Infraction for Mandragora10: 2. All opinions should be stated as succinctly as possible.

• Vykromond · 10/31/09, 10:31 AM

Post: Mage UI and Add-ons (READ THE FIRST POST)
User: Mandragora10
Infraction: 2. All opinions should be stated as succinctly as possible.
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

Don't quote a huge block of text and add 1 line, snip the quote.

Original Post:

Originally Posted by kaytwo

I wrote a LuaText for this a couple months ago that I always kept forgetting to post about. Here's the edit:

local max = MaxPower(unit)
local evostart, evocd, _ = GetSpellCooldown("Evocation")
local gemstart, gemcd, _ = GetItemCooldown("Mana Sapphire")
local cr,cg,cb = 255,255,255
if UnitClass(unit) ~= "Mage" then
  return "%s/%s",Power(unit),max
end
if max - Power(unit) > 3500 then
  if gemstart > 0.0 and gemcd > 0.0 then
    cr,cg,cb = 0,127,0
  else
   cr,cg,cb = 0,255,0
  end
end
if Power(unit) / max < .4 then
  if gemcd == 0 and gemstart == 0 then
    cr,cg,cb = 0,255,0
  elseif evostart > 0 and evocd > 1.5 then
    cr,cg,cb = 255,0,0
  else
    cr,cg,cb = 255,255,0
  end
end
if max > 0 then
  return "|cff%02x%02x%02x%s|r/%s",cr,cg,cb,Power(unit),max
end

This LuaText changes the color of my current/available mana text, rather than the bar itself: I found this to be sufficient for being able to gauge my mana situation at a glance. If you aren't playing a mage this won't interfere with your MP text coloring.

Between Full and (Full - 3500), the text is white: no regen needed.
Between (Full - 3500) and 0, the text is bright green if mana gem is not on CD.
Between (Full - 3500) and 40%, the text is dark green if mana gem is on CD.
Between 40% and 0%, the text is yellow if evocation is not on CD, and red if both evocation and mana gem are on CD.

This code seems to be nice, but how to use it ?