MikScrollingBattleText

MSBT In Action

MSBT is designed to be an extremely lightweight, efficient, and highly configurable mod that makes it easier to see combat information by scrolling the information on the screen in separate, dynamically creatable scroll areas. It is a replacement for Blizzard's Floating Combat Text and Damage output.

Features:

• Lightweight and efficient design.
• Scroll incoming damage/heals, outgoing damage/heals, and notifications in separate configurable scroll areas on the playing field.
• Display cooldown completion alerts.
• Display loot alerts with a total of how many are now in inventory.
• Add triggers that will allow you to show notifications based on a variety of conditions.
• Assign a sound file to play for events/triggers.
• Dynamically create new scroll areas and assign any event/trigger to them.
• Customize the position, size, animation style, enabled state, font style, font size, font outline, and opacity for each of the scroll areas.
• Customize each individual event's color, font style, font size, font outline, opacity, output message, enabled state, and scroll area.
• Set "Master Font" settings that will be inherited by all of the scroll areas and the events in them unless they are overridden at the scroll area or event level.
• Merge AoE data into one event with cumulative damage/healing done with number of normal and crits specified.
• Show overhealing amounts against yourself or party/raid members.
• Color unit names according to their class.
• Color damage amounts according to damage type.
• Show partial effects (resists, absorbs, vulnerabilities, etc) colored according to type.
• Filter output information with a full suite of spam controls.
• Load on demand options.
• For mod developers:
  • Output your own scrolling messages with the MikSBT.DisplayMessage function instead of having to create your own frame and animation code. You can also use your own font by first registering it with MSBT via the MikSBT.RegisterFont function.
  • Create custom animation styles.
  • See the included API.html file for reference information.

Supported Events:

• Incoming:
  • Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Absorbs, and Immunes
  • Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Absorbs, Immunes, Reflects, and Interrupts
  • Spell Resists
  • Pet Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Absorbs, and Immunes
  • Pet Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Absorbs, and Immunes
  • Pet Spell Resists
  • Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
  • Environmental Damage

• Outgoing:
  • Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Absorbs, Immunes, and Evades
  • Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Absorbs, Immunes, Reflects, Interrupts, and Evades
  • Spell Resists and Buff Dispels
  • Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
  • Pet Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Absorbs, Immunes, and Evades
  • Pet Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Absorbs, Immunes, and Evades
  • Pet Spell Resists and Buff Dispels

• Notification:
  • Buffs / Buff Stacks / Buff Fades
  • Debuffs / Debuff Stacks / Debuff Fades
  • Item Buffs / Item Buff Fades
  • Enter/Leave Combat
  • Power Gains and Losses
  • Combo Point Gains
  • Combo Points Full
  • Honor Gains
  • Reputation Gains and Losses
  • Skill Gains
  • Experience Gains
  • Killing Blows (Player and NPC)
  • Extra Attacks
  • Soul Shard Creation
  • Enemy Buff Gains
  • Monster Emotes
  • Cooldown Completions

• Loot
  • Looted Items
  • Money Gains

• Default Triggers:
  • All Relevant Classes - Low Health, Low Mana, Low Pet Health, Viper Sting
  • Death Knight - Rime, Rune Strike, Sudden Doom
  • Druid - Clearcasting, Eclipse, Owlkin Frenzy,
  • Hunter - Counterattack, Kill Command, Lock and Load
  • Mage - Brain Freeze, Clearcasting, Fingers of Frost, Frostbite, Hot Streak, Impact, Missile Barrage
  • Paladin - Hammer of Wrath, The Art of War
  • Priest - Clearcasting
  • Rogue - Riposte
  • Shaman - Clearcasting, Maelstrom Weapon x5, Tidal Waves
  • Warlock - Backlash, Decimation, Eradication, Molten Core, Nightfall
  • Warrior - Bloodsurge, Execute, Overpower, Rampage, Revenge, Sudden Death, Taste for Blood, Victory Rush

Commands:

Frequently Asked Questions:

See the FAQ list at MSBT's portal site. http://mikord.wowinterface.com/portal.php?id=156&a=faq

Version History:

See version history as MSBT's portal site. http://www.wowinterface.com/portal.php?&id=156&pageid=147

If you enjoy MSBT, please give it an excellent rating!

• 

  Author

  Mikord

  (Project Manager)

  Downloads

  • MikScrollingBattleText

5.4.61

• Added Aura Broken to the available trigger events.
  
• Fixed issue with guardians being treated as the player instead of a pet.
  
• Added logic to prevent potential errors due to load ordering.
  
• Updated Russian translations from StingerSoft.

5.4.59

• Changed the interaction with Blizzard's default FCT (Floating Combat Text) and damage/healing displays:
  • The default FCT and damage/healing displays are no longer manually controlled. The settings in the game's Interface Options configuration must be used to control them instead.
    
  • The Game Damage and Game Healing checkboxes have been removed from the General tab since they are no longer used.
    
• Damage done to structures from siege vehicles (and other sources like explosives) will now display.
  
• Vehicles are now treated as the player themselves instead of as their pet for incoming and outgoing damage.
  
• Added default suppressions for Desecration, Abominable Might, and Unleashed Rage to prevent the spam they generate.
  
• Made a minor optimization to the main animation logic.
  
• Innervate will no longer activate "Hyper regen" mode since the mana gains from it are now reported in the combat log.
  
• ALL mana gains mode will now set the mana gain skill to Unknown.
  
• Hyper regen mode will now attribute the gains to the skill that activated it.

5.4.58

• Added support for the CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS standard.
  
• Implemented logic to ensure classes are always known for opponents in arenas.
  
• Tweaked class identification code to fix an issue where classes weren't known when they should have been.
  
• Fixed issue that caused an error when using the %r event code on health and power change events.
  
• Updated Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations from yleaf.
  
• Updated Korean translations from chkid.

5.4.55

• Implemented capability to color unit names according to their class including customization options:
  • Choose whether or not to enable class coloring on a global basis.
    
  • Control color and enabled state for each individual class.
    
  • Uses standard class colors defined by Blizzard by default.
    
  • Applies to class names shown in triggers as well.
    
• Made minor optimizations to the merging system and event formatting.
  
• Added overkill amounts to available partial effects, but they are disabled by default.
  
• Added a default trigger for hostile player PvP trinket usage including who used it. It is set to only show in arenas by default.
  
• Changed the event code for killing blows to %n so it works correctly with class coloring.
  
• Made the %n event code available for the built-in outgoing dispels event.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain new text could briefly appear in the wrong spot when initially displayed on slower PCs.
  
• The exclusive skill icons option will no longer be ignored when a scroll area has its icon disabled.
  
• Font files that have been removed but are still referenced will now correctly use the default font instead of resulting in errors.
  
• Updated Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations from yleaf.
  
• Updated Korean translations from chkid.

5.4.52

• Added the ability to customize the trailer message shown for partial effects.
  
• There is now an option to disable icons for each scroll area.
  
• Added an option to hide heals that have an effective heal amount of zero (full overheals).
  
• Modified cast success and summon trigger events to include recipient conditions. Unfortunately cast start events do not report recipient information, so it is not available for them.
  
• Increased the damage, healing, and power thresholds significantly to keep up with inflation.
  
• Implemented internal throttling for identical enemy buff gains to reduce spam on fights like Yogg-Saron.
  
• Added a preview icon to the scroll areas preview feature for better visual representation of icon settings.
  
• Updated Russian translations from StingerSoft.

5.4.49

• Reworked the cooldown tracking system with dynamic updates in mind:
  • Dynamically adjusted cooldowns such as glyphed Guardian Spirit will now work correctly.
    
  • Cooldowns for skills that are unlearned will be automatically removed (dual spec).
    
  • Death Knight cooldowns will now consider rune cooldowns. For example, consider Rune Tap only has 4 seconds remaining, but a blood rune won't be available for 6 seconds. The notification won't display until the rune is available.
    
  • The small "time drift" that could occur on long cooldowns should no longer occur.
    
  • Removed old pestilence cooldown information.
    
• Added default trigger for Decimate.
  
• Added default trigger for Lock and Load.
  
• Modified item exclusions to include quest items.
  
• Updated Korean translations from chkid.
  
• Updated Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations from yleaf.

5.4.44

• Created new events for buff and debuff stacks. They only apply when there are 2 or more auras stacked.
  
• Changed default loot message to include the amount of the item looted in addition to the total in inventory.
  
• Modified Impact trigger to use the new mechanics.
  
• Added default trigger for Eradication.
  
• Fixed issue with various fonts not working properly.
  
• Updated Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations from yleaf.

See the included readme.html for further version history.