Bison
Customizing your buff display.
Features
- free position of all buff buttons
- support up to 40 buff buttons (the max size can be changed)
- individual selection of rows and cols for all buff bars
- individual selection of scale for all buff bars
- added ButtonFacade support
- added a first version of prog bar (spell id's can be shown on buff bar)
- added a small bar for combo points
Acknowledgement
The addon based on Nimbal Buffalo2.
Commands
/bison or /bi - open the configuration dialog for Bison
- lock - lock the buttons on the screen
- enable - enable or disable Bison
- for each bar: buff, debuff, weapon, hidden, prog
- show - show or hide the bar (default: show)
- timer - select the timer style for all bars (default: Bison style)
- flashing - enable flashing for all bars (default: enabled)
- scale value - the scale for the bar buttons (default: 100%)
- rows value - the rows for the bar
- cols value - the cols for the bar
- horizontal - the first direction for the bar buttons (default: horizontal)
- xPadding value - the horizontal space between the buttons (default: 5)
a negativ value change the direction of the bar
- yPadding value - the vertical space between the buttons (default: 15)
a negativ value change the direction of the bar
Now Bison use the same method like other addons by hijacking the Blizzard buff and debuff elements. So the cancel buff works well on these version.
I loved the addon SurgeTrack, but its dead. So I start my own surge bar :). I can not play all classes, so I inserted a limited count of temporary buffs. Blizzard show some of these as auras around the avatar. You can enable the spell id's on the buff bar, to find the id's of missing buffs (I need your help).
knowing addons with modules hiding buff frames
You should deactive the option for hiding Blizzard Buff/Debuff frames.
- Pitbull4 - Module "Hide Blizzard frames" (option 'Buff/Debuff')
- X-Perl - Module "Player Buffs" (folder 'Player' subframe 'Player Buffs' on top right)
- ShadowedUnitFrames - Module "Hide Blizzard" (option "hide buff frames", at last "/console reloadui")
Some Masque (ButtonFacade) skins shove the timers into the center of the icons. Either don't use Masque on your buffs or find and test a new skin package that won't move them.
From personal use I know that all the skins in CleanUI are 'broken' in this reguard.
This is the best tip. It should be included in the description!
I was wondering if it was possible to incorporate the weapon buffs into the normal buffs?
MAybe with a turn on//off option for those who like having them seperated.
1. My buffs seem to change in size and Buttonfacade seems to attach itself a sec after it shows.
2. On the prog bar Disciplin priest proc "Borrowed Time" seems to get stuck and stay as a minor icon when its gone.
1. Moving buff/debuff bars doesn't always work. I put my debuff bar next to my unit frames, and resized it so it was nice and big. Debuffs still show up in a completely different place, in the top right where the bar USED to be. Not sure how to fix this. Sometimes I'll have one or two debuffs next to my unit frames, and one or two up in the corner at the same time??
2. Progs bar just doesn't work. I'm a shammy and Clearcasting / Tidal Waves either don't show up, or show up but they don't disappear when the buff disappears...so I end up with this permanently flashing '0s' icon.
Other than those two probs...Bison is great. Any help would be greatly appreciated :D
Why is LibButtonFacade embedded? o.O
Thanks, Buz =)
>> /bison profile choose MYPROFILE
This would be great!
two small feature requests:
1. add a font shadow to the duration of buffs for better readability (should be easy)
2. add an option to include weapon buffs in the main buff bar.
Thanks!
keep up the great work. love this addon!
As a suggestion, I would really love it if I could make my debuffs to grow vertically again.
eg.
5 6
3 4
1 2
Keep up the good work!