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Simple Threat Meter

 
Project Updated:
Files Updated: Fri, Jan 15 2010
Supports Game Version: 3.3.0
Category: Boss Encounters, Class, Combat, and Damage Dealer
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Project Manager: LCAmethyst
Additional Authors: No additional authors
Current Version: STM 3.3.0c
License: GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3)
Development Site: CurseForge.com
Avg Daily DL (last 30 days): 61
Downloads Total: 19,073
Favorites: 25
Comments: 26
  • About Simple Threat Meter
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DESIGN

Simple Threat Meter is a lightweight mod that displays your threat level on your current target as a bar. It's there when you want it to be and gone when you don't need it.

The bar displayed fills up from 0% to 100%. When it hits 100%, that's the point where you pull aggro off the tank.

This uses the BUILT-IN Blizzard threat values, so is guaranteed to be 100% correct, and is also based upon your distance to the target.

FEATURES

  • Displays threat in a single, visually pleasing, bar format.
  • Lightweight, uses Blizzard threat% values, rather than having to calculate all the time.
  • Now includes sounds! A number of configurable audio warnings for when your threat level is too high.
  • Horizontal or Vertical bar modes, with various layout options for text.
  • Threat bar coloured based upon your current threat. Goes from green, through yellow to red.
  • Has many built in sounds & textures, to make sure it can fit in with how you like your user interface to look. Supports sharedmedia.
  • Highly configurable display conditions: solo/group/raid; with pet; in/out of combat and many more.
  • Can be set to automatically disable when you activate certain talent builds, so it switches itself off when you're tanking, but is on when you're in a dps role.

CONFIGURATION AND USAGE

To open the configuration panel, type the command: /stm or access through the standard add-ons configuration menu.

The configuration options themselves should be fairly clear.

The threat bars are also click-through when locked, meaning that they don't get in the way and stop you clicking on targets. You can also configure a transparency level, so you can see through the bars.

BACKGROUND

Omen does such a great job that I haven't seen many other threat meters developed, but with the complexity of some fights, I wanted something that doesn't take up much space on my screen and keeps me aware of my current threat level, but allows me to focus on the fight at hand.

So, Simple Threat Meter was born.

For reference, when using Omen or another threat meter, the values you need to be aware of:
110% - you will pull aggro from the tank if you are in melee range.
130% - you will pull aggro from the tank if you are further than melee.

With Simple Threat Meter, you just need to watch for 100%.

F.A.Q.

Q. Will you add support to show threat for multiple targets, such as offtanks or for my target's target for a healer?
A. No. That goes against the core design philosophy of this mod. It shows YOUR threat against what YOU are attacking.

Q. Can you make it so it goes up to 130%, as that's when I actually pull aggro.
A. Again, this is against the core design, that no matter whether you're at range or in melee, you only need to watch for the bar to go up to 100% to know where your danger level is.

Q. How did you get so much threat on a rabbit with out killing it ?
A. The images are just for the purposes of demonstration and I used a debug command to display an artificial level of threat for my target. :)

  • Downloads (7)
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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  
  Simple Threat Meter STM 3.3.0c Release 3.3.0 1,268 1/15/2010
  Simple Threat Meter 3.3.0b Release 3.3.0 181 1/14/2010
  Simple Threat Meter SimpleThreatMeter 3.3.0a Release 3.3.0 330 1/12/2010
  Simple Threat Meter STM 3.3.0 Release 3.3.0 2,480 12/9/2009
  Simple Threat Meter STM 3.2.0 Release 3.2.0 3,800 8/6/2009
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  • Delusion98 said

    If it would only keep track of my threat while mirror images are out I could ditch Omen all together

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  • LCAmethyst said

    The problem for me is that STM uses the built-in Blizzard percent values (hence why it's such a low footprint, doesn't do much maths etc). The built-in Blizzard value is 0% threat for the duration of Mirror Image.

    To be able to display this for you, I'd have to change the core calculations that STM does, to a much more complex model.

    Doesn't mean that I won't add in an option to run STM in a "complex mode" for mages/priests sometime in the future, but right now making the mod perform this large amount of additional calculations would be counterproductive for the majority of users.

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  • qsyf said

    hi m8
    may be the possibility of adding a new option

    http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8793/horcs.jpg

    i mean Mob name and % inside bar

    thx

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  • LCAmethyst said

    New version uploaded, with multiple text layout options included. You should see one there that matches pretty closely to what you indicated. :)

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  • qsyf said

    thx m8 gr8 job

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  • LCAmethyst said

    New version uploaded. Check the changelog for new features.

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  • jlarso5 said

    Any way to make this work for a healer? If there is I've missed it. Since the healer is always targeting a "friendly" the threat is always at 0%.

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  • LCAmethyst said

    I can't see what you would want really. If you're after a multi-target threat warning for a healer, I believe Omen does something like that?

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  • pakZ said

    sounds interesting.
    however, could you add the option to take over the omen %'s (i.e. 110% + 130% instead of only 100%)?

    that would help to avoid (mini-)confusion when using it together with omen.

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  • LCAmethyst said

    No, sorry, as the comment below says, there are huge numbers of options already and what you have asked for goes against the entire principle of the mod. ;)

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  • sirchess said

    hi, this looks like exactly what I need, but I just wanted to point out the irony in having two options pages for an addon with "Simple" in the name ;)

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  • LCAmethyst said

    Heh, yeah, I know. Over the lifespan, there's been a whole load of people ask for various tweaks and options, so I added them in, but didn't want to force stuff on people.
    My current recode work is separating out the options onto better organised pages of options, as well as making layout options more flexible.
    At ir's core though, the mod should still "just work" hence the simple.

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  • syali said

    It should not show anything if I'm not targeting anything. Right now it will show the semi-transparent background. I'll play with colour settings to see if I can make that layer 100% transparent.

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  • LCAmethyst said

    In the latest version, there's now an option to make sure STM is hidden if you are not targetting something. :)

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  • LCAmethyst said

    I could easily add in an option to only display the threatbar when something is targetted. Seems a reasonable change. :)
    There's some other pending changes that I'm in the middle of, to make layout a whole load more customisable (see below comments) but it's taking a while due to lack of spare time. I'll bundle this with those changes.

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  • syali said

    Perfect.

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  • Paffendorf said

    Ive used this addon since its inception and for me, I perfer it over Omen. Im interested in MY threat. The small size and very little use of CPU/Mem is what sold me.

    However, I do have a suggestion and I hope youll consider this very soon. I use the Horizontal option as it fits in my UI quite well. Only thing is, I cant stand where the font and % are located. Anyway of getting the mob name and % UNDER the bar?

    Like this:

    [======THREAT BAR======]
     Mob name here     78%

    Also make the font adjustable (size). TIA

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  • LCAmethyst said

    Sure, I'll make that possible this week and aim to post an update for download over the weekend. :)

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  • Paffendorf said

    That is so nice of you to do that. I cant wait to get the updated one and put it to use. Small informative addons such as this is what I desire. Thanks for your hard work and time on this, you are appreciated.

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  • LCAmethyst said

    Going to be a slight delay due to lack of time, but I will get those changes in, as well as some other minor improvements I am in the middle of.

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