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12-16-2009 12:38 PM
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Setting up. Cast the buffs you want to monitor, then lock it down and remove the ones you dont want
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In combat, showing 2 buffs expired or out of range for Ash. Click to recast, if you have the spell.
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Buffwatch++   Popular! (More than 5000 hits)
Buffwatch is a buff monitoring tool for all classes which lets you easily and clearly keep track of any buffs on yourself or your party/raid, and also allows you to quickly recast your buffs at the click of a button.

You choose which buffs you want to monitor and Buffwatch lets you know when they have run out, with clickable buttons to recast them.

Buffwatch can be used to :
  • Keep an eye on buffs that you want to keep up during a raid (eg. Paladin blessings, AI, MotW, Fortitude)
  • Making sure you keep your Aura in range of your party, or vice-versa.
  • Tracking other peoples buffs (eg Soulstones), perhaps as a Raid Leader
  • Show how long is left on the buffs you cast on other players

How to use :
  • Make sure the buffs you want to monitor are on the relevant players
  • Tick the checkbox next to each player which locks those buffs to the player (alternatively tick the checkbox at the top to lock them all)
  • Remove monitoring of the buffs you are not interested in using the following methods :
  • Alt-Right Click to remove the selected buff
  • Alt-Left Click to remove all buffs but the selected one

Buffs that have expired will turn red, and clicking on them will recast the buff on the player (if you have the spell)

Other features :
  • Locked buff settings are saved between sessions or players joining/leaving your group.
  • Left click the player name to target that player
  • Right click the player name to assist that player
  • Right click the Buffwatch header for options
  • Additional options to filter on buffs you can cast or buffs you have cast.

Type /buffwatch or /bfw in-game for further info.
  Change Log - Buffwatch++
3.19
  • Integration with Blizzard Addon options window
  • Fixed minor toggle issue with Show all buffs for this player option
  • Added Buff Group for Horn of Winter and Strength of Earth
  • Added Seal of Command to Paladin Seal Buff Group


3.18
  • Added window scaling
  • New minimise texture
  • Fixed displaying of 'Show only buffs you cast' value in options panel


3.17
  • Fixed positioning of frame when logging in


3.16
  • Added Anchor Point config option, for window growth direction
  • Added Battle Shout, Mana Spring and Paladin Seals to Group Buff lists
  • Moved many of the config options to be saved per player


3.15a
  • Fix for some Elixir buff names


3.15
  • Changed method for detecting replacement buffs
  • Added Dalaran Brilliance to intellect buff group
  • Added Flask (ilvl85), Battle Elixir & Guardian Elixir (ilvl80) buff groups


3.14
  • Fixed pet toggling in Solo Group Mode
  • Added option to allow OmniCC timer text


3.13
  • Added Group Mode option to restrict to Solo or Party
  • Added optional cooldown spirals on buff buttons


3.12
  • Fixes for 3.1 changes to UnitBuff


3.11
  • Added minimise feature back in
  • Disabled HideUnmonitored toggling while in combat


3.10
  • Added option to only show buffs cast by player
  • Added option to hide players with no locked buffs
  • Added combat icon
  • Fixed UIDropDownMenu SetAnchor error


3.00
  • Fixes for 3.0.2
  • Re-added the help page
  • Added reset command
  • Enabled dragging from the header text
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  Archived Versions - Buffwatch++
File Name
Version
Size
Author
Date
3.18
20kB
Pup
08-30-2009 04:59 PM
3.17
21kB
Pup
08-28-2009 01:15 PM
3.16
21kB
Pup
08-08-2009 04:18 PM
3.15a
20kB
Pup
06-08-2009 03:48 PM
3.15
20kB
Pup
06-08-2009 02:08 PM
3.14
20kB
Pup
05-11-2009 05:42 PM
3.13
20kB
Pup
04-21-2009 10:54 PM
3.12
19kB
Pup
04-15-2009 07:19 PM
3.11
19kB
Pup
11-08-2008 07:39 AM
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Old 08-28-2009, 07:56 PM  
Toran
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Scale + Visual Notifications when (selected) buffs expire, would be great.
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Old 08-28-2009, 07:02 PM  
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Quote:
Originally posted by Pup
Zidomo, are you still getting this on a regular basis? I haven't played much wow since 3.2, but have gone on a couple of raids and haven't been able to reproduce this once yet.

I know there is a bug in there somwhere, as I have had it in the past, but like twice in the last 6 months.. and up until recently I was playing every day, it's just being a nightmare to track this one down.
Switched back to SmartBuff a couple weeks ago after its author fixed dual spec recognition, so no, have not seen it further as I haven't been using the mod.

Good luck tracking the bug down .
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Old 08-28-2009, 01:19 PM  
Pup
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Quote:
Originally posted by Taryble
On a reload or relog, the Buffwatch window shifts towards the right when I have the anchor corner set to the upper right corner. Not tested with other corners yet.
This was something that took ages to debug before I released 3.16, I thought I had nailed it, but was only doing reloads to test it. For me the frame is fine if I reload, but does move left or right (depending on tha anchor setting and the position of the frame on the screen) when I relog.

It seems as though the code to position the frame wasn't effective when logging in.. but I'm pretty sure that has been fixed now with 3.17. Thanks for reporting it
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Old 08-22-2009, 08:34 AM  
Pup
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Quote:
Originally posted by Zidomo
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Second error repeated 5 times continually trying to ALT-rightclick. What's bad about these errors are that unlike the previous ones with v3.1.5a, the mod stopped working. You could no longer ALT-rightclick or leftclick any of the icons after they happened. Thus making the mod unusable. [/b]
Zidomo, are you still getting this on a regular basis? I haven't played much wow since 3.2, but have gone on a couple of raids and haven't been able to reproduce this once yet.

I know there is a bug in there somwhere, as I have had it in the past, but like twice in the last 6 months.. and up until recently I was playing every day, it's just being a nightmare to track this one down.
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Old 08-12-2009, 06:34 PM  
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On a reload or relog, the Buffwatch window shifts towards the right when I have the anchor corner set to the upper right corner. Not tested with other corners yet.
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Old 08-09-2009, 08:27 PM  
Pup
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The 3.16 bug seems to be related to the one you posted for 3.15a the other day, although under seemingly different circumstances.

I jumped on with my test char (which is just a lock with a pet), and couldn't reproduce the error, will have to try some more testing with a proper group of players tomorrow.
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Old 08-09-2009, 01:40 PM  
Zidomo
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Thanks for the reply and the quick effort at fixing it. But it unfortunately seems to have regressed instead of progressed.

There was a second error that occurred soon after my first post, but in WoW 3.2.0 live with v3.15a instead of WoW 3.1.3. As previously noted, both this and the originally reported error did not interfere with buff reporting or clicking:

["message"] = "Buffwatch-3.15a\\Buffwatch.lua:1496: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'expTime' (a nil value)\nBuffwatch-3.15a\\Buffwatch.lua:823: in function `Buffwatch_GetPlayerInfo'\nBuffwatch-3.15a\\Buffwatch.lua:729: in function `Buffwatch_Set_UNIT_IDs'\nBuffwatch-3.15a\\Buffwatch.lua:250: in function `Buffwatch_OnEvent'\n<string>:\"*:OnEvent\":1: in function <[string \"*:OnEvent\"]:1>\n\n ---",
["type"] = "error",
["time"] = "2009/08/05 00:24:50",
["session"] = 1097,
["counter"] = 1


But now with the latest problems with v3.16, the mod has become unusable.

Using v3.16, WoW 3.2.0 live, USEnglish client/server in a 10-man raid. See people in BuffWatch. Click the check marks on the left to activate all of them. Then start to ALT-rightclick the buffs you have not cast to remove them from the list. Two errors thrown up at the same time when you ALT-rightclick the first buff to remove from someone:

["message"] = "Buffwatch-3.16\\Buffwatch.lua:1300: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)\nBuffwatch-3.16\\Buffwatch.lua:864: in function `Buffwatch_GetPlayerInfo'\nBuffwatch-3.16\\Buffwatch.lua:769: in function `Buffwatch_Set_UNIT_IDs'\nBuffwatch-3.16\\Buffwatch.lua:288: in function `Buffwatch_OnEvent'\n<string>:\"*:OnEvent\":1: in function <[string \"*:OnEvent\"]:1>\n\n ---",
["type"] = "error",
["time"] = "2009/08/08 20:43:21",
["session"] = 1176,
["counter"] = 1


["message"] = "Buffwatch-3.16\\Buffwatch.lua:1300: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)\nBuffwatch-3.16\\Buffwatch.lua:303: in function `Buffwatch_OnEvent'\n<string>:\"*:OnEvent\":1: in function <[string \"*:OnEvent\"]:1>\n\n ---",
["type"] = "error",
["time"] = "2009/08/08 20:43:21",
["session"] = 1176,
["counter"] = 5


Second error repeated 5 times continually trying to ALT-rightclick. What's bad about these errors are that unlike the previous ones with v3.1.5a, the mod stopped working. You could no longer ALT-rightclick or leftclick any of the icons after they happened. Thus making the mod unusable.

Last edited by Zidomo : 08-09-2009 at 02:10 PM.
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Old 08-08-2009, 04:25 PM  
Pup
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Ok cheers for reporting it. I have a feeling this might be the same error that has been around for a few versions now, but has been nigh on impossible to track down let alone reproduce. It seems to happen when buffwatch wants to update (due to buff changes or raid member changes most likely), while you are in combat.. so it delays the update until combat is over.

If it is the same one, in the past I had a feeling it was due to a player with a pet (eg. a lock) joining the party/raid while in combat, but I just couldn't reproduce it.

I'll keep trying with this one though. 3.16 has just gone up, let me know if you still get it with that anyways, I expect you will.
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Old 08-04-2009, 06:57 AM  
Zidomo
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Returned to this mod last week after a long time away. Changed over to ZOMGBuffs, but since WotLK was released its been buggy as heck. Then changed to SmartBuff, but it doesn't handle buff tracking after dual-spec changes properly. Then changed to Cork. But the giant tooltip it has being unable to be hidden in combat & popping up when people/pets die in combat is a major pain. So came back here .

Has been working well. But a bug has recently occurred with v3.15a here.

USEnglish client/server, WoW 3.1.3 live. In a 10 man Ulduar raid on a Mage. Set Buffwatch++ to keep track of Arcane Brilliance on all raid members, along with Focus Magic on one player. Sometime during the raid, the following error occurred (recorded with BugSack/BugGrabber mods):

["message"] = "Buffwatch-3.15a\\Buffwatch.lua:1153: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)\nBuffwatch-3.15a\\Buffwatch.lua:1647: in function `Buffwatch_Process_InCombat_Events'\nBuffwatch-3.15a\\Buffwatch.lua:284: in function `Buffwatch_OnEvent'\n<string>:\"*:OnEvent\":1: in function <[string \"*:OnEvent\"]:1>\n\n ---",
["type"] = "error",
["counter"] = 1
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Old 05-06-2009, 06:19 AM  
Pup
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Heh aye

Obviously the addon is a generic buff tracker, so you'll just have to remove the buffs you dont want to track with Alt-Right Click.

One thing I would like to do in the future is to create a template manager, so you can quickly load in a preset set of buffs for any player on your list. However, I can't see that being a quick change to do, and I don't have the time at present.. but hopefully something I can add in one day.

For the expanding, it currently expands in a direction based on where you put it on the screen.. if you put the window in the top left of your screen, it will expand down and to the right.. if you put it in the bottom left, it will expand up and to the right.. etc. To be honest I don't like the way it works, it seemed like a nice idea at the time, but as it happens the next change I am already working on is to allow the user to select the anchor point themselves.
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Old 05-03-2009, 07:57 AM  
Eba
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oooh me likey

Just an update I went ahead and tried that out.. That rocks for totems.. works perfect... Lil more than I need sort of... I dont want to track so many things but I can deal. At least I have a quick way to see if my main guys are out of range.. big help thanks a ton.
Any chance of expanding up instead of just down?
(I know peeps are never happy are we.. lol) thanks again
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Old 05-03-2009, 07:33 AM  
Eba
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totems?

Hi i was wondering if this would work for totems. I run a resto shammy and I"m always tryin to keep up with my tanks and melees, trying to keep them in range of what they need and my casters in back with mana etc...
Obviously one of the problems is they can end up in/out/in/out of range in a dancing type fight and I'm usually way busy so I'm not looking all over at party windows trying to see whose in range or not. Would be handy to find something like this that would keep up. Using healbot but it only does my castable buffs atm that I have found. I heard grid does but I hate to change been healbot guy for a long time.
thanks,
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Old 04-24-2009, 11:55 AM  
shkm
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This addon is my god. I've been using it for quite some time and just recommended it to my guild's paladins, after having realised we're spending ages on buffing. I'm one of these paladins.

My only concern has ever been the minimise button: it's ugly. How about a ctrl/shift/alt+click option to minimise whilst hiding this button?

Thank you.

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Old 10-11-2008, 10:20 AM  
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Thank you very much for keeping this available with 3.0. I still use and love it.

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Old 10-08-2008, 07:31 PM  
Pup
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Quote:
Originally posted by hebus30
hello, since the last patch (january 2008) the option "show only castable buffs" doesn't work yet.
You probably know by now, but this was a bug in the wow patch, and was fixed in the next patch 2.3.something

New version is now up for 3.0.1/3.0.2, please note that it doesnt work with 2.4.3.
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