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EchoPort

Category: Warlock

Addon Information

Author:	Kjado [More]
Version:	1.2
Date:	09-15-2009 06:07 PM
Size:	103.83 Kb
Downloads:	3,771
Favorites:	23
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EchoPort

EchoPort is a small addon that displays the distance to your active Demonic Circle summon, and will work in all locations such as outdoors, inside dungeons, battlegrounds, and arenas. This is accomplished by doing echolocation through the minimap API.

Known issues:

The minimap must not be set to rotate with the player's change in direction. EchoPort becomes largely useless with a rotating minimap, so in order to receive accurate data please disable this option.

Usage:
EchoPort is turned off by default. To toggle it on/off, type "/ep on", "/ep toggle", or find and set a keybind for it through the in-game keybind menu.

Tip: make a new macro to summon your Demonic Circle that will ensure EchoPort is ready for it!

#showtooltip Demonic Circle: Summon
/ep on
/cast Demonic Circle: Summon

The display frame is initially unlocked. "/ep lock" will lock the frame in place, and "/ep unlock" will unlock it to be moved again.

Further display options, such as disabling the timer text and changing the size of the arrows, can be found in the default Interface Options area (Esc -> Interface -> AddOns -> EchoPort).

After EchoPort is turned on, it will watch for any Demonic Circles you summon, and display the time remaining, distance to it, and a graphical arrow indicating the direction relative to your character. The smaller, gray arrow indicates the direction you will face after using the Demonic Circle. The active Demonic Circle information will clear when you summon a new one, change zones, or die.

Localization: EchoPort should work properly for all locales. Text displayed on the screen ("yards", "seconds left") will still only be in English, however.

Change Log - EchoPort

v.1.2:
-- Ghost Mode: EchoPort display turns slightly transparent and the direction arrow stays white regardless of position. A minimalist approach without the annoying flashing colors.

v.0.3:
-- Lock and unlock options for the display frame.
-- Gradient coloring on the main direction arrow.
-- Added a small secondary arrow to show facing direction after teleport.

v.0.2:
-- No more frequent pinging; only one initial ping is required for tracking purposes.
-- Party/raid members are now free to ping the minimap, as pings registered while you are tracking your portal will no longer interfere with the accuracy of the distance.
-- Update code for the distance has been shifted and is now smoother and possibly more accurate.
-- On-screen notification when EchoPort is enabled.

Optional Files - EchoPort

Sorry, there are currently no optional files available.

Archived Versions - EchoPort

File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date
EchoPort	1.1c	104kB	Kjado	06-17-2009 11:14 PM
EchoPort	1.1b	104kB	Kjado	06-06-2009 12:51 PM
EchoPort	1.1	104kB	Kjado	06-05-2009 04:26 AM
EchoPort	1.01	103kB	Kjado	05-27-2009 06:41 PM
EchoPort	1.0	103kB	Kjado	05-18-2009 10:06 PM
EchoPort	0.3	100kB	Kjado	05-11-2009 07:02 PM
EchoPort	0.2	99kB	Kjado	05-11-2009 01:25 PM
EchoPort	0.1	99kB	Kjado	05-10-2009 04:06 PM

Comments - EchoPort

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06-17-2009, 10:22 PM
soki A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 17 Uploads: 0	Any possibility of getting a default on /ep on option? __________________ WTB Skill

06-08-2009, 05:09 PM

Kjado

A Murloc Raider

Forum posts: 5

File comments: 26

Uploads: 4

Quote:

Originally posted by Beschnitten
great addon, few things i notice, that range tracker doesnt seem to correctly take into account the Y axis when calculating range, the range tracker is only accurate on completely flat level planes. which is kinda of a bummer when you put your port up on higher lvels, i.e. blades edge arena. Also an option to make the font for the range tracker bigger as an option would be nice as well.

Thanks for the comments.

Unfortunately, the inability to judge 100% accurate distance with a Z-axis difference is a limitation of the WoW API, and is not possible/available to addon authors.

06-08-2009, 04:23 PM
Beschnitten A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 13 Uploads: 0	great addon, few things i notice, that range tracker doesnt seem to correctly take into account the Y axis when calculating range, the range tracker is only accurate on completely flat level planes. which is kinda of a bummer when you put your port up on higher lvels, i.e. blades edge arena. Also an option to make the font for the range tracker bigger as an option would be nice as well.

06-05-2009, 08:18 AM

miros

A Kobold Labourer

Forum posts: 0

File comments: 62

Uploads: 5

Quote:

Originally posted by Fuzzywuzzy
Since youo mentioned private server, you might wan't to check site rules.

http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158

and from this thread:

http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...private+server

Just so you know not to expect help regarding private servers.

Oops, sorry, didn't know that.

06-05-2009, 05:04 AM

Fuzzywuzzy

A Cliff Giant

Forum posts: 75

File comments: 22

Uploads: 0

Quote:

Originally posted by miros
When I use /ep toggle, the Ø symbol shows up, but remains still when I create a portal.
Im using it on a private server (guess this could be the cause), but it should work anyway since the spell id is the same and all my other addons are working.
That's all the information I can give you. BTW thanks for such a great mod.

Edit: Already tried it with no other mods enabled. Still doesn't work.

Since youo mentioned private server, you might wan't to check site rules.

http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158

Quote:

4. Don't break WoW EULA or ToU. If you come here and post that you are selling your WoW account for real world money, offering or asking for power-levelling, in-game items or gold for real life cash, private servers or any other post that breaks WoW EULA or ToU, your post will be deleted and you will (at minimum) warned not to do it again. Repeated offenses will lead to banning from the site.

and from this thread:

http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...private+server

Quote:

Discussion of Private Servers, in any manner other than theoretical, is completely against our rules. We are an Official Fan Site. We follow Blizzard's rules, on top of our own rules.

Just so you know not to expect help regarding private servers.

06-02-2009, 07:16 AM

miros

A Kobold Labourer

Forum posts: 0

File comments: 62

Uploads: 5

Quote:

When I use /ep toggle, the Ø symbol shows up, but remains still when I create a portal.
Im using it on a private server (guess this could be the cause), but it should work anyway since the spell id is the same and all my other addons are working.
That's all the information I can give you. BTW thanks for such a great mod.

Edit: Already tried it with no other mods enabled. Still doesn't work.

Edit2: Just figured out private servers go agaist the rules

Last edited by miros : 06-05-2009 at 08:21 AM.

06-02-2009, 03:48 AM

Daemonika

A Kobold Labourer

Forum posts: 0

File comments: 4

Uploads: 2

Quote:

Originally posted by Kjado
Is the addon itself not working at all for you (nothing shows up on the screen), or it just won't detect when you summon your portal? I am using the spellID for "Demonic Circle: Summon" in the code, so it should be portable to any client regardless of locale. It still seems to work flawlessly on my enUS client, so please provide me with any details you can and I will try to fix it.

I also have had no problems using this mod. Seems to work flawlessly. (My guess is this guy didn't read the manual...)
This addon has soooo much potential uses for so many other things besides our lock portals. Despite the low customization, as a retired addon developer, if this technique gets out, this could really revolutionize alot of current map addons. Keep up the great work!

__________________

06-01-2009, 08:48 PM

Kjado

A Murloc Raider

Forum posts: 5

File comments: 26

Uploads: 4

Quote:

Originally posted by miros
not working for me

Is the addon itself not working at all for you (nothing shows up on the screen), or it just won't detect when you summon your portal? I am using the spellID for "Demonic Circle: Summon" in the code, so it should be portable to any client regardless of locale. It still seems to work flawlessly on my enUS client, so please provide me with any details you can and I will try to fix it.

06-01-2009, 06:39 PM
miros A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 62 Uploads: 5	not working for me

05-27-2009, 06:43 PM
Kjado A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 5 File comments: 26 Uploads: 4	Sorry about the delay. Today's update should now work for all locales, however the on-screen text ("yards" and "seconds left") will still be in English.

05-23-2009, 11:45 AM

Kjado

A Murloc Raider

Forum posts: 5

File comments: 26

Uploads: 4

Quote:

Originally posted by miros
Could you tell what is needed to localise it for other languages?

The Demonic Circle spell name is really the only thing that the code depends on that would need to be localized, but in all honestly I can actually do all of that automatically myself by asking the game what the spell is named; It's hardcoded in enUS at the moment because I was in a rush (and forgot to fix it before I released 1.0 :-x). I'll make a quick fix to it this weekend sometime and re-upload =)

05-23-2009, 08:36 AM
miros A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 62 Uploads: 5	Could you tell what is needed to localise it for other languages? btw, DC: Summon is translated like this in esES Code: C\195\173rculo demon\195\173aco: invocar

05-19-2009, 03:53 PM
faustobucci A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 15 Uploads: 0	Kjado you are the hero of the lock class! I've followed that thread on AJ when someone was asking for a "Crazy Taxi" type of addon for DT, soon after you had the mod ready lol Keep up the hard work and thanks again!

05-18-2009, 11:53 AM
Kjado A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 5 File comments: 26 Uploads: 4	I'll be adding some customization options in the near future (hopefully the next update), so provided I can get around to it today sometime I will try to add something like this in there. Thanks!

05-18-2009, 09:22 AM
Warlocomotif A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 13 File comments: 43 Uploads: 5	I really love the concept of this addon! The only beef I have with it (well, this is an assumption, I haven't tried it yet) is that you can't resize the arrows. I find the red arrow really slightly too big. I'd rather have 2 small arrows.

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