[GRID] Addons and Functionality - Page 29

• Vykromond · 10/28/09, 2:05 PM

Until the Grid author fixes the mod, you can fix it yourself to show current health rather than health deficit by making a quick change to the LUA. Details can be found in this WoW forums thread: World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Making Grid show the Unit's Current Health

Frah · 10/29/09, 1:06 AM

Is there any way to make grid show a persons remaining HP rather than deficit?

Would be useful for anub hard mode for keeping people at a set amount of hp

Mylee · 10/30/09, 12:06 AM

I've been using Grid for well over a year and when I was holy could often ignore the fact that for a lot of Wrath, MTs have not been separated in my Grid. I'm raiding most often as disc now, so when my tanks are miles apart, having to mouse all the way over to them (or indeed shift my focus across the groups) can lose me valuable time.

So here's the issue - my tanks never appear separate on Grid. I've tried Grid Status MTs (text status, not helpful to this at all really), GridoRa2 Layouts, Dynamic Layout (there's a theme emerging here, I've tried a lot of layout plugins) but still nothing whatsoever.

Can anyone suggest a solution?

Kaytikat · 10/30/09, 11:41 AM

The easiest way for guild raids is to create your own addon containing the layout you want and hardcode the names of the tanks in your guild. It doesn't help for pugs though.

For instance, I have a file GridUmbrageTankLayouts.lua in the World of Warcraft\Interface\Addons\GridUmbrageTankLayouts folder:

GridLayout:AddLayout("Tanks and groups (25)", {
	[1] = {
		nameList = "Squishable,Zabar,Nazkol,Eitrax,Aquel",
	},
	[2] = {
    groupFilter = "",
  },
	[3] = {
		groupFilter = "1",
	},
	[4] = {
		groupFilter = "2",
	},
	[5] = {
		groupFilter = "3",
	},
	[6] = {
		groupFilter = "4",
	},
	[7] = {
		groupFilter = "5",
	},
	[8] = {
    groupFilter = "",
  },
	[9] = {
			isPetGroup = true,
			filterOnPet = true,
		}
})

GridLayout:AddLayout("Tanks and groups (10)", {
	[1] = {
		nameList = "Squishable,Zabar,Nazkol,Eitrax,Aquel",
	},
	[2] = {
    groupFilter = "",
  },
	[3] = {
		groupFilter = "1",
	},
	[4] = {
		groupFilter = "2",
	},
	[5] = {
    groupFilter = "",
  },
	[6] = {
			isPetGroup = true,
			filterOnPet = true,
		}
})

And the associated GridUmbrageTankLayouts.toc:

## Interface: 30200
## Title: GridUmbrageTankLayouts
## Notes: Adds Umbrage tank layouts for Grid
## Author: Kayti  
## Version: 1.0
## Dependencies: Grid

GridUmbrageTankLayouts.lua

Ryuk · 11/01/09, 10:25 AM

I have a Problem with Grid. If I join a Battleground, for example Alterac Valley, and someone takes Damage, Grid says that this Person is in Range. In Reality I am in the Alliance Base in the North and the Person that is shown in my range is at the Iceblood Graveyard.

It makes me crazy when someone has -13k life, Grid says in Range but I can't heal him.

Anyone knows how I can fix this?

And sorry for my bad english.

HealthMonkey · 11/06/09, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by Vykromond

Until the Grid author fixes the mod, you can fix it yourself to show current health rather than health deficit by making a quick change to the LUA. Details can be found in this WoW forums thread: World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Making Grid show the Unit's Current Health

I have a much easier method than coding LUA. With GridStatusControlPipes you can setup UnitHealth to be a Text value, with GridIndicatorCornerText you can then set the HP to a corner and it shows numerically. In the CenterText3 is health deficit, in the bottom left is total current HP and in the top right % of health via GridStatusHealthFade.

If people want more detailed instructions post a request. Here are the basic instructions for GridStatusControlPipes and a screen shot.

GridStatusControl Pipes Description

This addon provides further control possibilities for any other Grid status. By now the following controls are available:

show or hide status on key press (KeyGuard)
show or hide status in or out of combat (CombatGuard)
convert duration status (like aura duration) to min/max value status to be able to display remaining time of auras on bar indicators (like GridManaBars) (ToBarFilter)
filter status for specific classes (ClassGuard)
convert color of status to class color (ClassColorFilter)
aura filter (can be used as debuff white list) (AuraGuard)
convert value to text (like health) (ToTextFilter)
threshold filter for values (ThresholdGuard)

How does it work

Like the name says, the addon works like a pipe, every pipe consists of four parts:

indicator - status registered with the indicator of a pipe are used as input for the pipe
guards - guards control if a pipe is open or not
filters - filters change the values piped through the pipe
status - the pipes status is the output of the pipe and can be registered with the actual destination indicator
So what you have is the following:

[status to control] -> [pipe indicator] -> [pipe status] -> ([guards] -> [filters]) -> [destination indicator]

-HM

Palabeaf · 11/18/09, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Jaxc

Is there any Grid addon that makes me able to see of earth shield is up?

EDIT: Found it

For some reason i cant find the Earth Shield addon for Grid?
Any suggestions?

thx

Mandra · 11/19/09, 5:35 AM

You don't need an addon to display it. Add Earthshield as a custum Buff and display it where ever you want to (e.g. with GridIndicatorSideIcons at top, bottom, left or right).