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2018-02-18: This addon used to be under Aldmehr's account, its original author, bak in the time of The Burning Crusade expansion. twobits would later maintain it throughout the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, and then benots4 throughout Cataclysm and Mists of Pandaria.
I, aallkka, am currently working on updating ReadySpells and will release a Legion-compatible version as soon as possible. I intend to keep developping it at least through the next expansion, Battle for Azeroth.
benots4 is still involved with the project, although he has taken a sidestep. He will probably return to more active co-development of ReadySpells later this year.
In the meantime, the Download box to the right still links to Aldmehr's last release. The text bellow is also Aldmehr's and I'll change it only when I publish a new version of ReadySpells.
Stay tuned!
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ReadySpells
(This is an ACE2 addon)
What this addon does:
What do you mean by "ready"?
Displays configured spell visuals when they are ready to be cast (including target and mouseover support).
These visuals are click through, and can be placed in the center of the screen without stealing mouse clicks.
The number of image slots is configurable, and each slot allows many spells that display based on priority.
Why use this addon?
- enough mana/rage/energy
- correct stance/form
- in range, valid target
- not on cooldown (gray for short or GCD cooldown)
- checks for de/buff not already up
- many special cases for smart checking, examples:
- taunt type spells won't show up when targetting a player
- interrupt spells will show up only when target is spellcasting/channeling
- etc.
Current Limitations:
I am a key binder. I don't want to:
- Watch many actions bars and buttons when I only care about a few spells...
- Watch many cooldown bars shrink...
- Or instead of watching these, mash lots of keys hoping spells are ready...
I prefer to:
- Have a small amount of visuals display when a spell is ready to be cast.
- Push the key once.
This addon is probably only useful for key binders (and not mouse clickers).
How to configure:
This version includes a full default config and specials cases for Druids, Hunters, Mages, Rogue, Warlocks and Warriors.
There is a basic config and some special cases for Paladin, Shadow Priest, and Shaman : these probably need more work.
There is nothing specific to holy priests yet, but many spells should work if configured.
The first time autoswitching creates the new profiles "Group" and "Raid", they are "reset" configurations and not copies of the current "Default" configuration. This is a limitation of AceDB that I have not figured out how to work around.
I want feedback:
- Step 1 (basic):
Move the ReadySpells anchor then setup the display how you want using several options:
slash commands /ReadySpells, /rsp
DeuceCommander
Waterfall GUI (/rsp gui)
Alt+click to rotate the anchor clockwise.
Shift+click will hide the anchor.
- Step 2 (novice, OPTIONAL):
Add/Modify the default settings for class (watchSpells, debuffStacks, buffStacks, manaChecks, swingActivations).
This requires editing the WTF\Account\Name\SavedVariables\ReadySpells.lua file. This file must be edited with all characters logged out because this file gets overwritten on character logout and reload UI.
Look for the appropriate profile (i.e. "Default") and class (i.e. "Druid"), example with 2 slots:
Each watchSpells slot is ordered by priority, highest priority starting with the first spell in each slot.Code:["profiles"] = { ["Default"] = { ["classes"] = { ["DRUID"] = { ["watchSpells"] = { { "Bash", "Mangle (Bear)", }, { "Maul", }, }, ["debuffStacks"] = { ["Lacerate"] = true, }, ["buffStacks"] = { ["Lifebloom"] = true, }, ["manaChecks"] = { ["Maul"] = 25, ["Demoralizing Roar"] = 50, }, ["swingActivations"] = { ["Maul"] = true, },
The priority determines which image gets displayed if more than one is ready.
Create as many slots as you want.
Create multiple profiles for different situations, if desired.
Q: Why do I have to modify a file to configure these?
A: Because no one has taken the time to write a fancy GUI to configure these yet.
- Step 3 (expert, not recommended):
Add/modify code to the CheckSpecialCases* fuctions.
This requires editing core.lua.
Allows tremendous customizaiton of when these spells are displayed as ready.
Known Bugs:
How well do the default configs work for you... what did you change?
Are there any special cases behavior that you would like to add or modify?
To do:
Version History:
Develop a GUI config for watchSpells.
I'm looking for community help for expanding the base configs and special cases.
v0.791
Quick fix for 2.3 and Druid spells while in forms.
v0.79
Stackable hots/dots will now show time_left:stack_count.
Fixed a anchor position save problem that popped up with patch 2.2.x.
<cut> rest of changes in readme.txt
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05-31-07, 02:27 PM | |||||||
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Either way it should work in the next release (v0.6).
Whether a sunder icon with count of 5 or a devastate icon should be shown... I'll revisit this in v0.6+.
I have found this much easier to handle and I'll look at whether I think a progress bar would help now. But, for now I suggest the Quartz casting bar mod... its has a nice implementation of a GCD spark bar.
I hope to have v0.6 out soon (a couple of days max). |
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05-30-07, 06:45 PM | |
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np. Fix worked nicely. Didn't get an opportunity to test it in raid. Had a play against some mobs in Terrokar. I can't really comment on the warrior stuff as I'm a tank, I don't really use any of the skills you've got set up. I played around and set up a basic tanking set of spells. Thoughts are:
- LOVE the fact you can prioritise spells for a slot. imba. - Would like the ability to display spells based on current target debuffs. So, for example, display Demo Shout if mob doesn't have demo shout. Display Devastate if mob has 5 sunders. Don't display Sunder if mob has 5 sunders. That sort of thing. - Found the way Global Cooldown worked slowed me down a little. If GCD is on, nothing displays apart from those spells not tied to GCD. So, I see Heroic Strike, that sorta thing. When GCD expires, the display floods with lots of new options and it takes a moment to decide on which to go with. It would be better if things simply greyed out during GCD so that you could be looking at them and deciding which one to press when GCD expires. A small/minimal progress bar showing global cooldown (above or below the buttons in horizontal mode, left or right in vertical) would be useful...but more a "nice to have", I guess. Otherwise not much to say other than, this is great. Definitely going to keep using this...nice mod. If you're going to be parsing combat log events I really recommend looking at ParserLib. I run a lot of mods and won't run anything that parses the combat log without it as it immeasurably improves performance when there are lots of mods attempting to parse the log. More detail on how to use it can be found at: http://www.wowace.com/wiki/Parser-1.1 Nice mod...hope development continues. I'll feedback as often as I'm able. |
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BTW: are you parsing any combat log events? If so are you using ParserLib? |
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05-30-07, 04:23 AM | |
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New version v0.5.
It would be really helpful if some high level Warriors could test out this mod to see if the default configuration I created for Warriors works ok. I would also like some Druid feedback, but am happy with the current functionality for my Druid. |
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05-29-07, 02:25 AM | |
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I just uploaded the first version of my addon (v0.4).
Comments are welcome. If you post configs for other classes that don't have one, I can add them in the next version. Enjoy. |
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