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?
no i had it on vanilla and mainly on TBC. it was archud and it had huds for party and targets altho it was only target and targets target in 2 alittle smaller then the main hud above it
and the party frames were on the top and had also target and targets target going from top to bottom. was EPIC. i play mage and back then i had absolutely no visual on my char accept its back and... i never let anyone hit me :( if you are intereset i can try to search for a vanilla pirate server and try to gief you screenshot or maby try to draw you the main idea if you have the time and think its worthed afc :)
@ThisIsBunny: In ArcHUD2, there were no party frames (and there are no plans to add some for ArcHUD3). I didn't use ArcHUD in vanilla, so I have no idea how it looked like. Maybe you mixed it up with another UnitFrame addon?
hi.... i just donwloaded the latest version from here but... my party frames are hidden and there is no party frame options that i can find :( also... i wanted to ask if... maby you are thinking about making the target and targets target like the original ArcHud from Vanilla and also the party and partys target and targets target from back then :( it was the most usefull addon for PVP
Kind of like castbars has and dhud4 used to have (it still does only it's become unusable).
Huge DPS increase/loss from having/not having this.
Please use the ticket system ;)
different colours for spell that can/cannot be interrupted.
Different bar sytles is welcomed
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Wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I'd like to thank you all again for your very motivating feedback and bug reports for this fantastic addon for which I have the honor to continue developing it.
I've actually grown kind of dependent on it because I'll occasionally run out of Mana/ die without this.
It's super great though, and I love you for it.
Thanks ;) I already tested it on the PTR and the beta, so there shouldn't be any surprises.
Still working good on 4.0.3, just thought I'd let you all know :)
Only one thing though I would love it if you brought back customization i.e. types of bar, colors, texture etc other than that it's perfect!