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Gladius

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Project Updated:
Files Updated: Wed, May 27 2009
Supports Game Version: 3.1.0
Category: PvP, Unit Frames, Combat, and Arena
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Project Manager: Proditorlol
Additional Authors: No additional authors
Current Version: r28
License: All Rights Reserved
Avg Daily DL (last 30 days): 1,667
Downloads Total: 477,865
Favorites: 603
Comments: 114
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What is Gladius?

Gladius adds enemy unit frames to arenas for easier targeting and focusing. It is highly configurable and you can disable most features of this addon.

Features

  • Uses the 3.0 Arena Unit IDs, this enables full functionality even if the enemy is seen first while in combat.
  • General arena unit frame features:
    • HP bar + Text
    • Mana bar + Text
    • Cast bar + Text
    • Class icon
  • PvP trinket status:
    • Five display options:
      • Name icon.
      • Name text.
      • Big icon (big, scalable icon to the right).
      • Small icon (small icon to the right on top of the mana bar).
      • Grid-style icon (colored square to the right on top of the mana bar that turns red when the trinket has been used).
  • Target of Target - displays a class icon representing the enemy's target.
  • Announcements
    • New enemy announcement - announces new enemies.
    • Trinket announcement - announces when the trinket is used/is ready again.
    • Drinking announecment.
    • Enemies on low health - announces enemies that are about to die, you can set the percentage yourself.
  • Auras - shows important buffs and debuffs on the arena enemies.
    • You can add/delete/edit auras via the configuration screen.
  • Click actions - you can select what is going to happen when you click on a Gladius button.
    • Ten editable click actions.
    • Three modifiers: SHIFT, CTRL and ALT.
    • Four different action types: Target, Focus, Cast Spell and Macro.

How to use

Slash commands

  • /gladius ui/config/options - displays the configuration screen.
  • /gladius test1-5 - shows a test frame with the chosen amount of test units.
  • /gladius hide - hides the test frame.
  • /gladius trinket - simulates a trinket being used for the first arena target.

Macros

Macros are meant for the more advanced users, since you'd need to use "*unit" (short for the UnitID of the enemy) for a macro to work. To cast Polymorph on the enemy and print out the name of the enemy in the party chat you would have to do:

/cast [target=*unit] Polymorph
/script SendChatMessage(UnitName("*unit"), "PARTY")

FAQ

Will you ever have Gladius function in a non-arena environment?

No, Gladius is meant for arenas only and it'll stay that way.

Can I hide that annoying header ("Gadius - drag to move")?

Yes, simply lock the Gladius frame.

Suggestions and Bugs

For suggestions and bugs, post a ticket here: http://wow.curseforge.com/projects/gladius/create-ticket/.

Translations

Curse has setup a very good and easy to use translation system, see: http://wow.curseforge.com/projects/gladius/localization/.

If you'd like to become a permanent translator, send an e-mail to gladius@proditor.net.

Thanks to

  • sillyboy6 - zhCN and zhTW translations
  • bluenyx - koKR translations
  • Shadowed (SSArenaFrames) - snippets of code, inspiration and lots of help
  • Proximo - inspiration
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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  
  Gladius r28 Release 3.1.0 79,039 5/27/2009
  Gladius r27 Release 3.1.0 30,348 5/23/2009
  Gladius r26 Release 3.1.0 12,061 5/23/2009
  Gladius r25 Release 3.1.0 46,271 5/10/2009
  Gladius r24 Release 3.1.0 55,813 4/18/2009
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  • It's not even working for me anymore, the frames show up in arena but aren't clickable. The frame shows up before detecting our opponents and it looks bugged, I can take a screenshot and mail it if needed. Anyway the frame before detecting enemies show's up as a translucent single 4x2 inch frame.

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  • Im getting a curious effect using the click features(not clique). I bound shift-left click to my ghoul attack macro, shift-middle to strangulate and shift-right to death grip.

    In arena it does not always work. the middle cast is the only reliable one. both clicks associated w/ left-right mouse are not always reliable working only sometimes (GCD and CD not in play ive tested)

    Any ideas?

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  • This was happening to me also, at least with strangulate. I finally got so aggravated at it not going off and costing games that I do it manually now. Sometimes I could get it to work if I pressed it like 4 times

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  • Isvigolf said 

    there seems to be a bug with the focus function
    im using AG_unitframes and the focus doesnt work as it should.
    also i have problems with the addon in general, since it appears not to work half the time and sometimes it works ok

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  • teakan said 

    My favorite feature of Proximo was a dashed colored bar in each of the enemy units that showed who in my party was targetting that enemy. So if my rogue and my mage and myself were targeting the same enemy, the bar would appear yellow, blue, and red. Is this feature already in Gladius?

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  • Is there a way to make it so instead of your opponents beings stacked vertically, you could make it go from left to right?

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  • i saw some videos where people can announce by /say apart from party / rw / sct / mcbt.
    could someone tell me how to configure that?

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  • /script SendChatMessage(UnitName("*unit"), "SAY")

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  • Cuer said 

    Error running Gladius r28 that pops up in arena sometimes:

    Date: 2009-06-03 20:44:40
    ID: 1
    Error occured in: Global
    Count: 15
    Message: ..\AddOns\Gladius\Gladius.lua line 635:
    attempt to index local 'color' (a nil value)
    Debug:
    (tail call): ?
    Gladius\Gladius.lua:635: SendAnnouncement()
    Gladius\Gladius.lua:218: ?()
    ...igs\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:146:
    ...igs\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:146
    [string "safecall Dispatcher[2]"]:4:
    [string "safecall Dispatcher[2]"]:4
    [C]: ?
    [string "safecall Dispatcher[2]"]:13: ?()
    ...igs\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:91: Fire()
    ...AddOns\Chinchilla\libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:119:
    ...AddOns\Chinchilla\libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:118

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  • Ayowin said 

    Hi. I use Clique to heal my teammembers in Grid. How, or can I, use Clique to cast harmfull spells in Gladius?

    Cheers

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  • Tullkas said 

    How can I display that pet frame. I have turned on the option in settings however when I enter arena and there is Warlock with pet for example my gladius doesnt show the pet frame at all.

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  • Krondike said 

    since the last patch the unitframe is disappear in arena
    addon is running and i can open the testframe
    maybe only a setting problem, or any other addon block this, but i can't find the reason :(

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  • I'll take a look at these errors when I've got some spare time. I suggest you all to use r25 meanwhile which seemed to be a very stable rev.

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  • Gladius just freaks out every time i have it on, got so bad that i had to just disable it even though i tried to use so as to have the announcements.
    when i go into the options and just toggle the announcements i also get an error message of Interface\Addons\Gladius\Gladius.lua:796: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value) this is for just toggling it from party to raid warning to anything announcing.

    And when i am in a game and mouseover players it tells me that the class does not exist and or a nil value arises as well, happened for deathknight, paladin, and some others.

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  • MGSmage said 

    Oke i cannot seem to get counterspell casting on the target im right-clicking on. Help me out please. How do i set it up?
    It worked for me on the last gladius

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  • I don't seem to be able to add the spell Faerie Fire (Feral) to /gladius ui -> clicks -> right click.

    Could anyone help me out? :o

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  • When entering an arena match. Gladius doesn't work, I get this error. Tried disabling addons that appear in the error report, i.e. atlas, akris, auldlangsyne, but it just cycles through all of them.

    Date: 2009-05-24 10:06:36
    ID: 2
    Error occured in: Global
    Count: 1
    Message: ..\AddOns\Gladius\Gladius.lua line 765:
    attempt to index local 'button' (a nil value)
    Debug:
    (tail call): ?
    Gladius\Gladius.lua:765: UpdatePet()
    Gladius\Gladius.lua:742: UNIT_PET()
    Gladius\Gladius.lua:725: UpdateUnit()
    Gladius\Gladius.lua:829: ?()
    Atlas\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:146:
    Atlas\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:146
    [string "safecall Dispatcher[3]"]:4:
    [string "safecall Dispatcher[3]"]:4
    [C]: ?
    [string "safecall Dispatcher[3]"]:13: ?()
    Atlas\Libs\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:91: Fire()
    ...ce\AddOns\Gladius\libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:119:
    ...ce\AddOns\Gladius\libs\AceEvent-3.0\AceEvent-3.0.lua:118

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  • I tried to set it up where a right click will cast the below macro but it doesn't seem to work can you help?

    /cast [target=*unit] Repentance
    /script SendChatMessage(UnitName("*unit"), "PARTY")

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  • Helion16 said 

    I have an own 3.0.9 server and i can't use the gladius in the arena. IF i go into the arena the Gladius is not activate

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  • Ernie13 said 

    how do we remove the example thing?

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