[GRID] Addons and Functionality - Page 3

Xejin · 08/07/07, 4:57 PM

Originally Posted by Edghar

I have a question for all you Grid users. I was wondering if there was any built-in click casting support or do you need an additional mod such as clique to make this work? We're currently an RDX guild, but seeing as how the author has disappeared from the face of the earth, I'm currently looking into alternatives.

You need something like Clique.

GokieKS · 08/07/07, 5:15 PM

Grid is really fantastic for a raid frame. The only thing I wish it had was an option to not appear when in a 5-man raid (arenas), the reverse of what PitBull offers.

Imp · 08/07/07, 5:19 PM

Originally Posted by Maliva

..., who has my renew on them, where my POM is, ...

Hum? would link to know how that works. a the moment I have to use an extra addon called POMTracker.

Originally Posted by Edghar

I have a question for all you Grid users. I was wondering if there was any built-in click casting support or do you need an additional mod such as clique to make this work? We're currently an RDX guild, but seeing as how the author has disappeared from the face of the earth, I'm currently looking into alternatives.

Jupp, got to use Clique and it works fine. btw, got an active author^^

Originally Posted by GokieKS

Grid is really fantastic for a raid frame. The only thing I wish it had was an option to not appear when in a 5-man raid (arenas), the reverse of what PitBull offers.

Theres an option under Layout-->show Frame -->alway,grouped,raid
set this on Raid, and it will not appear in 5man or solo.

Malan · 08/07/07, 5:27 PM

Originally Posted by pooclops

A lot of people frown on having raid frames for dps but I love knowing if people are hurt, dienig dead etc, I dont always see a need to not have them, but for some fights I see no reason why not. It can help to brace for a soulcharge, or just know if its time to suicide, and save some dura.

2 of the best warlocks I ever played with had raid frames up all the time and would death coil mobs off of people, saved our ass numerous times. Not exactly helpful in most raid zones where they're immune to that, but from time to time it did. I can't see why anyone would NOT have a visible display of the raid up, just about everyone has *something* they can do to help out when things get bad.

GokieKS · 08/07/07, 5:31 PM

Originally Posted by Imp

Theres an option under Layout-->show Frame -->alway,grouped,raid
set this on Raid, and it will not appear in 5man or solo.

I know about that option, and it's not what I'm looking for. When you're in an arena, your group is considered a 2/3/5-man raid, not a 2/3/5-man group, which means Grid, when set on show for Raid, will appear. PitBull has an option called "Show 5-man raid as a Party", which is what I wish Grid had (but opposite).

Maliva · 08/07/07, 5:52 PM

Originally Posted by Imp

Hum? would link to know how that works. a the moment I have to use an extra addon called POMTracker.

Since I just setup the side icons last night I haven't actually seen the POM movement in action, I'll test it tonight and get back to you.

Edghar - the RDX dev dissapeared? dont you have to pay for that mod? Hmm that sucks.

yes you need clique....personally I dont use Clique, although in theory it can make reaction time faster I hate accidentally clicking the wrong person and wasting my GCD (and mana) putting me a second to behind. Instead I use a muilti button programmable mouse and have 21 hotkeys mapped to my mouse so all I have to do is clik the target and click another button on my mouse...a little slower than using clique but not significantly and the chance of throwing a renew/pom/shield/dispell on the wrong person is greatly reduced.

• Chicken · 08/08/07, 7:25 AM

Originally Posted by Malan

2 of the best warlocks I ever played with had raid frames up all the time and would death coil mobs off of people, saved our ass numerous times. Not exactly helpful in most raid zones where they're immune to that, but from time to time it did. I can't see why anyone would NOT have a visible display of the raid up, just about everyone has *something* they can do to help out when things get bad.

There's also the benefit that Grid at least offers a pretty easy way to check if you're in range of any healers, which can definitely be an invaluable piece of information on a number of encounters.

Gere · 08/08/07, 8:24 AM

Originally Posted by GokieKS

I know about that option, and it's not what I'm looking for. When you're in an arena, your group is considered a 2/3/5-man raid, not a 2/3/5-man group, which means Grid, when set on show for Raid, will appear. PitBull has an option called "Show 5-man raid as a Party", which is what I wish Grid had (but opposite).

Yeah I have to agree that this is really annoying because I usually position grid to take the same spot as where my party frame would sit. So when I enter arenas, they both end up showing. Grid really needs a "Hide grid in Arena" option which would just watch for the zone change event and hide/unhide itself when you enter/leave any of the arenas.

Akomos · 08/08/07, 11:52 AM

Gere -- couldn't you set up a separate profile called "arena" or something, and have Grid hidden in it? That way at least you're just changing one setting instead of having to dig through the FuBar menu.

Or make a macro with /grid hide or whatever the console command is?

Gere · 08/08/07, 3:11 PM

Yup, that's what I do now. Was just agreeing that having the option to hide the frame in arenas would be nice.

Maliva · 08/10/07, 3:35 PM

Originally Posted by Imp

Hum? would link to know how that works. a the moment I have to use an extra addon called POMTracker.
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Sorry I took a couple of days to get back to you, but yes it is working; however, I haven't figured out how to differentiate between my PoM or another priests PoM....that doesn't really matter though since they dont stack, the important thing is to see the buff on them so you dont overwrite it wasting mana.

Just have to create a new buff called "Prayer of Mending" and set the color/priority of the indicator and assign it to a spot on your grid box. When PoM jumps the grid indicator jumps to the individal it moved to.

Imp · 08/10/07, 7:59 PM

Originally Posted by Maliva

Sorry I took a couple of days to get back to you, but yes it is working; however, I haven't figured out how to differentiate between my PoM or another priests PoM....that doesn't really matter though since they dont stack, the important thing is to see the buff on them so you dont overwrite it wasting mana.

Just have to create a new buff called "Prayer of Mending" and set the color/priority of the indicator and assign it to a spot on your grid box. When PoM jumps the grid indicator jumps to the individal it moved to.

Ok, sounds simple. I will try it and get back to you, if i got questions. At the moment, thanks for your help.

But I think, I will hold to the POM-Track-Addon. This tipp will surely help my tank, because I got one lock less, to figure out, who got the POM-Buff.
On the other side, the little timecounter an the "amount heal" (on last jump) is a nice extra information.

Again thanks a lot.

Camora · 08/10/07, 9:05 PM

Ok, quick question. As a mage, I dont need to know much, other than who is dead. The only other things i like to know is who has AB/AI. I made a new buff for Arcane Brilliance and made it show around the border in the default "mage blue" color, but there are a few problems with this. 1) I end up clicking over everyone before a boss pull to see if they actually need a buff, or if someone else threw an AI on them. 2) I cant seem to find a way to exclude rogues and warriors!

Does anyone know of either a mod that will add this functionality, or how to configure it to fix these two problems?

dyree · 08/11/07, 10:00 AM

Get GridStatusMissingBuffs and then turn on Buff Group: Arcane Intellect. I believe you can filter it to not show for rogues and warriors, but I'd have to poke around in the settings to find where.

Edit: Actually, it looks like rogues and warriors may be turned off for AI by default (unless I've already disabled them for my mage). In case yours are showing, you can turn them off at Grid > Status > Missing Buffs > Buff Group: Arcane Intellect > Class Filter.

Everwaken^ · 08/11/07, 11:17 AM

Pretty much what mine looks like:

Addons:
Grid
GridStatusHealer
GridManaBars

Border: Aggro
Bar: Health Bar
Top Center Text: Name
Bottom Center Text: Missing HP, Dead, Offline, Feign Death/etc...
Center Icon: Poison/Magic/Disease debuff
Top Left: Aggro(even though I don't really need it :P)
Top Right: My Target
Bottom Left: Incoming Heal
Bottom Right: Healing Priority
Bottom: Mana Bar(hidden if it's a rogue/warrior)