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CoolFloat
CoolFloat is for people who like the stock Floating Combat Text included with WoW, but would like to be advised when their spells and items are off cooldown and ready to be used.

CoolFloat currently places function, low resources and ease of authorship above versatile GUIs. See the comments for known issues and fixes. In particular, several fine-tuning settings have no UI for editing yet. A read-me file is included with guidelines on finding and editing these settings.

CoolFloat also includes a more efficient reimplementation of the Blizzard Floating Combat Text. It should be consistent with the existing code except for CPU time, but you can disable it by removing the Blizzard_CombatText files from the CoolFloat folder.
  Change Log - CoolFloat
* 1.1b: Resolved 'Attempt to call global "GetFrameRate" (a nil value)' bug
* 1.1: Attempted to remove bug whereby CoolFloat would occasionally stop working until reload.
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Old 10-16-2009, 08:29 PM  
Great White Cow
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Love it.
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Old 10-15-2009, 08:48 AM  
Alestane
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Re: Not working

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Originally posted by Starvinghobo
The addon is not working at all for some reason, I just get an error as soon as I cast any spell.
Hmm, I've been using a version without this error for months, but apparently I fixed it after the upload. As soon as the new upload is approved this should be fixed.
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Old 10-15-2009, 02:28 AM  
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Not working

The addon is not working at all for some reason, I just get an error as soon as I cast any spell.

Message: Interface\AddOns\CoolFloat\CoolFloat.lua:40: attempt to call global 'GetFrameRate' (a nil value)
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Old 09-15-2009, 04:55 PM  
Alestane
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Re: hi

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Originally posted by mikma
Are you sure it's not just the game's bug where Combat Log stops responding completely?
Yes, because everything else keeps appearing in the floating combat text fine (and it doesn't actually sue the combat log per se). I've identified how it happens, if not the actual reason, and the current version should be resistant or immune to it.

Last edited by Alestane : 09-16-2009 at 05:02 PM.
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Old 09-15-2009, 09:31 AM  
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Re: Re: hi

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Originally posted by Alestane
I've released an update that I hope will fix the issue where it stops working.
Are you sure it's not just the game's bug where Combat Log stops responding completely? That eliminates all the buffs/debuffs/spells/stuff to be seen.
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Old 09-11-2009, 04:45 PM  
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Re: hi

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Originally posted by strickland
hello, great addon. I hope you keep updating it, a quick two questions. is there anyway to change the color of the float? maybe make it more blueish if thats possible. another question is, something odd is happening to me. I keep playing, joining BGs and after few mins, it stops from working and I have to relog for it to work, I think this is a result for it needing an update? I can't be sure tho. thanks
I've released an update that I hope will fix the issue where it stops working. Since it stopped fairly randomly I can't be 100% sure, but I think it should be better.

As far as the color, it is possible. A readme file is included with the add-on that should explain how to go about it.
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Old 09-04-2009, 02:08 AM  
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hi

hello, great addon. I hope you keep updating it, a quick two questions. is there anyway to change the color of the float? maybe make it more blueish if thats possible. another question is, something odd is happening to me. I keep playing, joining BGs and after few mins, it stops from working and I have to relog for it to work, I think this is a result for it needing an update? I can't be sure tho. thanks
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Old 07-31-2009, 02:37 PM  
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Quote:
Originally posted by Alestane
CoolFloat's usage presently profiles much higher than the actual new CPU load it creates. It currently hooks the OnEvent and OnUpdate handlers for the built-in combat text, which means it gets blamed for all of Blizzard_CombatText's CPU load in profiling applications.
Ahh, that explains it. Appreciate the reply and any further work on the addon
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Old 07-31-2009, 11:39 AM  
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Originally posted by lolzords
This addon seems to have very, very high CPU usage for what it does.
CoolFloat's usage presently profiles much higher than the actual new CPU load it creates. It currently hooks the OnEvent and OnUpdate handlers for the built-in combat text, which means it gets blamed for all of Blizzard_CombatText's CPU load in profiling applications.

However, its usage does appear somewhat high and I'm looking into releasing an update that should cut down on usage substantially.
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Old 07-30-2009, 08:37 PM  
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This addon seems to have very, very high CPU usage for what it does. Even some of the big graphical cooldown alerts like Ghost Pulse 3 or Doom Cooldown Pulse use much less and have more functionality. Maybe it's a side-effect of its age.

It's a shame though, it's exactly what I wanted
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Old 07-29-2008, 02:12 PM  
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Re: Re: Re: Re: That's doable

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Originally posted by Potter
I want it to only say:

Death Coil

No <> nor the word Ready..just the spell name..nothing else :-) [/b]
Then the command you quoted to me should be the correct one:
/run CoolFloat_locale.enUS.ready = "%s"
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Old 07-29-2008, 11:52 AM  
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Re: Re: Re: That's doable

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Originally posted by Alestane
If you don't want to remove the <>, the command becomes
Code:
/run CoolFloat_locale.enUS.ready = "<%s>"
No no I'm sorry..I guess I didn't explain that well

So the standard format is:

<Death Coil> Ready

Am I right?

I want it to only say:

Death Coil

No <> nor the word Ready..just the spell name..nothing else :-)
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Old 07-29-2008, 08:01 AM  
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Re: Re: That's doable

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Originally posted by Potter
I know its been awhile right but I was wondering is there also a command I could use to remove the "Is Ready"

Say I want it to only flash Death Coil in the frame..or any Spell Name & nothing more
If you don't want to remove the <>, the command becomes
Code:
/run CoolFloat_locale.enUS.ready = "<%s>"
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Old 07-28-2008, 01:05 PM  
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Re: That's doable

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Originally posted by Alestane
You can customize this by typing into your chatline,

/run CoolFloat_locale.enUS.ready = "%s"

This setting is saved, so it should remain that way even after you upgrade the addon (if I release any upgrades).
I know its been awhile right but I was wondering is there also a command I could use to remove the "Is Ready"

Say I want it to only flash Death Coil in the frame..or any Spell Name & nothing more

Hope to hear from you :-)
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Old 04-01-2008, 01:49 PM  
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That's doable

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Originally posted by Potter
/agree

This addon would be absolutely perfect is there was no < >'s nor a Ready..nor any punctuation at all.

Just a downward scrolling Spell Name is all I'm after..without all the fat of SCT..Mik..Parrot..etc.
You can customize this by typing into your chatline,

/run CoolFloat_locale.enUS.ready = "%s"

This setting is saved, so it should remain that way even after you upgrade the addon (if I release any upgrades).
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