ArcHUD3
Help wanted: I'm no longer playing, so please help with creating Pull Requests on GitHub. If you are an author or programmer and if you are interessted in taking over this project, please let me know.
ArcHUD displays smooth arcs around your character in the middle of the screen to inform you about the health and power (mana, rage, ...) of you, your pet, and your target. In addition, it shows casts, combo points, holy power, soul shards, and a couple of other things. It discretely fades when you are out of combat and at full health/power.
This is a continuation of ArcHUD2 which managed to survive various patches... until the Cataclysm. Thanks to Nenie, the original author of ArcHUD2, for supporting me with this new version.
Please report any bugs or feature requests via the ticket system.
These arcs are currently supported:
- Health and power (mana, rage, focus, energy, runic power) for player, pet, target, and focus target
- Player's secondary power (Holy Power, Soul Shards, Chi etc.)
- Casting/channelling progress for player, target, and focus target
- Fatigue/breath (mirror timer)
- Combo points (including unconsumed combo points on previous target, e.g. on dead corpses)
- Custom (de)buff arcs: Ever wanted to keep track of the stacks and/or remaining times of some specific (de)buffs such as Evangelism, Savage Roar, Beacon of Light, Weakened Soul, etc? Then just create your own custom (de)buff arc for it!
In addition, some additional target information is displayed:
- Current target (name, class, guild, 3D model)
- Current (de)buffs on target
- Target-of-target and target-of-target-of-target
Small warning: Using this addon apparently bears a high risk of getting addicted to it, as these user comments suggest. I received those after taking over the development of ArcHUD when the Cataclysm happened:
- "...nothing ever quite matched the smooth, clean simplicity of ArcHUD's graceful rings."
- "Great job!! I've used this addon for years! None of the other HUDs come close to the functionality and elegance of ArcHUD."
- "Thanks for the work on it so far, much more lightweight than IceHud!"
- "Was staring at the various icehud/metahud alternatives with discomfort and sadness right after the patch [4.0]."
- "Awesome! Thank you so much for that miracle!"
- "Thank you so much for continuing this fantastic addon."
- "...nothing could compare to ArcHUD..."
- "For a whole 4years I had this mod and I missed it so much in the passed few weeks. I tried other HUD mods but they were too in my face >.< . Best HUD mod IMO! Thanks for resurrecting an old friend :D"
- "Loving the new ArcHUD my favorite HUD by far :)"
- "I don't think I could play wow without this addon :)"
- "I've actually grown kind of dependent on it because I'll occasionally run out of Mana/ die without this."
- "Hey mate, just came to thank You again for taking over this beauty, awesome job!"
- "THAT addon! So long I have been searching for a replacement when the development stopped, thanks for bringing it back to live!"
So use it at your own risk ;)
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I add a arc for a specific buff/debuff (remaining time & stacks)?
- Where is my Combo Point/Soul Shard Numeric Indicator?
Hello, love the mod!
Is there any way to turn off the text on the target 3d model pane? I love it but I'd like to reduce text on my screen. Thanks!
how can I make the little pictured target frame @ the bottom of the 2 HUD bars clickable ?
I've looked through the options a few times & none of them sound like they'd do it to me :-/
Hi i need Update for the new Patch 6.02
Any news on the homefront regarding ArcHud? Seems like everyone's got the addons they want... but this one still isn't ready to use for Beta/PTR? Just inquiring! Thanks!
Yes, see the comments here: http://www.wowace.com/addons/archud3/
Edit: Or, better, use the last version listed here: http://www.wowace.com/addons/archud3/files/
You just made my morning. I'll let you know what/if any errors I get or bugs I see.
So far no issues at all. Happy Druid.
@Spennig
I will prepare a version for 6.0. If you want to use it on Beta, try the instructions here: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/13506740664
Bug reports are welcome since I'm rarely on beta/ptr due to lack of time.
I'm hoping you'll continue this into WoD.
Great addon, love it, probs one of the best huds I've seen 10/10
Edit: I want to move my health and power text around, is there any way to do that?
Any idea when/if we'll see this updated for use on the Beta? Would be real swell!
External textures are currently not loaded by the WoW Beta, so there is nothing I can do at the moment.
No rush! Just glad to see this addon will still be around! Been using this one since I started playing the game all the way back in Wrath, so it basically IS WoW to me lol....
Gotta say,I really love this! I couldnt imagine playing without ArcHud ever again. :3
I just have a question:
Is it possible to turn off the 3d target thingy (where you see a 3d model of your current target. And the buffs on that.) under the HUD? I use a custom action bar & frame setting and the buffs are really distracting 'cause they're there twice in my case and yeah the 3d model always merges into my action bars.
Is that possible?
Other than that it's the greatest HUD out there. Keep up the work!
yes, you can disable it in the options ([ESC] / Interface / Addons / ArcHUD)
I cannot get the "show X as combo points" to work on anything. Tried it on spirit shards, embers, and holy power. I've enabled combo points and all settings already work on my rogue by default.
Have you disabled the target HUD (i.e., the 3d model, target name, buffs etc)?
Is there a way to make the arcs unclickable? I move with my mouse and I've found the arcs intercepting my clicks as I try to turn. This happens out of combat, when the bars are invisible, as well. I have none of the boxes ticked in either the Display or the Nameplates tabs of the configuration. Am I doing something wrong?
The arcs (rings) are not clickable at all. Do you have some addon installed, that allows you to move frames freely? Try to disable all addons except for ArcHUD and see if it still happens.
For me this happens when Clique is installed. For some reason not *all* the ARChud frames seems to show up in it's Frame Blacklist options... Or it's Clique's fault and it doesn't handle ARChud very well...
Pics:
Clique options
What happens when I mouseover the target frame of my target (which is my pet atm)
anyway you coudl add burnign embers to teh combo points counter ? I prefere that display to the ring and right nwo it appears as though it only tracks soul shards. Thanks in advance.