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NeedToKnow - Updated!  Popular! (More than 5000 hits)

Version: 3.2.08
by: Kitjan [More]

As of NeedToKnow version 4.0.0, I am retiring this clone of the project. please go to the NeedToKnow project page to download or comment on this addon.


I apologize to people who used updaters to keep up with NTK who won't automatically follow up on this. I may replace this addon with a stub that just prints a message on the screen to get the addon from the new place.

3.2.08
- Fixed: blink didn't work with weapon imbues

3.2.06
- Updated combat log hander for 4.1 (targettarget bars). Also tried to make it a little more efficient
- fixed: "sum stacks from all casters" only worked for buffs
- Fixed problem with cooldowns sometimes not working after spec switch

3.2.05
- Added some sanity checks around weapon imbues. Should prevent the lua errors, though the corresponding bars won't work. It'll complain (a lot) in your chat window.
- Listening to ACTIVE_TALENT_GROUP_CHANGED as well as PLAYER_TALENT_UPDATE
- Listening to SPELL_UPDATE_COOLDOWN as well as ACTIONBAR_UPDATE_COOLDOWN
- Fixed: The code that was supposed to stop cooldown bars from disappearing was actually preventing it from detecting cooldown resets sometimes.

3.2.04
- Fixed refactoring bug in auto shot bars causing a lua error

3.2.03
- Trying again to get bar initialization to happen reliably

3.2.02
- Fixed: Cooldown bars initialized too soon, resulting in failure to find the item/spell

3.2.01
- Fixed: "Usable" bars caused massive lua errors and didn't work

3.2.0
- internal cooldown bars can now be told to reset to 0 based on the presence of another buff. (for example, eclipse resets Nature's Grace)
- Fairly massive restructuring to split up the monolithic Bar_AuraCheck function (Ticket 56)
- Fixed berserk tracking on multiple weapons. This never worked before, it turns out. (Ticket 84)
- Some changes for perf improvements
- Spell cooldown bars try a bit harder to figure out what you meant to watch. Before, Swipe would end up watching cat Swipe (same name as bear Swipe), which has no cooldown. Explosive Trap works now, too. (Ticket 85)
- A bar watching your pet will update when your pet changes
- Min scale reduced from 0.6 to 0.25

3.1.9
- Fix Lua error tracking certain DK spell cooldowns

3.1.8
- Fixes cooldown tracking in 4.0.1

3.1.7
- Maybe works with Cataclysm now?
- More robust rune vs spell cd detection for DKs (Ticket 72)
- Added support to the text override for a list of names, corresponding to the list of spells to watch for (Ticket 43)

3.1.6
- Can now turn off the display of stack count (Ticket 52)
- Can now override the name that is displayed (Ticket 43)

3.1.5
- Spell cooldowns for spells like Stealth will now start when the spell ends, instead of looping when the spell is cast
- The logic to hide a cooldown that was just the GCD has been improved. Spell cooldown timers will no longer disappear when they become GCD limited (if there was 1s left and you begin a 1.2s GCD, the bar would disappear before.) This logic has then been extended to cover DK rune cooldowns (if you had a spell which required runes, but the runes had a longer cooldown than the spell had remaining, the bar would display the cooldown for the runes.)

3.1.4
- Cyrillic fixes from kolod on curseforge (ticket 74)
- Groups can only be sized such that the bars are an integer number of pixels tall. Hopefully this will improve ticket 70
- Fixed non-deterministic texture ordering on the bars, which could put the visual cast time under the bar. (Ticket 73)

3.1.3
- Fixed a LUA error caused by 3.3.5 edit box changes when entering the name of the spell to watch

3.1.2
- Added zhCN & zhTW localization. Thanks, wowui.cn!
- Change tooltip anchor to above group
- Added new options panel: Appearance. Moved texture, font, bar spacing, bar padding, and background color options to it
- Changed lock/unlock button to config mode / play mode buttons
- Fixed a LUA error if the addon was loaded with totems out
- Replaced use of StatusBar widget with custom Texture management both because our bars have two textures and because Blizzard can't set their texture coordinates correctly any more. Fixes ticket 51
- Fixed a bug with the double-bar feature when resizing the group. This was done automatically for the main texture before, but not for the second. Now it's done for both, yay.
- Small memory optimization
- The second texture gets image and color updated the same time the primary one does, meaning it will update without a /reload
- Updating the bar appearance was being shortcut if the bar was currently blinking, so had to set the color twice.

3.1.1
- Fixed: Auto Shot CD reset on every spell cast, not just Auto Shot

3.1.0
- Fixed: All the numeric dialogs in the config menus were using the same help text.
- New option for buffs/debuffs: Show all stacks. Can be used to watch a category of spells (like HoTs), or to watch procs from Berserker
- Auto Shot now works as a spell cooldown
- Fixed bar texturing tiling instead of stretching in 3.3.3
- Fixed "infinite" duration buffs not correctly displaying
- Add new bar type: Usable. Designed with Victory Rush in mind.

3.0.3
- Watching the offhand enchant would display the name of the mainhand enchant, which could cause a lua error if there was no mainhand enchant
- Reverted a partial import/export feature that snuck in

3.0.2
- Fixed a bug with blink. It defaults to 0.5 alpha and disabled, by the legacy loading code saw the 0.5 and figured it should enable blink. Worked great if you still had old settings, but starting from scratch was a bit of disaster. Sorry new users!

3.0.1
- Fixed a bug with the "Unit" setting from a buff or debuff bar causing other bar types (like spell cooldown)
- Removed the display of charges from buff cooldown bars. Easy enough to put back if people miss it, but it surprised me.
- Fixed a small pef bug: every bar was doing one extra loop checking for the presence of the buff ""
- If the internal buff cooldown was shorter than the duration of the buff, the bar wouldn't disappear (and the spark would go negative)

3.0.0
- Created a "Settings" submenu whose contents depends on the BuffOrDebuff variable. This should allow for more bar types without confusing the menu too much.
- Added new bar type: "internal cooldown" for proc cooldown timers
- Added new bar type: "spell cooldown" for tracking spell and item cooldown timers
- Fixed: Temporary weapon enchants now use a substring search. "Poison" will pick up all rogue poisons. This also fixed a lua error that could occur when watching weapon buffs
- Added: Can show an asterisk when the bar is tracking a spell cast by the player
- Improved: Added a blink enable besides just setting the alpha to 0. The alpha thing confused too many people
- Added more blink options: only in combat, only if boss, and a label for blinking bars

2.8.6
- Improved: Blinking bars try to be a little smarter about when to blink and when to just be hidden. Especially the case of debuff bars blinking when no target.
- Improved: Weapon imbue names now capture (I hope) the full name from the tooltip to compare against. The name to watch for (in the NTK config) is then regarded as a substring search. So you could configure NTK to watch for Poison to catch all poisons.

2.8.5
- Added: Option to show a spell icon to the left of active bars
- Added: Option to change the font used on NeedToKnow bars (in the interface options dialog)

2.8.4
- Added: Option to show certain bar elements: aura name, time remaining, and the "spark" (ticket 8)
- Added: Option to blink the bar when it would otherwise be missing (ticket 7)
- Fixed: Weapon imbue bars disappear on teleport (ticket 9)
- Fixed: Spark incorrectly visible on weapon imbues (ticket 6)

2.8.3
- Fixed some problems upgrading from older versions of NeedToKnow (ticket 5)

2.8.2
- Beta Support for temporary weapon enchants. Only tested with elemental and restoration shaman (not enhancement or rogues.)

2.8.1
- Fixed: Watching totem by spellid did not work
- Fixed: Logging in when the character was in the second spec would use the first spec's setting

2.8.0
- Added the ability to track increases in spell duration, especially useful for dps druids
- Marked as being a 3.3 addon
- Fixed: Took advantage of a new 3.3 API to get the spell id of active buffs and debuffs. Bars that check spellid should be much more reliable and, for example, be able to tell the difference between the two different Death's Verdict procs
- Fixed: Totem timing is much more accurate
- Fixed: Visual cast times now updates based on changes in haste and other casting-time-affecting abilities
- Refactored the internal structure a bit, which results in easier hooking by other addons

2.7.1
- Fixed: Accidentally removed the background color picker

2.7.0
- Added options for how the time text is formatted. The current style is the default, with mm:ss and ss.t as other options
- Added "visual cast time" overlay which can be used to tell when there's less than some critical amount of time left on an aura
- Hid the spark when the aura lasts longer than the bar (either an infinite duration, or using the Max duration feature.)
- Hid the time text when the aura has an infinite duration

2.6.0
- Added support for a new "Buff or Debuff" type: Totem. Type in the name of the totem to watch for (can be a partial string.)
- Fixed a parse error in the DE localization
- Slightly improved performance of "target of target"
- Added two new /ntk options: show and hide. They can be used to temporarily show and hide the ntk groups.

2.5.2
-Changed event parsing to try to be more robust (see autobot's errors)

2.5.1
-Trying a different strategy for identifying "only cast by me" spells
-When editing the watched auras, the edit field starts with the current value
-Configuring by SpellID is automatically detected and does not need a menu item checked

2.5
-Fixed ToT issue
-Added support for SpellID

2.4.3
-Added SharedMedia support, uses LibSharedMedia-3.0
-Greatly improved performance

2.4.2
-Fixed a bug with the multiple buffs per line
-Fixed a small bug with resize button showing
-Optimized performance slightly

2.4.1

-Fixed character restriction on buff names, no accepts up to 255 characters.
-Added Russian localization

2.4

-Brought up to 3.2 API standards
-Added multiple buffs/debuffs per bar
-Dual-Specialization support
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Unread 11-26-10, 09:19 PM  
Ross
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Just updated to the newest version and I get this error now:

Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:495: attempt to index global 'barSettings' (a nil value)
Count: 3

Call Stack:
[C]: ?
Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:495: in function `SetupSpellCooldown'
Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:642: in function `Bar_Update'
Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:440: in function `Group_Update'
Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:390: in function `Update'
Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow_Options.lua:29: in function `LockToggle'
Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow_Options.lua:16: in function `?'
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:4126: in function `ChatEdit_ParseText'
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:3737: in function `ChatEdit_SendText'
Interface\FrameXML\ChatFrame.lua:3775: in function `ChatEdit_OnEnterPressed'
[string "*:OnEnterPressed"]:1: in function <[string "*:OnEnterPressed"]:1>
Also I have a bar for Autoshot CD and it stays up on my screen and doesn't work anymore.

Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:495: attempt to index global 'barSettings' (a nil value)
Count: 1

Call Stack:
[C]: ?
Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:495: in function `SetupSpellCooldown'
Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:642: in function `Bar_Update'
Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:440: in function `Group_Update'
Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:390: in function `Update'
Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:264: in function `fn'
Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:173: in function <Interface\AddOns\NeedToKnow\NeedToKnow.lua:140>
Got this one in a random dungeon not sure what happend.
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Unread 11-26-10, 06:50 PM  
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Re: Re: Added Functionality

Originally posted by Kitjan
Glad you like it!

The next big feature I have in the wings is profile support, which should do what you're talking about for alts. Copying settings between bars (and posting them on forums, etc) is on the to-do list as well, some day

Stellar! I can't wait.
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Re: Added Functionality

Originally posted by 1behne1
I love NTK but I was wondering if there's a way to add maybe a "copy state" option where it copies that bars' conditions and allows you to paste them to another. Would make shifting your setup much easier. Could also copy over bars to alts.

Just askin'!
Glad you like it!

The next big feature I have in the wings is profile support, which should do what you're talking about for alts. Copying settings between bars (and posting them on forums, etc) is on the to-do list as well, some day
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Added Functionality

I love NTK but I was wondering if there's a way to add maybe a "copy state" option where it copies that bars' conditions and allows you to paste them to another. Would make shifting your setup much easier. Could also copy over bars to alts.

Just askin'!
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Originally posted by Kitjan
See if 3.2.03 fixes that. 3.2.02 had a an issue for some people where it wasn't recognizing that a spec switch had happened. (a /reloadui would fix it) If you currently have both specs set up the same as a result of that bug, you may need to fix it once more. I suggest adding a new bar to the spec you log in with, then try switching specs, and if the new bar disappears the addon is working again.
Downloaded the latest update last night, and it seems to have fixed the problem. Thank you for responding so quickly. FYI, I have to come to rely on your addon as one my "must-haves", along with the likes of Power Auras, Quartz and OmniCC. Thank you for keeping this addon updated!
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Originally posted by uncaringbear
The addon is overwriting configurations when I switch specs. For example, I noticed yesterday that all my moonkin bars were missing after I had switched to Feral. Switching back to Moonkin, I re-created the moonkin bars. Later, switching to feral, I noticed all my feral bars were now gone.
See if 3.2.03 fixes that. 3.2.02 had a an issue for some people where it wasn't recognizing that a spec switch had happened. (a /reloadui would fix it) If you currently have both specs set up the same as a result of that bug, you may need to fix it once more. I suggest adding a new bar to the spec you log in with, then try switching specs, and if the new bar disappears the addon is working again.
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Originally posted by mimee
god damn.. every time this is updated I dont know which addon to get updated or non-updated version.

Thanks for the addon - it really is awesome.
lol see what I mean Kitjan
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The addon is overwriting configurations when I switch specs. For example, I noticed yesterday that all my moonkin bars were missing after I had switched to Feral. Switching back to Moonkin, I re-created the moonkin bars. Later, switching to feral, I noticed all my feral bars were now gone.
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Originally posted by Whatever4ever
Hey there...

Do think this is awesome but have a questing, though.

Is it possible to get - like the Sap and Gouge (Rogue) to be shown all the time and not disappear when choosing another Target
Glad you like it
That's currently only possible in NTK by focusing that target and having bars set to watch focus instead of target. Implementing that feature would require NTK take a lot more CPU than I'm comfortable with. Perhaps I'll add it someday along with a warning that it's very expensive to do.
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Hey there...

Do think this is awesome but have a questing, though.

Is it possible to get - like the Sap and Gouge (Rogue) to be shown all the time and not disappear when choosing another Target
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Originally posted by mimee
god damn.. every time this is updated I dont know which addon to get updated or non-updated version.

Thanks for the addon - it really is awesome.
Glad you like it!

You can get either one, they're exactly the same file. The two addons exist on this site for historical reasons and I'll get around to simplifying it some day.
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god damn.. every time this is updated I dont know which addon to get updated or non-updated version.

Thanks for the addon - it really is awesome.
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Originally posted by Kitjan
The main reason I still update both is so people who use auto-addon updaters won't stop getting updates. Now that I think about it, I suppose I could update one of them to be a dummy addon that just says to get the other one.

The extra addons (the hunter and druid customizations) are attached to NeedToKnow-Updated, as is the CVS respository. I'm not sure if they can be moved. I'll have to ask.

I had been concerned about losing one set of comments, but it's clear that using the comments as a knowledge base just doesn't work.
Don't get me wrong Kitjan I think you do a wonderful job. Not only with the addon but your communications with the users that use it. I just feel that you should really put your efforts into one singular mod to reduce the confusion. That way you can focus on just one mod website instead of two under the same domain. Also it makes tracking comments easier as they will be in a singular location rather then split between two

Its just a suggestion but one you don't have to take. Great work on an excellent addon.

Also I'm 100% sure if you removed the -updated- one people will still be able to find the other one. (They are both the same addon names )
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Originally posted by Xruptor
I think the whole point about updated both versions of NeedToKnow is a moot point now.
The main reason I still update both is so people who use auto-addon updaters won't stop getting updates. Now that I think about it, I suppose I could update one of them to be a dummy addon that just says to get the other one.

The extra addons (the hunter and druid customizations) are attached to NeedToKnow-Updated, as is the CVS respository. I'm not sure if they can be moved. I'll have to ask.

I had been concerned about losing one set of comments, but it's clear that using the comments as a knowledge base just doesn't work.
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I think the whole point about updated both versions of NeedToKnow is a moot point now. Maybe you should think about removing one. Having both updated with the same updates is a bit confusing for folks. I suggest removing one and just stick to updating one really.

This is just a suggestion as I don't really see a point in updating both anymore other then cause confusion.

If you need to remove a mod contact Cairenn.

I'm sure it would also make things easier for you to just update one mod instead of two.
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