Moss Troopers Wherigo Player Guide

What is Wherigo

Wherigo is a toolset for creating and playing GPS-enabled adventures in the real world. Learn more by visiting the Wherigo website.

Having some trouble with the lingo? Visit the glossary.

Playing Wherigo

If you have never played a Wherigo Cartridge before read about the Wherigo Player here.

We also suggest you play the Wherigo tutorial cartridge to familiarize yourself with your Wherigo Player software.

Navigating Between Zones

One of the key parts of Wherigo is moving between zones. To navigate to a zone in most devices choose the zone from the locations menu and follow the red arrow until the distance reads “here”. This should be very similar to navigating to a waypoint or a geocache.

Activating a Cartridge

Moss Troopers add a requirement to activate a cartridge before it can be played. The reason for this is that the cartridge will be posted on Wherigo.com while the corresponding cache is being reviewed. The activation code will be on the cache page to prevent anyone from starting the cartridge before the cache has been published. You will be prompted for this code when the cartridge is opened.

Playing advice from the Moss Troopers

It’s important to have the cartridge running whenever you’re moving. Events in the game are triggered when you physically enter specific areas and you might miss something if your Wherigo device is turned off.

Read everything carefully. Always check to see if there is more information by scrolling.

You should stand in one place while reading messages on the screen. If you walk in or out of a ‘zone’ while reading a message you might trigger an event which causes that message to disappear. Message boxes only appear once.

Familiarize yourself with your Wherigo player's save function. Saving varies in different devices. In the devices that the Moss Troopers have used you are prompted to save when closing (or quitting) a cartridge. You are prompted to resume the saved game when opening the cartridge again. We suggest you save often in case the cartridge crashes or your batteries die.

Due to the large nature of Wherigo cartridges you device might respond slowly. This is because it is processing hidden information important to the game. Please be patient.

Playing in the Emulator

If you don’t have a Wherigo enabled device you can use the emulator.

Download the Pocket PC version of the Cartridge you wish to play.

Download and install the Wherigo builder.

Open the builder and select tools/emulator.

In the emulator select the ‘main’ button and browse for the folder that contains the cartridge you wish to play. (If not prompted)

Pretend the little man on the map is you and move him to the appropriate locations.

For Moss Trooper cartridges you will still need to physically go to locations to gather information.

Currently the builder is only available for Microsoft Windows and requires an internet connection.

Wherigo Issues

Wherigo is fairly new so the Groundspeak folks are still working out the kinks. Some known issues the Moss Troopers have encountered are as follows.

Some devices require you to zero out in a ‘zone’ before an event will trigger. Try wandering around the area a bit, since GPS accuracy is always variable.

Some commands don’t fire in some devices. For example, sometimes no new tasks or items appear. We’ve tried our best to make this cartridge compatible with all devices. Make sure you are running the latest version of the Wherigo Player available on the Wherigo website. If you have a Garmin you can update your software on the Garmin Website.

The builder, and hence the emulator, doesn’t run on some computers. Make sure you have downloaded and installed the Microsoft .NET Framework package as instructed on the builder download page (Link). If it’s still not working download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86). Currently the builder is only available for Microsoft Windows and requires an internet connection.

If you have any other issues e-mail us through our profile. Please be patient, this e-mail is only checked on weekdays. You can also seek help in the fora. (Link).