[AddOn idea/Request] Visual loc

[Syxx]

I have a friend who gets lost anywhere. Sometimes she will get lost and stay lost for, I believe her record is 3 hours. I usually end up finding them and showing them where something or someplace is.

So here is my idea. To help take some of the pressure off me.

Some sort of Visual indicator that works with the /loc function to show the way to that loc.
I'm not sure what is and is not a violation of the Blizzard GUI code of ethics so I'm not sure how to appraoch this.
Perhaps it could be something within the minimap that's easy to see and show the way.
Or maybe even a small window that can be minimized when not in use to show the direction to go.

I'm not even sure if it's possible but I thought I'd through the idea out there. See if anyone would be interested in tackling something to help a terminally lost person.

Thanks for reading!

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[mondoz]

If it's somewhere on the worldmap, I usually group with the person so I can see where they are on the map, and tell them something like "go a little north, a bit more east, opps - too far... Go back a little... You should see it now."

Beyond that, what are you envisioning?

[Syxx]

Well, I've explained it in the best I could. I suppose I could make mock ups to show varies ideas. Beyond that I'm not sure how to explain it any better.

I'm not always on to help my friend find soemthing, so I'm looking for something to help them find their own way when I'm not there.

[Gello]

With MapNotes you can send map notes to other people. It will place a mark on their map. You could set 'waypoints' if your goal was to show a trail how to get from A to B.

In theory you could modify MapNotes (with a lot of xml elements for every line piece) to connect mapnotes.

I don't think the minimap graphics are stored in interface.mpq, so you wouldn't be able to send someone else a picture of an area as they'd see it on the minimap.

[Syxx]

Very interesting idea.

My only problem is I'm trying to figure out someway for them to become self sufficient (ie. not depend on me for all their info).
Also, I'm not always on to monitoring where they are going.

I don't know, maybe I haven't explained the whole concept clear enough. I'm going to contemplate this a little more and maybe re-post a more clearly detailed idea. I may even make pictures.

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[Remelio]

There are UI mods that unlock the world map and show all the areas, if that would help combined with the map notes idea?