ScrollingCombatText
Please read and use the main SCT site for news, bugs, and feature requests. I don't read these forums hardly ever.
Be sure to check out SCTD 2.0 if you want SCT to show your damage.
Also check out my simple but enhanced combat log EavesDrop
What is it?
A fairly simple but very configurable mod that adds damage, heals, and events (dodge, parry, windfury, etc...) as scrolling text above you character model, much like what already happens above your target. This makes it so you do not have to watch (or use) your regular combat chat window and gives it a "Final Fantasy" feel.
Why use 5.0 over WoW's new built in Floating Combat Text ? - SCT 5.0 is a complete rewrite of the mod from the ground up. Its is now based in the Ace2 framework and rewitten with more performance in mind. On top of that, it offers features far above and beyond what WoW's FCT can do. FCT is great if you just need a lightweight SCT with limited options, but using SCT's new Lightmode can get you the same performance with almost all of SCT's normal features.
What can it do?
- Damage messages
- Heals (incoming and outgoing) and Overhealing (with healer ID's), with filtering for small heals.
- Spell Damage/Resists and Damage Type
- All "Miss" events (dodge, block, immune, etc...)
- Custom Colors for all text events
- Config file to setup custom events (self and target), capture data, and display it.
- Debuff/Buff gain and loss Messages
- Low Health and Mana Warnings with values, and optional sounds
- Rage/Mana/Energy Gains
- Enter and Leave Combat Messages
- Rogue Combo Points, 5 CP Alert Message
- Class Skill alerts (Execute, Overpower, CounterAttack, etc...)
- Honor, Reputation, Skill Gain
- Eight Animation Types (Verticle, Rainbow, Horizontal, Angled Down, Angled Up, Sprinkler, Curved HUD, Angled HUD)
- Four Fonts
- Two seperate Animation frames, each with their own settings. Assign any Event to either.
- Ability to flag any event as critical or as a text messages
- Sliders for text size, opacity, animation speed, movement speed, and on screen placement (with custom editbox)
- Lightmode, for when you care most about performance (at the loss of a few features).
- Now Based in Ace2.
- CTMod, MyAddons, Cosmos, Cosmos2 support
- Settings saved per character by default, but supports all Ace2 Profiles
- Load/Delete settings from another character. Load built in Profiles.
- Localized to work in almost all WoW clients.
How do I use it?
First unzip it into your interface\addons directory. For more info on installing, please read install.txt. Now just run WoW and once logged in, type /sctmenu to get the options screen.
SCT_EVENT_CONFIG.LUA is used to setup custom message events. Please open up the file (notepad, etc...) and read the opening section to understand how to use it all. PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FILE IN SCT. IF YOU DON'T READ IT AND USE IT, THEN YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON A TON OF WHAT SCT HAS TO OFFER IN CUSTOMIZATION
/sctdisplay is used to create your own custom messages. Useage: /sctdisplay 'message' red(0-10) green(0-10) blue(0-10) Example: /sctdisplay 'Heal Me' 10 0 0 - This will display 'Heal Me' in bright red
FAQ
How do I get My Crits or My Hits to show? I would suggest you get SCTD: http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=4913
My custom event doesn't work. What's wrong? - Make sure you have the text exactly right, punctuation and capitalization matters. If you need help learning how to capture data, please see the examples or try this site http://lua-users.org/wiki/PatternsTutorial. If its still not working, please read about SCT_Event_Debug and SCT_Event_List in the bottom half of SCT_EVENT_CONFIG.LUA to learn how to add almost any chat event to SCT's search capabilities
How do I change the text for parry, block, etc...? - open up the localiztions.lua file and look for the event you want to change. Then change the text to whatever you like. As of 4.1, you may also now add a custom event for these. As of 5.0 You will get notifications automatically for event specfic skills like Overpower, CounterAttack, etc...
How do I get get text to scroll? I only see numbers! - Make sure the "Show Events as Message" option is unchecked. This is only if you want events to appear as static text (not scrolling/animated)
I don't understand what the 2 frames are for! - Each frame lets you set different features. So you can set frame one using Sprinker animation and Default font, while frame 2 can be using Veritcle animation and Adventure font. You can then assign each event to a specfic frame using the radio buttons next to the events.
There's too many options. Help someone new see how things work! - Try out some of the new built in profiles. While on the options screen, click the "Profiles" button. At the top of the window will be a listing of some default profiles to try out. Maybe you'll fine one you like or it will spark some ideas for you to try.
How do I change the fonts? - You can now select from four fonts on the options page. You can also change the font of message and apply the font to the in game damage font used for your damage (requires relog)
I don't like friendly nameplates on. How do I make my heals appear over who I heal? - Friendly nameplates have to be on in order to show your heals. SCT will turn them on if you turn on the option, but you must manually turn them off if you don't like it (see Target keybindings).
I don't like the new spell icons, how do I turn them off? - There is an option to turn them off under the animation tab.
Support
Please post all errors and suggestions on http://grayhoof.wowinterface.com/ using the provided forms. Please post all questions and comments on the offical SCT thread.
sct.lua:1638: attemt to call method 'Setfont' (a nil value)"
can't change any setting at all everytime this shows up, also when fighting :/
Appending the following lines will add the SCT options panel to CTMod's main control panel, if it's available.
-- Add to CTMod Control panel if available if ( CT_RegisterMod ) then CT_RegisterMod("Scrolling Combat Text", nil, 5, "Interface\\Icons\\INV_Scroll_01", "Shows the SCT dialog, where you can modify te way the combat text appears.", "switch", nil, SCT_showMenu); end
How do you make the mod go Critical! (Spell_Name: ####)?? I've tried everything, current ver is 4.1 BETA
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Is there a way to add an event to see who is dispelling you and with what spell, much like heals from a 3rd party tell you who cast them?
I created a new character, and I loaded the settings from my main, but event messages (ie. Mob runs away in fear, Mob casts spell) show up at the very top of the screen in the largest font. However, on the character that I copied the settings from, the messages work fine. I tried everything from resetting it to resizing the font size. Suggestions?
Im just downloaded SCT, and ive figured out almost everthing except for when I get a critical strike it doest say [Critical Strike]. Can anyone please tell me where/how do enable this so this message appears when I get a crit?
Is there anyway to split the healing to one side and the dmg to the other? Currently it just splits the debuffs/dmg
Would it be possible to make a custom event that shows up as a "crit" (sticky for a sec) when my potion cooldowns are done?
I just want an SCT event for Combat Mana Pots / Night Dragon's Breath cooldowns.
Is this possible? How???
HELP!!!
I was just wondering where I can find a list of the numerical representations of non-english umlauts like
got it
I cant change my text from default to some of the others Fx. adventure and ect. if i try it exists wow. this message pups up ERROR #132 (0x85100084) Fatal Exception Program:C:\Programmer\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe Exception:0xC0000005 (ACCESS_VIOLATION) at 001B:00000009 What can i do to make it work?
Hey ! Thanks for your job, wonderful mod ! My problem is when I proc windfury, it doesn't display it in the damage scrolling text. I've got the French client, so I don't know if it has been yet reported, but if if not I do so :p I've tried to find the pb but so far nothing. Thanks for considering this issue !
Signed up just to say this is about my favorite addon, only few even compare.
i like the newest version, the 4.1. lots more stuff to customize
When I parry ingame, the message Parry pops up. It's spelled exactly "Parry".
I went to my interface/sct folder and I searched every single file for the word "Parry" and I made the search sensetive to case.
I didn't find it. How on earth is that possible, and where do I find this event?
I want to change that text message to Riposte instead.
Is it possible to make the reists message to show what spell you resisted? l
is it not possible to make my Hunter pet's special attacks, such as Claw, show up in a different color, or at least the same color at its regular attacks. Right now, my pets special attacks show up in yellow, which is the same color as my special attacks. It's a small thing but it makes it hard to see how my pet is doing. :)