Healers tools - Page 2

souja · 06/20/07, 11:31 AM

The opacity edit for range check in Grid is in Status > Out of Range > Color.

Another option worth noting in that section is Range check frequency. You can decrease/increase it from the default 2 seconds as your overhead allows.

KrinKer · 06/20/07, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by souja

Here's my Grid with Leotheras' Insidious Whispers. Also, while stock grid is nice, I've found it more usable for me after spending a little time configuring it (namely activating Center Text 2).

Only thing I really want in Grid is a way of editing layouts in-game and more flexibility with layouts... like what Clad has done with PerfectRaid (filters, sorts, multiple active layouts, etc). I'd love to be able to pull out additional frames of just specific classes, groups, or selected people.

Like others, outside of Grid, the only other mod I use for healing is Clique.

How do you you make your grid like that? Talking about wider frames ...

It seems like mine will always be a "square"

levk · 06/20/07, 11:48 AM

KrinKer: there's a lot of layouts available for Grid, you can get a bunch right of files.wowace.com

The way grid works is you can't edit layouts inside the game (so what you see wasn't done by nibbling with options)

Melador · 06/20/07, 11:52 AM

I've long been wanting something that I'm not even sure is possible with the API Blizzard has provided:

Is there a way to better display people who are selected, and are often far away? I'm often required to battle-rez folks, or heal a tank that's run out of range (especially in places like Hyjal), and if they're not in my group, I have a hell of a time trying to find them. I'll generally just sort of guess where they might be and run around waiting for them to pop in-range, or try to get them to ping on the minimap, but that's not always possible when a fight's getting hectic.

So, any useful mods anyone has find to better let me find corpses or tanks that have wandered off?

souja · 06/20/07, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by KrinKer

How do you you make your grid like that? Talking about wider frames ...

It seems like mine will always be a "square"

Here are the config edits I used (all in-game):

1. Horizonal health bars - ...Frame>Advanced>Orientation>HORIZONTAL
2. Wider bars - ...Frame>Advanced>Frame Height/Width
3. "Normal" depleting health bars - .../Frame/Invert Bar Color
4. Seperate Name and health deficit:

Go to ...Frame/Advanced/ and check 'Enable Center Text 2 indicator'
Go to ...Frame/Center Text/ and only have 'Unit Name' checked
Go to ...Frame/Center Text 2/ and check 'Death Warning', 'Feign Death Warning', 'Health Deficit' and 'Offline Warning'

Outside of that, I just replaced the texture (.tga) in the Grid directory with one of my preference.

As for layouts, I'm just using the 25-man layout in GridLayoutForHealers to get rid of groups 678 (where we put the standbys).

Caldar · 06/20/07, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by levk

KrinKer: there's a lot of layouts available for Grid, you can get a bunch right of files.wowace.com

The way grid works is you can't edit layouts inside the game (so what you see wasn't done by nibbling with options)

The pictured layout is made in-game by adjusting the layout options.

The only thing that really can't be done in game is adjusting the displayed sort order or number of groups shown.

Edit: Thanks for the layout tip though. I don't remember the last time I was in a 40 man group.

Miaxi · 06/20/07, 2:01 PM

Editing Grid Layouts is not hard. Just go to the GridLayoutLayouts.lua file and add a new section.

GridLayout:AddLayout(L["PRaid"], {
		[1] = {
			groupFilter = "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8",
		},
	})

This should put all groups in one column, PerfectRaid-style sorted by groups. (From the top of my head.)

GridLayout:AddLayout(L["PRaid_Class"], {
		[1] = {
			groupFilter = "WARRIOR,DRUID,PALADIN,ROGUE,HUNTER,MAGE,SHAMAN,WARLOCK,PRIEST",
		},
	})

This should do the same just sorted by class.

There are also ready Grid layouts in addon-form on the wowace SVN.

Dragooner · 06/20/07, 2:15 PM

Maybe I'm old fashion, but I can't get used to grid like mods.. Praid + clique is what I still use, as I said in another post somewhere, that praid is so easy to configure for detecting new debuffs from boss mobs, eg: static charge, or entangling roots.

Good sorting features, customizable range detection, low resource requirements and quick updating makes praid my favorite mod, perhaps of all time.

Binkenstein · 06/20/07, 7:40 PM

I use Pitbull raidframes, and a series [target=mouseover] macros.

Outside of that I have a Earth Shield Tracker.

Sarutobi · 06/21/07, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by Velcra

I had the same problem when I first installed Grid, I couldn't really discern who was in/out of range. Within the GridStatusRange.lua file (just open it with Wordpad) there is a line very close to the top that says:

color = { r = 1, g = 1, b = 1, a = 0.5 },

The "a" value is alpha to set out of range boxes too, I changed it to 0.2 and it makes a world of difference! Just remember that you did it so when you update Grid and it suddenly looks different you know to go back and re-edit the .lua file again.

Thank you. I had been looking for a way to do this on my shaman for quite awhile now.

Cowbell: I've looked through pretty much every possible option in Grid and have not yet found any way to modify the gamma in-game.

Originally Posted by Binkenstein

Outside of that I have a Earth Shield Tracker.

Does that track the number of charges, or just the presence of the buff? I have Grid set up to highlight a corner when the buff is on someone, but it doesn't have the ability to tell me how many charges are left.

souja · 06/21/07, 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by Sarutobi

Thank you. I had been looking for a way to do this on my shaman for quite awhile now.

Cowbell: I've looked through pretty much every possible option in Grid and have not yet found any way to modify the gamma in-game.

Answered how to edit the opacity for range check in-game a few posts up.

The opacity edit for range check in Grid is in Status > Out of Range > Color. Just adjust the slider to the far right.

Xoya · 06/21/07, 5:07 PM

Originally Posted by Sarutobi

Does that track the number of charges, or just the presence of the buff? I have Grid set up to highlight a corner when the buff is on someone, but it doesn't have the ability to tell me how many charges are left.

If you use TotemTimers, it has a nifty little Earth Shield tracker (tiny button you can move anywhere). Very useful.

mrgrimm316 · 06/21/07, 8:58 PM

What are people using nowadays for healing setup within the game?

I used to use "Healing Groups Suck", and loved it...

• Chicken · 06/22/07, 8:58 AM

Talk in the healer channel and macros to remind people work for us.

Jehuty · 06/27/07, 5:06 AM

Figured out it's a healer tool, so posting my request here :
I'm looking for an add-on allowing to measure the percentage of time inside (or outside) the fsr in fights.
I know of fsrt doing that, being then integrated in RegenFu, but last time i tried RegenFu in 2.1 it was bugged so not showing up at all (nor responding to any command).
Does anyone use such a thing?