Fluffy Hunter Bars

Introduction

This addon helps hunters perform respectable single target DPS rotation irrespective of their gear, buffs and ranged weapon speed. The addon shows intervals of opportunities during which it is advised to start casting your abilities. It aims to serve as a reminder that you actually can cast something now or in the near future, while also telling you when you should not cast your abilities. My ultimate goal is to have a neat way of alerting players what rotation to perform and when to perform it. If the addon fails you in any regard, please do not hesitate to contact me.

How to use it

Below you can see an ‘infographic’ depicting how the addons looks like in various stages of a fight. The addon consists of up-to two rows of bars. The top bar shows recommendations for ranged abilites, the bottom bar shows cooldowns of your melee abilities. By default, the bars flow from right(future) to left(present).

By default the colors associated with each ability are as follow:
– Orange – Steady Shot
– Blue – Multi-shot
– Violet – Arcane Shot
– Green – Raptor Strike
– White – Melee Strike

Moreover, the addon shows the player the time when the next Autoshot will be fired off (by default a white vertical line) with the associated interval of forbidden movement (translucent red color). When the player moves during this interval, the next Autoshot will be delayed by up-to half a second.

The following videos show the addon in practise.

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Installation

Download the associated zip file and extract its content into your WoW\Interface\AddOns directory. Alternatively, you may use the addon manager of your choice for automatic installation/updates.

Configuration of the addon

Right off the bat, the UI elements of the addon should be positioned in the center of your sceen. The addon is initially unlocked and you can shift+drag&drop it to your desired position.

The /fluffy command prints all available configuration commands.

Changing size

/fluffy resize w h sets the size of the bars to be w pixels wide and h pixels tall

/fluffy showicons toggles the display of icons for abilities on the bars

/fluffy icosize l sets the size of the ability icons to be l pixels wide and l pixels tall

/fluffy reset resets the position and size of the addon to default values and enables shift+drag&drop

Changing position

/fluffy move x y moves the UI elements in the direction of x pixels to the right and y pixels to the top

/fluffy unlock enables shift+drag&drop

/fluffy lock disables shift+drag&drop

/fluffy reset resets the position and size of the addon to default values and enables shift+drag&drop

Changing visibility

/fluffy hide hides the UI elements

/fluffy show shows the UI elements

Changing the update frequency

/fluffy freq n sets the UI elements to update per every 1/n seconds

Changing the colors of the bars

/fluffy color_auto R G B A sets the color of the interval when Auto Shot is expected to be cast (the so called DONT MOVE INTERVAL)

/fluffy color_spark R G B A sets the color of vertical line when Auto Shot is expected to go off

/fluffy color_arcane R G B A sets the color of the bar recommending Arcane Shot

/fluffy color_steady R G B A sets the color of the bar recommending Steady Shot

/fluffy color_multi R G B A sets the color of the bar recommending Multi-Shot

/fluffy color_raptor R G B A sets the color of the bar showing when Raptor Strike is ready

/fluffy color_melee R G B A sets the color of the bar showing when a melee hit with your main-hand will be possible
 

Changing which abilities to show

/fluffy spark_width p sets the width of vertical line when Auto Shot is expected to go off to be p pixels wide

/fluffy consider_arcane toggles the visibility of Arcane Shot recommendations

/fluffy consider_multi toggles the visibility of Multi-Shot recommendations

/fluffy consider_arcane toggles the visibility of Arcane Shot recommendations

/fluffy consider_melee toggles the visibility of melee trackers

Others

/fluffy incombat toggles the visibility of the addon (not) to be only during combat. By default the addon is always visible

/fluffy length p sets the addon to show recommendations p seconds into the future. By default this is set to be 3 seconds

Advanced configuration

Previously, the addon contained special config options in a separate file. This is no longer the case and everything is configurable via the /fluffy command. If you made any custom changes to this file, you will have to reconfigure it yourselves again

Special Thanks

I would like to express a huge thanks to Dvojnik, who was the main Beta tester of this addon. I would also like to thank Tphoenix for patiently helping me fix some of the issues after initial release. Also a huge thanks to Kekbur for implementing sliding ability icons attached to the bars.

There are also many people who provided a valuable feedback about the functionality and (in)correctness of the addon recommendations and who provided me with feature requests. Thank you 😉

Final word

Any and all feedback is more than welcome in the form of comments on this page. Any feature requests and addon modifications will be considered.

Thank you,

Fluffydork of Nethergarde Keep (EU)

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