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News
1/7/2010: Weekly Update
Current Version
v0.5 BETA
- works with WoW version 4.01
Screen Shots
ChocoGoob > Screen Shots > Power Bars :: Photobucket
Featured Packages:
Images
- Hi-Res Images (Author: Lulia)
AddOn Plugins
None
Next Version
v1.0 BETA
Test version updates here: v1.0 (beta)
- General Changes- Power bars are getting an overhaul. The following features to be added:
- Custom image support (0% done)
- Text positioning options (0% done)
- Text display ("lua" text) customization (0% done)
- Color picker support (0% done)
- Class Specific- Death Knights
- "Cooldown bars" option (0% done)
- Paladins
- "Play sound at x HPW" option (0% done)
- Rogues
- Combo points resource added (0% done)
- Druid (feral [cat])
- Combo points resource added (0% done)
- Miscellaneous- Script rewrite (20% done)
Power Bars is getting a complete script rewrite, from the ground up. Some features that you may be used to may not exist during the initial release of the new script's "beta" but I will announce any features that I intend to permanently remove.
Known Issues/Bugs
I cannot possibly know all of the bugs that might crop up, and will rely on others reporting bugs to me. For a bug to be listed, I have to be able to confirm it, or receive such evidence that even though I can't reproduce it, I believe it exists.
Current Features
These are the current features in Power Bars. If one of these features isn't working, then there's possibly a bug you need to report. Please see "Known Issues" before reporting a bug however.
- Support for Holy Power, Soul Shards, Eclipse Bar, Rune Bar, Mana, Focus, Rage, Energy, and Runic Power
- Death Knight Options:
- Optional Rune Timers
- can use OmniCC instead of default
- Ability to toggle the "square" cooldown frame
- Alternative layout arrangements of runes, including: 2 rows by 3 columns, and horizontal or vertical lines of runes plus the ability to arrange the position of each rune as desired.
- Ability to rescale individual runes.
- Paladin Options:
- Ability to throttle Holy Power display to only show when above a certain amount of Holy Power
- Alternative layout arrangements of Holy Power parts including vertical or horizontal and inverted arrangements plus the ability to arrange the position of each level of Holy Power individually as desired.
- Ability to rescale individual Holy Power
- Warlock Options:
- Optional special image to notify you if Soulburn is still active
- Alternative layout arrangements of Soul Shards including vertical or horizontal and inverted arrangements plus the ability to arrange the position of each individual Soul Shard as desired.
- Ability to rescale individual Soul Shards
- Druid (Balance) Options:
- A "foresee" energy feature similar to what's found in Balance Power Tracker, original idea belongs to Copialinex and credit will be given to him.
- An option to change the opacity of Eclipse if you change into a form other than the humanoid or moonkin forms
- Options to adjust various features of the Eclipse layout. You will be able to move the following: The "bar" along which the arrow moves, the real Eclipse value box and the "virtual" eclipse value box
- Support for custom images for Resource systems (Runes, Holy Power, Soul Shard, Eclipse)
- Rescalable
- Movable
- Ability to turn off default Blizzard resource frames
- Toggle display of Power or Resource frames
- Alter '0 power' image opacity
- Saved Variables and Layouts by character
- An Out-of-Combat opacity option for Power and Resource frames
- A Resource-frame opacity option
License
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v3
* Essentially, I don't care if you use parts of this AddOn or all of it. It's free to use and redistribute, and the images are part of that deal. All I want in return is a bit of credit for the work that I do, just as I credit others for the help that they give. A simple link back to this page (if applicable) and a reference to the user Chamenas (or Lulia) is all that is needed. As long as you aren't claiming the work is your own, I'm not terribly bothered.
FAQ
What Is Power Bars?
Power Bars will be a Power & Resource display AddOn. Its purpose will be to offer customizable displays for all Power and Resource systems in the game, this includes (but isn't necessarily limited to): Mana, Rage, Energy, Runic Power, Focus, Eclipse, Holy Power, and Soul Shards.
The frames for these resource systems will be movable, will be offered with various display options "right out of the box" and offer the user the ability to customize them with their own personal images and colors if they so wish.
Why Power Bars?
I'm aware that there are already similar AddOns out there. So you might be asking yourself "Why re-invent the wheel"?. Well, for starters, this is my VERY FIRST AddOn. I've NEVER made one before. Now, I have some experience scripting and coding, but no experience with the WoW API and my Scripting/Coding skills are novice at best. Thus, I have a LOT to learn.
I wanted an AddOn that I could use to personally customize for Holy Power and Soul Shards, since I didn't see any single AddOn out there that did it in such a way as I would have liked. Power Auras did pretty well, but I wanted something a bit better, and something a bit easier to adjust.
However, like most things in life, I really like to share what I make with the world. I didn't want to make a small AddOn that only I would use. I figured: if I'm going to learn how to make AddOns, then I'm going to make AddOns I can share with the community. Thus the origins of Power Bars. The intention of this AddOn is to be an intuitive and easy Power & Resource display management system, offering the user total control and power over how they see their resource and power bars.