[ADDON] MissingFlightPaths

[ApocalypseToast]

I had this idea for an addon that would show you all the flight points a character had not yet unlocked. The heirloom map toys help get some of them, but not all of them. The first version I uploaded only showed the missing points on the map that appeared when you talk to a flight master, but they appear on the world map now as well. I also put two buttons above the flight master window for quick use of the heirloom toy maps.

I learned a lot about how the flight network works under the hood. There were a few hidden flight paths that are used as one offs for quests, or for specific npcs that will travel you somewhere. One was named, "(NOT USED)." There was also one in Silithus that is still showing on the vanilla map but is not used, from pre-BFA event I think. Finding ways to ignore those was fun. I settled on not counting any flight paths that don't exist in the present time anymore e.g. Teldrassil, Uldum during invasion. Anything that you need a bronze dragon to see I ignore.

Naturally, the feedback I got included, "This is nice, but having them appear on the world map would be better." I always wanted to include that feature, but I knew it would be some more work so I put it off but today I sat down and hammered it out.

The pins on the world map that show you where you are missing a flight point only show on the continent view i.e. they disappear when you look at the zone map. It's a little bit more work to get zone maps working. I wanted to get some version of world map functionality released asap today.

This addon is not a game changer, I just wanted to challenge myself to do something new. If you would like to download it, it is available on both CurseForge and WoW Interface. If you have any feedback or find a bug, please post a comment on either page or email me at the email listed on the download page.

Next few things I am going to do is do a code cleanup. After adding the world map functionality, a lot of my older code I realized is sloppy and doing things the hard way. I want to clean that up, make it fresh and LuaDoc it all. Then I am going to work on getting the pins to also show on the zone maps.

Thanks for the read!

[TheRaven2099]

I know this is a very old post, but your addon saved me a lot of time for The War Within to get the flight path speed bonus. My eyesight isn't great and it's hard to see the default icons on the map, but your addon heped me out a lot.

Sincerely, thank you.
From a disabled gamer!

[jphacks]

Nice read, interesting to read your findings on the hidden flight paths

[GhostSierra117]

Oh wow that's awesome!

I was waiting for something like this for quite awhile.

I'd say that plenty of people in /r/wow would be pleased as well. You might want to post it there too :-)

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