reason when I extracted the files the actual Lightheaded folder wasn't copied to the addon directory. I got all the data folders and they showed up in my addon list. Drove me crazy for 20 mins till I looked inside the .zip file and noticed a missing directory.

03-20-11, 03:33 AM
Cladhaire Salad! Forum posts: 1935 File comments: 4940 Uploads: 19	No, very little has changed at all, which is why I'm confused. Can you try disabling all other addons except LightHeaded and try loading with just that? __________________ "There's only one thing that I know how to do well and I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well, and that's be you-- be what you're like-- be like yourself. And so I'm having a wonderful time, but I'd rather be whistling in the dark..."

03-19-11, 06:48 PM
Adokas A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	It does show up in my addons and i do get the options when i type /lh in the chat pane, and it still does not show up when i open my quest log. I uninstalled r333 and reinstalled r317 the exact same way and it works. has the insatllation changed with the newer versions? Im not sure what other info i can give you, but i will do my best to give any other answers you need. This addon is awsome and i really enjoy it so i hope we can find a solution. Till then ill keep running r317. Thanx for all the help.

03-18-11, 06:28 AM
Cladhaire Salad! Forum posts: 1935 File comments: 4940 Uploads: 19	Not sure what to tell you, its likely not installed properly. Could you provide more information? Does it appear in your addon list? Is it enabled? If you type /lh in the chat frame does the help message for LightHeaded show up? __________________ "There's only one thing that I know how to do well and I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well, and that's be you-- be what you're like-- be like yourself. And so I'm having a wonderful time, but I'd rather be whistling in the dark..."

03-17-11, 04:02 PM
Adokas A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	I havent been able to get any of the updates to work since r317. I download and install the latest version, log in to wow and pull up my quest log and lightheaded simply doesnt show up. I end up just reinstalling r317 and it works just fine. Any ideas on what i can do to get the newer versions to work? Thanks for the help.

03-11-11, 07:23 AM
Cladhaire Salad! Forum posts: 1935 File comments: 4940 Uploads: 19	I'd be willing to consider the first if wowhead is interested, perhaps I'll bring it up with them =) __________________ "There's only one thing that I know how to do well and I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well, and that's be you-- be what you're like-- be like yourself. And so I'm having a wonderful time, but I'd rather be whistling in the dark..."

03-11-11, 05:43 AM
Gruffness A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 18 File comments: 90 Uploads: 0	I was thinking, and this could be a feature request. Perhaps one day we could get the ability to add quest notes and comments (and properly formatted/valid coordinates) in game and have them saved for the Wowhead client to upload. A collaborative effort for everyone. Or for that matter, personal quest notes that we can share with our friends in game that also run LightHeaded.

03-09-11, 12:34 PM

Cladhaire

Salad!

Forum posts: 1935

File comments: 4940

Uploads: 19

Originally posted by sdbrian2
Thanks Cladhaire long time since update. Question, it might slow down Lightheaded a little bit. But won't it be possible to compress the comment data? The addon became a little bit big.

Compressing it would only help on disk, the fact of the matter is the data still needs to be uncompressed to access it. I was doing this initially, and it slowed things down significantly without any gain.

The addon is TINY if you aren't actively using it to quest, and if you're using it to quest its just memory usage. Even the entire database loaded is under 30MB, which will not have any impact on your gameplay, unless you are literally running a wooden computer.

The number may seem high to you, but it pales in comparison to the amount of memory WoW is already consuming on your system.. its a drop in the bucket.

You can always /reload your user interface and it goes back down to 180k or so.

So no, it wouldn't help, unfortunately.
When WoW is running, it is using close to

__________________
"There's only one thing that I know how to do well and I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well, and that's be you-- be what you're like-- be like yourself. And so I'm having a wonderful time, but I'd rather be whistling in the dark..."

03-09-11, 12:31 PM

Dreadlorde

A Pyroguard Emberseer

Forum posts: 2302

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That would only help with the on-disk storage of the data, and would probably take longer for lh to load in game because you would then need to decompress the data.

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03-09-11, 11:56 AM
sdbrian2 A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 6 File comments: 33 Uploads: 0	Thanks Cladhaire long time since update. Question, it might slow down Lightheaded a little bit. But won't it be possible to compress the comment data? The addon became a little bit big. __________________ Always starting over...Goodbye, Brian Last edited by sdbrian2 : 03-09-11 at 11:58 AM.

03-09-11, 10:41 AM
Cladhaire Salad! Forum posts: 1935 File comments: 4940 Uploads: 19	To be fair, LightHeaded has _always_ been detachable =) __________________ "There's only one thing that I know how to do well and I've often been told that you only can do what you know how to do well, and that's be you-- be what you're like-- be like yourself. And so I'm having a wonderful time, but I'd rather be whistling in the dark..."

03-09-11, 09:44 AM

Szyarah

A Defias Bandit

Forum posts: 2

File comments: 139

Uploads: 0

Originally posted by eilensar
If you like to keep LH attached and still see the NPC window, you can use MoveAnything!.

/move QuestNPCModel will enable you to move it.

Happily I don't need another addon, since LightHeaded is now detachable

03-04-11, 02:11 PM
eilensar A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 7 Uploads: 0	If you like to keep LH attached and still see the NPC window, you can use MoveAnything!. /move QuestNPCModel will enable you to move it.

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