Project Details

TourGuide is a LUA script AddOn for World of Warcraft that provides in-game quest directions harvested from popular step-by-step quest guides. TourGuide not only displays guide steps, it tracks your progress within the guide on a per character basis, and supports easy swapping of multiple sources including Profession Leveling Guides as well as the major Character Leveling Guides.

Status: Complete (News)

Download: Full download

Installation and Operation:
Once you have World of Warcraft installed on your computer, extract the contents of TourGuide.zip into the /Interface/Addons/ folder of your WoW installation folder. When you log into WoW, TourGuide should automatically show up in the AddOns list. From the main menu, choose Game Options and Key Bindings, then scroll down to TourGuide and choose a key or key combination to display the TourGuide frame. I recommend G for the Step Reminder and Ctrl-G for the Step List Panel.

Open up the Step List Panel and use the drop-down box in the top right to choose which of the available guides you want to follow. Then bring up the Step Reminder and follow the instructions on-screen. Click "Done" to advance a step in the guide. If you're starting mid-guide, you can use the Step List Panel to rapidly scroll through the whole guide, find the step number you're on, and advance directly to it using the command "/tg skipToStep 21" (obviously substituting in the appropriate number in place of the "21").

Known Issues:

  • Guide selection from the Step List Panel drop-down does not always work correctly. You can always change lists using the command "/script TourGuide_applyDataset(setName)" where setName is the filename of the dataset you want to use (without the ".lua" extension).
Future Development:
  • Complete Northrend guides through all zones (currently ends at Grizzled Hills)
  • Track virtual quest log and provide visual comparison to the character's actual quest log. Could probably also predict what step in the guide a character should be on.

Back to Aaron Pogue's personal profile