Topic 'Addons Help' in forum 'World of Warcraft' - dslreports.com

Re: Addons Help

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:43:09 EDT

Eumaeus posted : NPCScan
Skada (Like Recount but I like it much more)
X-Perl Unit Frames
Dominos
TipTac
AtlasLoot
Quartz
BalancePowerTracker
CombustionHelper
Sexymap
Auctioneer
Raven (very handy buff/cooldown tracker)

These are all that I can remember first thing in the morning at work!
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Re: Addons Help

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:05:04 EDT

Don69Fire posted : why has blizz went to making it easier. last thing i remember was blizz was gonna bring the challenge back.

Re: Addons Help

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:00:25 EDT

Don69Fire posted : alot of these i used when i played. but more of these i have never heard of. lol. and i played from launch of vanilla wow till about 5 or so months after cata launch. so much has changed in the game. not really a challenge anymore to be honest.

Re: Addons Help

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:17:12 EDT

Tirael posted : Addon Control Panel
Altoholic
Dagassist
Damn Unit Sounds (replaces unit sounds when using something other than the default interface)
ElvUI
Energywatch
Gathermate2
Auctioneer
Gogomount
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Re: Addons Help

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:49:33 EDT

Mike posted : Overachiever
SexyMap
Shadowed Unit Frames
OmniCC
MikScrollingBattleText
BigWigs (DBM is bad and you should feel bad)
Quartz
Crybaby
NPCScan
Dominos
TeksLoot
GreenRange
Monomyth (instant accept quest, or subtext no stupid clicking accept needed. Hold shift to temp disable)
Xloot
BugSack
BugGrabber
TomTom
SmoothQuest
SimpleSelfRebuff
AutoProfitX2
PetJournalEnchanced

Which class? There are some specific ones that would be useful.

You should also be using alpha builds too if you're using curse.
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Re: Addons Help

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:42:53 EDT

Goldheart posted :

said by mettachain:

My list:

MoveAnything (until Carbonite gets fixed)
Mapster (until Carbonite gets fixed)

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Re: Addons Help

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:38:48 EDT

mettachain posted : My list:

ElvUI
Deadly Boss Mods (all packs)
Omen3
oRA3
MoveAnything (until Carbonite gets fixed)
Mapster (until Carbonite gets fixed)
Recount
WeakAuras
Titan Panel
Addon Control Panel
Altoholic
Atlas Loot
Gag (sounds bytes and emotes on /slashcommand)
Fishing Buddy
Archy (Archaeology)
Auctioneer (Auctions)
MarketWatcher (Auctions)
TradeSkillMaster (Auctions)
The Undermine Journal (Auctions)
Shared Media lib (extra textures)
Slice Commander (for the rogue)
Calendar Extras
Postal
Mr.Plow
OmniCC
Carbonite
Clique
NPC Scan
NPC Scan_Overlay

I'm probably going to get _Cursor again just customize my cursor to see easier in high activity fights with lots of target switching. All the colors in MoP have me scrambling to find my cursor sometimes.
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Re: Addons Help

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:26:51 EDT

Timbitus posted : My main is an affliction warlock so my main add-on is currently Dotimer. However with its lack of updates and fan-fixes, the notification module no longer works. I now use Weak Auras for that function. I am exploring buttontimers and ellipsis for the dot timer functionality, but am in no hurry for that part. Fortexorcist seems too complex for what I need.

As for my other add-ons, I try to be a minimalist.
- DBM
- recount
- NPCScan

Re: Addons Help

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:01:36 EDT

kingdome74 posted : Every toon has their own addons but my general use ones are:

Altoholic
Atlasloot
Auctionator
Bartender
Deadly Boss Mods
Decursive
Fishing Buddy
Gatherer
Postal
Recount
Titan Panel

I use curse client to keep them updated.
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Re: Addons Help

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:23:41 EDT

mettachain posted : Goldheart (and any other enchanters out there), since we're leveling out professions again you'll likely be dropping several enchants on the same piece of gear.

Use the addon "SmartEnchant." It will get rid of the confirmation box you have to click when replacing an enchant on a piece of gear. Small convenience but worth it if you're enchanting the same things 20 times in a row.
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Re: Addons Help

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:56:52 EDT

Goldheart posted : I use:

NPCScan - alerts you to rare mobs in area
ActionButtonSets - saves button profiles
Auctionator - AH addon
BadBoy - anti SPAM
Carbonite - Nice map, node router, quest tracker, etc.
DBM - boss fight event thingie
Dominos - button bar replacement
DoubleWideTradeSkills - expands trade skill panel
DragEmAll - move any box anywheere
Gatherer - tracks nodes
Disenchant Predictor - shows what items disenchant to
GTFO - annoys you when you stand in stuff
GunGrats -annoys cheeve spammers!
Inline Aura - "displays aura information directly inside action buttons"
Mogit - mog displays and sets
OmniCC - "adds text to items, spell and abilities that are on cooldown to indicate when they will be ready"
Postal - mail handler
Recount - dps epeen validator
SunnArt - shows art on the sides, less view area = higher fps
TidyPlates - nameplate replacement
TradeSkillMaster - suite that makes it much easier to track and post high volume AH items
TullaRange - "TullaRange is an addon that allows the user to make action buttons change color completely under the following conditions:

When an action is out of range
When an action uses holy power, but the user is not at max holy power (Paladins only)
When the user is out of energy/mana/focus/etc"

Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:25:53 EDT

Don69Fire posted : Thanks again y'all.

Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:22:40 EDT

Nick D posted : Just keep in mind:

Syntax is easy.
Design is hard.

Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:14:24 EDT

Immer posted : awesome... tyvm. I know a few months back I talked about wanting to get into Lua programming. I picked up JAVA instead (oddly enough the university doesn't offer a LUA programming class, lol).

Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:03:52 EDT

Nick D posted :

said by Immer:

I've been getting warnings from the client that an addon was being blocked for attempting to call a Blizzard-only argument. So far, it has asked me to shut down Bagnon most of the time, but Skada a few times whenever I change talents around. Is anyone else getting these errors?

THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO LAUGH AT BLIZZARD FOR TECHNICAL REASONS.

So, here's the skinny on these bugs.

In LUA, functions can return multiple values. Sometimes you don't care about one of those values, so you end up using a throwaway to make sure you get the right index. _ (a valid variable in LUA) is commonly used.

So something like:
_, name = GetUnitInfo()

You'd then use the name variable later, and you'd ignore the _, because really, who names variables _?

Furthermore, variables in LUA are global unless declared local. Most people don't put a "local _" declaration anywhere, because who the hell is using _ as an important variable? (see below for answer!)

NOW

In WoW, there's a concept called "taint". I'm not too sure of the specifics, but basically secure functions can only use untainted variables. This is how they prevetn addons from doing certain things like auto-cast and whatnot. So addons taint variables all the time. Like the _ variable, which no one in their right mind should use for real data.

EXCEPT

The Blizzard Glyph and Talent UIs do.

So some addon taints _, and then blizzard tries to pass it into a secure function.

True, the addon devs could hide that with a local and not pollute the global namespace, but its SO COMMON that I would hope Blizzard would just name their variable something USEFUL instead of just passing it around.

The practical consequence of this is you can fix your addons by adding "local _" to the top of the first LUA file loaded, but that's annoying and would be very error prone. Some addons are already updated to do this.

The other thing you can usually do is just reload and do the glyph/talent swap immediately, with no disabling. The line of code that taints the global _ probably doesn't run right after reload.

Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:55:15 EDT

Nick D posted : Other people use Gnosis. I still use basic Quartz for most things.

Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:50:17 EDT

cymraeg posted : quartz is up to date its the procs module i get the errors with mostly with the monk of course

Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:47:07 EDT

Immer posted : Quartz... I use that... and it hasn't really been updated in a looooooong time. Anyone know of an actively maintained spell cast bar?

I also really like TipTac. I hate where the Mouseover information window pops up... so TipTac allows me to move it and have all mouseover information show up in the same place of my choosing.

Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:44:25 EDT

cymraeg posted : my messages come from SUF or quartz procs nothing from bagnon or skada

Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:42:30 EDT

Immer posted : Addon Control Panel
Bagnon
Omen
Clique
Bartender
Skada.

I've been getting warnings from the client that an addon was being blocked for attempting to call a Blizzard-only argument. So far, it has asked me to shut down Bagnon most of the time, but Skada a few times whenever I change talents around. Is anyone else getting these errors? So, thanks to Addon Control Panel, I let it shut down whatever addon it doesn't like, I move my talents around, and then I re-enable the addon. I hope the problem goes away soon, though. I plan on swapping talents around as often as Sanctisimo changes his tmog.
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Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:35:11 EDT

Feralmordius posted : Havent used Spell Flash but Ovale has some presets and you can download different customized sets for it also.

Nickdres - I definitely forgot about Addon control Panel. I use it every day almost.
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Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:21:09 EDT

Nick D posted : The major utility addons are Bagnon, Deadly Boss Mods, and Recount. If he's going to do any sort of configuration and testing of various addons to see if he likes them, I also recommend Addon Control Panel, so he can enable/disable without relogging.

Though, addons are highly personal (as in, people choose what they want from all over the place), so it would be very hard to suggest exactly what your son had before/would want, without knowing his specific needs.

The Curse Client is a good way to have a controlled downloading environment as mentioned by someone else, for the specific purpose of downloading and installing addons (which are just interpreted scripts and XML, so "installing" is a "extract for ZIP" operation), and would work well if you want him to set up his own addons.

Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:20:25 EDT

Ginjer posted :

said by Feralmordius:

Deadly Boss Mods (Boss notifications)
Omen (Threat monitor)
Ovale Spell Priority (Rotation Help)
Bagnon (Bag management)
Postal (Post box tool)
WeakAuras (Rotation\Timer\Buff Help) - (Awesome but take alot of work to setup. Suggest downloading strings for your class)
CrapAway (Auto sells greys)

I also am a big fan of the spartan UI, but that is an entire UI change not just extra an addon. Look for more on curse and let curse manage them.

How do you like the Ovale? Is that one addon for all classes? Or are there multiple addons like there is for Spell Flash?
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Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:18:22 EDT

Feralmordius posted : Deadly Boss Mods (Boss notifications)
Omen (Threat monitor)
Ovale Spell Priority (Rotation Help)
Bagnon (Bag management)
Postal (Post box tool)
WeakAuras (Rotation\Timer\Buff Help) - (Awesome but take alot of work to setup. Suggest downloading strings for your class)
CrapAway (Auto sells greys)

I also am a big fan of the spartan UI, but that is an entire UI change not just extra an addon. Look for more on curse and let curse manage them.
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Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:56:29 EDT

Ginjer posted :

said by Jobbie:

SpartanUI
Bartender
Dotimer
Postal
Omen
Recount
Mikk's Scrolling Combat Text
Bufftimer
Deadly Boss Mods
Decursive
Vuh'do
Bagnon

Bagnon, Postal, and Decursive are great. Also, might want to throw in Altoholic if you have multiple toons. Easy way to see who has what in their inventories.
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Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:53:08 EDT

Jobbie posted : SpartanUI
Bartender
Dotimer
Postal
Omen
Recount
Mikk's Scrolling Combat Text
Bufftimer
Deadly Boss Mods
Decursive
Vuh'do
Bagnon
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Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:39:58 EDT

Ginjer posted : Xpearl, Spell Flash, Recount, Reforginator, DBM, GTFO, Bartender, NPCScan, Gathermate 2, Silver Dragon, Atlasloot, Auctioneer (or Auctionator, I can't remember). These are just a few I can think of off the top of my head.

Re: Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:33:50 EDT

cymraeg posted : go to curse.com, and get the curse client and let it install your addons for you, as for which ones to get it is really prefference, most addons have pics of what they look like, i would suggest tidy and threat plates as a minimum, also there are ui compilations that you can get that will give you most of the addons you could possibly need, elvui, luiv3 to name a couple
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Addons Help

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:28:23 EDT

Don69Fire posted : I need some help rebuilding my sons addons. when i deleted WoW to fix it. he lost all his addons. could y'all post some of the addons y'all use by chance.