UI Help Center - Page 85

Jaizha · 06/23/09, 1:15 PM

Originally Posted by Toonie

No, there is no specific FPS drop when my UI locks up and I'm already playing with all graphical settings at the minimum so can't change much there.
When everything locks up it simply stays that way, it doesn't return to normal after the fight ends. A reload during combat results in the game shutting down as if I'd alt-f4'd instead. Reloading after combat ends usually puts everything back to normal, except for the really bad freezes where I can't even type in chat anymore. At those times my only choice is to alt-f4.

I know a better system would solve a lot of other issues I have with WoW but so far I've never had any problems as annoying/frustrating/serious as this.

I had similar problems for a while that were resolved entirely by changing from CowTip to TipTac. I'm not sure if CowTip is the only addon that causes such issues, but if it isn't one of the ones you disabled in your test, you might like to try swapping it out for another tooltip addon to see if that helps at all.

blejs · 06/25/09, 3:46 PM

Hello i was wondering, is there any addon that keep track of friendly buffs? Like say that shows if you are in retri aura range. Or being in shaman totem range. I am a hunter btw.

Noraj · 06/25/09, 5:47 PM

Originally Posted by blejs

Hello i was wondering, is there any addon that keep track of friendly buffs? Like say that shows if you are in retri aura range. Or being in shaman totem range. I am a hunter btw.

You can use Elkano's Buff Bars to create a separate set of bars which only show up when you have the buffs you're talking about.

blejs · 06/26/09, 9:42 AM

Originally Posted by Noraj

You can use Elkano's Buff Bars to create a separate set of bars which only show up when you have the buffs you're talking about.

I saw screenshot of that addon, and i aint sure if thats what i am after. The addon i would like, would also show say some dot around me or something similiar, when i am lacking that certain buff. Since keeping track of all friendly benefit buffs is prolly quite messy aswell. And prolly easier instaid to spot what you "lack".

miLl3niUm · 06/26/09, 9:54 AM

Hello, I have updated my SharedMedia addon today and I've lost some fonts, including Enigma. I liked that font a lot and I'm wondering if anyone has it because I can't find it anywhere.

Hotan · 06/26/09, 1:14 PM

Originally Posted by blejs

The addon i would like, would also show say some dot around me or something similiar, when i am lacking that certain buff. Since keeping track of all friendly benefit buffs is prolly quite messy aswell. And prolly easier instaid to spot what you "lack".

I'm not sure if it is exactly what you are looking for, but Utopia can show what buffs you have and don't have (and which your group can't even apply).

Taidaisher · 06/26/09, 2:53 PM

Is there an addon that will track my proc buffs/debuffs. I have been using Needtoknow which works well enough to track my procs (Unholy Strenght, trinkets,e tc.) but it doesn't differentiate the debuffs/Dots I throw on targets from any other DKs. I tried Poweraura but it wasn't what I was going for. Any suggestions.

harrellj · 06/26/09, 9:01 PM

Originally Posted by blejs

I saw screenshot of that addon, and i aint sure if thats what i am after. The addon i would like, would also show say some dot around me or something similiar, when i am lacking that certain buff. Since keeping track of all friendly benefit buffs is prolly quite messy aswell. And prolly easier instaid to spot what you "lack".

How about using Power Auras Classic ? There's a blog post where someone configured it to show the missing buffs, with a different "spark" for each type (and colored by class). They also gave the code needed to set it up, but its probably fairly specific (I haven't tried it out yet, myself). You should be able to use that as a base to expand out for yourself. That same blog also explains about linking together auras as well, so you should be able to check whether you have either Battle Shout or Blessing of Might, for example (or Wisdom/Mana Spring Totem/etc).

JoeCool · 06/28/09, 1:39 AM

Are there any buff/debuff frame mods that exist which also do not overwrite the default blizzard UI buff/debuff display area?

I'm looking for something like Satrina's Buff Frames but isn't such a steamroller-peanut solution.

Hotan · 06/28/09, 1:47 AM

Originally Posted by JoeCool

Are there any buff/debuff frame mods that exist which also do not overwrite the default blizzard UI buff/debuff display area?

I'm looking for something like Satrina's Buff Frames but isn't such a steamroller-peanut solution.

elk buff bars have an option in the config menu to hide the default blizzard buff frame. You can uncheck that and be good to go.

gcbirzan · 06/28/09, 4:54 AM

I'm trying to assign a mouse button to stopcasting, but I've found that no matter what I do, I must move the mouse pointer somewhere where it's not over an unit frame. Is there any way to get around that?

Aximous · 06/28/09, 11:11 AM

Is there any way in bartender to set up a custom conditional to visibility that hides the bar unless it's the vehicle bar?

Gorsgo · 06/29/09, 1:30 AM

Originally Posted by gcbirzan

I'm trying to assign a mouse button to stopcasting, but I've found that no matter what I do, I must move the mouse pointer somewhere where it's not over an unit frame. Is there any way to get around that?

Frames eat mouse clicks. You can get Clique and bind the mouse button to a Clique macro for /stopcasting. The side effect of this is that it will only work when hovering over a unit frame.

You could also tell your frame to not eat mouse clicks: Hover over the frame and type

/run _G[GetMouseFocus():GetName()]:EnableMouse(false)

the side effect of this is that you cannot interact with the frame in any way -- No right click menu, no left click to target, etc.

Originally Posted by Aximous

Is there any way in bartender to set up a custom conditional to visibility that hides the bar unless it's the vehicle bar?

[bonusbar:5] show; hide

That should do it.

Labrynth · 06/29/09, 3:09 AM

I've found that my Grid fails to remember my background and border colors between log in/out or restarts. (it always returns to the default) I used to have a similar issue with squeenix where it would fail to remember the minimap location, but this suddenly stopped happening.

Any suggestions? It appears to be the only addon now failing to remembera setting (and only this one particular setting)

ravenndude · 06/29/09, 3:17 PM

I'm having a small problem with CowTips. After I repair, the repair cost, and amout availible from the gbank stays on my CowTip frames untill I reload my UI. Anyone have any solutions? Here's what it looks like:

travmasta005 · 06/30/09, 3:30 PM

Anyway to set up power auras to show when windfury/earthliving is not on my weapons. Thanks.

Mordekhuul · 06/30/09, 10:54 PM

Simple question I hope, that I've been wasting too much time on given my uneducated state when it comes to WoW LUA programming.

I want to modify evl_combo, a simple mod that displays a single number mid-screen showing my current combo points versus my opponent, to increase the font size.

Here is the relevant code before modification:

evl_Combo = CreateFrame("Frame", "EvlCombo")
evl_Combo:SetWidth(50)
evl_Combo:SetHeight(50)
evl_Combo:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "BOTTOM", 0, 275)

local count = evl_Combo:CreateFontString(nil, "OVERLAY")
count:SetAllPoints(evl_Combo)
count:SetFont(STANDARD_TEXT_FONT, 26)
count:SetJustifyH("CENTER")
count:SetTextColor(1, 1, 1)
count:SetShadowOffset(0.7, -0.7)

Seems to me that just changing the font size in SetFont from 26 to something larger would do the trick, but no value larger than 26 has any effect whatsoever on what is displayed. Changing to a smaller value does, but obviously has the opposite effect form what is desired.

I've tried using a different font as well, one that I know scales up to 78+, with no luck.

I'm sure it's somthing simple that I just haven't garnered from reading wowwiki and google links.

Gorsgo · 07/01/09, 1:08 AM

Originally Posted by Mordekhuul

I've tried using a different font as well, one that I know scales up to 78+, with no luck.

I'm sure it's somthing simple that I just haven't garnered from reading wowwiki and google links.

Font strings have a hard cap size limit of 35. I'm not quite sure why it wouldn't go above 26 though.

This is just a guess but try changing :SetAllPoints(evl_Combo) to :SetPoint("CENTER"). It might be resizing the font to fit within the 50x50px parent frame.

Mordekhuul · 07/01/09, 1:55 AM

Originally Posted by Gorsgo

Font strings have a hard cap size limit of 35. I'm not quite sure why it wouldn't go above 26 though.

This is just a guess but try changing :SetAllPoints(evl_Combo) to :SetPoint("CENTER"). It might be resizing the font to fit within the 50x50px parent frame.

Is there a different style of font object I should use to exceed? I have definitely seen addons posting warnings in larger fonts than 35, seems to me....unless the above code just isn't working at all and it is using some smaller font size than 26 even.

Gorsgo · 07/01/09, 2:24 AM

Originally Posted by Mordekhuul

Is there a different style of font object I should use to exceed? I have definitely seen addons posting warnings in larger fonts than 35, seems to me....unless the above code just isn't working at all and it is using some smaller font size than 26 even.

There isn't any way to get around the 35 size cap that I'm aware of.

• alcaras · 07/01/09, 2:27 PM

Enabled CPU profiling last night and was surprised to find that -- after Ace2 -- my #2 and #3 CPU hogs were:
- RedRange -- which just colors action buttons red when out of range
- AllPlayed -- which I use to learn how much rested XP alts have

Does anyone low-CPU usage alternatives to these addons?

More generally, has anyone undertaken CPU-usage analysis to compare and contrast popular barmods/unitframes?

For example, out of these, which is more CPU friendly?
- Dominos
- Bartender

Or out of these:
- X-Perl
- Pitbull
- AGUF
- Shadowed Unit Frames

I'm asking before I undertake such analysis on my own -- getting a new (widescreen) monitor soon and I'd like to rebuild my UI to best take advantage of the monitor, as well as to minimize CPU use as my old CPU is my machine's bottleneck.

Gorsgo · 07/01/09, 8:42 PM

Originally Posted by alcaras

Enabled CPU profiling last night and was surprised to find that -- after Ace2 -- my #2 and #3 CPU hogs were:
- RedRange -- which just colors action buttons red when out of range
- AllPlayed -- which I use to learn how much rested XP alts have

Any RedRange-esque mod will take a fairly high amount of CPU. It requires frequent range-scanning as well as changing the action button hue on frame update. I've not used AllPlayed but if that's all it does I can't imagine why it would use many CPU cycles. High memory, maybe, but that's irrelevant.

Both Dominoes and Bartender4 are pretty performance conscious. It's close enough that I'd suggest using the one you prefer.

As for unit frames, out of that list, Shadowed Unit Frames is by far the most performance conscious. It's modular and keeps a close eye on the addon scope to assure it's not trying to be an "all-in-one" addon a la X-Perl.

Mordekhuul · 07/01/09, 10:51 PM

Originally Posted by Gorsgo

There isn't any way to get around the 35 size cap that I'm aware of.

I'll illustrate the issue a bit better. The 4 at the bottom of this picture shows the "35" size font, using the code above. Note the text Parrot is spouting that is mostly larger, so some kind of odd stuff is going on.

Gorsgo · 07/02/09, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by Mordekhuul

I'll illustrate the issue a bit better. The 4 at the bottom of this picture shows the "35" size font, using the code above. Note the text Parrot is spouting that is mostly larger, so some kind of odd stuff is going on.

The largest scrolling damage font looks about the same size as the combo points to me. The difference you're seeing is likely the bold outline around the "bigger" looking text.

local count = evl_Combo:CreateFontString(nil, "OVERLAY", "THICKOUTLINE")

Try that.

• Lorienne · 07/02/09, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by alcaras

Enabled CPU profiling last night and was surprised to find that -- after Ace2 -- my #2 and #3 CPU hogs were:
- RedRange -- which just colors action buttons red when out of range
- AllPlayed -- which I use to learn how much rested XP alts have

Does anyone low-CPU usage alternatives to these addons?

For what it's worth, if AllPlayed is the first addon in your addon list that loads embedded Ace libraries, all CPU usage for those libraries will get attributed to it, even if it's actually another addon that's using it at the time. If you uninstall AllPlayed, that CPU usage will just get "transferred" to the next Ace addon down the list (alphabetically). Basically, WoW loads up the addons in alphabetical order, including all the libraries embedded in the addon. If it runs into a second instance of the same libraries embedded in another addon, it doesn't load the second instance; instead it uses the same instance that was loaded for the first addon. Since that instance is "owned" by AllPlayed, it gets stuck with all the CPU usage.