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10.2.7

Pawn

Version: 2.9.3

by: VgerAN [More]

Find upgrades, do more damage, win.

Pawn helps you find upgrades for your gear and tell which of two items is better for your spec. Start with built-in advice from Ask Mr. Robot, or customize Pawn's stat weights to have it suggest items based on your favorite class guide or simulator. Pawn can help you decide whether it's better to use the cloak with 500 mastery or the one with 450 crit—whether you're just starting out, or you're an advanced player who plans out gear upgrades and regularly simulates and evaluates performance.

Getting started

If you're new to Pawn, don't worry—Pawn will automatically set itself up to give you advice based on math done by the experts at Ask Mr. Robot (or, on Classic, HawsJon). Just watch for Pawn's green arrows. If you decide you want to go further, there are a lot of ways that you can customize Pawn, by tracking multiple specs at once, importing custom stat weights, and more.

Language support

Pawn now works with all languages on both live/retail and Classic. It's possible that you might run into stats that Pawn doesn't recognize from time to time when playing on non-English clients—if you think that Pawn's not calculating something right, put an item into the Compare tab and see if it lists all of the stats there. If something's missing, let me know which item and which language, and I should be able to get it fixed!

Staying in touch

Become a fan of Vger on Facebook and get updates of new versions and stuff like that. You can also leave questions or comments there if you don't have an account on this site. (I typically respond to questions much more quickly on Facebook or Curse.)

Found a bug?

If you think you might have found a bug, just leave a comment here. In addition to a description of the problem, please make sure to include: (1) the language that you use Pawn and WoW in, (2) whether it's live/retail or Classic, (3) the specific items that don't work as expected, and (4) your class and spec if you're using the built-in (not custom) stat weights. Screenshots are usually very helpful as well.

Incompatible with...

Pawn will not work with Titan Panel Artifact Power or Combat Numbers Separator. Those addons change item tooltips and will cause Pawn to give bad advice. It's also been reported that using Pawn with TradeSkillMaster can cause the game to crash or hang.

Version 2.9.3

Cataclysm Classic: Fixed a problem where the "track for each scale (advanced)" option could cause an error.
Cataclysm Classic: Pawn will no longer display a warning when logging in if you play in French.

Version 2.9.2

Cataclysm Classic: When visiting an Arcane Reforger, Pawn will now display advice on how to reforge the item to maximize its power. (You can turn this off with the "show reforge advisor" option.)
Cataclysm Classic: Pawn's Compare tab will now show you how much an item's score can be improved by reforging it (assuming you make the change that Pawn suggests).
Cataclysm Classic: Pawn will now take reforging into account when determining an item's score and whether or not it's an upgrade.

Version 2.9.1

Cataclysm Classic: Pawn will now recommend the proper gems based on the new colors and stats of existing gems.
Cataclysm Classic: Fixed a bug that caused a few stat weights to get reset to 0 when editing in the Weights tab and then reloading.
Cataclysm Classic: Added support for all of the new Cataclysm gems, which Pawn will start recommending as you get Cataclysm gear.
Fixed a bug that caused gems to always appear as upgrades.

Version 2.9.0

Cataclysm Classic: Added basic support for Cataclysm Classic. The following important work is not yet done:
Updated stat weights (if you know of a good source, please let me know!)
Reforging support
I'm not playing Classic, so I'll need your help pointing out remaining things that are broken!

Archived Files (3)

File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date
Pawn	2.9.2	724kB	VgerAN	05-08-24 10:46 AM
Pawn	2.9.1	720kB	VgerAN	05-05-24 04:06 PM
Pawn	2.8.11	713kB	VgerAN	04-08-24 06:30 PM

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08-21-09, 11:20 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Ah, I see. I don't plan for Pawn to ever do anything like that. Pawn tries to avoid doing anything that's class-specific. Also, since Rating Buster does it, there's no real reason for Pawn to also do it.

08-21-09, 06:31 PM

Korby

A Murloc Raider

Forum posts: 9

File comments: 20

Uploads: 0

Originally posted by VgerAN
This is built into World of Warcraft. Hold down the Shift key to see changes in stats.

Did you mean something else?

Not quite. The native WoW stats comparison only shows you what changes on face value, that is to say that if one item has 20 attack power, and the other item has 10, it will just show a difference of 10. RatingsBuster takes it a step further and includes stat increases from attributes like strength and agility. So if that second item has 5 strength on it, and that particular class gains 2 attack power per strength, RatingsBuster will show the items as virtually equal in that regard, whereas WoW will still just show a +10 attack in favor of the first item.

Personally, I just use both RatingsBuster and Pawn, so I don't particularly see the need for Pawn to duplicate that same functionality.

08-21-09, 01:06 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	This is built into World of Warcraft. Hold down the Shift key to see changes in stats. Did you mean something else?

08-21-09, 09:46 AM
search66 A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 32 Uploads: 0	Tooltip display I really dig Pawn... Was wondering if there was an option (similar to RatingsBuster) to show the increases/decreases of stats... It's nice to have the 'pawn' value; but it would be awesome to see something visually on the go; without having to stop and drag/drop items. Kudos!

08-17-09, 08:59 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Hi! Item level display is built into the game now. Check the Display section of Interface Options.

08-17-09, 08:45 PM
Gabbyii A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 27 Uploads: 0	Item Level Hi - I just upgraded to pawn 1.2.1 and it is no longer show the item levels. I also no longer see this as an option to turn on/off. Was this feature taken out or moved to another location that I'm missing? Thanks

08-17-09, 02:10 AM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	lycanther—Actually, I'm reasonably certain that Pawn 1.2.1 fixes this problem. Sorry for the inconvenience!

08-17-09, 02:09 AM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Hi! Sorry, Pawn is not currently compatible with the Chinese-language version of WoW. I am, however, going to investigate some new possibilities that WoW 3.2 opens up that might make Pawn language-independent (or nearly so). I will work on this soon™.

08-16-09, 06:44 PM
azure08 A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 1 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	How can I use Pawn with ZHTW services? Looking forward ..

08-16-09, 01:43 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	If that doesn't work, please try disabling and reenabling the option to "normalize values (like Wowhead)" and see if that helps.

08-16-09, 01:41 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	(Wait, are you using a Mac? I wonder if line numbers are just doubled on Macs...)

08-16-09, 01:40 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Something's really screwy. Pawn.lua doesn't even HAVE 3295 lines. Have you completely closed and shut down WoW since updating? (Logging out, console reloadui, and reload won't work.)

08-16-09, 12:51 PM

lycanther

A Murloc Raider

Forum posts: 4

File comments: 26

Uploads: 0

Error in 1.2

With the new version 1.2 I kept getting the error below. I tried manually deleting the old Pawn folder, and I tried loading only Pawn and no other addons. None of my scales on item tooltips showed and the Pawn button was not correctly located in the paperdoll window. When I moved the Pawn.lua file out of my WTF folder, I got no errors and everything looks fine...but without my old pawn strings

Code:

Message: Interface\AddOns\Pawn\Pawn.lua:3295: attempt to perform arithmetic on field '?' (a nil value)
Time: 08/16/09 11:33:41
Count: 1
Stack: [string "Interface\FrameXML\BasicControls.xml:<Scrip..."]:18: in function <[string "Interface\FrameXML\BasicControls.xml:<Scrip..."]:4>
[C]: ?
Interface\AddOns\Pawn\Pawn.lua:3295: in function `PawnGetItemValue'
Interface\AddOns\Pawn\Pawn.lua:1739: in function `PawnGetAllItemValues'
Interface\AddOns\Pawn\Pawn.lua:1539: in function `PawnRecalculateItemValuesIfNecessary'
Interface\AddOns\Pawn\Pawn.lua:1373: in function `PawnGetGemData'
Interface\AddOns\Pawn\Pawn.lua:4209: in function `PawnFindBestGems'
Interface\AddOns\Pawn\Pawn.lua:1067: in function `PawnRecalculateScaleTotal'
Interface\AddOns\Pawn\Pawn.lua:253: in function `PawnInitialize'
Interface\AddOns\Pawn\Pawn.lua:197: in function `PawnOnEvent'
[string "*:OnEvent"]:1: in function <[string "*:OnEvent"]:1>

Locals: Item = <table> {
 Strength = 16
}
SocketBonus = nil
ScaleName = "Balance"
DebugMessages = true
ScaleOptions = <table> {
 Values = <table> {
 }
 SmartGemSocketing = true
}
Total = 0
ThisValue = nil
Stat = nil
Quantity = nil
BestGemRed = false
BestGemYellow = false
BestGemBlue = false
(*temporary) = 0
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "   Strength has no value."
(*temporary) = false
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "Strength"
(*temporary) = "   Strength has no value."
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "attempt to perform arithmetic on field '?' (a nil value)"
PawnScaleTotals = <table> {
 Pawn value = 37.35
}

07-16-09, 05:55 AM
Faraque A Theradrim Guardian Forum posts: 68 File comments: 105 Uploads: 1	suggestion for making addon better: Threshold for certain stats- ie once hit cap (variable melee/spell/DW/Special) changing the value of a stat. Also usable for expertise, str/arp, defense/dodge/parry (diminishing returns). hopefully the idea is clear. I have no clue as to it's implementation in code or how difficult it might be, but I know that Elitist Jerks have discussed this as a useful enhancement idea __________________ "imo Fara raged and gave Joker his scars" - Blueninja of Shadowmoon

06-22-09, 03:17 PM
VgerAN A Cyclonian Forum posts: 40 File comments: 253 Uploads: 6	Something like that would be possible, but probably pretty far away. There are a lot of changes I'd really like to make that have much higher priority than more-than-two-column comparisons, I'm afraid. I do want to add the ability to stack items so you can compare two weapons versus one (for example), but it would still be a two-column comparison.

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