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April 28, 2009, 03:50 PM
Tymz Character Info Synthetic 80 Human Warlock Greymane US PvE Guild: Red October Profile: Blizzard Armory	Introduction to User Interface Modification: Macros and Addons Table of Contents 1.0 Who this guide is for 2.0 Macros 2.1 Basic Macros 2.2 Castsequence 2.3 Modifiers/Overloading Buttons 3.0 Addons 3.1 Actionbars 3.2 Boss Mods 3.3 Information Bars 3.4 Items/Mobs 3.5 Maps 3.6 Professions 3.7 Quests/Achievements 3.8 Unit Frames 3.9 Viewport 3.10 General Addons 3.11 Warlock... Click here to read the entire guide Last edited by Tymz; April 30, 2009 at 01:28 PM.. Reason: Added information and images

The Following 11 Users Say Thank You to Tymz For This Useful Post:

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April 30, 2009, 03:25 PM

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Tymz

Character Info
Synthetic
80 Human Warlock
Greymane US PvE
Guild: Red October
Profile: Blizzard Armory

Re: Introduction to User Interface Modification: Macros and Addons

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Originally Posted by shdwboxn

I use a similar macro for my incinerate, but with added disabling scripts for my toon not to say "that's not ready yet" and to supress a similar error across the screen:

/script UIErrorsFrame:UnregisterEvent("UI_ERROR_MESSAGE");
/console Sound_EnableSFX 0
/use 13
/use 14
/cast incinerate
/script UIErrorsFrame:RegisterEvent("UI_ERROR_MESSAGE");
/console sound_enablesfx 1

I was trying to stay away from this since its an 'Introduction' - seems a little advanced. I also was going to avoid detracting from the work Suspiria did with CC, so linked to their post instead of duplicating work.

As soon as I get access to edit the guide I will include the additional information and some pictures. I'll also check out the addon you suggested

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--- Information Added ---
Updated to include graphics and a little bit more info (as provided above). I don't like how the graphics break up the text, but I'm pretty limited by the formatting in vBulletin.

Thanks for the input Cormanthor and Shdwboxn, I'll do what I can to stay on top of the guide.

May 01, 2009, 12:07 PM

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Syborx

Character Info
Dragén
80 Human Warlock
Ragnaros PvP
Profile: Blizzard Armory

Re: Introduction to User Interface Modification: Macros and Addons

Quote:

Code:
/castsequence Curse of Elements,Immolate,Corruption,Conflagrate,Chaos
Bolt,Incinerate,Incinerate,Incinerate

Im having a bit of trouble getting the cast sequence to work. Can anybody help me?

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May 01, 2009, 12:26 PM	#12 (permalink)
Niaku Character Info Niaku 80 Orc Warlock The scryers US RP PvE Guild: Wolfden Profile: WoW Rankings	Re: Introduction to User Interface Modification: Macros and Addons Thanks for the guide bud, my onlt thing would be to suggest Diamond threat meter over omen, i find it does a far better job.

May 01, 2009, 12:40 PM

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Tymz

Character Info
Synthetic
80 Human Warlock
Greymane US PvE
Guild: Red October
Profile: Blizzard Armory

Re: Introduction to User Interface Modification: Macros and Addons

I used to use diamond, and I did find that it was a bit more accurate on the warnings. I also found that it slowed down my game a lot - especially in the 25 man runs.

Quote:

Omen3 relies completely on the Blizzard threat API and threat events. It does not attempt to calculate or extrapolate threat unlike Omen2.

Omen apparently uses Blizzard APIs, so if Blizz tweaks something the estimates don't go far out of whack. I also found that between Recount and DTM a lot of resources were being used to parse the combat log and display the data graphically. I chose to go with Omen3 instead of looking for a Recount replacement that does not parse the logs - I don't even think thats possible.

I do miss the nice graphical display, and the Tank Mode was really useful. before Omen3 it was a staple addon for me since it was compatible with both Omen and KTM, and could estimate other peoples threat even if they didn't have a threat mod. I was just tired of the impact to my system performance, and Omen3 seems capable of everything necessary.

If anyone is interested, here is a screenshot I took to demonstrate DTM from a DPS point of view. When you hit the warning threashold you get a large threat bar - I was at 94% in this case, probably in melee range so my limit was 110%.

Last edited by Tymz; May 01, 2009 at 12:46 PM..

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