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BigWigs Bossmods

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Project Updated:
Files Updated: Tue, Jun 23 2009
Supports Game Version: 3.1.0
Category: Boss Encounters, and Combat
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Project Manager: funkydude
Additional Authors: Ammo , Rabbit
Current Version: r5733-release
License: All Rights Reserved
Avg Daily DL (last 30 days): 8,686
Downloads Total: 3,832,094
Favorites: 6,123
Comments: 738
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BigWigs @ Noth the Plaguebringer

BigWigs is a boss alert mod. It consists of many individual "boss modules", mini addons that are designed to trigger alert messages and timer bars for one specific raid boss each. Modules are activated when you target or mouseover a Boss, or if any other BigWigs use in your raid does. In most cases only one module will be running at any given time.

Features

Plugins

  • Messages: Can be moved, re-coloured & locked.
  • Bars: Can be moved, skinned to different textures(SharedMedia compatible), resized & also have an 'emphasis' feature to flash when they are about to expire.
  • RaidIcon: Target painting (put an icon over a player that has been singled out by the boss).
  • WarnIcon: Spell icons for warnings.
  • RaidWarn: Sending alerts to RaidWarning, tells & chat.
  • BossBlock: Suppress "spam" sent by other player's bossmods.
  • Comm: Syncing via the addon channel (so that the player don't have to be in combat range to trigger a message)
  • Target Monitor: For enabling boss modules when you see them, instead of having them constantly enabled.
  • Sound: Plays various sounds on different events(SharedMedia compatible).
  • LibDataBroker/Minimap: Button for easy access to the configuration menu, resetting running modules, and seeing what modules are active.

Extras

  • Tranq: For keep track of hunters Tranq cooldowns, vital for some bosses.
  • Proximity: For displaying players within a certain range on certain boss encounters.
  • Test: Test your bars and warnings, and move them around.
  • CustomBar: For 'PizzaTimers', create your own custom bars.
  • Version: A query for not only the core BigWigs version, but also the instance version numbers.
  • Flash'N'Shake: Shake and/or Flash the screen blue when something important happens that directly affects you, such as a debuff. (Off by default)

Documentation

The creation

BigWigs is a boss timer and warning mod. Tekkub, the original BigWigs1 for Ace1 author, was inspired to write this after his very first raid run. He was horrified by the massive amount of spam his raid leader was creating with his boss mod. He was getting messages all over the place for things he didn't care about (Hunters can't dispell a curse or interrupt a heal). He also found that the "60 seconds until painful doom" timer messages were such a waste. Why not use a nice simple timerbar to show this?

The aim

BigWigs aims to be as efficient as possible (creating a lower memory per second footprint and using a lower amount of CPU than any other boss mod), as effectively as possible. When modules are written every aspect of the encounter is revised. Is syncing required? Is target scanning required? What events are really to be warned for. It also aims to have the latest boss modules out asap, that means that not long after the first few attempts of a brand new boss, it usually has a working boss mod.

Unique

BigWigs has a many things that make it unique to other boss mods, one is the 'Emphasis' feature for bars to grab your attention. Others include SharedMedia support so you can customize the look of your bars and choose different sounds for warnings. BigWigs can identify when you have wiped on a boss and reset the bars and timers. It is also the only addon to keep all events unregistered until you mouse over a boss, instead of registering all the boss events when entering an instance.

Credits

Current Developers: Ammo, Rabbit, Funkydude
Boss Modules: Tekkub (BigWigs 1), Ammo, Rabbit, Funkydude, Shyva, Wiebbe, Lucen, Moonsorrow, Tsigo
Translations: ckknight (Babble), Pettigrow (frFR), Neriak (deDE), Gamefaq (deDE), sayclub (koKR), fenlis (koKR), handdol (koKR), cwdg (zhCN), hk2717 (zhCN) and many others
General Help: Daemona, Saroz & everyone else submitting logs!

See also

  • Downloads (5)
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File Name Release Type Game Version Downloads Date
Addon Curse.com Beta 2.3.3 0 9/29/2008
  File Name Release Type Game Version Downloads Date  
  BigWigs Bossmods r5733-release Release 3.1.0 91,770 6/23/2009
  BigWigs Bossmods r5718-release Release 3.1.0 85,417 6/14/2009
  BigWigs Bossmods r5699-release Release 3.1.0 126,561 5/31/2009
  BigWigs Bossmods r5672-release Release 3.1.0 108,892 5/21/2009
  BigWigs Bossmods r5568-release Release 3.1.0 121,885 5/12/2009
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  • fantamichi said 

    Is it a bug or did you remove the Message on purpose when you hover a Boss for the first time and the module loads?

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  • FuxieDK said 

    I noticed this too... Need it back, please..

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  • Draemon said 

    Is it possible to add a whisper warning for the Iron Council fight for the Tanks? As it stands atm, Runemaster Molgeim will either target a Person when he uses "Rune of Power", or he can also target one of the other 2 bosses.

    I'd like BigWigs to be able to either whisper Runemaster's target when he briefly changes while casting, or whisper the target of that target (So if Runemaster casts it on Steelbreaker, the Steelbreaker tank can move it without someone having to call it out). Sorry if any of that sounds confusing, just woke up.

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  • lazaryth said 

    Is there a way to manually set a Proximity up?
    ie; for Vezax our guild uses a proximity of 15, spread around the boss to eliminate issues with MotF. it appears DeadlyBossMods enables you to set custom Proximities when you desire, but I have yet to find a way to enable this in BigWigs, and really dont want to switch to DBM as BW is just so much lighter...
    Cheers

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  • funkydude said 

    Yes, enable test mode on proximity shows nearby players.

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  • lazaryth said 

    Cheers Funky..I did try that on sunday, but no players were being shown in the window..
    Will double check again during this weeks Vezax kill..

    In terms of range select, what is the Test window setup to report? Can I specify the distance I want it to report? (ie 10yrds, 15yrds etc)

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  • funkydude said 

    No you can't specify a range, it's the most common range of all bosses that's used. Try 5718 if the previous version did not work for you.

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  • Barr4cuda said 

    can you add custom sounds at events? (posted this before but got deleted orsomething)

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  • funkydude said 

    Yes, you can do this by using the SharedMedia addon. Read the instructions in it.

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  • megascorcher said 

    For some reason it has seemed to change the font on ALL my tooltips. Is there any way to avoid this? The standard font isn't among the choices, just Arial Narrow, Friz Quadrata TT, Morpheus and Skurri. It's really disrupting that it changes the font on all the tooltips in the game.

    The only way I've found to change it back is to completely disable BigWigs. As you no doubt understand, I can't do that in the middle of raids. Also, after I've done this, the font on the normal tooltips seem larger. My tooltip sizes are normally scaled a little down, so it's possible that gets reset by it as well.

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  • funkydude said 

    BigWigs is a boss mod, it doesn't contain code to modify tooltips. You probably have an incompatibility with another addon, in which case, disable all other until you find the cause.

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  • megascorcher said 

    No, I swear, the font option in BigWigs changed the font the tooltips in the game to the selected font. I can supply you with ample screenshots.

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  • funkydude said 

    Screenshots won't change the fact the addon is not designed to do that, like I said, the highest probability is an incompatibility.

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  • Saphala said 

    Did the test function completly disappear?

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  • funkydude said 

    It's a button on bar/message anchors now.

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  • pessi said 

    Awesome work.

    Is it possible to add a timer to Hodir, to track hard mode times? In the same way it tracks thorim?

    Thanks :)

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  • sky775 said 

    I'm having a rough time figuring out how to move the proximity display. It doesn't seem to have an anchor when I show them.

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  • enkil80 said 

    I cant remember right now but most ace frames move with holding Alt, or try to right click for the menu, Im sure you can move it, because I did

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  • eilysia said 

    It says that tranq shot timers are available through the extras menu. However, I have not been able to access these timers since the last major patch of WoW and this addon. Suggestions?

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  • funkydude said 

    They were removed.

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