PSA Crossover and Account Achievements is possible in WOTLK thanks to addons

WoW Classic Mists of Pandaria Classic Discussion
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I have searched through discussion and some people ask if there will be possible to merge achievements between retail and classic or just have account-achievements between WOTLK characters.

Of course, officially none of that will be possible. Blizzard won’t merge both versions of the game nor change WOTLK achievements to make it account-bound.

Personally, I only play Classic versions to complete things on Classic that I never did back during TBC and WOTLK. I am not interested in repeating most of the things from Classic, nor playing dungeons, raids, and most achievements I already completed.

That is why I like the idea of having cross-achievements. Because that allow me to open the achievement tab in WOTLK and see what things I never done, no matter what version of the game.

Thanks to addons that is possible. Yes, add-ons can make it, because achievements are just information about what you have done. For example, Classic and Classic TBC do not have official achievements by Blizzard but there is an addon that adds Achievements to those versions.

I already make a private similar addon that I never release. Not for achievements but for quests. Basically, I make a Retail addon that export completed quests from the database of the Addon AllTheThings and another Classic addon that import that data and change the database of the Addon AllTheThings so it shows me as completed any quest completed on any version, that way I can focus on quests I never did.

That is why I believe it should be possible to have an addon that export achievements and another that imports achievements and changes UI to show those achievements as completed, even if Blizzard didn’t recognize that.

Even I think it would be cool to personalize the addon to import not all achievements from retail but only achievements from retail that were completed on the original WOTLK so that an achievement completed in 2008 could count as completed in Classic WOTLK but one completed in 2012 don’t, because maybe I could be interested in do that achievement the proper way, for example in a dungeon group instead of solo.

I suppose it even could go beyond that and do the same patch by patch, so before releasing Ulduar in Classic WOTLK not import any achievement that was not completed on the original patch 3.0, to be able to choose to do it during its proper phase.

I suppose the opposite it is also possible and shown in Retail as completed achievements from WOTLK that are no longer possible in Retail, but I am more interested in Retail → Classic WOTLK, even WOTLK → Classic WOTLK, not Classic WOTLK → Retail.

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I have released a Beta version of the addon for Classic Account Achievements and Crossover Achievements
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/crossover-achievements

EDIT: First full version released. There will be more updates in the future to include many options I believe it could be cool to be able to personalize addons, like importing only WOTLK achievements, but for now the core parts of the addon, sharing achievements between characters and versions is ready.

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Are you able to make an addon that links characters between wotlk classic? Where I can link my mains achievements on my alt? (and it will show this achievement was completed by my main)??

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As if achievements are the most important in the game.

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What is the point in this? I would understand if people were able to collect all achievements but we can’t all be world first or else.

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well he had the demand for something wich didnt exist yet, created it and shared it to the community. wanna sh!t on that?
then dont use addons at all. because every single addon was created in this fashion.

Just because u don’t like Achievements, Pet Battles or any other “niche” Content in this Game doesn’t mean there is no point in it.

Some people play this game to relax and have different goals then chasing the Meta. :slight_smile:

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This addon link achievements between wotlk classic just like it link achievements between wotlk and retail. If you never import achievements from retail you will see on your UI only achievements completed by your WOTLK character. In future versions, it will be an option to disable retail imported achievements but for now if you never import achievements from Retail you will have WOTLK Account Achievements with this addon.

PD: If you mean being able to link achievements in chat I will look into it, maybe I could make my addon work using the Fake Achievements addon.

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I don’t get your point. I don’t understand what relation there is between world first and my addon.

Then don’t use this addon. I promise I won’t ever force you to install it. I could understand your point against this type of achievements if Blizzard includes account achievements or shared achievements with Retail because those will be in your game you like it or not. But this is just an addon, if you want it you install it, if you don’t want it you don’t install it. Easy peasy.

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I have updated the addon to do that. Now you can link your main achievements with your alts. Now achievement links work like in Retail. It only works in WOTLK. It is not possible to change achievements links in Retail.

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Then your addon will be banned for sure.

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An addon is not a player, is not a person, it is software, it can’t be “banned”. By definition, everything that an addon does is allowed, because Blizzard provides an API with the things they explicitly allow addons to do. In any case, Blizzard could change their API to restrict actions they don’t like, in which case that part of the addon (which is not even its main purpose) won’t work. If that happens I will disable that part of the code, no big deal.

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It is good that you know what I meant with banned, but if you use code to handle data you follow up on using blizz’s API, then how are you not responsible for the implicit actions you want to allow to be made. Using your code.

Just like the Addon that replicated RDF was banned.

Since we are talking about using the API of a company’s product, that isn’t like the api of lua, I don’t get why you try to talk down on me. :rofl:

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If you are so sure my addon is against the rules don’t waste our time and report me. Blizzards provide its API to be used by addon developers to alter the UI. Anything that is accessible with the API is allowed, if it wasn’t they would restrict addon developers the use of that part of the API just like it is impossible to make addons for example to move our characters, so we can’t be responsible for crimes when is impossible to commit a crime.

And no, the RFD addon wasn’t banned. Blizzard restricted its API so no addon could perform the actions that make possible that addon, making it effectively useless, but no one was banned. If Blizzard does the same with my addon they will change the API to not allow players to modify achievements links, that is just a small part of the addon, and it can work without it. No big deal. In fact, modifying achievement is not allowed in Retail and the addon works fine. It can’t link crossover achievements there, but everything else works.

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