Parrot
Floating Combat Text of awesomeness.
Displays Events from the combatlog (damage, healing, ...) as moving text and numbers across the Screen. It also supports various other Events (Loot, Cooldowns, ...). Further Parrot offers a Trigger-system to display Text and play sounds on certain predefined events (e.g. Nightfall for Warlocks).
Localization
If you want to translate Parrot into your language (or update an existing translation) please do so here.
FAQ
Q: "I created a custom Trigger doing <something>. Is it worthy to be in parrots default triggers?"
A: In many cases it is. If you want to contribute a custom trigger to be added to the default triggers, please post a ticket where you describe *exactly* how you set it up. I can't figure that out for every class and every spec.
Q: "Parrot is not showing heals, but it's enabled in the options"
A: Since 3.2 WoW displays every full overheal in the combatlog (even for HoTs). That's why Parrot v1.9.0+ contains an option in Events to "Hide full overheals" which is enabled by default to avoid unnecessary spam.
Q: ''I want to use custom fonts and sounds in Parrot, but there are none available'
A: Parrot doesn't provide sounds or additional fonts (only the fonts included in WoW)
For additional fonts and sounds please install SharedMedia.
To use custom sounds and fonts see the "INSTRUCTIONS for MyMedia.txt" in the SharedMedia-folder.
Q: "Whenever I /reload or log back in again, parrot auto-hides blizzard's default outgoing damage text (the one above the mob in question). Is there any way to avoid having to enable blizz's functions all the time?
A: When enabled Parrot manages the settings for Blizzard FCTs damage- and heal-display. You can enable these features to be used with Parrot in the config (General->Game damage/healing)
Q: "Sometimes when Looting stackable items, the stackcount is off. Why isn't this fixed?"
A: The problem is, that the Interface-event for the Loot is sometimes triggered before, and sometimes after the item was put in the bag (depending on lag). If anyone knows a solution that does not involve constantly polling the bags' content, I'm open to suggestions.
Questions
If you need help with some option, trigger, or whatever use the Parrot-forum on wowace for any questions you might have (please no bug-reports).
Feature Requests
To make a feature Request please use the ticket-system.
Before making a feature Request please make sure that the current alpha does not contain the feature already.
Also check if there is a similar feature request among the open tickets already (and maybe join the discussion there).
deleted my config files and started again... but icon transparency and text transparency sliders do not work always goes back to 0? even if type in %... then get error Message: Interface\AddOns\Parrot\Code\Display.lua:422: Usage: ParrotFrameFontString15:SetAlpha(alpha)
Each time I restart WoW, my profile is resetted to "standard"
Any way to fix this?
It doesnt come up in the Interface -> Addons box either.
Thanks
Hi i have this error:
[2009/08/06 18:52:28-2692-x8]: Parrot-v1.8.0\Code\ScrollAreas.lua:407: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value) (tail call): ?: <in C code>: ? <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[2]":9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[2]"]:5> (tail call): ?: AceConfigDialog-3.0-34:786: in function <...nfig-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0\AceConfigDialog-3.0.lua:605> (tail call): ?: <in C code>: ? <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[3]":9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[3]"]:5> (tail call): ?: AceGUI-3.0-25 (AckisRecipeList):305: in function `Fire' ...st\libs\AceGUI-3.0\widgets\AceGUIWidget-DropDown.lua:426: in function <...st\libs\AceGUI-3.0\widgets\AceGUIWidget-DropDown.lua:417>: (tail call): ?: <in C code>: ? <string>:"safecall Dispatcher[3]":9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[3]"]:5> (tail call): ?: AceGUI-3.0-25 (AckisRecipeList):305: in function `Fire' ...s\AceGUI-3.0\widgets\AceGUIWidget-DropDown-Items.lua:333: in function <...s\AceGUI-3.0\widgets\AceGUIWidget-DropDown-Items.lua:328>:
-**im having this error: http://paste.wowace.com/930/
The Erro thas i become is
Interface\AddOns\Parrot\Code\Display.lua:424: Usage: ParrotFrameTexture1:SetAlpha(alpha)
- Can not remove icon effects, stays on when I click
- Can not get Horizontal to move to the left, it either alternates or moves right, even with "Down, left" selected
I'm getting the following error when trying to change Sticky font outline within the Scroll areas (for Incoming, Outgoing and Notification):
Parrot-v1.8.0\Code\ScrollAreas.lua:407: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value) (tail call): ?:
it also introduces all new features I have been working on for the last weeks.
Bad news: It resets your saved settings.
Was this not tested before it was posted to curse? ALL my settings and customizations are now GONE.
/sob
v1.8.0 is released and fixes the issue.
Hello, is there an update for 3.2 patch? All incoming heals to me shows up as critical heals. Thanks.
Currently parrot seems to be taking all incoming/outgoing heals as crits, so all casted healing spells are being stickied.