My S&A has been giving me lau errors and will not work - Have looked for updates but I realize from what you say that you will not be in to take a look until today.
Great addon and would not know what to do if it went the way of the dodo.
I read that you weren't going to support saa because squawkhard was available. I used this addon last night and I don't like it much. I really couldn't understand what the addon was telling me and the options/configuration isn't very user friendly imo. I like the bars. I think your addon is superior because you can just glance at it and know where you are in terms of timers. I don't like an addon that tells me to cast something. Cast IS, MF, Wrath, eclipse procs and I only know that eclipse has proc'd because I see the icon over my head. SH doesn't tell me that eclipse has proc'd it just tells me to cast SF, then in the middle of eclipse if IS drops off all it will show is the IS icon. I know longer know where I am in the eclipse proc or if MF is still up (without searching for the debuff my target) or where I'm at in the eclipse cool down. All that happens is until I cast IS SH doesn't give me any more information.
To use SH I'm going to have to use another addon that will at least give me timer bars for IS and MF.
I read that you weren't going to support saa because squawkhard was available. I used this addon last night and I don't like it much. I really couldn't understand what the addon was telling me and the options/configuration isn't very user friendly imo. I like the bars. I think your addon is superior because you can just glance at it and know where you are in terms of timers. I don't like an addon that tells me to cast something. Cast IS, MF, Wrath, eclipse procs and I only know that eclipse has proc'd because I see the icon over my head. SH doesn't tell me that eclipse has proc'd it just tells me to cast SF, then in the middle of eclipse if IS drops off all it will show is the IS icon. I know longer know where I am in the eclipse proc or if MF is still up (without searching for the debuff my target) or where I'm at in the eclipse cool down. All that happens is until I cast IS SH doesn't give me any more information.
To use SH I'm going to have to use another addon that will at least give me timer bars for IS and MF.
Oh no. I do intend to keep maintaining SAA. Heck, I still use it myself and any time it doesn't work properly I fumble pretty horribly. I just meant that SH does what I'd been planning to do with a future version, and unfortunately now that it exists I can't justify the time expenditure to reproduce it natively. I use both, though SH is really just a double-check in some of the timing-critical areas (less than 4s left on the cooldown, but is there enough time for another SF?).
Band, you didn't give me much to work with. If the Lua error is something like "attempt to concatenate to namestring, a nil value" or similar, it's likely the issue mentioned above, that there is only one rank of FF now. Unchecking the FF bar will squelch the bug until I can get a release up.
As for the UnitAura() API change, you shouldn't notice any issue if you're the only moonkin in a group (for the technical people, the return parameter isMine was changed to give a unitID instead. Since I only check if the return is not-false, it will consider every spellcast to be yours until the change is released). I'm not sure what behavior exhibits if there's more than one moonkin in a group. UnitAura() returns debuffs by its own index. If your own debuffs are always reported first, there should be no real issues. If it returns them based on duration left, you may get jumpy debuff bars. Buffs should never be an issue, though, since it only checks you anyway. In either case, it's poor code to leave it so I'll get it fixed once I get a chance.
I will have to check about the FF bug. I think that is why it wasn't working last night. Also, I am having a few problems understanding the options in squawkhard. I did a search to get a better explanation of the option settings but no luck. If anyone could help me out I would appreciate it.
Thanks for keeping it but it's not working right now. I was lost last night and my dps was terrible. Any suggestions on what I can use to see the internal cool down. Also, I am having a hard time understanding the options menu for squawkhard.
What wasn't working? The whole mod? Did you have the FF bar enabled? I haven't had a chance to play with the mod yet, I barely got the rest of my UI up and running by midnight last night (still not fully fixed). Any information people can provide should help me track it down faster once I get the chance. If you're getting lua errors, please try to make a note of what the error says.
[edit] As for SH, I found most of the options fairly straightforward. The first few (I think) define the thresholds for when you'll stop refreshing DoTs during the various Eclipses, I.E. Insect Swarm Wrath Eclipse Threshold (or whatever the name really is, I don't have a screenshot at work) of 6 means that it won't prompt you to cast IS if Solar Eclipse is up and has less than 6s remaining. I maxed out the threat slider, or did whatever the help bubble said to disable it entirely, since I don't care about that at all.
What wasn't working? The whole mod? Did you have the FF bar enabled? I haven't had a chance to play with the mod yet, I barely got the rest of my UI up and running by midnight last night (still not fully fixed). Any information people can provide should help me track it down faster once I get the chance. If you're getting lua errors, please try to make a note of what the error says.
[edit] As for SH, I found most of the options fairly straightforward. The first few (I think) define the thresholds for when you'll stop refreshing DoTs during the various Eclipses, I.E. Insect Swarm Wrath Eclipse Threshold (or whatever the name really is, I don't have a screenshot at work) of 6 means that it won't prompt you to cast IS if Solar Eclipse is up and has less than 6s remaining. I maxed out the threat slider, or did whatever the help bubble said to disable it entirely, since I don't care about that at all.
Hmm, for me, just with This fix the mod has been working normally without any errors as far as I could tell from the ~2 hours I spent in Ulduar. Even with FF bar enabled.
Oh crude - I really didn't pay much attention to it cause I figured you'd have to update it for the new patch - let me go load it back up and see what it says.
OK - It says (and I quote) - Interface\AddOns|SquawkAndAwe\SquawkAndAwe.lau:1085 attempt to concatenate local 'namestring' (a nil value)
and then the window that broadcast it cannot be shut and another window pops up above it telling me "You Addons are experiencing a large number of errors and may be slowing down the game. You can turn on display of Lua errors in the interface options.
And then I have to log out and deselect S&A...
Last edited by BandX : 04/15/09 at 4:52 PM.
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Oh crude - I really didn't pay much attention to it cause I figured you'd have to update it for the new patch - let me go load it back up and see what it says.
OK - It says (and I quote) - Interface\AddOns|SquawkAndAwe\SquawkAndAwe.lau:1085 attempt to concatenate local 'namestring' (a nil value)
and then the window that broadcast it cannot be shut and another window pops up above it telling me "You Addons are experiencing a large number of errors and may be slowing down the game. You can turn on display of Lua errors in the interface options.
And then I have to log out and deselect S&A...
Sounds like the same bug I have with mine, which I'm betting is the Faerie Fire issue (as it would be trying to grab namestring from a spell that no longer exists, hence nil). Either the fix listed above, which points to the correct spell, or deselecting the FF bar should fix the lua error issue, though obviously deselecting the bar won't actually fix it.
Quartz as you probably all know is a cast bar mod that tracks what buffs/debuffs are on a mob. Its default set to track 'your' buffs and debuffs. So its timer bars track your durations of moonfire/insectswarm/FF. And the Eclipse addon tracks your eclipse buff and its cooldown.
When you fix SAA though I'll probably change back up for that. Its nice to have a separate bar for just moonkin stuff.
Well with much trepidation I tried the 770 solution and that seemed to fix the problem of the error message - will keep an eye out for a new update. Hope ppl will rename the file before they go change it though just in case...lol
Hello. I turned off the FF bar which fixed that issue, but my Global Cooldown bar is also broken and does the same thing. this bar was nice to have too. How could I fix it, or is there an updated version with fixes available? the link still has a 1/1/09 version for download.
v1.2 just got uploaded, fixes the FF bar (though it still only crawls rather than staying full until under ~30s) and converts to the new UnitAura() API. I'm not seeing any issues with the GCD bar, but I didn't check before I made the changes. Let me know if you're still having issues, or if you had them and this fixes it.
Thanks I downloaded and installed the update. I still get a solid Gray Bar when I enable the GCD Bar. I know that's it because it goes away when I disable it. Nor does this bar work right now so I have it disabled but I loved that one hehe
Great mod, thanks for updating it.
Running into an issue where MF and Eclipse/Eclipse Cooldown overlap. This is v1.2 (rc1) from tonight. Cleared WTF saved vars, etc. and I managed to reproduce it on two comps. Not sure what's causing it tbh.
In my settings I only have MF/Eclipse/Eclipse CD/IS up and it appears that the MF/Eclipse/CD bars are the ones overlapping.
Great mod, thanks for updating it.
Running into an issue where MF and Eclipse/Eclipse Cooldown overlap. This is v1.2 (rc1) from tonight. Cleared WTF saved vars, etc. and I managed to reproduce it on two comps. Not sure what's causing it tbh.
since the patch, SAA has been overlapping for me as well, similar to screenshot but it's only the moonfire and eclipse bars that overlap. MF, IS, and eclipse are the only 3 i use rest are disabled.
Great mod, thanks for updating it.
Running into an issue where MF and Eclipse/Eclipse Cooldown overlap. This is v1.2 (rc1) from tonight. Cleared WTF saved vars, etc. and I managed to reproduce it on two comps. Not sure what's causing it tbh.
In my settings I only have MF/Eclipse/Eclipse CD/IS up and it appears that the MF/Eclipse/CD bars are the ones overlapping.
I am having this exact same issue. When I did the quick fix on the old SAA to fix FF to the new spell number, everything was good, no overlapping. Overlapping occurred only after updating to the newest SAA.
On a similar note, have you ever considered disconnecting the bars so that they could be moved/sized separately?
Thanks Adoriele! SAA is really a perfectly executed mod, and I'm so glad to see that you're keeping it going.
I am having this exact same issue. When I did the quick fix on the old SAA to fix FF to the new spell number, everything was good, no overlapping. Overlapping occurred only after updating to the newest SAA.
Good, that's useful info. I'll see if it happens when I raid tonight, though it wasn't an issue for me while I was testing it. As for disconnecting the bars, that would be a lot of work, with little benefit, so not something I'm likely to do. Also, when I get the fix updated, I'll be removing the borders on all "internal" bars, i.e. Eclipse (not cooldown) and both the tick bars.
Thanks Adoriele for this great addon. I got a question about the settings of it. In heavy aoe fights and where its alot of spelleffects I at times got hard time to see the timers since I prefer to have them close to the center of the screen where I easy can spot them. Is there any way to set a background to the bars ?
I am also having the problem where the eclipse and moonfire bars are overlapping, however, using an older version with the ff fix did not work for me to correct it.
04/15/09, 11:43 AM
