Credits:
- Sinsthar (base & original concept)
- Garstiger (continued)
This addon was created to provide visual cues (auras) when you gain buffs, debuffs and many more. Very useful for shorts buffs or debuffs, it allows you to draw in the center of the screen, or around your character, very customizable visual effects, rather than having to look at or mouseover buff/debuff icons/actionbars.
Initially created to give visual cues for short duration procs like "clear casting" or some boost trinket you activate, many more aura triggers have been added since.
It now works with debuffs (whatever their name), debuff types (like Magic or Curse), combo points, harmful area spells, weapon enchants, Health, Mana, Rage or Energy thresholds, action cooldowns, aggro, pvp status and stance or shapeshift form.
How to use :
1- Type /powa, to open the effect browser
2- Click on the button "New" to create a new effect
3- On the effect editor, you can choose the texture to apply to the effect, the position, the size, the symmetry, be creative :P
4- Below, select the activator of the effect (like a buff, debuff, etc...)
5- Enter the name of the buff, debuff... just below (or a part of the buff, like "clear" for activation with the buff "clear cast"). Don't forget to read the tooltips for more help on ways to enter the names
6- It's ready ! Close all windows, when you gain the buff/debuff, the effect appears
You can easily add new textures by adding them in the "Custom" Directory,
or dropping sequentially numbered Auraxx.tga files in the Auras subfolder inside the addon directory.
Recent Changes
Version 2.6.0 (3.0.x/3.1.0)
- Feature: WoW 3.1 compatibility update.
- Feature: Deathknight Presences added to Stance Auras.
- Feature: Whitespace added to export strings to facilitate forum posting.
- Feature: Better granularity for Mana/Health/Rage/Energy/Power threshold (step 5 -> 2).
- Feature: Mounted option changed to toggle (checked: only when mounted, unchecked: only when dismounted)
- Feature: Texture glow option affects timer.
- Bugfix: Mana/Rage/Energy/RunicPower Party & Raid triggers.
- Bugfix: Mana/Rage/Energy/RunicPower Unit triggers.
- Bugfix: PvP Trigger.
- Bugfix: "Casted" -> "Cast" typo.
Note: Folder structure of the addon has changed somewhat in version 2.5.2
It is advised to remove the old folder to avoid having stray files.
Version 2.6.0 (WotLK)
- Feature: WoW 3.1 compatibility update.
- Feature: Deathknight Presences added to Stance Auras.
- Feature: Whitespace added to export strings to facilitate forum posting.
- Feature: Better granularity for Mana/Health/Rage/Energy/Power threshold (step 5 -> 2).
- Feature: Mounted option changed to toggle (checked: only when mounted, unchecked: only when dismounted)
- Feature: Texture glow option affects timer.
- Bugfix: Mana/Rage/Energy/RunicPower Party & Raid triggers.
- Bugfix: Mana/Rage/Energy/RunicPower Unit triggers.
- Bugfix: PvP Trigger.
- Bugfix: "Casted" -> "Cast" typo.
Version 2.5.9a
- Bugfix: 'Show hundredths', 'Show 2 timers' timers options errors.
Version 2.5.9
- Feature: Option to only test buffs/debuffs cast by the player.
- Feature: Unlimited timers. (1 per aura instead of 5 total)
- Feature: Dynamic texture update when multiple names and 'own texture' checked.
- Feature: Import and export Aura-strings for sharing Auras with other users.
(Multiple aura conditions and timer position export/import not supported at the moment)
- Feature: 'Any' toggle for party and raid buff checks.
(unchecked = all must be buffed, checked = at least one)
- Bugfix: Action Usable aura when action linked to stance.
- Bugfix: Make "Activate Power Auras" checkbox actually do something
and shutdown processing when unchecked.
Version 2.5.8b
- WoW 3.0.2 update
- Feature: Aggro warning from focus.
(requires a modified LibBanzai-2.0 that is included in the addon Libs folder,
hoping that the change needed will be part of the original library soon)
- Bugfix: Invert Threshold gui bug.
Version 2.5.7a
- Feature: Shadow option for textauras.
- Feature: Ability to setup auras with combination of triggers.
- Feature: Spell Casting activation trigger added (target and focus).
- Bugfix: combination triggers with "show when not active" checked.
- Bugfix: Font Select button not visible on first editor open.
- Bugfix: Various internal logic errors/optimizations.
Version 2.5.6b
- Bugfix: Begin Animation "replaying" when check/refresh auras.
Version 2.5.6a
- Bugfix: Offhand temporary enchant detection/stacks
- Feature: Separate weapon buff auras can be defined per temporary enchant
and optionally filtered by slot (mainhand or offhand)
Version 2.5.6
- Feature: Text Aura Option added (thanks to Garstiger for initial code)
- Feature: Option to invert default threshold behavior added.
- Feature: Pet health/mana activation enabled (enter "pet" in UnitName editbox)
- Bugfix: Manual.html pictures (submitted by Garstiger)
- Bugfix: Aura Type checkboxes
- Bugfix: UnitName nil error
- Bugfix: Threshold activation when Rage/Energy/Power is zero.
Version 2.5.5c
- Bugfix: Fix gui bug 'Not in Combat' checkbox initial state.
Version 2.5.5b
- Bugfix: Health/Mana threshold for party/raid units (line 1297 error)
Version 2.5.5a
- Bugfix: Custom duration timer for target buffs/debuffs (wasn't reseting on target change)
- Bugfix: Now hiding player auras when dead/ghost.
Version 2.5.5
- Feature: Stance options for Druid and Rogue(stealth) added
- Bugfix: Stance detection is now dynamic so lower levels that don't have all forms/stances yet are supported.
- Feature: Custom timer enabled for action usable. It overrides the calculated timers if used.
- Feature: Rage/Energy trigger implemented with upper thresholds.
Version 2.5.4a
- Bugfix: Buff and Debuff timers revisited
(non-player cast buffs, player debuff fixes)
Version 2.5.4
- Bugfix: Buff and Debuff timers.
- Feature: Custom textures can now accept SpellName or SpellID as valid input.
Version 2.5.3
- Feature: Updated zh-CN localization by <Doomiris>.
- Bugfix: Buff and Debuff stacks.
- Bugfix: Mana-threshold auras when shifting to bear/cat.
- Feature: New custom sounds.
Version 2.5.2
- Feature: 30 more wow textures added to available choices
- Feature: PvP flag added to triggers
- Feature: Aggro status added to triggers
- Feature: Option to use ability/spell texture instead of predetermined choice where available.
- Various mostly cosmetic bugfixes (label colors, missing tooltip elements etc)
Version 2.5.1
- Feature: 2.4 compatibility re-code
- Feature: New default textures can be added easily by dropping sequentially
named Auraxx.tga files in the AddOn folder and restarting the game.
- Bugfix: Stance / Form detection
- Bugfix: Aura detection
- Bugfix: Mounted detection (detect flying added)
- Bugfix: Action Usable (workaround coded for the absence of events at cooldown finish)
Works out of the box for all Action Buttons.
If you want to track trinkets / other inventory items with "On Use:" property,
they must be dragged to an action bar somewhere (doesn't have to be visible).
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)...
