GridCaster

Gridcaster gives some useful add-ons for Grid that are especially useful for casters: SmartCast (one-click buffing), target aggro, unit's target, unit's spell, spellcast bar, Hot/Buff countdown bar, relative position (distance and direction).

New Status

• Target Aggro: shows the threat level (%) of each unit in its target's threat list (useful to know when silly dps is about to pull aggro from a mob that is not being directly tanked). Can be used with the side bar frames or a text frame. In the first screenshot, this is the left bar (showing 100% aggro).
  
• Unit's Target: the unit's target (note that the spell being cast may not be cast on the target e.g. mouseover or focus targets). Can be used by a text frame. In the first screenshot, this is the "Mangy Wolf".
  
• Unit's Spell: spell that is being cast by the unit. Can be used by a text indicator as well as one of the side bar frames (will become the casting bar). In the first screenshot, this is the "Holy Light" as well as the bottom bar.
  
• Smart Cast: Smart Cast for grid (like Healbot's feature). Basically when you are out of combat, it lets you auto-cast the necessary buffs by clicking the same mouse button. Also lets you resurrect a dead player. Once you set it up (e.g. always cast BoW on mages/priests, BoM on warriors etc.), you just need to one-click buff (out of combat). This is useful when joining new parties or in battleground when you don't have time to figure out class and what buff to use. You can use it on yourself when you have to buff yourself with a seal, blessing and aura (and maybe righteous fury).
  
• Relative Position: relative position and distance to yourself. Useful to know when in battleground and you need to chase some someone to heal. Send this to any text indicator.
  
• Buffs/HoTS: some buffs/HoTs can be used with the side bars as countdown bars (like the casting bar)

New Indicator

• Adds 4 side bars (like GridManaBars but you can have 4 at one time). This indicator is not compatible with GridManaBars, which has only one side bar. If you want to use this project please don't use it with the GridManaBars indicator (i.e. under frame -- Mana Bar, make sure all the status are turned off). You can continue to use the Mana status from GridManaBars with any of the side bars. In the screenshot, this is the bar at the top. Each of these can be configured under frame -- advanced -- Side Bars according to the background color and size.
  
  • Side Bar Bottom
    
  • Side Bar Left
    
  • Side Bar Right
    
  • Side Bar Top
    
• Smart Cast Indicator: use only with Smart Cast status. Sending any other kind of status to this indicator will probably cause an error.
  

Instructions for SmartCast

• Send "Smart Cast" status to "Smart Cast Indicator" frame (this is a must). Don't send any other status to "Smart Cast Indicator"...it will probably crash.
  
• Send "Smart Cast" status to "Centre Icon" (set appropriate priority). This is to show which buff needs to be re-cast.
  
• Set up a new macro called GridSmartCast. Bind it to a mouse button (with modifiers if you want) in Clique. The body of the macro doesn't matter as it will be overwritten.
  
• Set up the buffs in "status - smart cast". The options are set up so that you won't override one buff with another (i.e. for buffs that can have only one kind active at a time e.g. aura/shields/blessings).
  When deciding which buffs needs to be applied to whom, the priority order is: named players followed by class followed by raid/party. So if you have 3 mages in your party and one of them wants to be special, you can handle it (set one named party member to one buff, and the rest of the mages/party to another buff. Or individually set them one by one).
  
• There's an option to memorise the buffs that you cast on yourself/other party members so you don't need to set it up manually through the menus.
  
• You can save your profiles for different settings of buffs in different situations (e.g. battleground, questing, tanking, healing, aoeing etc.) This is especially useful for paladins.
  
• When the buff is expired or about to expire (the timing can be adjusted in the settings), the buff icon will appear in Grid if you set it up in the Centre Icon. Use your clique binding to click on the unit frame. It should cast. The second and third screenshots give an example.
  

First screenshot

• top blue bar is mana
  
• top right text is unit's name
  
• left bar is unit's threat level on the target's list (100% in this case)
  
• right side text is target's name
  
• centre text is the spell being cast
  
• bottom bar is the cast bar
  
• red border = aggro level 3 = tanking securely
  

FAQ

Thus for a priest who is healing, it can end up with a red border but nothing on the left bar since it's targeting a character and not a mob.
This new status is not so useful for dps to monitor (who can use Omen to monitor their threat level on their target's list) but for healers and tanks who need to know when one of their silly dps is about to pull aggro (healers get ready their shiny bubble or tanks assist the dps so dps won't pull aggro).

Why is this called GridCaster?
I started writing this project for the spell cast bar then added the 4 side bars when I realised it wasn't compatible with GridManaBars then added threat level but by then I had already created the project so the name sticks.

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  Author

  acruxis

  (Project Manager)

  Downloads

  • GridCaster

v0.10
- adds new status for some buffs/HoTs that can be used with the side bars as countdowns bars (like the spellcast bar): Druid (Lifebloom, Rejuvenation, Regrowth, Wild Growth); Priest (Renew); Paladin (Judgements of the Pure, Beacon of Light)

v0.092
- smartcast deletes buffs from the existing profile that the player can no longer cast (e.g. dual spec swap)
- some bug fixes regarding when a party member leaves the party

v0.091
- bug fix for GridStatusRelativePosition

v0.09
- added profiles for SmartCast

v0.08
- SmartCast now casts a resurrection spell if the unit is dead
- added "Relative Position" indicator

v0.07
- did some optimisation on the code to make it run faster. hopefully the 1fps problem is gone.
- added a new "memorise buffs" feature to memorise the buffs that you cast on your party members (so that you don't need to manually set it up through the menus)

v0.061b
- bug fix regarding pets joining the party (not sure if there will be any more of such bugs)

v0.06b
- beta version
- adds a new smartcast option like Healbot's
- only handles buff (no res, heals etc) for now
- only handles the buffs you can cast (i.e. doesn't monitor other people's buffs that they need to keep up)
- only works out of combat
This is a beta version. Don't use it in a raid. Let me know if there are any problems.

v0.05
- added a refresh frequency option for the sidebars (under frame - sidebars)
- bug fixes

v0.04
- removed the countdown flag: no longer needed and a bit confusing
- fixed a bug where the first x mobs pulled did not display the aggro bar
- the colors of the side bars are now set by the status
- the background colors are still controlled by the side bars indicator (frame -- advanced -- side bars). this is because only one color can be sent per status to each indicator
- added threshold level to unit threat status (i.e. green for < 90%, red for > 90%). If you don't want to see the bar if less than the threshold level, turn the alpha to transparent.
- added ability to change color for the last remaining xx seconds of casting for the spell cast status (i.e. red if less than 0.5s of casting remains). This is to estimate the remaining time (since cast bars look alike regardless of actual casting time) Also, if you want to cancel and recast (i.e. pre-emptive healing). If you don't like it just set both colors the same. Or set the threshold to 0.

v0.03
- first stable release