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Old 05/15/07, 4:15 PM   #1
Beamolight
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Quartz, a new casting bar mod (was "eCasting Bar issues")

My eCasting bar says that it's incompatible. I have downloaded all the versions out there and can't seem to find one that works. I have even disabled all my add-ons to see which one it's incompatible with but I cant find it. I would also be willing to use another casting bar but I cant seem to find anything :-(.

Edit: See Quartz below for a superior alternative.

Last edited by Praetorian : 05/17/07 at 8:43 PM. Reason: Reflecting useful derail.

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Old 05/15/07, 4:18 PM   #2
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http://fuxsake.net/f18-otravi_CastingBar.html

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Old 05/15/07, 4:24 PM   #3
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Quartz:

http://www.wowace.com/wiki/Quartz
http://www.wowace.com/forums/index.p...ic=6006.0.html
http://www.wowace.com/files/Quartz/

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Old 05/16/07, 8:12 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by GokieKS View Post
Quartz:
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

I tried this last night, and damn! This is my new favourite mod.

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Old 05/17/07, 2:24 PM   #5
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Quartz is excellent, yes. Replaced my legacy oCB.

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Old 05/17/07, 3:09 PM   #6
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Wow... how did I not know about this mod already.

I'll be telling all my friends tonight about this. Quartz is sexy! (replaces two mods for me too, since I was using Sorren's Timers to see the global cooldown.)

A tad buggy, but that will pass, and it's certainly solid enough to raid with right now.

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Old 05/17/07, 3:20 PM   #7
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What bugs are there? I haven't noticed much in my week of using Quartz. Such a greaaaaaat castbar replacement.

The modular cast bar for focus is a great use too. I was tanking the other day and had my main healer on focus so I had a much easier view (versus unitFrame castbars) of when he was healing me, so I knew when a healthstone/pot was necessary.

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Old 05/17/07, 5:11 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Silmeria View Post
What bugs are there? I haven't noticed much in my week of using Quartz.
Something to do with tradeskills went buggy for me the other day, but apart from that it's one of the smoothest introductions to a mod I've seen yet. I tried it out the first day I found it and disabled eCB immediately.

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Old 05/17/07, 8:34 PM   #9
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This is definitely the to have addon for castbars. Yup bye oCB.

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Old 05/17/07, 8:37 PM   #10
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Thank you so much!

/delete oCB

Originally Posted by Sebudai View Post
Addons aren't a crutch, they're tools to be abused by skilled players to increase performance. Like a carpenter using a hammer, a fisherman using a lure, or Xi using curse words.

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Old 05/18/07, 1:53 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Silmeria View Post
What bugs are there?
Not quite sure if this is a bug, but it's definitely a feature that I'm missing from having used eCB for a very long time and trying out Quartz tonight. If you target yourself with a heal, you will see both a "target" bar and a "player" bar. Previously with eCB, you would only see the "player" bar and the mod was coded to hide the "target" bar in cases where you were healing yourself.

Just spent a good 10 minutes looking through both mods trying to find an option in either one associated to this feature, but it appears eCB put it in as an author's preference with no way to modify it directly, and Quartz has decided to forgo implementing it entirely.

Seeing two bars when you heal yourself is definitely providing a distraction to me so far, hopefully I will get used to it. Am I missing some configuration option in Quartz to change this?

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Old 05/18/07, 2:43 AM   #12
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I just switched to quartz yesterday. A very nice casting bar mod. I can't think of anything else I could want in a casting bar mod. <3 Nymbia

Show me on the paper doll where the devs nerfed you.
http://sig.gamerdna.com/quizzes/INFL...s/brelarow.png

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Old 05/18/07, 3:29 AM   #13
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Just switched today and I have to say it's pretty sexy so far. I've yet to find a single complaint with it. I really dig the latency feature and the built-in swing timer is pretty nice, too.

I like you peoples...

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Old 05/21/07, 5:06 AM   #14
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I agree, this must be one of the most usefull addons I ever used. I never thought addons could actually improve DPS, but this addon has shown it is possible, and by quite a large amount as well. The only problem I'm occuring at the moment is me watching my castbar closely more than watching the actual surroundings - but I guess that's just something to get used to.

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Old 05/21/07, 5:21 AM   #15
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I'm occuring at the moment is me watching my castbar closely more than watching the actual surroundings - but I guess that's just something to get used to.
Same here. The really funny thing is.. the latency bar like a mini-game in itself! It makes spamming the MT a lot more fun

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Old 05/21/07, 6:02 AM   #16
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Fortunately, I'm not affliction specced at the moment! I had to move DoTimer closer to the castbar so i only have to move my eyes a few pixels to the left to see the timers, but even then, i tend to miss a couple of immolation ticks.

Another problem is if i get interrupted just as casting reached the red part, and i end up /stopcasting the spell before it completes. Really annoying.

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Old 05/22/07, 10:27 PM   #17
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For some reason, Quartz does not like Tbags. Has anyone else had that problem or found a similar bag mod to Tbags (all in one, sorts stuff, lets you search, shows you bank, etc.)?

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Old 05/23/07, 7:25 AM   #18
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I am going to ask a retarded question. I installed Quartz and I LOVE it... but I can't figure out how to move it easily. Is there a config option to show all the bars so I can move them around? I didn't see anything like that in the config menu, but I very well may just be retarded.

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Old 05/23/07, 7:28 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Darksaber View Post
I am going to ask a retarded question. I installed Quartz and I LOVE it... but I can't figure out how to move it easily. Is there a config option to show all the bars so I can move them around? I didn't see anything like that in the config menu, but I very well may just be retarded.
Unlocking the bars makes them visible.

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Old 05/23/07, 6:58 PM   #20
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It is pretty depressing to see how much latency I have with my cable modem. The red latency bars I usually get are from 200-700 ms as shown by Quartz weren't noticeable in the past. Now I really notice that delay between key press to spell casting animation :|

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Old 05/23/07, 9:34 PM   #21
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The target's buffs aren't showing up so I know when to dispel them, but debuffs show correctly. What am I doing wrong?

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Old 05/24/07, 1:11 AM   #22
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I really love this casting bar mod thanks much for posting it, OCB has been replaced!

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Old 05/24/07, 2:07 AM   #23
Pater
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Quartz rocks. Replaced ECB. It seems to do many of the things Chron does, too - I'll have to figure those out. (Especially debuffs I cast on my target.)

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Old 05/24/07, 12:27 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by Nfariessence View Post
For some reason, Quartz does not like Tbags. Has anyone else had that problem or found a similar bag mod to Tbags (all in one, sorts stuff, lets you search, shows you bank, etc.)?
I haven't used TBags, but someone recommended ArkInventory and MrPlow from WoWAce and I've been quite pleased.

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Old 05/24/07, 12:37 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by Nite_Moogle View Post
The target's buffs aren't showing up so I know when to dispel them, but debuffs show correctly. What am I doing wrong?
Did the target have Detect Magic cast on them? You still won't be able to see a hostile target's buffs without detect magic.

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