ahh that explains it :) I will try that out. Thanks! No problem, thanks for replying, everyone has been busy here lately, lol

I have downloaded the latest version of this mod and I am having a problem. The display always comes up in the middle of my screen (no matter where I put the anchor dot), it is unmovable, and it's only 1 line. So everyone in the race is one the same line, making it impossible to read.I even disabled all my addons except the 3 in your download, and I still get the same results. You can see an example (only 1 person in it though) here - http://blog.dragonsys.org/wp-content/gallery/add-ons/wowscrnshot_122709_115520.jpg

I am having problems with getting it loaded while in game and also getting error message with coords. please help.

I had this problem too. I managed to unzip the file using WinRaR rather than WinZip.

Running an event tonight, I'm making my Alliance guild race within a Horde capital :)

I wanted to give this mod a try, but the zip file seems to be corrupt.

I just finished my first race using this mod, and it was fantastic! We had 24 people racing, and everyone seemed to have a blast. I had the level 1s racing from Southshore to the meeting stone in front of Stratholme.

I think what I'd really like to see, along with the displaying of the position they finished in on the game ui, is some sort of log file that records the results in a way that I can just copy-paste onto the forums. Sorted by what position they finished in(or if they didn't finish), and also listing their names and how many deaths they had.

We also noticed that the addon occasionally missed recording and tallying a death during the race.

And if I were really reaching for things for you to code, some timer-type functions...how long it took to complete the race. Maybe even interval times like on olympic downhill skiing. When they pass each checkpoint, tell them how far behind the leader they were. You could run the same course on different days and compare times, include them in the reports.

But yes, those are the fancy things I'd like to see. As it is, the addon is fabulous. Thank you so much for maintaining it!

Works a treat mate :) Has anyone figured out how to set co-ords in Outlands? I tried the method that Niagairt suggested but it wouldn't recognise the coordinate when I ran through them.

Darias,Thanks for the response mate. Managed to open the file, I'll give it a test run tonight. Looking forward to it :)

Understood, Darias. Maybe for an easier version of my suggestion, simply have a Position field in the UI which records what order people finished in. None of the dynamic bumping down in position for each person still racing...simply display "--" if they haven't finished yet, and change that to be the position they finished in once they reach the final checkpoint. Shouldn't be as difficult, just a simple counter that goes up by 1 each time someone finishes the race, that's used to set their position number on the UI.

I _love_ this mod. I just tried it out in testing mode, and have an event coming up in a couple days that I'll be running using it. Great work!

A couple suggestions:
1. Add a position number to each person's name in the UI panel. Have it show everyone who has completed the same number of checkpoints as being the same number. Then once people start finishing the race, change this to people's final place that they finished in. For example: 5 racers have completed 9 checkpoints each. 3 racers have each completed 8 checkpoints. At this point in the race, the first 5 people all show up as being in position 1. The other 3 racers all show up as being in position two. One person finishes the race. He stays at position 1, the other 4 that were in position 1 get bumped down to position 2. The 3 people who were in position 2 get bumped down to position 3. Once the next person finishes the race, they get position 2, and all the others below them get bumped down again. Repeat until everyone has finished.

In this way, you can get a screenshot of the UI at the end, and post that to the forums to show the end results of who placed where. If you want to get fancy, add in a "sort by position" feature, or have it automatically sort by position.

2. The raid warning spam that happens when someone uses a flight point is really annoying. It would be good to change that to a single raid warning when it happens, and disqualifying the person from the race, rather than repeated raid warnings every couple seconds while the person is in flight.

That's it for now, I may have more feedback after we run the full race. These were just a couple things I thought of while testing. :)

Darias, This looks like an awesome mod, but I can't get it to work. I followed the steps as per the wiki but can't get any checkpoints to work or any of the broadcasts. Plus the file I downloaded from this site won't unzip.

I'd like to get a race that starts in IF and finishes in Shattrath. Will there be any issues with this?

Darias, I asked around about how to get outland coords and this is what I got

Did you change the Zoom to "3" instead of "0" for Outland continent: SetMapZoom(3);
"0" is Azeroth so while in Outland your Azeroth coords would be erroneous.

as far as altitude is concerned I do not know of a way to evaluate your position on the Z axis. Should not depend on being in Azeroth or Outland

The relevant index for Outlands would have to be
Code:
SetMapZoom(3);

Try something like this: (warning, drycoded)
Code:
function CurrCoords()
if select(1,IsInInstance()) then return end --- we're in an instance return immediately

local Continent,Zone=GetCurrentMapContinent(),GetCurrentMapZone();

SetMapZoom(Continent);
--[[-- if for some reason you want to set the map to both continents or full Outlands
if Continent <3 then
SetMapZoom(0);
else
SetMapZoom(3);
end
-- remove the block comment
]]
CurrRacerName = UnitName("player");
local CurrentXCoord,CurrentYCoord=GetPlayerMapPosition("player");
local MinimapZoneText = GetMinimapZoneText();

local CoordText = "-> -> posX = "..math.floor(CurrentXCoord*1000).." posY = "..math.floor(CurrentYCoord*1000).." "..MinimapZoneText;
RRT_defaultmsg(CoordText, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0);
--DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage(CoordText, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0);

SetMapZoom(Continent,Zone);

end

Hopefully this wil help with modifying this for Outland Races....The Z axis would be nice for Flyimg Mount Races......

Really cool addon!
i'll use it too,btw happy new year!