YACL is a synchronised damagemeter, that sums up in detail all outgoing and incoming damage as well as healing. You want to know, how many crushings your MT really takes ? Interested in the spells that boss used on you ?
YACL shows you in detail what you and your friends are doing. You can see which spells (including rank) the other players are using.
You´re a healer ? Yacl shows you healing/incoming damage as well as overheal.
Because YACL shows you so much data, the window can be really big. That is compensated by a logic that tries to move that window out of your way whenever you move or when you engage in combat.
Assign a hotkey to comfortably bring back the big window, whenever you have time to look at it, or just look at the little bars if that is all you need.
Inspite of all the data it collects, YACL is a lightweight addon. Especially during combat, it is pretending not to be there ... Same goes for the synchronisation that is designed to use only 10 percent of the allowed addon bandwidth.
If you have questions, please download and read the FAQ
Version 2.4.018 is a stable version. It is well tested and should contain no bugs.
Version 2.4.020:
Improved: Average for healing spells was calculated
after subtraction of overheal. This has
been changed to show the real potential
of the different healing spells.
New : New column "N". It shows how often a spell
has been used. Due to this change, YACL
will reset to defaults once you install
the new version.
New : Automatic reset of combatlog when entering
an instance or arena.
Bugfix: Removed an annoying sync error message.
Version 2.4.019:
New : Added tooltip to show pet ownership in name
column.
New : Added tooltip to show percentage of pet
contribution relative to owner.
New : Combat log reset requires confirmation.
New : Spamming data requires confirmation.
Version 2.4.018:
Bugfix: Calculations for "miss" and "block" values
were incorrect, results were too big.
Version 2.4.017:
New : The minibars are now configurable. If you
leave the minibar setting on default,
they follow the main mode as before.
There is even a new mode called "D+H"
which will show the sum of damage and
healing done (something for the hybrid's
ego).
New : Incoming damage includes also enviromental
damage like walking through lava or falling
damage.
Version 2.4.016:
New : Added HPS column and HPS title display.
Bugfix: Percentage calculations that included pet
damage were wrong.
Improvement: Less memory garbage when creating sync
messages.
Version 2.4.015:
Bugfix: Switching between delta and summary mode
was buggy. I did not work if you had some
other addons installed.
Version 2.4.014:
Bugfix: The bugdevil himself disabled spamming into
the chat. This important function is fixed !
New : It is possible to switch of sync completely.
Use "/yacl sync off/on" to do that.
New : In the settings menu you can define the title
display in minimized mode. So far you can
choose Clock/Fight duration/DPS display.
Version 2.4.013:
Improvement: Sync data is now send much more carefully.
Bandwith has been reduced further, and is
controlled by ChatThrottleLib that is also
part of ACE. No more disconnects ...
Attention: YACL version 2.4.013 does not sync
with older versions.
New : The interface can be completely hidden. Use
the command "/yacl hide" and "/yacl show" to
do this.
Bugfix: Max values were rising on sync clients upon
local value reset.
Version 2.4.012:
Minor Bugfix: The new DoTs and Hots were not received
by sync clients.
Version 2.4.011:
New : DoTs and Hots are now properly separated from
normal spells.This solves many problems like
wrong average values.
New : Minibars show also values.
New : Added tooltip for percentage values to show
the accuracy of the data.
Bugfix: The "most annoying" YACL function was broken -
the "auto popup" after combat.
Version 2.4.010:
New : Here come all the fight details ..
What I did wrong so far, was to only count
full physical misses. That was so *bites himself*.
Now we are counting all the little details ...
Version 2.4.009:
New : Last fight mode versus summary mode
New : YACL is producing a sound when you enter a new
fight. The sound can be disabled with the
command "/yacl sound off".
New : Added glancing and dodge counters in detailed
view.
Bugfix: Petdamage wasn't added correctly causing wrong
DPS and crit/misschance values
Improved: I finally learned how to disable the layout
caching system. Hurray. This time, the
windows should really stay in place :)
Improved: Algorithm for DPS calculation.
Version 2.4.008:
Improved: network code optimisations.
Improved: The icons were badly aligned after recent
changes in the texture code.
Improved: The settings frame was not colored correctly.
Changed : Spamming reports is now done with one entry
per line. Only the top 10 entries will be
reported. Nevertheless you can now easily
saturate your upload-limit with that.
Improved: Columns dynamically change width. Can be jumpy
when scrolling at the moment ...
Version 2.4.007:
New : Whenever you join a group or a raid, the combat
log will reset automatically. That option
can be switched off with "/yacl autoreset off".
Default is ON.
New : Settings dialog is implemented.
Bug : The command "/yacl bars" without parameter
produced an error. Sorry.
Bug : The wrong column was selected on startup.
Improved : The slash commands all work also without
parameters.
Improved : Changed text alignment in grid to make
it more readable.
Version 2.4.006:
New : the mini bargraph now shows damage/healing
outgoing/incoming according to the main windows
settings
New : You can change the maximum amount of bars with the
slashcommand "/yacl bars n" (with n=[0..20])
Improved: New artwork for the mini bargraphs
Bugfix : windows finally stay where the user placed them.
Version 2.4.005:
Bug : major typo caused wrong sync values.
Version 2.4.004:
New: "auto hide" option can be changed via
slash commands. Default is ON.
New: "auto show" option can be changed via
slash commands. Default is OFF.
New: If not assigned otherwise, YACL will
assign the key ^ to open the big window.
New: In minimized mode, you will see the
top 10 damage dealers as bargraph.
Very much like the classic old damagemeter.
Version 2.4.003:
Bugfix : counting too many misses (dodged is not a miss)
Bugfix : it was impossible to leave the detailed view
if it was empty.
Version 2.4.002:
YACL is now properly tracking totems.
Big window is closing upon "right click", so it is auto-
matically closing if you want to interact with something
behind it (like looting).
Added some artwork for the background
Version 2.4.001:
I hoped for a bugfix in the combat log system - it did not come.
So here comes the workaround for proper death counting.
Using the cursor keys to scroll in the sheet is now an option.
Change the option with /yacl cursor on/off
Fixed texture positions bug
Spamming reports into chat window is implemented
Version 2.4:
Removed an spamming debug output
Version 2.4.5: (Prerelease)
Fixed minor taint issues (no taint at all now)
Adjusted max message length to avoid server disconnect
Fixed slider colors
Version 2.4.4: (Prerelease)
Bugfix for synchronisation of crushing counter
Bugfix for death counter
added DAMAGE_SHIELDS (Thorns etc)
Graphics for sliders are implemented
Bugfix for wrong window size when switching between chars.
Version 2.4.3: (Prerelease)
Implemented the artwork for hunter pets ,warlock deamons
and mage elementals.
Rogue icon was not functional
Petdamage is now added to the owners totals. Nevertheless
the pet is still shown so everbody can see the contribution
of the pet.
Pets are a little bit grayed out in the overview.
Version 2.4.2: (Prerelease)
Fixed a startup graphic bug
Druid icon was not functional
Version 2.4.1: (Prerelease)
Improved internal party member handling
Implemented vertical scrolling, although sliders are still missing
Version 2.4: (Prerelease)
First released version.
Installation Guide
- Exit "World of Warcraft" completely
- Download the mod you want to install
- Make a folder on your desktop called "My Mods"
- Save the .zip/.rar files to this folder.
- If, when you try to download the file, it automatically "opens" it... you need to RIGHT click on the link and "save as..." or "Save Target As".
- Extract the file - commonly known as 'unzipping'
Do this ONE FILE AT A TIME!
- Windows
- Windows XP a built in ZIP extractor. Double click on the file to open it, inside should be the file or folders needed. Copy these outside to the "My Mods" folder.
- WinRAR: Right click the file, select "Extract Here"
- WinZip: You MUST make sure the option to "Use Folder Names" is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders how the Authors designed
- Mac Users
- StuffitExpander: Double click the archive to extract it to a folder in the current directory.
- Verify your WoW Installation Path
That is where you are running WoW from and THAT is where you need to install your mods.
- Move to the Addon folder
- Open your World of Warcraft folder. (default is C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\)
- Go into the "Interface" folder.
- Go into the "AddOns" folder.
- In a new window, open the "My Mods" folder.
- The "My Mods" folder should have the "Addonname" folder in it.
- Move the "Addonname" folder into the "AddOns" folder
- Start World of Warcraft
- Make sure AddOns are installed
- Log in
- At the Character Select screen, look in lower left corner for the "addons" button.
- If button is there: make sure all the mods you installed are listed and make sure "load out of date addons" is checked.
- If the button is NOT there: means you did not install the addons properly. Look at the above screenshots. Try repeating the steps or getting someone who knows more about computers than you do to help.
Translations
When you download a mod, please be sure that the mod is compatible with your translation of wow. Some mods only work on the US versions, while some only work on some of the various European versions. These variations are called "Localizations".
TOC Numbers (Out of Date Mods)
When Blizzard patches WoW, they change the Interface number. This means that all mods will be "out of date" unless or until the author releases a new version for that interface. Some people go into the .toc files and update the numbers themselves, but this is STRONGLY advised against as it will cause problems locating possible incompatibilities addons. When you log into WoW after a patch, you DO NOT have to delete your interface directory. All you have to do is simply tell WoW to ignore the interface numbers and load all the mods anyway. All you have to do is, while at the "character select" screen, look in the lower left corner and click on the "addons" button. A window will pop up listing all your installed mods.
If you look in the upper left corner of that window there should be a box that says "Load Out of Date AddOns". You want to CHECK this box. Now simply go into WoW normally and all your mods should load. As of the 1.9 patch, you will have to do this after EVERY patch/update that Blizzard posts! If you encounter any problems with a mod after a patch, please be sure to let the author of the mod know so they can fix it.
See also: About "Out Of Date AddOns"
Mac Support
WoW addons are not platformed based. As such, they can be used on either Mac or PC. You can extract both .zip and .rar files on a Mac using StuffitExpander.
Directory Structure
World of Warcraft
|_ Interface
|_AddOns
|_*AddonName*
|_ *AddonName*.toc
|_ *AddonName*.xml
|_ *AddonName*.lua
|_ (possibly others as well)...
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Pmk saidSweet addon ;) some things for the future:
1) ive got teh addon on the left side of my screen and if i open the options pannel it will overlap with the minibar making it almos timpossible to drag.. would b nice if the menu would open to the other side or just not overlap with teh bar :)
2) Didnt find it if its there, but a lock feature would b cool aswell... find myself dragging teh bar by accident quite often and would like to lock it in place.
3) Could u add some sort of scaling for the minibar? it is rather large for my taste, but i like having the DPS showing :) maybe add another skin thats a lil more compact similar to dmgmeters or omen...
4) does the instantaneous DPS showing in the minibar already include my pet? (BM hunter)
5) There are still some bugs around.. for example sometimes my and other hunters pets show on top of the dmg done meters... obviously impossible yet i cant find a reason for it to happen. For exaple one time my pet was not only top with about 3.000.000 dmg but also had more than 4.000 DPS. If necessary i can make a screen next time it happens, if it does :P
More to come if i find something :) keep up the good work
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Cazin2 saidHow do you reposition it? I can't seem to drag mine around at all. Do you need to hold a special key down? I wonder if I can't drag it because of a conflict with another add-on that I have installed.
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Cazin2 saidOk, I found the cause of the conflict: an add-on called FluidFrames that comes with Cosmos or Khaos (can't remember which) and which allows you to move and resize windows. Disabling that and I can now drag YACL.
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ceridin saidI downloaded 2.4.020 - and though I have tried anything i can think of - and did search for other instances, I cant find a solution to my problem of the Skin showing no text or buttons - just ..neon green.
I did combat and it did indeed show dmg done ect - with a solid neon green background. (img 4) :(
Any help
Here are some SS as well - p.s - it can show YACL or 0.0 onthe top bar - i realize the pictures have the 0.0 showing
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OlafReusch saidThat is strange. Could you please check without other addons. I mean, the green areas on your sceens should be yellow, and those areas are'nt loaded textures at all. Something is changing texture functions in your system. Disable all other addons. If it is working without, then bring in your other addons one after the other, and tell me which one caused the trouble. I will fix it then.
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Vampyrate saidNot sure if anybody else ever had this but - I was my stats window in full mode before a boss fight. Somebody pulled before I could put it back in mini mode and I lost control of my movement keys (the arrows) for the entire fight and there was no way of getting them back until after combat. Bug?
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OlafReusch saidIf you are an cursor-key player, turn off the option that YACL uses the cursor keys for scrolling in the big list. The probplem is, that changing key assignment is a nono-function during combat. Thats why you loose control. I might be probably better to change the defaults for this setting, as all cursor-key players have that problem.
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Cazin2 saidIs there any way to reposition the mini-window with the bars? It overlaps with the lateral action bars on the right-hand side and also with the mini-map coords which I have there. Tried dragging but no luck.
Very nice add-on, btw.
(Just tried posting this but it didn't seem to show up so posting again. Apologies if this shows up as a double post.)
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aoeex saidAdd-on is getting to be pretty darn nice. Came up with a couple more ideas if they can be added in at some point, no rush.
1) Memory swap/save thing. The old Damage Meters had a memory register you could save the current meter to. Sometimes I'd use that to save meters after a kara run or whatever instance so I could look over them later, or link them to someone later when they log on.
2) Would it be possible to add some way to see how many times a particular spell was used? Like, I'd like to be able to get a count of the number of times Starfire/Moonfire/wrath was used, or whatever other spells. Could be useful to see how many times a particular spell procs too (like seal of command). Probably just another column added to the end of the display that is just a +1 counter each time the spell is seen in the combat log.
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OlafReusch said1.) will be implemented in the future.
2.) Is implemented in version 2.4.020
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iamironman1 saidhey.
first i'd just like to say how much i <3 this sexy addon. its made amends from my broken </3 after the bastards at damage metres decided "omg were gona be losers and not update our sexeh mawd".... um yeah.
anyways i have a few sugestions to put in your next release.
-i often find myself hitting the reset button by mistake when meaning to hit the close the side menu button. is there some way you can more apropietly mark the buttons (like put it in the tooltip or somthing), or even better make a confermation island in the middle of the screen or the meter itself.
- i have many times found myself wandering back to this page wondering how to report the metre's data to the chat, and i can still not figure it out after having the mod for about a month and a half now. i have looked through all the posts and all the other people that have asked for(and seemingly receved) help, there posts and reply's are not enough for me to figure it out. also it told me to download the yacl fact... dident work. it just shows up with another mod that has 0kb file size. (its the alpha map pack or somthing) Adding a report button to the side menu would make me all giggly.
thanks for reading, and for making such a great fallback damage metre.
~skelitor~
~zuluhed~
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OlafReusch saidDone. Reset requires confirmation (as well as spamming reports).
How do you spam a damage report ? Open the chatline and left click on the column header that you want to report.
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malvado001 saidthe more I use this mod the more I like it. It's very slim on memory. One thing I'm trying to find out how to do is how do I change the info on the bars? I can put my total dps or whatever on the very top but don't know how to change the info displayed on the bars.
Again thank you very much for the great Add-On
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OlafReusch saidThat function is available from version 2.4.017 onwards. Go to the settings menu and click on the big button at the bottom.
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benv666 saidWoohoo configurable minibars! Great work! :)
Feature request: it would be nice to get a confirmation option before spamming the meters into guild chat. Our guild doesn't allow dmg meter spam in guild chat, but I've seen quite some accidents happen lately. :)
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OlafReusch saidI hate spamming damage reports at all ^^. It's fine if two mages compete and whisper reports to each other, but into the guild chat ... oOo. Yes, I can implement some kind of warning there.
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Marsdan saidI love this meter, but how do i report the info into chat.
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Agarac saidPlease see my reply to Holykiwi.
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OlafReusch saidI'm back online ^^. Rome was nice (although I've been there so many times before). My girlfriend is from Rome, and she went voting. Unfortunaltely it did not help. Berlusconi won. aaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggg ......
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Wyveryx saidNice to have you back, thanks for an awesome mod! Definately helps me keep track on what my best spells for dmg are :)