Power Auras Classic: Buttons (4.2.0a)

Meorawr — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:15:53 +0000

Change Log:
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4.2.0a

== ToC bump.
++ Added frame/button blacklist feature with experimental Optimize button, blacklisting a button will prevent it from being handled by the addon and thus improving performance. The Optimize button will scan your configuration and automatically disable/enable buttons that are used. Macro buttons are always enabled due to their volatile nature.
++ Experimental performance improvements, button updates are now confined to a single execution per frame. In addition, updates are only processed if slot data for the button changes.

4.1.0a

== ToC bump.
== Fixed a nil error + 2 minor bugs with LibSharedMedia.
-- Removed all legacy code.
++ 1 up!

4.0.3h

== Fix CPU spike with 4.0.3g release, reverted some button management code. Hopefully won't cause issues...

4.0.3g

== More bugfixes.

4.0.3f

== Incredibly weird and obscure bugfix for Auras module.

4.0.3e

== Attempted fix for an obscure macro bug that I cannot reproduce whatsoever. Edit: Fix confirmed.
== Possible performance enhancement in regard to button updates. Could also be a performance loss, more data needed.

4.0.3d

++ You can now disable Blizzard's built in glows. This is a beta feature and may cause buttons to "flash" for a fraction of a second, but I haven't noticed it doing that yet.
== Fixed multiple bugs with the TimerStacks configuration GUI.
== Fixed a bug with Timers trying to access something which doesn't exist.

4.0.3c
== Fixed a bug where auras that were off or disabled in Power Auras were still causing glows, timers and stacks to be processed.
== Fixed multiple bugs with Dominos and the buttons it uses.
== The configuration is a tiny bit more modular now.
== The PowerAurasButtons_Config folder has returned because people kept reporting bugs despite a nice paragraph on the front page telling them to remove it. It's a dummy folder with a TOC that loads nothing - deleting it or disabling it is entirely up to you.

4.0.3b

== Fixed a ra...

Description:
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In the 4.0 patch, Blizzard introduced their own (very nice) spell overlays. These happened after specific talents or abilities became usable and put a nice graphic on your screen and make their associated buttons glow.

For example, if a Mage got Fingers of Frost then their Deep Freeze and Ice Lance buttons would get this cute little golden glow around them.

This plugin for Power Auras Classic adds that functionality. You can assign "actions", which are essentially spells, macros or items to specific auras. When the aura in question is shown, the associated actions will glow on your action bars. And when the aura is hidden, the glows would disappear.

The AddOn was designed to assist in replicating what a lot of players have been asking for; customizable spell alerts. While Power Auras already filled most of this niche with the epic graphics, it didn't make buttons look all pretty. Now it does through this plugin.

Actions can be one of three things, and any aura can have as many actions as it so desires.

Spell - This action type represents a spell on your action bars. You can simply put in the spell name or ID (like Frostbolt) and Frostbolt will look awesome when your aura shows. If you have the spell in a macro, this will also be highlighted.
Macro - If you have a macro that doesn't necessarily cast anything, you can include this too. Simply enter the name or ID of the macro and it'll glow like normal.
Item - Say you don't have a spell or macro on your bars. What else could you possibly have. Items! Same deal here, put in the item name or ID and let us take care of the glowy business for you.

If you're wondering how to get the ID of a spell or item without getting another seperate addon for that, find the thing on Wowhead. The ID is the number that comes in "item=50231" or "spell=831" on the URL.

If you have bug reports, suggestions or just want to give me a cookie, leave a comment :)

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