Serious Help In Timing is an addon based off of Face Mauler, which is being developed by IndigoSpaniard.
This addon will provide a recommendation for Ret Paladin's FCFS rotation. The window contains 3 icons. The large center icon displays which ability you should hit next. The small icon on the right shows you which ability is coming up next. The small icon on the left shows if Avenging Wrath is off of cooldown.
The mod will only load if you are currently playing a paladin character.
The options menu can be reached via "/serioushelp" or "/shit". Options include:
Lock - Locks the frame at it's current location.
GUI Opacity - Change the opacity of the display frame, options from 0 (invisible) to 1 (fully visible).
GUI Scale - Changes the scale of the display frame, options from .5 to 2.
Show on: - Shows the mod only on "Valid Target" (not dead or friendly), "In Combat" (any time you are in combat, even if not targeting something), or "Boss Only" (only mobs classified as bosses with a skull instead of a level).
Range Check - Adds a range check to the icon. If you are out of range for an ability, it will turn red.
Minimum Mana to Consecrate - Sets the minimum amount of mana that the addon will still recommend consecrate as part of your rotation. Once your mana drops below this amount, the addon will skip over recommendations of consecrate.
Max Mana to Divine Plea - The percentage of mana below which the addon will recommend Divine Plea.
Sacred Shield Refresh Time - The time left, in seconds, on Sacred Shield before the addon will recommend refreshing it.
Minimum Mana to Consecrate - Sets the minimum amount of mana that the addon will still recommend consecrate as part of your rotation. Once your mana drops below this amount, the addon will skip over recommendations of consecrate.
Spell Priority 1-6 - Here you can set the priority that you would like the addon to recommend abilities.
For more information on FCFS rotations, and which abilities should be priority, you can find the latest information in this thread at Elitist Jerks: Ret Paladin Thread (Please note that this thread is for patch 3.0. Once 3.1 is released, a new thread will probably be created with information for the changes to the FCFS rotation.)
Currently, the addon will only recommend Avenging Wrath during a Bloodlust/Heroism, and only if you have a free global (i.e. last priority).
Currently, I have no plans to localize this addon for any other languages.
Additional thanks to rea123 on the EJ paladin forums for some code fixes.
TODO
- Change AW suggestion to just put a glow around the AW icon during Heroism/Bloodlust.
1.24 - Updated for patch 3.2. Fixed bug where nothing would show up until you changed targets when first engaging. Changed functionality of the "In Combat" visibility option. Now disregards if you have a valid target and will always show while your character is in combat, even with nothing targeted.
1.23 - Fixed a small bug with showing the mod at login until a new target is selected when the worldbosses was enabled. Disabled COMBAT_LOG_EVENT_UNFILTERED handling while the addon is not being shown. The addon now checks to reenable this handling by target switching to a valid target or if all other requirements are met when entering combat. This should drastically reduce the CPU usage of the mod while idling in Dalaran.
1.22 - Added range check to current and next icons and an option to disable it in the options. Also fixed a bug where the Spell Priorities sub option menu would appear underneath another addon.
1.21b - Added fix for missing priorities resulting in no priority being displayed. Thanks to rea123 on EJ for the code fix.
1.21 - Disabled debug output >.< Sorry for not catching that.
1.2 - Finished tuning the suggestion code. The only jump is consecrate appearing instantly when your mana goes above the minimum set for consecrate while waiting on a cooldown. Added support for Sacred Shield and Divine Plea priorities and options for their conditional requirements. Added options for showing the addon during different conditionals (Valid Target, In Combat, Bosses Only). Cleared up bugs relating to Hammer of Wrath.
1.15 - More fine tuning on the suggestion code to minimize jumpiness. Also made next suggestions that were over 1.5 seconds away show up. The suggestion icon will go blank during the global of your last ability to indicate that everything is on cooldown. After the GCD, it will indicate your next ability and it's cooldown.
1.14 - Fixed talent check bug when Ret was not your primary spec. Also cleaned up a problem with the addon flashing when it detected an off-spec.
1.13 - Updated TOC for 3.1.
1.12 - Added an opacity option and added an option to select "None" in the spell priority dropdowns.
1.11 - Cleaned up the suggestion code to take into account the realtime gcd. There should be less jumping between abilities mid-gcd now. Also redid the Avenging Wrath indicator to now show the cooldown on the icon and stay up at all times.
1.1 - Added a check for Heroism as well as Bloodlust.
1.0 - First release. All features planned are currently implemented.
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)...
