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BOLT - Beacon Of Light Timer

Version: 1.581

by: Daltanious [More]

by Daltanious of Kul Tiras

BOLT is my very first addon... so have mercy

Beacon of Light is the main weapon in the holy paladin arsenal, keep the Beacon up on a target (a tank for example) is essential but its huge spell cost (from 1536 base cost to 1306 with talents & glyph) doens't allow to be simply refreshed at random. An early refresh of Beacon of Light, if not forced by external causes (boss strategy), is a huge waste of mana and a precious global cooldown time.

BOLT, designed mainly for holy paladins, will help you to keep up the Beacon of Light, Sacred Shield and Judgements of the Pure spells/effects.

Features:

Beacon of Light, Sacred Shield and Judgements of the Pure trackers with the support of duration modifiers like glyphs and talents
Auto hide function when spells or talents are not available
Button focus: save an independent focus target for each button and right click to re-cast the spell on your saved target*
Real time duration check: if your buff get removed the countdown will stop with a sound alarm
Customizable sound and flash alerts
Button scaling, drag&drop, pin/unpin, custom alpha level
Auto hide when not in combat
Lightweight (50Kb) and non intrusive
Russian localization (if you want additional localization just send me the BOLTLNG.lua file properly localized: just remove the russian localization and add your own strings, I will add your translations on next releases)

Controls:

SHIFT - Doubleclick to Pin/Unpin a Button on the screen
CTRL - Doubleclick to set up a target as focus for BOL or SS

* due to Blizz limitation you can set the focus only when out of combat

For bug reporting please post a message in the official thread.
Check the changelog for versions details.

All suggestions and comments are welcomed!

v1.581 (04 Feb 2010)

- Fixed wrong encoding in localization file BOLTLNG.lua

v1.58 (01 Feb 2010)

- Internationalization support

- Russian internationalization

v1.5.7b (10 Jan 2010)

- Very little fix to support locales other than english

v1.5.7 (08 Dec 2009)

- Maintenance release: various small internal adjustments and TOC ready for patch 3.3

v1.5.5 (18 Oct 2009)

- NEW TIMER BUTTON: Judgements of the Pure!

- Now BOLT will override visibility templates if the related spell or talent is not available

- Fixed minor lag-bug on buff dispelling

- Minor code improvements

v1.5.1 (12 Oct 2009)

- fixed a bug while updating name plates with the "Always show name plates" active

v1.5 (11 Oct 2009)

- Added the option "Remove round corners", this option "zoom inside" a texture removing gray round texture corners and making the bolt button flat and square

- fixed a bug displaying UTF8 double bytes character names

v1.5 beta 4 (10 Oct 2009)

- In order to avoid misclicks now locking/unlocking a button require a SHIFT + DOUBLECLICK instead of a simple double click

- Bolt buttons now properly ignore any NON left doubleclick event

- Added the option "Always show name plates"

- Added a different sound to play when a Sacred Shield or Beacon of Light buff is removed

- Minor code fixing

v1.5 beta 3 (27 Sep 2009)

- NEW FEATURE: REAL TIME BUFF CHECKING: BOLT will check every second if your buff (BoL or SS) is still active on the target, if not the countdown will stop and a sound/flash alert will be played.
This feature makes bolt useful specially in PVP situations.
With the full1.5 I will relase a proper option screen to customize this feature.

v1.5 beta 2 (27 Sep 2009)

- optimized object management

- minor code reworking and optimization

- fixed a targeting bug (?)

v1.5 beta (26 Sep 2009)

- NEW FEATURE: SPELL REFRESH

- CTRL-DOUBLECLICK on a BOLT button will set your current target as the new target for the button

- RIGHT CLICK on a BOLT button will launch the spell on the previously saved target

- code optimization: optimized various internal functions

NOTE:

- due to Blizzard limitations, change a BOLT button focus target works only ** OUT OF COMBAT **

- in order to avoid annoying side effects, BEFORE installing this v1.5beta version please DELETE the previous installed BOLT folder (in \World of Warcraft\Interface\Addons\) and then SEARCH & DELETE every BOLT.lua and BOLT.lua.bak file in your \World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\ folder.

v1.4 (21 Sep 2009)

- Fixed a bug with instances loading

- Added the option to change the default alpha level for dimmed buttons

- New option: Hide bolt buttons when not in combat

- /BOLT now open the BOLT Option panel

- Minor code optimization

v1.4 rc (18 Sep 2009)

- Scaling bug fixed

- Now buttons positions are saved "on the fly" every time you move a button, you don't need to lock/unlock in order to save a position.

- Text now scale with button scaling

- BOLT will auto unload if you try to load it with a no paladin character (or with a paladin under level 60)

- New global option screen panel

- Now you can change buttons frame strata: Backgound-Low-Medium-High

- Added the option to change the BOLT standard sound alert with a more soft sound

- The class coloring routine is now fixed and optimized (thanks to Ave0000)

v1.4 beta 10 (13 Sep 2009)

- Removed every slash command and implemented a proper option screen (From Interface=>Addons=>BOLT)

- User interface scaling for the two separate buttons

- Fixed (I hope) the bug on restoring the saved button positions

v1.4 beta 8 (13 Sep 2009)

- fixed a bug with the /reloadui command

- minor code optimization

v1.4 beta 7 (11 Sep 2009)

- fixed a bug about wrong button displaying on cold start of the game

- added a visual flash alert (active by default) and the two commands to customize it:
/BOLT bolflash on|off
/BOLT ssflash on|off

- in order to fit better the button the displayed name is now is limited to 5 characters

v1.4 beta 6 (11 Sep 2009)

- removed button borders, now the look is more "neutral" and will fit better with other UI buttons

- massive code refactoring (again!)

- implemented visibility profiles based on current spec, basicly you can now set a visibility profile for the two buttons and this profile will be applied at every spec change.
Default profile are:
Beacon of Light - Holy:visible Protection:hidden Retribution:hidden
Sacred Shield - - Holy:visible Protection:visible Retribution:visible
You can modify the spec via /BOLT setv command. Check the readme.txt in the BOLT addon folder for details.

NOTE:
again, in order to avoid annoying side effects, BEFORE installing this v1.4beta6 version please DELETE the previous installed BOLT folder (in \World of Warcraft\Interface\Addons\) and then SEARCH & DELETE every BOLT.lua and BOLT.lua.bak file in your \World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\ folder.

v1.4 beta 3 (08 Sep 2009)

- Fixed another little bug in the Sacred Shield duration counter...

v1.4 beta 2 (07 Sep 2009)

- Fixed a little bug in the Sacred Shield duration counter

v1.4 beta (07 Sep 2009)

- Sacred Shield timer added (with Divine Guardian duration increase support)

- Various /commands removed, type /BOLT for the new simplified list

- Huge code refactoring

NOTE:
BEFORE installing the v1.4beta please DELETE the previous installed BOLT folder (in \World of Warcraft\Interface\Addons\) and then SEARCH & DELETE every BOLT.lua and BOLT.lua.bak file in your \World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\ folder.

v1.35 (24 Aug 2009)

- vehicles long names are supported, vehicle names >12 chars will be limited to 12 chars

- player names with a lenght <= 10 chars are now displayed with a slightly bigger font. Long (11-12 chars) names are displayed with the default (v1.3 size) font

- you can lock/unlock the UI to the screen just double clicking on borders

- new slash commands:
/BOLT lock|unlock : lock/unlock the UI to the screen

- big code improvement & refactoring: now the code is more modular, ready to be used for additional duration tracking (Sacred Shield / Flash of Light hots)

v1.3 (21 Aug 2009)

- coloured name plate with the neacon target name displayed

- saved variables now supported

- new slash commands:
/BOLT on|off : enable/disable BOLT
/BOLT soundalert on|off : enable/disable sound warning
/BOLT autoswitch on|off : enable/disable hide UI on respec
/BOLT nameplate on|off : enable/disable name plate

- refactored the whole code

v1.2 (20 Aug 2009)

- automatic class check: if you're not a paladin the addon will disable itself

- added these commands:
/BOLT : shows the help
/BOLT show : shows the UI
/BOLT hide : hides the UI
/BOLT warning on : sound warning activated
/BOLT warning off : sound warning disabled (default)

- automatic Beacon of Light presence detection: accordingly to the Beacon of Light spell availability (cause respec, talent wipe and so on) the addon will show/hide the UI

- general code optimization: removed not necessary event handlers and functions

NOTE: the addon still not use saved variables.. so if you enable sound warning you have to re-enable again at every login

v1.11 (19 Aug 2009)
- fixed a bug with multiple Beacons casted from different sources, now the timer will reset itself properly

v1.1 (19 Aug 2009)
- added automatic Glyph of Beacon of Light detection

v1.0 (19 Aug 2009)
- initial release

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BOLT CONTINUED - Beacon of Lig...	v1.7	13kB	Illisis	02-26-11 01:31 AM	Patch

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09-04-09, 12:12 AM
Paybacks A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 11 Uploads: 0	Any ETA on the next update?

08-29-09, 08:23 AM
Daltanious A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 5 File comments: 48 Uploads: 1	I'm still a noob in lua programming so probably I made an unknown error somewere. Btw next version of BOLT will use a different approach to the code (more object oriented) and probably this strange bug will vanish unoticed Stay tuned!

08-29-09, 06:12 AM

Paybacks

A Kobold Labourer

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Originally posted by Mycroft77
I think it's line 148 - frameBtn.texture:ClearAllPoints()

That's doing it. I commented out that line and now BOLT is staying put.

I'm not familiar really with any of the code but I removed the line and BOLT still refuses to stay where I want it.

08-28-09, 03:50 PM

Mycroft77

A Kobold Labourer

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Originally posted by Paybacks
Already tried it long before. Guess I'll just wait for the next release and hope for the best - its not too much of an inconvenience to drag it every time. Thanks for trying.

I think it's line 148 - frameBtn.texture:ClearAllPoints()

That's doing it. I commented out that line and now BOLT is staying put.

08-28-09, 01:50 AM

Paybacks

A Kobold Labourer

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Originally posted by Daltanious

At the moment mate, I have no idea why you lose every previous setting.
I never had a similar problem during my raid tests neither during debug/developing. I suggest you to delete your current BOLT folder, start a search for BOLT.* files in your WoW folder and delete everything. Then do another clean install of BOLT and log WoW again.

Let me know.

Already tried it long before. Guess I'll just wait for the next release and hope for the best - its not too much of an inconvenience to drag it every time. Thanks for trying.

08-27-09, 03:31 AM

Daltanious

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Originally posted by Paybacks
Thanks for the quick reply.

Unfortunately, this did not work. Every time I close the game and return - the position of the beacon timer is reset, and even when I reload UI. I have been unlocking, moving, and locking it again in place every time but it just doesnt stick...

Any other suggestions?

At the moment mate, I have no idea why you lose every previous setting.
I never had a similar problem during my raid tests neither during debug/developing. I suggest you to delete your current BOLT folder, start a search for BOLT.* files in your WoW folder and delete everything. Then do another clean install of BOLT and log WoW again.

Let me know.

08-26-09, 06:51 PM

Paybacks

A Kobold Labourer

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Originally posted by Daltanious
Hello mate,

could you try please to delete BOLT.lua & BOLT.lua.bak files located inside your World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\ACCOUNTNAME\SERVERNAME\CHARNAME\SavedVariables folder and reboot again your World of Warcraft.

ACCOUNTNAME = your account name
SERVERNAME = your server name
CHARNAME = your charname

In this way you're going to wipe any previous stored BOLT preference file hopefully solving your problem.

Let me know if it works.

Thanks for the quick reply.

Unfortunately, this did not work. Every time I close the game and return - the position of the beacon timer is reset, and even when I reload UI. I have been unlocking, moving, and locking it again in place every time but it just doesnt stick...

Any other suggestions?

08-26-09, 09:30 AM

Daltanious

A Murloc Raider

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Originally posted by Paybacks
However I noticed that the current most up-to-date BOLT should save user settings correctly according to your thread. My settings are still not being saved as far as position is concerned and I have to move the beacon box whenever I login.

I have made sure that I logged out correctly instead of just closing the game and have had no luck. Is the most recent release the one that I can download on the main addon page..or do you have any other suggestions?

Hello mate,

could you try please to delete BOLT.lua & BOLT.lua.bak files located inside your World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\ACCOUNTNAME\SERVERNAME\CHARNAME\SavedVariables folder and reboot again your World of Warcraft.

ACCOUNTNAME = your account name
SERVERNAME = your server name
CHARNAME = your charname

In this way you're going to wipe any previous stored BOLT preference file hopefully solving your problem.

Let me know if it works.

Last edited by Daltanious : 08-26-09 at 09:32 AM.

08-26-09, 06:57 AM
Paybacks A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 11 Uploads: 0	Daltanious, Loving the mod However I noticed that the current most up-to-date BOLT should save user settings correctly according to your thread. My settings are still not being saved as far as position is concerned and I have to move the beacon box whenever I login. I have made sure that I logged out correctly instead of just closing the game and have had no luck. Is the most recent release the one that I can download on the main addon page..or do you have any other suggestions? Appreciate any help~ Last edited by Paybacks : 08-26-09 at 07:01 AM.

08-22-09, 01:02 PM
GOSYDELIX A Flamescale Wyrmkin Forum posts: 120 File comments: 58 Uploads: 0	Sweet! Don't forgett to add support for ButtonFacade __________________

08-21-09, 09:07 AM

Daltanious

A Murloc Raider

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Originally posted by GOSYDELIX
it would be much more effective if you could add on Who the spells is cast ( Maybe the name in class-colour exactly beneath the icon ) and lock and unlock + size options to this would increase this addon's value abit

Hello dude,

in the new 1.3 release BOLT will support coloured name plates under the countdown text; two additional slash commands to enable/disable plate name and finally all the user settings will be properly saved and restored at user login.

Scaling & lock/unlock UI are planned for v1.4

Thanks for your suggestions.

Last edited by Daltanious : 08-22-09 at 06:20 AM.

08-20-09, 01:22 PM
GOSYDELIX A Flamescale Wyrmkin Forum posts: 120 File comments: 58 Uploads: 0	Lovely. But if i may add my opinion to this, it would be much more effective if you could add on Who the spells is cast ( Maybe the name in class-colour exactly beneath the icon ) and lock and unlock + size options to this would increase this addon's value abit But hey, don't listen to me, i don't even know how to code cool stuff like this! Anyways Gj __________________

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