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Tested:	Hour of Twilight 4.3
Updated:	12-02-11 12:02 AM
Created:	unknown
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Geist

Version: 40300.1

by: Cidrei [More]

Geist provides a twenty-five button action bar that displays under the mouse cursor at a keypress for quick and convenient access.

How to use: Bind a key to Geist using the keybinding interface in the menu. Geist will display whenever that key is pressed with the mouse over the center button.

The most recent version of Geist includes native Masque support. A separate addon to enable that feature is no longer required.

! - Feature Addition
* - Feature or Code Change
^ - Bug Fix
% - Known Bug

Version 40300.1 - 2011-12-01
* - ToC bump.
^ - Can you believe I fixed the bug where Geist gets open and closed reversed? Neither can I, but I did!
% - Technically it still happens, but hitting the button again fixes it.

Version 40200.1 - 2011-09-14
* - ToC bump.
! - Native Masque support. External addon no longer needed.

Version 40000.1 - 2010-09-21
* - ToC bump.
* - Minor internal code changes.
^ - Works with Cataclysm now.

Optional Files (1)

File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date	Type
Geist: ButtonFacade	30200.1	21kB	Cidrei	08-05-09 10:20 PM	Addon

Archived Files (7)

File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date
Geist	40200.1	9kB	Cidrei	09-14-11 03:54 PM
Geist	40000.1	9kB	Cidrei	10-11-10 01:15 AM
Geist	30200.1	9kB	Cidrei	08-05-09 10:11 PM
Geist	30100.3	9kB	Cidrei	06-10-09 01:31 PM
Geist	30100.2	9kB	Cidrei	04-23-09 05:01 PM
Geist	30100.1	9kB	Cidrei	04-23-09 02:04 PM
Geist	30000.4	9kB	Cidrei	11-17-08 04:16 PM

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09-14-11, 03:56 PM

Cidrei

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

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Originally posted by GOSYDELIX
Is there coming a fix to the bugg where it acts the opposit way that it should be?

And by the way , how do i remove the numbers on the "spells" that i put on there?

Thanks in advance

Sorry, no fix for it reacting the opposite of how it should just quite yet. Hopefully soonish. I'm in the middle of a somewhat sudden move across the country and all that fun stuff.

What numbers do you mean in reference to spells?

06-11-11, 11:19 AM
GOSYDELIX A Warpwood Thunder Caller Forum posts: 91 File comments: 45 Uploads: 0	Is there coming a fix to the bugg where it acts the opposit way that it should be? And by the way , how do i remove the numbers on the "spells" that i put on there? Thanks in advance __________________

05-13-11, 11:25 AM

adam1111

A Kobold Labourer

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Re: Cannot find bind key

Originally posted by adam1111
I can't find the button that allows me to bind a key to Geist, nor can I find it in my in-game list of Addons. As such I cannot use it. What do I do..?

Cancel that.

05-12-11, 02:26 PM
adam1111 A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	Cannot find bind key I can't find the button that allows me to bind a key to Geist, nor can I find it in my in-game list of Addons. As such I cannot use it. What do I do..?

12-30-10, 04:35 PM

Cidrei

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

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Originally posted by Xaxziminrax the Second
I have a problem where the geist window will stay open for some reason, and holding the keybind down will make geist hide instead of show. I figured out that it's primarily caused when the game loses focus while geist is up. (IE hold the geist hotkey, and alt-tab out. Then let go of the hotkey and alt tab back in.)

If there was some event that fired when I alt tabbed out of or into the game, I imagine this would be easy to fix. I remember some 'dungeon finger alert'/'whisper alert' addons that could do nifty things when you were alt tabbed (because certain events will still fire while the game window doesn't have focus) and I can't help but wonder if that would help somehow... but I'm merely an amateur, and wished to report this bug.

I've had issues with this myself, although not on alt-tabbing, where the window responds opposite of how it should. I kind of know what's causing it, I just need to see if I can go in and come up with a good way of fixing it. The alt-tab gives me another way of recreating though, thanks.

12-30-10, 02:51 PM
Xaxziminrax the Second A Defias Bandit Forum posts: 3 File comments: 9 Uploads: 0	I have a problem where the geist window will stay open for some reason, and holding the keybind down will make geist hide instead of show. I figured out that it's primarily caused when the game loses focus while geist is up. (IE hold the geist hotkey, and alt-tab out. Then let go of the hotkey and alt tab back in.) If there was some event that fired when I alt tabbed out of or into the game, I imagine this would be easy to fix. I remember some 'dungeon finger alert'/'whisper alert' addons that could do nifty things when you were alt tabbed (because certain events will still fire while the game window doesn't have focus) and I can't help but wonder if that would help somehow... but I'm merely an amateur, and wished to report this bug.

06-13-10, 10:20 PM

Cidrei

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 10

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Re: Make Geist appear on top

Originally posted by rjwilson01
I use grid for healing and then I pop Geist up to do other stuff
can you add (as a fetaure/option) How can I set it so Geist always appears ON TOP of everything?

TIA

FIVE MONTHS LATER...

I thought it already did this, but I'll take a look.

01-22-10, 05:15 AM
rjwilson01 A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 1 File comments: 3 Uploads: 0	Make Geist appear on top I use grid for healing and then I pop Geist up to do other stuff can you add (as a fetaure/option) How can I set it so Geist always appears ON TOP of everything? TIA

01-05-10, 10:58 PM

Cidrei

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 10

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Originally posted by Isoliat
Oooh, this has caused me no end of embarrassment a couple times when I queued up for a heroic, charged in to tank the first trash mobs, and boosh! No buttons on the main bar! Hehe. I was in the process of writing an unfavorable comment on the Dominos page when it occurred to me that both times this happened I had cleared Geist out, because for some reason it was filled with warrior abilities. >.>

Buttons 1-12 on my priest and lock are Button IDs 96-107. The same buttons on my warrior are 1-12, which I'm assuming correspond to Blizzard's main bar IDs.

[Snip fix for brevity. Keep praise for ego.]

Love the addon! Keep up the good work! ~Iso

Despite the fact that I use Dominos myself, I actually write and test Geist with the default interface only. For better or worse it's the base standard I know all people will have, so I try to work around it accordingly.

The warrior action buttons in the default interface are just downright bizarre though. Numbers 1-12, used by every other class in the game as the default set, are completely unused by warriors, with numbers 73-84 being used for (the default) battle stance. I have no idea why this was done, but it seems like a waste. If you open GeistButtons.lua in a text editor, there's a list of the default Blizzard action slot IDs in a comment at the top.

Sometime in the future (read: never), I'd like to use or write a custom button setup that would rectify the problem of shared action IDs once and for all. This creates a whole new set of problems of its own, but it's a nice goal.

By the by, if you're comfortable mucking around in lua, it's much easier/quicker to edit the Geist SavedVariables to rapidly reassign a mass of buttons. I really need to make the interface more user friendly.

Last edited by Cidrei : 12-02-11 at 12:06 AM.

01-04-10, 05:53 AM

Isoliat

A Kobold Labourer

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Originally posted by Cidrei
Geist's default buttons are based on what buttons the default UI uses. The default IDs used for druids and (especially) warriors are a compromise because of the default form and stance bars. You can change the IDs Geist uses, although I'll readily admit it's not the easiest thing to do with the commands.

Oooh, this has caused me no end of embarrassment a couple times when I queued up for a heroic, charged in to tank the first trash mobs, and boosh! No buttons on the main bar! Hehe. I was in the process of writing an unfavorable comment on the Dominos page when it occurred to me that both times this happened I had cleared Geist out, because for some reason it was filled with warrior abilities. >.>

Buttons 1-12 on my priest and lock are Button IDs 96-107. The same buttons on my warrior are 1-12, which I'm assuming correspond to Blizzard's main bar IDs.

The fix is to type the following, one line at a time. (I copy/pasted '/geist assign' and filled in the numbers 12 times. Took about 30sec)

Code:

/geist assign1 96
/geist assign2 97
/geist assign3 98
...etc, all the way to /geist assign12 107
/console reloadui

As long as you don't use more than 96 actionbar buttons, you should be in the clear.

Love the addon! Keep up the good work! ~Iso

12-09-09, 06:54 PM

Cidrei

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 10

File comments: 94

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Originally posted by kimboslice
No errors so far on 3.3

Indeed. I'm happy since I didn't actually test this one on the PTR.

12-09-09, 05:53 PM
kimboslice A Defias Bandit Forum posts: 3 File comments: 76 Uploads: 0	No errors so far on 3.3

11-23-09, 04:48 PM

Cidrei

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 10

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Originally posted by twistdshade
Having the same overlap issue on my druid with dominos.

I noticed the addon uses random action bar buttons.. it's not just buttons from the last couple of bars, so there's no way to completely avoid it by not using certain bars.

Anyways.. I'm using OPie.. Similar addon but it doesn't use existing buttons.

Geist's default buttons are based on what buttons the default UI uses. The default IDs used for druids and (especially) warriors are a compromise because of the default form and stance bars. You can change the IDs Geist uses, although I'll readily admit it's not the easiest thing to do with the commands.

11-23-09, 04:43 AM

twistdshade

A Fallenroot Satyr

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Originally posted by Cidrei
There are known overlap problems with Geist and default action buttons for several classes. This is unfortunate but unavoidable while still using action ids. To the best of my knowledge, the current setup avoids using buttons already in use by the Blizzard UI. Are you using a different action bar mod?

Having the same overlap issue on my druid with dominos.

I noticed the addon uses random action bar buttons.. it's not just buttons from the last couple of bars, so there's no way to completely avoid it by not using certain bars.

Anyways.. I'm using OPie.. Similar addon but it doesn't use existing buttons.

Last edited by twistdshade : 11-23-09 at 04:43 AM.

10-21-09, 12:59 PM

Cidrei

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 10

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Originally posted by nightcracker
Hmm, I have problems with buttons on the actionbars being linked to geist with druid and warrior. Maybe you should take a loot at GeistButtons.lua?

There are known overlap problems with Geist and default action buttons for several classes. This is unfortunate but unavoidable while still using action ids. To the best of my knowledge, the current setup avoids using buttons already in use by the Blizzard UI. Are you using a different action bar mod?

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