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WintergraspLite

Version: 1.0.1

by: Freki [More]

WintergraspLite
WintergraspLite is a very small, very light-weight addon which provides much more convenient access to the Wintergrasp timer.

What does it do?
With WintergraspLite, you can:

Check the time until Wintergrasp no matter where you are (instances, battlegrounds, wherever!)
See who currently controls Wintergrasp
Drag the Wintergrasp timer onto your game screen so you can see it at all times (and if you don't want it on your screen anymore, simply drag it back onto the battleground pane)

What does it not do?
Due to the nature of WintergraspLite (keeping things simple), it does not:

Sync with other players
As a consequence of the above and the limitations imposed by Blizzard's code, you must first go to Northrend to see who controls Wintergrasp and you must be outside an instance to first get the correct time (although WintergraspLite does save between sessions, so if you disconnect while in an instance, you will still have the correct time when you log back in).

That being said, once you know the time and control of Wintergrasp, you can leave Northrend or enter instances/battlegrounds and still be aware of this information.

Version 1.0.1
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- Note: You may observe an occurrence of strange behavior when upgrading to the new version. The timer may not appear until you open the battleground window, and it may be in a strange location. Simply move it again to wherever you desire and this behavior will be resolved.
- Fix: While I never ran into the problem, there may have been some issues with different timer positions between characters. This should now be resolved.
- Fix: Reversed a change made in 1.0 that I assumed would help with updating Wintergrasp status. Instead of depending on unreliable events, WGLite will now update on a set frequency. This method appears to be much more dependable.

Version 1.0
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- Utilizes a better means of updating Wintergrasp status
- Now keeps Wintergrasp status between characters on the same server
- Fix: No longer changes zone on the world map every time it updates
- Fix: Hopefully resolved some odd behavior requiring you to open your battleground frame before the Wintergrasp timer appeared
- Fix: Should no longer display incorrect Wintergrasp control if you are outside Northrend for extended period of time

Beta 3
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- Fix: No more map hijacking while in Northrend

Beta 2
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- Feature: Timer will now save its position between sessions
- Fix: Timer will no longer lack an icon if control is unknown upon logging in
- Fix: Hopefully fixed any issue of the timer disappearing

Beta 1
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- Initial release

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File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date
WintergraspLite	1.0	2kB	Freki	09-10-10 12:55 AM
WintergraspLite	Beta 3	2kB	Freki	11-30-09 01:50 PM
WintergraspLite	Beta 2	2kB	Freki	10-28-09 09:51 PM
WintergraspLite	Beta 1	2kB	Freki	10-24-09 02:21 AM

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09-30-10, 04:50 AM
ComputerNerd A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 6 File comments: 47 Uploads: 0	I understand this may contradict the simplicity concept, but implementing an LDB feed would allow more options to the user regarding the display outside of the battleground queue window, and also get round the scaling issue in the process.

01-06-10, 10:15 PM

Freki

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 18

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Uploads: 6

Originally posted by Taurvanhiel
Any easy way to make this scalable? It's a wonderful addon and looks great, but it ends up being a bit big compared to the rest of my UI.

I'm not opposed to manually tinkering in the .lua to change the size, but I'd need to be pointed to what to edit.

Thanks for the great work!

Is it any bigger than it would be from the battleground frame? Not sure why it would take up much space, it's relatively small on my screen. If you wanted to change it yourself, I imagine adding this line in the first 80 or so lines could do the job:

Code:

WintergraspTimer:SetScale(0.5,0.5)

Didn't test it, so maybe it wouldn't work. And you could tinker with the values yourself, but let me know if you have any troubles. I'll see about adding an option in the future.

01-06-10, 10:10 AM
Taurvanhiel A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 11 Uploads: 0	Any easy way to make this scalable? It's a wonderful addon and looks great, but it ends up being a bit big compared to the rest of my UI. I'm not opposed to manually tinkering in the .lua to change the size, but I'd need to be pointed to what to edit. Thanks for the great work!

11-30-09, 01:42 PM

Freki

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 18

File comments: 94

Uploads: 6

Originally posted by Codex
can you make it hh:mm:ss format?
and will it be accurate between sessions if ur logged out for say several minutes?

As for your question, yes, it should.
As for your request, I'm not sure if I really want it that way. I quite like how Blizzard does it, and it makes the mod simpler in that regard (I don't have to change anything). If there's enough requests for it, I'll probably put in an option to change it.

11-25-09, 08:41 PM
Codex A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 19 File comments: 281 Uploads: 21	can you make it hh:mm:ss format? and will it be accurate between sessions if ur logged out for say several minutes? Last edited by Codex : 11-25-09 at 08:48 PM.

10-30-09, 07:41 PM

Freki

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 18

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Uploads: 6

Originally posted by Gunzar_Blazen
small point and I guess it shows my noobiness but it does not show on my screen when I jog in I use carbonite and so the time does not appear on my map either was hoping to use this addon when I was out questing.......where does the timer appear how do I get it to appear and how do I move it sorry if these seem like easy questions to you.....but they are baffling to me thanks for your assistance

It's not a stupid question. I should have made it clearer: WintergraspLite uses the default Wintergrasp timer which is located in the battleground frame (part of the PVP window). So, it should show up in there, and you can drag it from there onto your game window. If it doesn't show up in your battleground window, let me know because that is a problem

10-30-09, 07:21 PM
Gunzar_Blazen A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 1 Uploads: 0	small point and I guess it shows my noobiness but it does not show on my screen when I jog in I use carbonite and so the time does not appear on my map either was hoping to use this addon when I was out questing.......where does the timer appear how do I get it to appear and how do I move it sorry if these seem like easy questions to you.....but they are baffling to me thanks for your assistance

10-27-09, 12:40 AM
Kellindil A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 16 Uploads: 0	hmm...this time I drag the timer out of the bg frame, and it works well. So it's kind of my own problem cause I just wanna the timer stay in the bg frame...Thank you again for this useful addon, and for spending time on my own problem.

10-26-09, 04:51 PM
Freki A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 18 File comments: 94 Uploads: 6	[Edit] Nevermind, I think I found the problem. Going to push a fix in the next couple days. Last edited by Freki : 10-26-09 at 05:30 PM.

10-25-09, 12:35 AM

Freki

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 18

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Originally posted by Kellindil
yep. I don't know why but sometimes it shows nothing in the bg frame. Then I have to reload(/console reloadui) to get it back. That often happens after I leave the battleground.

Hm.. strange. I'll be sure to take a look into it. Thanks for reporting the issue.

10-24-09, 11:11 PM

Kellindil

A Kobold Labourer

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Originally posted by Freki
Hey, glad you like it. Could you give a little more information about your problem? By default, it doesn't save position between sessions so you have to drag it out from the BG frame every time. This is partly a design decision and partly a technical complication. Or are you trying to say that the timer doesn't show up at all when you open the battleground frame? That would be a real problem, one that I thought I fixed

yep. I don't know why but sometimes it shows nothing in the bg frame. Then I have to reload(/console reloadui) to get it back. That often happens after I leave the battleground.

10-24-09, 10:17 PM

Freki

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 18

File comments: 94

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Originally posted by Kellindil
It's small but very useful! Thank you!
But sometimes the timer disappears and show up again after I reloadui. Is there any way to fix this?

Hey, glad you like it. Could you give a little more information about your problem? By default, it doesn't save position between sessions so you have to drag it out from the BG frame every time. This is partly a design decision and partly a technical complication. Or are you trying to say that the timer doesn't show up at all when you open the battleground frame? That would be a real problem, one that I thought I fixed

10-24-09, 07:36 PM
Kellindil A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 16 Uploads: 0	It's small but very useful! Thank you! But sometimes the timer disappears and show up again after I reloadui. Is there any way to fix this?

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