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?
Managed to fix almost everything but the damm SetTextureCoord bug which does some weierd stuff with the left side rings. the lower left hand side quadrant for some reason has its angle off by 180 degrees. and so is the fill function. :(
If you have fixed it to the point where it is usable, please post the code for the rest of us.
I can wait a bit longer for nyyr to eventually fix it or someone else who has the know-how, but a quick fix to at least get the basic arcs working again would be greatly appreciated.
At this point I'd take it even with the top left rotating in combat! If you could share your work perhaps?
This is as far as I have gotten too. When you get into combat, the top left starts rotating back and forth as well.
Yes! Please post fix as far as you've gotten it. Anything would be SO appreciated! :-)
+1 for a fix to Legion. It's no doubt the best HUD! :)
Would really love to see this addon fixed for Legion. I've been using Archud since Vanilla and I don't think I could use anything else.
@Kimoshi
Please please please yes???
Looking over some API changes, it seems that the SetTexture function could be a problem. It appears that all of these have been resolved in the latest Ace3 library. Basically, download the latest library from, http://www.wowace.com/addons/ace3/, and then replace the folders under ArcHUD3\Libs with the corresponding one from Ace3. I'm at work and have no way of knowing if this is all that is needed but just like many of you, I've used this addon (or its previous incarnations) since the dawn of time and am desperate.
Unfortunately that doesn't fix it. Still getting spammed with LUA errors. Skimming through them, I'm seeing a lot of mentions for various archud luas, and still a few ace ones.
And you are right, it's addictive. I'm a protection warrior, and just thinking if I could make a custom Ignore Pain bar just next to my HP bar...
Yes, pls update, I can't live without this add-on.
+1 for an update! :-)
My most important addon, and has been since way back, at day one. I can only beg for it to be updated <3
I've use ArcHUD for as long as I've played WoW. I would love to be able to keep playing with it, but it doesn't seem to function in Legion. Please consider updating!
Are there any plans to update ArcHud to make it Legion compatible?
Are there any plans to update ArcHud to be Legion compatible?
Is there any way to set the font for the text displayed in archud3? I used it long ago and had a certain font that i preferred. I had customized it heavily. Now that i have returned after 3 or 4 years away, I would like to have the same font. Other than that, you have incorporated everything that i could possibly wish for. Thanks!
Anyway you can move the Text under your character and not move anything else ? , i'd like it above my character :D