Project Name: Overseer
Author: Outshynd
MSN/E-Mail: outshynd at gmail dot com
!@#$%^&*.com Name: Outshynd
All Rights Reserved.
Current Version: v1.5.1.3
This utility is designed to work with:
World of Warcraft v1.4.0 (4341). [US]
This utility may also work with:
World of Warcraft v1.3.1 (4297). [US]
World of Warcraft v1.3.0 (4284). [US]
World of Warcraft v1.2.4 (4222). [US]
World of Warcraft v1.2.3 (4211). [EU]
Description:
Overseer is a utility for use with World of Warcraft for educational purposes
only. Overseer allows you to track almost any creature or person in the game on
your minimap, as if you were a hunter. It may or may not be considered a "hack"
and may or may not result in your account being banned, for which I take no respon-
sibility whatsoever. You use this utility at your own risk.
The following can be tracked:
Beasts
Dragonkin
Demons
Elementals
Giants
Undead
Humanoids
Critters
Mechanicals
Slimes / Misc
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Herbs
Minerals
Treasure
Miscellaneous *NEW*
FAQ:
Q. Is there a main support forum for this program?
A. Most questions will be or have been answered at the following address:
http://www.!@#$%^&*.com/viewtopic.php?t=260000
Q. The program is not allowing me to click any of the CheckBoxes, what can I do?
A. This program makes use of pointers that are sometimes very unstable. Try walk-
ing a few steps, changing zones, running indoors or outdoors, logging in and
out, closing and reopening World of Warcraft, and even restarting your computer
(in that order) if you cannot get these to work. Please contact me with any
bugs you may be experiencing, or if you are having any trouble. Contact info
is provided at the beginning of this document.
Q. What does "File -> Keep Tracking On" do?
A. Since this program only writes to WoW's memory when you check or uncheck a
checkbox it does not have to be running for the tracking abilities to be enabled.
By setting "Keep Tracking On" to On (a checkmark will appear next to the menu
item), the program will not reset your Tracking and Finding abilities to zero
when the program exits. By setting it to Off, as soon as you close the program,
you will no longer be able to track anything. This may be useful if you have to
quickly turn Tracking/Finding off to avoid detection, though I don't see that
happening anytime soon.
Q. What does "File -> Automatically Update Pointer" do?
A. Since the 1.3.0 (4284) patch, many users have been complaining that this program
crashes WoW frequently and without notice. By keeping this setting off, Overseer
will not continuously access WoW's memory in any way. It will find a pointer
at program start, and then you need to manually update it by either setting a
Hotkey via "File -> Hotkeys..." or by clicking "File -> Update Pointer" each
time you change continents or enter/exit an instance. It will then loop until
another valid pointer is found and re-enable Tracking/Finding. I recommend only
turning this setting on if you are using this program with any WoW Version before
1.3.0 (4284).
Q. What does "File -> Update Pointer" do?
A. Read above.
Q. Can you please explain Hotkeys?
Hotkeys will allow you to make changes to this program quickly without minimizing
WoW. There are 16 Hotkeys available in this version:
Toggle Tracking On/Off: Temporarily turns tracking off or restores it.
Update Pointer: Use this to re-enable tracking after changing continents
or exiting or entering an instance.
Close Program: This will immediately close Overseer.
Enable All: Turns all tracking on.
Disable All: Turns all tracking off.
Enable All Except Critters: Turns all tracking except critters on.
Toggle Track x: Check or uncheck the corresponding box.
To set a hotkey, go to "File -> Hotkeys..." and select the action you'd like to
hotkey from the list. Next, click the "Set Hotkey" button and then press a key
or combination of keys. The hotkey will be set when you press a key other than
Ctrl, Alt, or Shift.
For example, if I wanted to set "Close Program" to Hotkey Ctrl+Shift+F12, I would
first go to "File -> Hotkeys..." and select 'Set "Close Program" Hotkey' from the
dropdown list. Next, I would click the "Set Hotkey" button and notice that its
text changes from "Set Hotkey" to "Press Key Combination or Click to Erase Hotkey."
I would then press and hold Ctrl, press and hold Shift, and press F12 to set the
Hotkey. If I later wanted to clear that hotkey, I would select it from the list
and click the "Set Hotkey" button twice to clear it.
Q. What does Find Miscellaneous find, exactly?
A. Good question. The answer is: I really don't know. It will show you barrels of
water, crates of food, certain crates and chests which are opened as part of
quests, the Easter Eggs found on Easter (little late for that, I know; my sincere
apologies), and probably some other miscellaneous things. Enable it and find out.
Q. I absolutely cannot live without this program and I would like to show you my
undying gratitude! How would I do that!?
A. Donations are always welcome, though never necessary. My paypal address is
outshynd at gmail dot com.
Changelog for Overseer:
Changes in v1.5.1.3
::4/29/05- Added '4096' Find Miscellaneous (finds food crates, water barrels,
quest chests, etc)
Changes in v1.5.0.3
::4/19/05- Changed the hotkey setup, added more hotkey-able actions
- Added functionality for Wow US Client 1.4.0 (4341)
- Added Track Mechanicals
- Removed the console, for now. Will add it back later if I get a lot of
complaints.
Changelog for the former WoWTracking (Overseer's father program):
Changes in v5.0.8:
::3/30/05- Added Hotkeys.
- Gave user option to turn off Auto-Updating of the pointer. This should
make WoW crash less. (I've been questing for the past four hours while
updating this program and have not crashed once, though I'm not sure
if it is fixed or not.)
Changes in v3.5.7:
::3/29/05- Reworked the OpenProcess method slightly in hopes of a fix to the
crashes that have been happening to just about everyone, lately.
(Note: this has not been tested as of the writing of this document,
so this release is still considered a beta release in need of testing.)
- Added ability to save the text residing in the Console as a *.log or
*.txt file.
::3/24/05- Fixed an issue with the console adding text to the point where the user
could not scroll down.
- Added ability to keep tracking on or off after program is closed.
::Added Console
::Beefed up the reliability. It should automatically re-find a pointer
and re-enable tracking after changing instances/continents.
::Changed GUI slightly.
Changes in v1.7.5:
::Added compatibility for WoW US Client version 1.3.0 (4284).
::Bypassed WoW's new Anti-OpenProcess protection (which also makes WoW.exe
not show up in TSearch).
::Added the ability to track Slimes and other "Not Specified" creatures.
Changes in v1.5:
::Added compatibility for WoW EU Client version 1.2.3 (4211). [Thanks to alklas]
::Will remember which Client Version you chose.
::Added About dialog.
Changes in v1.0:
::Fixed a bug where tracking would continue to work after program was closed.
::Added the ability to find Herbs, Minerals, and Treasure.