The Instance #176 – The Talented Mr. Ghostcrawler (40 Comments)Comments on:

By: Ovos The Surfing Mage

Ovos The Surfing Mage — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:21:35 +0000

My Contest Entry:
I would like to see a mod that combines the features of lightheaded with the wow armory, allowing quick access to armor upgrade info. I’m not sure how the mechanics of it would work, but it would be nice to mouse over my armor IN GAME and get the option to find upgrades like on the wow armory page. The page or info listed for upgrades could have links to wowhead item info and comments, etc.

By: Salace

Salace — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:05:20 +0000

I would also like to know more about the parody song at the end of this episode. I love the original song, and whoever did that parody did a great job.

I have an idea for an add-on which would be most useful for me. I use “Crap Away!” now to automatically sell trash to a vendor when opening the exchange window. However, I would love an add-on which would either destroy gray-name items immediately upon looting them or offer a way to single click (using an alt key or something) to quickly destroy them without having to drag/release them onto some blank part of your screen.

Seems simple to me; but I’m not a programmer, so I don’t know how simple such an add-on may or may not be.

By: Widgettius

Widgettius — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:07:15 +0000

Wished for Addon:

With so many buffs, debuffs, totems, etc. (b/d/t/etc.) either not stacking or overriding each other I would love to see an addon that would “inspect” the party or raid and display a list of what b/d/t/etc. each party or raid member brings to the group. It would only need to track which b/d/t/etc. affect party or raid members and not b/d/t/etc. that only effect the individual that triggered them. For b/d/t/etc. that are not generally considered but of a character’s normal role rotation it would be nice to have an option to assign those b/d/t/etc. to a character, something long the lines of Pally Power assignments. It would also be nice to have some type of an in combat audit feature that indicating any b/d/t/etc. that are available to the group but missing during the encounter. I can see where knowing what you have to work with, by way of b/d/t/etc., can be a huge benefit to adapting strategies to encounters based on party or raid composition. Ever the optimist I can even see it reducing the number of wipes and increasing the chances of success while group learn and master encounters.

By: Diatain

Diatain — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:03:13 +0000

Addon Contest:

Average DPS. Since people are always saying ‘PST GEARSCORE’ to get an invite to a raid, this addon would replace it. It averages your DPS for each type of instance (Heroics, 10-man raids, 25-man raids) and for each raid specifically. It only saves the boss fights so that AoE rash doesn’t skew results. It will save the stats for different bosses, but not for actual individual fights. You can report the stats for a specific raid or boss, much like recount does.

This would make it so that people won’t judge you on how good your gear is, but on how much DPS you can pump out.

By: Elbatcho

Elbatcho — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:42:15 +0000

Best Add on would be Auto Pilot which would allow you to plot points and fly to them.

By: Horizon

Horizon — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:22:34 +0000

Addon Contest:
I’m from Europe but I hope that doesn’t matter. I would like to create an Addon that helped LFD users to remember a Ninja-looter or simply a player with bad attitude so that next time you stumble upon him/her you can simply leave the group rather then have your gear being snatched by someone who is going to vendor it.

By: Grimm

Grimm — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:27:36 +0000

Hey guys, I’ve had my eye on the various editions of that book for 2 years and have not had the money to spend on it. It seems I’m constantly having ideas of useful mods, only to have them flitter away from my mind with no practical knowledge of how to code them. This time my current idea is with the new changes to the map and questing window that Blizzard implemented. Some things I’d like to be able to do are: make the reduced size map window movable, add the appropriate level of the quests in your log to the quest (many mods have done this, but they are constantly breaking and not being maintained) and change the numbered bubbles on the quest list from just being “1,2,3,4,5….” to, again, the appropriate level to do the quest, which seems quite a bit more useful. I’m sure more things will pop into my head, but those are what currently occupy the space between my ears. I have studied several programming languages, just not LUA, so the book wouldn’t be wasted on me. Thanks guys!

By: Elonzor

Elonzor — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:04:21 +0000

I would LOVE to find out if there is sound functionality accessible to Add-ons. I play a Resto Shaman and heal others in my group pretty well, but when it comes to healing myself, I too often don’t notice my health bar until it’s too late. My very simple add-on would be to create something to make a sound when my health gets below 50%, and can be tied to other functions in the game. I’m as aural as I am visual, and sound cues would be fantastic!

>>>You wrote:James Whitehead is back with his second edition of World Of Warcraft Programming: A Guide and Reference for Creating WoW Addons, and it’s got a really cool cover. The cover art on this huge tome was created by our very own Scott Johnson! We’ve got one of these to give away, Scott is going to sign it before shipping it to our winner. Listen to win!

By: Thewilly

Thewilly — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:28:17 +0000

Contest Entry: I would really like to see a mod where a tank (like me ) can see where the threat of multiple mobs is. I love programming, and a mod like this I feel would add a lot to the game (and be lots of fun to make as well!).

Thanks, love the show!

By: cdsky3

cdsky3 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:06:50 +0000

I hope I am posting in the right spot for the mod/UI.

I have several of alts (the majority in the 70s or 80), and have been playing the game for the past four and half years, but the funny thing is that I have never really participated in PvP. Recently I have become an heirloom collector and have stocked up a nice little rogue with all the goodies. I admit, I am a noob in oh so many ways when it comes to PvP, and often I guard the flag while sitting back and watching the zerging and turtles occurring around me. However, there comes a time when the guardian must actually fulfill their duty. This is what I have come to realize: when you are mashing buttons with one hand, and directing yourself (via mouse) with another, you often don’t have time to type ‘BS Help!’ (though I have caught myself yelling that at my computer with an entirely different meaning).

For the past two weeks (yes, I level slow-even with the extra xp bonus- I take time to SMELL the roses!), I have been wishing that there was a UI out there that had two small boxes similar to the Decursive boxes. These two boxes could be a Defenders Rally Cry, and help so much. If one box could have an [I] for incoming — and automatically fill in the flag I am guarding (or just say flag room-or location such a Quarry), and the other box have [U] (or an [R] for rally ) and be able to shout ‘— Under Attack Help!’ (ex. BS Under Attack HELP!) it would be very useful. Also since it would be those two small boxes, they would not interrupt peripheral vision for those folk who like the less cluttered UI. This would mean I would be able to simply hit the correct box and get ready, or know that while I am sacrificing myself for the flag that the cry has been shouted to the other defenders and help is coming and the I have done the maximum amount of damage to the enemy.

I can see this type of addon being useful for most, if not ALL of the Battlegrounds, especially for us defenders. I have looked for similar addons, and have not been able to spot any (there was one, but it is no longer being updated-and it had much more information and clutter in it then I wanted).

I hope that someone will be able to create this addon, or something similar to it. It may not be here to help me now as I slug my way through the 50s, but it would be nice to see it when I am in my 70s (yes, I level SLOWLY) – or on my goblin!

For those of you wondering, yes, battleground leveling is extremely fun, and you get to meet some great people (you learn to ignore the screamers and profanity users oddly enough)!