SBF Replacement?

[Cerranos]

I tried searching for all relevant topics on a replacement buff mod to Satrina... but couldn't find any; so I apologize if this is in the wrong forum.

I started using Aura Frames as well. The only thing I don't like about it, is that I can't set the alpha/fade out to player debuffs, target debuffs, or any of the containers for that matter (or I may have just missed something). As well, Aura Frames doesn't include the tracker as something that is included in the player buffs container - which was really helpful, especially now that I've been spoiled by SBF.

Does anyone know of a buff mod that is similar to SBF, in that I can set buffs/debuffs in a button style frame while being able to manually set fade out/alpha options, and have the tracker (as well as misc useful buffs) as part of the container? (I'm pretty much looking for something that is really close to SBF)

Thanks in advance.

[Akkorian]

Hi Cerranos,

You might try Raven. It can probably do all the things you described. The default setup shows bars, but you can turn them off and just show icons.

[Cerranos]

Originally Posted by Akkorian Hi Cerranos, You might try Raven. It can probably do all the things you described. The default setup shows bars, but you can turn them off and just show icons.

I gave Raven a try... and while it's a nice mod, I had a few issues with it. First, I didn't see any options to sort according to duration (if there were, I totally missed it). Also, I like to have buff counts appear separately, but Raven forces me to enable labels first so that the 'count' appears in parenthesis - and since I use only icons, with a specific font, it became frustrating real quick. And lastly, the ability to include tracker items was great - but it displayed an icon for every tracker item I checked, which sort of impairs my ability to keep things 'clean' and 'minimal.' I guess I'm just used to SBF where it displayed only a single buff icon for all checked tracker items.

Anyway, I guess I can go back to Aura Frames since it's somewhat useful for me. I'm really sad to see SBF being discontinued; it was such a great mod. Thanks for the suggestion though, Akkorian.

[red8981]

Originally Posted by Cerranos Anyway, I guess I can go back to Aura Frames since it's somewhat useful for me. I'm really sad to see SBF being discontinued; it was such a great mod. Thanks for the suggestion though, Akkorian.

SBF is discontinued? I am not sure about that, but I am sure sbf is still usable in current wow version.

[MidgetMage55]

Satrina said as much on the addons page. Several people have asked to continue the project but nothing is official. So for now its discontinued.

[Aarokh]

Originally Posted by Cerranos I didn't see any options to sort according to duration (if there were, I totally missed it).

It is possible to sort by durtion, creation time, a to z and all other kind of sortings.

Maybe when you tried out raven it wasn't implemented yet? All I can say is that Raven is such a wonderful addon and now that I think of it, I like it even more than I liked SBF.

Also, you can set up conditions which should cover your needs for those tracker items I guess, unless I mistake your point for something else.

[Cerranos]

Originally Posted by Aarokh It is possible to sort by durtion, creation time, a to z and all other kind of sortings. Maybe when you tried out raven it wasn't implemented yet? All I can say is that Raven is such a wonderful addon and now that I think of it, I like it even more than I liked SBF. Also, you can set up conditions which should cover your needs for those tracker items I guess, unless I mistake your point for something else.

Thank you, Aarokh... I might go back and give Raven another try then, since it did seem to be pretty customizable. As for the tracker items, what I would like is simply one icon (the main icon where I can check which items/buffs I want to track). With Raven, every item I checked appeared as an icon, and therefore took up space; this is the part I didn't like.

Anyway, I'll give it another go.

[Aarokh]

Like I said, you can set up conditions like for example: If a Deathknights has neither unholy nor frost nor blood presence running it will show up an icon stating a custom text. Mine is "You have not selected any presence!"

I set it up like a bar that runs through my unitframe and "tints" it red while this condition is true.

The same goes for when I am prot specced with my Paladin and don't have the aggro buff up. (Cannot remember the english name of the buff but I bet you know what I mean)

I bet you could set up conditions to show you a "fully buffed" icon when you have a set of specific buffs on you as well. I haven't tried this though since I usually don't use buffs for this but a LDB plugin (Energized).

Here is a screenshot of my interface. Both the bars above my unitframes and the buffs in the upper left are all from Raven:

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