Authors CurseForge

Hi there
i've been using Grid since release now

But in the short past it comes to my mind, that Grid somehow has a small delay to what actually happens in the Raid

anyone else experiencing something like that?
and any ideas how to fix it?

I've beem using Grid as a resto druid for some time now, it has become indispensable for me.

I came across another mod named lifebloomer that I would love to see a similar feature in grid.
Lifebloomer has a wonderful visual representation for lifeblooms, rejuvs, health as well as global cooldown. But simply costs too much screen real estate and continual configuration.

Basically rather than a simple off/on corner indicator for hots, being able to assign renews/lifeblooms/etc. to a bar type indicator. There is a mana bar addition to Grid I use, something similar to that. It was suggested that I try other mods that display bars for all over time spells, the problem naturally is it is very difficult to correlate those bars with the grid unit frames.

If this is easy enough to do someone familiar with development on Grid might volunteer. Beyond that possibly just comment on the feasibility if it is worth trying to do it myself.

GridStatusHots is exactly half of what I'm looking for. The status half.
What I need is to assign those 'My HoTs' statuses to a manabar like indicator.
If I assign them to a corner I get a coloured indicator there, likewise it will colour the healthbar and border. If I assign it as text that's the most useful, it counts down in numerals. But still not as useful or intuitive as a progress bar. Unless I'm missing something it looks like what I desire is a progress bar indicator.

I have that mod but like I said the problem naturally is it is very difficult to correlate those bars with the grid unit frames.

I can see on grid who needs heals, I can see from hotcandy that i have lots of hots going on. But I can't tell if the people who need heals have hots that are gone or nearly gone.

I'll start learning wow api/ace/grid I guess. See what I can do about making a GridIndicatorProgressBars. Not new to programming but new to all this so don't anyone hold your breath;)

Quote from semedori »

I have that mod but like I said the problem naturally is it is very difficult to correlate those bars with the grid unit frames.

I can see on grid who needs heals, I can see from hotcandy that i have lots of hots going on. But I can't tell if the people who need heals have hots that are gone or nearly gone.

I'll start learning wow api/ace/grid I guess. See what I can do about making a GridIndicatorProgressBars. Not new to programming but new to all this so don't anyone hold your breath;)

I can see your point. The advantage from Grid i have at the moment is that every information is fixed into a tiny square. Where a green dot means a ticking HoT. As a priest i can throw the hot and forget about it, since i will only want to renew it when it's over.

As a Druid with lifebloom it's totally different, and i want to know the Status of Rejuvenation and second HoT.

For myself i cannot fit spell bars in my setup as i won't have enough space - But a Blinking Corner indicator for the last 3/5/7 seconds would help. Starting small (so you can see the underlying buffs) and getting bigger to grab the attention.

xx xxx
x -> xx ->xxx -> -> x -> ....
xxx

maia has pointed out that there might be a rewrite of Grid. This thread was started in October 07, 2006 giving enough room for new ideas.

Looking at the last changed times i am impressed about the stability and compatibility of Grid. Addons older than 1/4 of a year still work. Very few projects keep their base that stable.

Quote from semedori »

What I need is to assign those 'My HoTs' statuses to a manabar like indicator.

Everything can be done - especially in external modules. Keep in mind though that the API does not allow to differenciate the hots you casted from the others. And as hots can be dispelled, their duration can be in/decreased by gear, debuffs,... its very difficult to reliably know if one of the auras you casted yourself is still active.

I just updated Grid yesterday, and now I can't seem to find how to change the texture of the bars.

I used to be able to find it easily.

Was it removed, or am I just blind?

Quote from doxxx »

As I recall, the Blizzard API only gives time remaining for the HoTs you cast, so by that definition you should be able to detect your own.

Oh, are you sure? That's interesting. I haven't done anything codewise since 2.1, and aura durations weren't available back then at all. By the way, doxxx, in case you're a coder (or anyone else reading this) you might want to look into adding aura duration and number of applications to Grid - as the library provides the data, it should be fairly easy...

Quote from doxxx »

As for coding it up, I don't have svn access, but I can take a look and post a patch if I figure it out.

Perfect. Btw, svn access is easy to obtain, but a diff is great too. :)

Maybe I'm confused (and I know this doesn't show a bar) but can't you just set your GridStatusLifebloom to show the length of time remaining in the centertext area if you want to know that info? You can also show stack count in various ways (color, or also as a 1/2/3 in the center text).

Quote from doxxx »

From http://www.wowwiki.com/API_UnitBuff:

name, rank, iconTexture, count, duration, timeLeft = UnitBuff(unit, buffIndex[, castable])

...

duration 
  Number - Full duration of a buff you cast, in seconds; nil if you did not cast this buff. 
timeLeft 
  Number - Time left before a buff expires, in seconds; nil if you did not cast this buff. 

Similarly for UnitDebuff: http://www.wowwiki.com/API_UnitDebuff

As for coding it up, I don't have svn access, but I can take a look and post a patch if I figure it out.

This is actually great, if it works like this.

timeLeft 
  Number - Time left before a buff expires, in seconds; nil if you did not cast this buff.

This could track dispels of hots and if it were you casting it, and I can now remove the hardcoded countdowns in GridStatushots.

It does work like that. Check how other addons do it. PitBull's Aura module and ElkBuffBars are two things I personally use that use this API.