This add-on shows you what spell you should cast in order to maximize your damage.
It displays one or more icons that shows the cooldown of an action. The action is conditionally defined through a user defined script. E.g. you may display either Corruption if the DOT is not on your target or Shadowbolt if the DOT is already on your target.
Everything is configurable with a user-editable script.
At this time, default scripts are included for all classes and specs, but some are better than others. Feedback is welcome.
The user should customize the default script to suit his needs (see Documentation). Scripts may be shared between users.
See the video showing the add-on in action with a survival hunter.
Features
- Default scripts for every class and talent specialization
- Tracks DOT, buffs, debuffs, cooldowns, combo points, runes, mana, everything that a player would need to choose what to do
- Adapt to your talent points and glyphs
- Change quickly the configuration at any time with configurable checkboxes and drop-down lists that can be shown/hidden by clicking on the icons (e.g. switching between single and multi target damage, setting the curse or the judgment to cast)
- Multi-target DOT tracking: remember which target had a DOT and when the DOT will expires, allowing the script author to support multi-target DOTing
- Compatible with ButtonFacade (integrate with Bartender4 amongst other addons)
- 100% configurable: everything is in a easy to understand script that you can modify and test in real-time without reloading your interface
- Can be used to track crowd control spells on your focus
- Scoring system: evaluate how well you followed the script. Add a new Ovale pannel in Recount, with a score between 0 (very bad) and 1000 (perfect).
Classes and specs supported by default scripts
Fully tested: fury/arm warrior (fixed 3.2.1), protection warrior, survival hunter, feral druid (fixed 3.2.1), balance druid (fixed 3.2.5), shadow priest, fire/frost mage, elemental shaman, retribution paladin (updated 3.2.0)
Need more feedback: marksmanship/beast mastery hunter, arcane mage (updated 3.2.3), frost/unholy/blood deathknight, combat/assassination rogue, enhancement shaman, protection paladin, demonology warlock (added 3.2.2)
Need testing: subtlety rogue, affliction warlock, destruction warlock (fixed 3.2.2)
Please give feedback in the comments!
FAQ
- Why the key binding displayed for an action is wrong?
- The action may be in several action bars (e.g. the bars that you can cycle through or the bars that appears in special cases like shadow form or cat form).
- Why the key binding is not displayed at all?
- The action must be in your standard Blizzard action bar in order the addon to know which key binding is used.
- Why sometimes the icon is red?
- The cooldown that is displayed on the Ovale icon is not always the true action cooldown. If this cooldown is longer than the action cooldown, the icon is red. In most cases, it means that if you use this action too soon, you will overwrite a DOT, which may not be what you want.
- Why I can't click on the icon to cast the spell?
- Blizzard does not allow this. Only a predefined sequence of spells can be binded to an action icon, and this sequence can not change in combat.
- Why it does show a spell that does not match my spec?
- Click the icon. There may be an option to enable your playstyle (e.g. melee or elemental shaman). The alternative would have to check for a defining talent, but as a convenience for low level characters, some scripts chose this way.
- On my low level character, there is nothing at all
- You may lack a defining spell (feral druid, rogue...) or a defining talent (mage).
- There is no judgment or curse (or whatever) in the rotation
- Click the icon and select in the dropdown list the judgment or curse that you want to use.
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r127 | sidoine | 2009-11-07 12:44:33 +0000 (Sat, 07 Nov 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/3.2.14 (from /trunk:126)
tag 3.2.14
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r126 | sidoine | 2009-11-07 12:44:16 +0000 (Sat, 07 Nov 2009) | 3 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Locale-enUS.lua
M /trunk/Locale-frFR.lua
M /trunk/Ovale.lua
M /trunk/Ovale.toc
M /trunk/OvaleFrame.lua
M /trunk/OvaleIcone.lua
M /trunk/OvaleIcone.xml
M /trunk/defaut/Chaman.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Chasseur.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Chevalier.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Demoniste.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Druide.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Guerrier.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Mage.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Paladin.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Pretre.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Voleur.lua
- added an help tooltip
- option to hide the icon completely
- tweaking the fury warrior script
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r125 | sidoine | 2009-10-29 19:39:27 +0000 (Thu, 29 Oct 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/defaut/Guerrier.lua
moving victory rush where it belongs (at the bottom)
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r123 | sidoine | 2009-10-15 21:59:41 +0000 (Thu, 15 Oct 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Condition.lua
M /trunk/Ovale.toc
bug fix for TargetDeadIn()
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r121 | sidoine | 2009-10-13 20:09:18 +0000 (Tue, 13 Oct 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Condition.lua
bug fix with TargetDeadIn()
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r120 | sidoine | 2009-10-13 19:53:12 +0000 (Tue, 13 Oct 2009) | 4 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Condition.lua
M /trunk/Locale-enUS.lua
M /trunk/Locale-frFR.lua
M /trunk/Ovale.lua
M /trunk/Ovale.toc
M /trunk/OvaleCompile.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Chevalier.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Demoniste.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Druide.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Guerrier.lua
M /trunk/defaut/Paladin.lua
M /trunk/embeds.xml
- added defaults for checkbox and dropdown lists
- fixed bug with visibility
- fixed localization bug
- added TargetDeadIn() and OtherDebuffPresent() functions
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r118 | sidoine | 2009-10-10 19:55:52 +0000 (Sat, 10 Oct 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Ovale.toc
updated toc
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r117 | sidoine | 2009-10-10 19:55:15 +0000 (Sat, 10 Oct 2009) | 4 lines
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Condition.lua
M /trunk/Locale-enUS.lua
M /trunk/Locale-frFR.lua
M /trunk/Ovale.lua
M /trunk/OvaleCompile.lua
M /trunk/OvaleFrame.lua
M /trunk/OvaleIcone.lua
M /trunk/OvaleIcone.xml
M /trunk/defaut/Pretre.lua
- added multidotting with OtherDebuffExpires() (see shadow priest example)
- fixed a bug in prediction
- added mind flay 2 ticks support (not quite complete)
- "focus" is displayed on the icons if it is a spell to cast on the focus
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r115 | sidoine | 2009-10-08 18:48:13 +0000 (Thu, 08 Oct 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/defaut/Demoniste.lua
fix to chaos bolt
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r114 | sidoine | 2009-10-08 17:41:23 +0000 (Thu, 08 Oct 2009) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Ovale.toc
M /trunk/defaut/Demoniste.lua
added chaos bolt to warlock script
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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 has 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)...
