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[WoW] UI thread with totally outdated OP

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  • CokebotleCokebotle 穴掘りの Registered User regular
    So I have a stopcast macro for Exorcism on my pally, but is there a way to make it so CTRL+click will cast it without stopping?

    I figure something like:

    /cast Exorcism
    /stopcasting
    /cast [mod:ctrl] Exorcism

    would work, but I'm just curious if there's a different way to do it?

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    So, I am trying to write a dogtag that will display threat % if the target is an NPC, and %power if it is a player, but based on what's available in pitbull this is eluding me. Anyone want to explain to me how to stick those two together? I pasted them into the spoiler.
    Spoiler:

    edit: I was trying to figure out how to get a simple 'if UnitIsPlayer' modifier, but it doesn't seem to want to work.

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  • ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    Cokebotle wrote: »
    So I have a stopcast macro for Exorcism on my pally, but is there a way to make it so CTRL+click will cast it without stopping?

    I figure something like:

    /cast Exorcism
    /stopcasting
    /cast [mod:ctrl] Exorcism

    would work, but I'm just curious if there's a different way to do it?

    Is the goal of this to basically only have the button work and cause you to cast Exorcism if Art of War has proc'd, unless you press Ctrl when you click it to mean, "No, really, cast this spell"?

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  • CokebotleCokebotle 穴掘りの Registered User regular
    Elvenshae wrote: »
    Cokebotle wrote: »
    So I have a stopcast macro for Exorcism on my pally, but is there a way to make it so CTRL+click will cast it without stopping?

    I figure something like:

    /cast Exorcism
    /stopcasting
    /cast [mod:ctrl] Exorcism

    would work, but I'm just curious if there's a different way to do it?

    Is the goal of this to basically only have the button work and cause you to cast Exorcism if Art of War has proc'd, unless you press Ctrl when you click it to mean, "No, really, cast this spell"?

    Basically.

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  • EnigEnig a.k.a. Ansatz Registered User regular
    Cokebotle wrote: »
    So I have a stopcast macro for Exorcism on my pally, but is there a way to make it so CTRL+click will cast it without stopping?

    I figure something like:

    /cast Exorcism
    /stopcasting
    /cast [mod:ctrl] Exorcism

    would work, but I'm just curious if there's a different way to do it?

    /cast [mod:ctrl] Exorcism
    /stopmacro [mod:ctrl]
    /cast Exorcism
    /stopcasting

    ?

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  • GrobianGrobian Registered User regular
    /cast Exorcism
    /stopcasting [nomod:ctrl]

    That's cleaner.

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  • CokebotleCokebotle 穴掘りの Registered User regular
    Woo, thanks!

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  • CokebotleCokebotle 穴掘りの Registered User regular
    Ok, another question for you guys. Sorry!

    So I'm trying to set up Power Auras to display buffs like Inquisition for me for ease of tracking. It worked fine in the raid I was in last night, but then it stopped working once I left. I didn't change anything, and playing around with the settings didn't seem to help much. Any ideas? (I'll take a screenshot later tonight and post my settings to help, too. Just thought someone might know off hand.)

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  • MugsleyMugsley Registered User regular
    Did you have some of the checkboxes automatically checked? "Only show in Raid" "Only show in combat" etc.

    POWA has always been a bit wonky for me when initially trying to set things up. I remember back on my Hunter that I set up Serpent Sting and it wouldn't work, then I logged in one day and it was miraculously working. Post your SS and we'll work through it.

  • CokebotleCokebotle 穴掘りの Registered User regular
    Ah, i got it fixed, actually. Turns out unchecking everything except "Cast by me", "In combat", and the spec choices fixed it.

    Thanks though!

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  • ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    So, here's what I want to do.

    I want my Mount buttons to automatically cast Crusader's Aura when I cast them. So, for instance, I've got:

    #showtooltip Bronze Drake
    /cast Crusader Aura
    /cast Bronze Drake

    This works mostly, but if I already have Crusader Aura active, it will cancel it. Is there an easy way to do a check? It's a minor inconvenience, but I've decided to learn a little bit more about macros. (I wrote one to target and then use mistletoe on the three Horde brothers for Bros before Ho, Ho, Hos, and that was fun.)

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    does /cancelaura work for toggling off paladin auras? You could just add a /cancelaura Crusader Aura before the /cast Crusader Aura line.

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    my unofficial autobio will be accompanied with tips on how to smile
    cause I've found that when they don't see you frown, they never know that you're a threat
    and they don't sweat you when you came around
  • ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    does /cancelaura work for toggling off paladin auras? You could just add a /cancelaura Crusader Aura before the /cast Crusader Aura line.

    I'll try that.

    I've also noticed that I have to put the Crusader Aura first, because if I put it after the Bronze Drake, I'll still be casting the Bronze Drake when it tries to cast the Crusader Aura, and it will then fail.

    Not that it's terribly important in the specific case, but is there a way to delay the casting of CA until after the cast time of BD?

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  • SaerisSaeris Chronogestaltist Trinity, New MexicoRegistered User regular
    /cast !Crusader Aura

    will always turn it on, never off.

    The ! is a moronic token to use for that purpose, since in almost every other context on the planet it means "not", but that's what Blizzard chose. I would've used +.

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  • ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    Awesome.

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  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    Hey, that's actually a good use of the no-toggle thing in a macro!

    I haven't found any reason to use it since they changed Steady Shot years ago and removed the need for a macro for it. Are there any other good reasons to use "!" these days?

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  • OptyOpty Registered User regular
    I think you can use it to instashift out and into druid forms (as long as you're in that form to start) to break snares, but that's just off the top of my head and might not work anymore.

  • fortyforty Registered User regular
    Every class has that problem really. The default UI has gotten a lot better over time, but the layout is still pretty fundamentally bad.
    This. The biggest problem with trying to play any character with the default UI (although probably most noticeable with DPS/tanks) near optimally is that critical information is scattered across two different corners and two different sides of the screen.

    This kind of stuff is pretty much the first thing I worry about getting setup for my characters.

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  • MugsleyMugsley Registered User regular
    Really if they let us move UI elements around natively, I could get rid of at least 1/3 of my current addon suite.


    Edit: I'm going to have to update this later. One of the Libs is continually throwing errors for me. I want to say it's LibExplorer but I need to log in to check (at my mom's house right now).

  • mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    Mugsley wrote: »
    Really if they let us move UI elements around natively, I could get rid of at least 1/3 of my current addon suite.

    http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-addons/details/move-anything.aspx

    (yes not native but as good as)

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  • MugsleyMugsley Registered User regular
    Yeah I know, but I've finally gotten SUF+Dominos+SexyMap to a layout I like. But I get your point.

    I'm just saying. POWA should have been low low low on Blizzard's list for incorporating addons. The fact they have yet to incorporate a native Threat meter still boggles my mind.

  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    They did make a "good enough" threat meter back when they were doing UI changes for Wrath, but it mysteriously disappeared between the beta ending and the expansion going live.

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  • SenshiSenshi Registered User
    They have a native semi-helpful threat indicator already, I don't see why they would put in a threat meter (or a dps meter) when it already kind of exists.

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  • OptyOpty Registered User regular
    Yeah you can turn on a little threat percentage on the target frame. I find myself using it more often than Omen actually.

  • EchoEcho Per Aspera Ad Inferi Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    That percentage plus the nameplate turning yellow when I'm high (on threat, damnit!) is all I really need.

  • CokebotleCokebotle 穴掘りの Registered User regular
    Echo wrote: »
    That percentage plus the nameplate turning yellow when I'm high (on threat, damnit!) is all I really need.

    Tidy Plates with Threat Plates does basically this and is fantastic. Even as DPS, I find it incredibly useful.

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  • SenshiSenshi Registered User
    So what text formatting system does Shadowed Unitframes use? It's not DogTags, is it LuaTexts?

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  • EndEnd Registered User regular
    I thought Shadowed used a custom (and fairly simple) tag system, but I'm not really sure.

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    Anyone have a good "matte" buttonfacade texture they're a big fan of? I'm tired of the shiny default ones.

    hope? change? busproject.org
    my unofficial autobio will be accompanied with tips on how to smile
    cause I've found that when they don't see you frown, they never know that you're a threat
    and they don't sweat you when you came around
  • ED!ED! Registered User regular
    Does anyone use BarTender for the buttons? I like it for the most part - it adjusts buttons based on your talent spec; but if you change the actual button layout (not the actual button content) this shifts from spec to spec - so a more concise healing layout (since I use healbot) screws up Protection or Ret. specs. (as a paladin). Anyone know how to fix it so it shifts layout based on talents?

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  • ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    The easiest way I can think of is to create a new profile, and name it "Character - Healing" or some such.

    Then, shift between the profiles when you change talent sets.

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  • Rorus RazRorus Raz C'est Waa Vie Registered User, Super Moderator, Moderator mod
    Actually, Bartender's inability to switch hotkeys between specs is becoming a dealbreaker for me. It's very annoying.

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  • JimboJimbo Registered User regular
    I tried bartender some time ago (probably 12 months or more), but found it would lag horribly when stance dancing on my warrior. Like, would take as much as a second for the next stance bars to come up. Gamebreakingly bad, especially in PVP.

    I ended up going back to the default actionbars. Admittedly the defaults seem to suffer some slight lag too, but nowhere near as bad as bartender did.

    Anyone know if this is still a problem with bartender? I guess I should just dowload it and test for myself. :P

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  • DranythDranyth Surf ColoradoRegistered User regular
    I use Bartender to show multiple bars on screen at the same time and turn off all of the auto-switching for stances/stealth and whatnot. I let it switch my entire set between talent specs, but otherwise, I use the same spells on the same keys as much as possible. I also use conditional macros for things that can only be used in stealth and such. Works reasonably well.

    My druid would be a nightmare to setup correctly for everything... good thing I only really ever tank and do a little bit of kitty DPS.

  • SenshiSenshi Registered User
    is there any reason to use bartender instead of dominos?

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    >2012
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  • MakershotMakershot that one guy you met that one time SeattleRegistered User regular
    Anyone have a good "matte" buttonfacade texture they're a big fan of? I'm tired of the shiny default ones.
    Isn't there an option to adjust the gloss in the BF menu?

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  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    Senshi wrote: »
    is there any reason to use bartender instead of dominos?

    not particularly. Dominos is more of a total UI replacement (in addition to handling actionbars, it'll manage cast and exp and rolls and probably some other things I'm forgetting), but in terms of actionbars they have pretty similar functionality.

    hope? change? busproject.org
    my unofficial autobio will be accompanied with tips on how to smile
    cause I've found that when they don't see you frown, they never know that you're a threat
    and they don't sweat you when you came around
  • SenshiSenshi Registered User
    I've never used anything but the actionbars in the dominos package

    feels good man

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    So does anyone have a good mod to move that little battleground objective thing that shows up in the top middle of the screen? (i.e. like "1/3 towers remain" or "5/22 portals opened" or whatever) I've tried a couple (and the names are completely escaping me now) but they were so convoluted that I couldn't figure out how to move it. Really this is the only thing I want to do, so the more lightweight, the better.

  • korodullinkorodullin What. Registered User regular
    So I'm using the latest Pitbull, and since I disabled VuhDo on my Mage, my personal and pet unit frames came back, even though Pitbull is supposed to replace them entirely. Any idea how I can remove them again?

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