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Shapeshift Mana Helper  Popular! (More than 5000 hits)

Version: 2.0.3
by: Garlog [More]

Summary:
Simply put, it just helps to notify about situations when you're stuck in caster form before it actually happens.
Thus it is most useful for feral druids that usually have low mana pools and usually are ineffective when caught in caster form.

Description:
This addon includes the following:
* A divider that is put on your mana bar. It is put so that the left portion shows the shapeshift cost and the right is the remaining mana.
It can either be a marker (rectangular thingy) or split colors (one color on the left, another one on the right)
* A mana text that shows how much mana you have left, excluding the shapeshift cost.
* Button coloring when casting that spell will prevent shapeshifting after because of lack of mana.
Can also be set to color the actual shapeshift buttons that are not set to favored.
Note: If you would like this addon to work when in bear/cat form (text and coloring), you will need to use an additional addon (see Dependency Notes below).

Supported Unit Frames (for the divider):
Standard (Blizzard's default)
Druid Bar
SimpleDruidBar
SmartyCatManaBar
X-Perl
Supported Action Bars (for the button coloring):
Standard (Blizzard's default)
Bongos2
Geist
Bartender3
TrinityBars
Note: Using the button coloring option will take over the out of range and not enough mana coloring of the bar addon.
If you'd like support for an action bar or unit frame not listed above, ask and I'll see what I can do.

Commands:
To access the option panel, use /ssmh (or /shapeshiftmanahelper).

Dependency Notes:
Optional dependancy:
Druid Bar [http://www.curse.com/downloads/details/129/]
or SimpleDruidBar [http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info6293-SimpleDruidBar.html]
or SmartyCat [http://files.wowace.com/cat-druid.html]
When this addon is used together with any of the above addons, the mana text and button coloring is updated in animal forms, and the divider can even be put on the addon's mana bar.

Example:
An example of how this addon works:
Say that you have 1000 mana, your bear form takes 200 mana, bear form is your favored form, and your mark of the wild takes 300 mana.
The divider will be put on the mana bar at 20% from the start, because shapeshifting to bear takes 20% of your mana.
The mana text will show 800 when you have full mana, because that's how much mana you can spend, excluding the shapeshift cost.
The mark of the wild button will be colored green (default color is green, but can be whatever) when you have between 300 and
499 mana, because if you use it when you have 400 mana, you will have 100 left, which isn't enough for shapeshifting.

If you have any suggestions, requests or found any bugs please post a comment.

Upcoming Features:
Bar texture choices and an easy way to choose between them.
Orientation (horizontal, vertical) or deplete/fill options for the divider.
Sage and Perl unitframe support.
The options panel as an external addon that is load on demand.
Perhaps more accurate values when using the SimpleDruidBar addon.
Perhaps an option to choose when to put the divider on the extra bar.
Known Issues:
X-Perl:
Split color divider doesn't grey out when afk
Split color divider doesn't "fade"

2.0.3
Fixed an error with SimpleDruidBar.
Made the default settings more suitable depending on what addons were found.

2.0.2
Fixed an error when logging in with bongos2 and button coloring was enabled or disabled.
Fixed a display bug with X-Perl (mana text was not showing).

The default button should now apply the default color and texture instantly.
The default button should now reset all the checks on the radio buttons.
The default color for the left side of the split color divider is now white.

2.0.1
Fixed the error which occured when entering battleground or arenas (due to preparation)

2.0
Major code rewrite, should elimiate some minor display bugs.
Renamed a few files.
Added a second check on the number of shapeshift forms, so that it should now find all the shapeshift forms.
Divided the options window into sections, to hopefully make things clearer.
Added a default button to the options window.

Added SimpleDruidBar support.
Added SmartyCat support.
Added SmartyCatManaBar support.

The framestrata on the marker and text was set lower so it would not show up infront of some frames.
Fixed a few issues with X-Perl.

Removed DiscordActionBars support. (Think that no one will miss it.)
Removed Telo's Bottom- and SideBar support. (Think that no one will miss it.)

1.6.2
The marker was put behind the mana bar, this has been fixed.

1.6.1
If the number of shapes couldn't be calculated, then it will now recheck this when typing /ssmh
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Unread 04-13-08, 04:07 AM  
Garlog
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Originally posted by Lurosara
Hmmm, just downloaded this and gave it a whirl.

For the most part it works as advertised under 2.4 (Yay!) and I'll certainly keep on using it for a while.

I found 2 minor bugs in the code though:
SSMH_ActionButtons.lua:257 - "compareShapeshift" should be "CompareShapeshift"

Need to register/handle UNIT_INVENTORY_CHANGED because of the Staff of Natural Fury (On Equip effect that decreases shifting costs.)

Not a big deal, and I fixed it in my local copy, but just figured I'd let you know. As a side note, it would be nice to have the option for displaying the number of shifts till OOM (Again, I kludged my local copy to include this under the main Mana Text display) but I might be the only person that wants this sort of thing.

Thanks for the great mod.
thank you for finding those bugs, will fix them by the next release (whenever that is ^^)
and that's not a bad suggestion, might be handy to have
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Hmmm, just downloaded this and gave it a whirl.

For the most part it works as advertised under 2.4 (Yay!) and I'll certainly keep on using it for a while.

I found 2 minor bugs in the code though:
SSMH_ActionButtons.lua:257 - "compareShapeshift" should be "CompareShapeshift"

Need to register/handle UNIT_INVENTORY_CHANGED because of the Staff of Natural Fury (On Equip effect that decreases shifting costs.)

Not a big deal, and I fixed it in my local copy, but just figured I'd let you know. As a side note, it would be nice to have the option for displaying the number of shifts till OOM (Again, I kludged my local copy to include this under the main Mana Text display) but I might be the only person that wants this sort of thing.

Thanks for the great mod.
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Btw I tried this again with the Ace Druid Bar (SmartyCatManaBar) and it works great now
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Originally posted by Durzil
I disabled and then enabled it and it stop throwing errors. But I'm not seeing the bar split in 2 either.

I'm using simple druid bar, ag_uf and bartender 3.
thank you for your reply
I have found the problem and will upload a fix later tonight or early tomorrow
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Originally posted by Garlog
yes please, would be helpful. along with what bar addon and unit frame you're using.

oh and do you have the latest version of this mod and others that it supports on?
I disabled and then enabled it and it stop throwing errors. But I'm not seeing the bar split in 2 either.

I'm using simple druid bar, ag_uf and bartender 3.
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Originally posted by Durzil
Just installed it and logged in on my lvl 58 druid to give it a go and its throwing mad errors and not doing anything. I can post the errors if you like.
yes please, would be helpful. along with what bar addon and unit frame you're using.

oh and do you have the latest version of this mod and others that it supports on?
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Just installed it and logged in on my lvl 58 druid to give it a go and its throwing mad errors and not doing anything. I can post the errors if you like.
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Originally posted by Industrial
I dont see how this um.. would help.. ? Do you empty your mana on every mob and at the end go to a form? Wouldn't the mob be dead at that time? :P

Imo It's much more helpful to be able to see howmuch mana you have while in cat/bear form.
hehe, yea, something like that
there already are addons that show how much mana you have in cat/bear form, this addon is not quite as helpful as one of those, but it has its uses

for example when I get adds or in pvp I go out of form to heal myself, sometimes more than once, and it helps to see if I can shift back and do some actuall damage instead of hitting with my staff. also the button coloring works when in forms, so it also shows if I can pop out and cast a heal and then back in again
it just helps to notify about situations when you're stuck in caster form before it actually happens
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I dont see how this um.. would help.. ? Do you empty your mana on every mob and at the end go to a form? Wouldn't the mob be dead at that time? :P

Imo It's much more helpful to be able to see howmuch mana you have while in cat/bear form.
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