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 2.2
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NeedToKnow allows you to monitor specific buffs and debuffs of your choosing as timer bars that always appear in a consistent place on your screen in a consistent color. It's especially useful for monitoring frequently used short-duration buffs and debuffs. For example, a rogue could configure NeedToKnow to show timer bars for Slice and Dice, Rupture, and their own stack of Deadly Poison VII. A death knight could use it to track their own diseases on a mob. NeedToKnow also works with procs and on-use trinkets. The number, size, position, and appearance of timer bars are all customizable.


New in latest version (2.2)

- Added option to show bars with a fixed maximum duration
- Fixed an issue with targetoftarget
- Added koKR and deDE localization


Instructions

General options are available in the Blizzard interface options menu. You can type "/needtoknow" or "/ntk" to lock/unlock the addon. To configure individual bars, right click them while unlocked. Bars work while locked.

When entering your settings, be careful with your spelling and capitalization. Also remember that buffs and debuffs sometimes have different names than the items and abilities that apply them. The Death Knight ability Icy Touch, for example, applies a DoT called Frost Fever.


To do list

Add support for tracking multiple (de)buffs with a single bar. Add options to customize text display.


Note

The reminder icons from previous versions of NeedToKnow have been greatly expanded in functionality and split off into their own addon: TellMeWhen
  Change Log - NeedToKnow
Version 2.2
- Added option to show bars with a fixed maximum duration
- Fixed an issue with targetoftarget
- Added koKR localization. Thanks, metalchoir!
- Added deDE localization. Thanks, sp00n & Fxfighter!

Version 2.1
- Updated for WoW 3.1
- Can now track spells cast by player's pet or vehicle
- Can now track buffs/debuffs on player's vehicle
- Added options for background color, bar spacing, bar padding, bar opacity
- Fixed a problem with buff charges not showing as consumed

Version 2.0.1
- Updated for WoW 3.0
- Can now track (de)buffs applied by others
- Added option to only show buffs/debuffs if applied by self

Version 2.0
- Added support for monitoring debuffs
- Added support for variable numbers of bars
- Added support for separate groups of bars
- Added support for monitoring buffs/debuffs on target, focus, pet, or target of target
- Bars are now click-through while locked
- Reminder icons have been been greatly expanded in functionality and split off into their own addon: TellMeWhen
- Cleaner bar graphics
- Users of older versions will need to re-enter settings

Version 1.2
- Updated for WoW 2.4 API changes

Version 1.1.1
- Icons should now work properly with item cooldowns.
- Reset button should now work properly when you first use the AddOn.

Version 1.1
- Icons will now show when reactive abilities (Riposte, Execute, etc.) are available.
- Added options for bar color and texture.
- Added graphical user interface. Most slash commands gone.
- Added localization support. Translations would be much appreciated.
- Users of older version will need to re-enter settings.

Version 1.0
- Hello world!
  Archived Versions - NeedToKnow
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04-28-2009 10:44 PM
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lieandswell
10-18-2008 09:53 AM
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Old 06-02-2009, 03:04 AM  
vlakarados
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NeedToKnow needs to show non stackable debuffs (buffs?) in one bar. I use it to see curses for my warlock and I want to make it be in one bar.

Russian localization: (needs to be saved in UTF-8 or Unicode encoding)
Code:
elseif ( GetLocale() == "ruRU" ) then
	-- Thanks, Vlakarados! 

    NEEDTOKNOW.BAR_TOOLTIP1 = "NeedToKnow";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BAR_TOOLTIP2 = "Клик правой кнопкой мыши по полосе для настройки. Больше 

настроек в Интерфейс / Модификации / NeedToKnow меню. Ввести /needtoknow или /ntk для 

блокировки и включения.";
    NEEDTOKNOW.RESIZE_TOOLTIP = "Кликнуть и тащить для изменения размера";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_ENABLE = "Включить полосу";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_CHOOSENAME = "Выбрать бафф/дебафф для слежения";
    NEEDTOKNOW.CHOOSENAME_DIALOG = "Введите название баффа/дебаффа для слежения"
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_CHOOSEUNIT = "Юнит слежения";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_PLAYER = "Игрок";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_TARGET = "Цель";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_FOCUS = "Фокус";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_PET = "Питомец";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_VEHICLE = "Средство передвижения";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_TARGETTARGET = "Цель цели";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_BUFFORDEBUFF = "Бафф или дебафф?";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_BUFF = "Бафф";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_DEBUFF = "Дебафф";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_ONLYMINE = "Показывать только наложенные мной";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_BARCOLOR = "Цвет полосы";
    NEEDTOKNOW.BARMENU_CLEARSETTINGS = "Очистить настройки";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_SUBTEXT1 = "Эти настройки позволяют настроить бафф/дебафф полосы 

слежения.";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_SUBTEXT2 = "Полосы работают только когда заблокированы группы. Можно 

менять размер и перемещать группы полос и кликнуть правой кнопкой мыши для изменения 

индивидуальных настроек. Ввести '/needtoknow' или '/ntk' to блокировки/разблокировки.";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_BARGROUP = "Группа ";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_NUMBERBARS = "Количество полос";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_FIXEDDURATION = "Максимальное время на полосе";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_BARTEXTURE = "Текстура полос";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_BARSPACING = "Промежуток полос";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_BARPADDING = "Уплотнение полос";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_BACKGROUNDCOLOR = "Цвет фона";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_LOCK = "Заблокировать";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_UNLOCK = "Разблокировать";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_TOOLTIP_ENABLEGROUP = "Показать и включить эту группу полос";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_TOOLTIP_FIXEDDURATION = "Указать максимальное время пробега полосы в 

секундах. Оставить пустым для динамического времени для каждой полосы (полное время = 

длительность баффа/дебаффа).";
    NEEDTOKNOW.UIPANEL_TOOLTIP_BARTEXTURE = "Выбрать текстуру для полос.";
    NEEDTOKNOW.CMD_RESET = "сброс";
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Old 05-30-2009, 10:47 AM  
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I'm getting a fairly regular problem that's noticeable when using my rogue; it doesn't always pick up the deadly poison stack or rupture application. I can see my debuffs are there via pitbull but, NTK ignores it but sometime later in the boss fight, it picks itself up.

Aside from that, I love this mod. I too would love to have the option for bar growth as it would mean i could add all my likely trinket procs to the one bar area and them display neatly.
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Old 05-22-2009, 11:37 PM  
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The following error pops up on every login since 2 days, and I don't really know why, because I changed nothing (that I know of):



Any ideas where the error comes from, and how to fix it?
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Old 05-19-2009, 12:32 AM  
kjkrum
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Originally posted by Vekkth
on my DK i keep seeing diseases not applied by me, no matter if option "only applied by you" turned on or off, on russian client.
On my druid, I see HoTs applied by others, even though I also have "only applied by you" checked. Seems like a bug.

Suggestion: My most-wanted feature would be to have this addon (and TMW) be dual-spec aware. Interface-wise, there could be checkboxes indicating whether you want each bar and icon group to be active with your primary and secondary specs.
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Old 05-14-2009, 02:39 AM  
cerbul
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I am one of the players that searched alot for an addon that can keep a fixed location for a particular spell, though some ppl find annoying to have unused space between spells. For me is verry handy and I think much more fast to know where to look for a particular cooldown on the screen. Ofc this is in my case since I track only 5 6 cooldowns, wich I do mostly to know in a metter of miliseconds how much is left from that cooldown.
Also that idea of not having space between spell, but keeping the spells sorted by an user defined number, would be verry nice. I consider much more important to have them sorted in a particular way, since I really find hard to see fast the cooldowns I want to check, though they have different color.
The idea is to have the bars somewhere near the middle of the screen, where my eyes always look, and to see them without looking in other place. After like 1 2 days, I start to notice really fast wich cooldown is about to expire, just by getting used to the idea that one particular spell is somwhere fixed on the screen.

Edit: Looks verry good this addon, can't wait to get home and test it. I just hope that it can track spell durations even if I don't have selected that player (i use grid+clique and I don;t always select the target that I cast a spell on, or just crossed my mind the ALT+spell to do it on myself and many adons don't track those spells).
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Old 05-10-2009, 10:20 PM  
AwdBawl
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Originally Posted by Justgiz
Any possibility to use the sharedmedia library for bar textures?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Elite_Gamer04
Any chance you can look into 'Bar Growth' as opposed to having fixed locations within each Bar Group - having them grow from a certain anchor, would save me having random bars situated round my UI when I do have all buffs/debuffs active?
A big thumbs up to these ideas. Also, a thumbs up to this addon.
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Old 05-05-2009, 03:33 PM  
Justgiz
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Any possibility to use the sharedmedia library for bar textures?
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Old 05-04-2009, 05:10 PM  
Vekkth
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on my DK i keep seeing diseases not applied by me, no matter if option "only applied by you" turned on or off, on russian client. any ideas why?
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Old 04-30-2009, 04:55 AM  
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Yay, welcome back!

Any chance you're gonna implement some kind of dual-spec compatibility?
That would be great. Maybe like Cliques profile system?
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Old 04-29-2009, 06:35 PM  
Selina
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Glad to see you are back in town.
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Old 04-29-2009, 04:25 PM  
Elite_Gamer04
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YAY ur back

Any chance you can look into 'Bar Growth' as opposed to having fixed locations within each Bar Group - having them grow from a certain anchor, would save me having random bars situated round my UI when I do have all buffs/debuffs active?
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Old 04-29-2009, 01:45 PM  
Ishkur
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Yay, welcome back!

Any chance you're gonna implement some kind of dual-spec compatibility?
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Old 04-29-2009, 12:56 PM  
lieandswell
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lieandswell is back in town?

Thanks for all the enthusiasm, guys. I'm glad you find NeedToKnow as useful as I do. Our other rogue started raiding again and I realized I finally needed to fix that "only show when cast by self" problem, heh.

I'm looking into an option to have all bars in a group show the same fixed max duration. I agree it would make some things much easier.

Edit: This is confirmed as a feature in the next version. It was ridiculously easy to code the mechanics of it. All the work will be in the GUI, as usual.
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Old 04-29-2009, 11:57 AM  
Cluey
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Set bar length option.
Would it be possible to have an option to have a fixed length time display for the bars?
I will try and put up an example of why it is currently confusing.
Code:
([Savage Roar   ]           12 s)
([Rake                    ]  6 s)
([Rip                     ] 15 s)
([Mangle               ]    10 s)
Where the square brackets indicate the coloured part remaining and the round brackets the full length of the bar.
In this example the Rake bar is about twice the length of the Savage Roar bar but half it's duration and the same length as the Rip bar.

So an option to have the total bar length as long as your longest monitored buff/debuff or user configured and then the bars just are as long as they need to be with a one second scale.
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Old 04-29-2009, 03:23 AM  
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