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  • Supports: 5.2.0
  • 8,899,261 Total Downloads
  • Updated 04/15/2013
  • Created 07/03/2006
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  • License: All Rights Reserved
  • Newest File: v5.7.128
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About MikScrollingBattleText

Announcements:

  • There is a known bug with the WoW client where selecting Monochrome for a font causes the client to crash. I have posted a bug report on the official forum here: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/6471787382
  • Version 5.7.127 fixes the dispel issue introduced by Patch 5.2.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Before posting a question, please see the FAQ list at MSBT's portal site. http://mikord.wowinterface.com/portal.php?id=156&a=faq

Description:

MSBT is designed to be an extremely lightweight, efficient, and highly configurable mod that makes it easier to see combat information by scrolling the information on the screen in separate, dynamically creatable scroll areas. It is a replacement for Blizzard's Floating Combat Text and Damage output.

Features:

  • Lightweight and efficient design.
  • Scroll incoming damage/heals, outgoing damage/heals, and notifications in separate configurable scroll areas on the playing field.
  • Display player and pet cooldown completion alerts.
  • Display loot alerts with a total of how many are now in inventory.
  • Add triggers that will allow you to show notifications based on a variety of conditions.
  • Assign a sound file to play for events/triggers.
  • Dynamically create new scroll areas and assign any event/trigger to them.
  • Customize the position, size, animation style, enabled state, font style, font size, font outline, and opacity for each of the scroll areas.
  • Customize each individual event's color, font style, font size, font outline, opacity, output message, enabled state, and scroll area.
  • Set "Master Font" settings that will be inherited by all of the scroll areas and the events in them unless they are overridden at the scroll area or event level.
  • Merge AoE data into one event with cumulative damage/healing done with number of normal and crits specified.
  • Show overhealing amounts against yourself or party/raid members.
  • Color unit names according to their class.
  • Color damage amounts according to damage type.
  • Show partial effects (resists, absorbs, vulnerabilities, etc) colored according to type.
  • Filter output information with a full suite of spam controls.
  • Load on demand options.
  • For mod developers:
    • Output your own scrolling messages with the MikSBT.DisplayMessage function instead of having to create your own frame and animation code. You can also use your own font by first registering it with MSBT via the MikSBT.RegisterFont function.
    • Create custom animation styles.
    • See the included API.html file for reference information.

Supported Events:

  • Incoming:
    • Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, and Immunes
    • Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, Reflects, and Interrupts
    • Spell Resists
    • Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
    • Pet Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, and Immunes
    • Pet Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, and Immunes
    • Pet Spell Resists
    • Pet Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
    • Environmental Damage
  • Outgoing:
    • Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, and Evades
    • Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, Reflects, Interrupts, and Evades
    • Spell Resists and Buff Dispels
    • Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
    • Pet Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, and Evades
    • Pet Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, and Evades
    • Pet Spell Resists and Buff Dispels
    • Pet Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
  • Notification:
    • Buffs / Buff Stacks / Buff Fades
    • Debuffs / Debuff Stacks / Debuff Fades
    • Item Buffs / Item Buff Fades
    • Enter/Leave Combat
    • Power Gains and Losses
    • Alternate Power Gains and Losses
    • Chi Gains and Chi Full
    • Combo Point Gains and Combo Points Full
    • Holy Power Changes and Holy Power Full
    • Honor Gains
    • Reputation Gains and Losses
    • Skill Gains
    • Experience Gains
    • Killing Blows (Player and NPC)
    • Extra Attacks
    • Soul Shard Creation
    • Enemy Buff Gains
    • Monster Emotes
    • Player, Pet, and Item Cooldown Completions
  • Loot
    • Looted Items
    • Money Gains
  • Default Triggers:
    • All Relevant Classes - Low Health, Low Mana, Low Pet Health
    • Death Knight - Killing Machine, Rime, Rune Strike, Shadow Infusion x5
    • Druid - Berserk, Clearcasting, Eclipse (Lunar), Eclipse (Solar), Owlkin Frenzy, Predator's Swiftness, Shooting Stars
    • Hunter - Kill Shot, Lock and Load
    • Mage - Brain Freeze, Clearcasting, Fingers of Frost, Missile Barrage
    • Monk- Elusive Brew x5, x10, x15, Mana Tea x20, Power Guard x3, Vital Mists x5
    • Paladin - Hammer of Wrath, The Art of War
    • Priest - Clearcasting, Shadow Orb x3
    • Rogue - Blindside
    • Shaman - Clearcasting, Lava Surge, Maelstrom Weapon x5, Tidal Waves
    • Warlock - Backlash, Decimation, Molten Core, Nightfall
    • Warrior - Bloodsurge, Execute, Overpower, Revenge, Sudden Death, Taste for Blood, Victory Rush

Commands:

/msbtShows the options interface.
/msbt resetResets the current profile to the default settings.
/msbt disableDisables the mod.
/msbt enableEnables the mod.
/msbt versionShows the current version.
/msbt helpShows the command usage.

Version History:

See version history as MSBT's portal site. http://www.wowinterface.com/portal.php?&id=156&pageid=147

5.7.128

  • Updated parser to support the new amount parameter on applied and removed auras. Thanks to pelf for the patch.

5.7.127

  • Fix issue introduced with Patch 5.2 where dispels were showing the skill performing the dispel rather than the one being dispelled.

5.7.126

  • Modified skill ID for Taste For Blood to reflect the new value.
  • Updated TOC for Patch 5.2.

5.7.125

  • Updated TOC for Patch 5.1.

5.7.124

  • Fixed issue introduced with Monk Chi changes in Patch 5.1.

5.7.123

  • Fixed an issue where certain power types such as Sha Power and Alternate Power were causing errors.

5.7.122

  • Added new Shadow Orbs Change and Shadow Orbs Full events that act similar to combo points.
  • Removed shadow orbs from standard power gains (e.g. +1 Shadow Orbs) since it is now treated similar to combo points.
  • Removed Shadow Orbs x3 default trigger due to the new Shadow Orbs Full event.
  • Fixed issue where the shorten numbers and group by thousands options were not being applied to overkill amounts.
  • Added default trigger for Blindside.
  • Removed extra exclamation point from druid berserking default trigger.
  • Added missing Italian localization files.

5.7.119

  • Fixed issue where combo point gains and full combo points were not being displayed (reported by dondasch).

5.7.118

  • Updated for Patch 5.0.1 / Mists of Pandaria Beta
    • Monk is now an available class for triggers and class coloring.
    • Added new Chi Change and Chi Full events that act similar to combo points.
    • Added support for dynamic max chi and holy power.
    • Removed chi from standard power gains (e.g. +1 Chi) since it is now treated similar to combo points.
    • Removed the following triggers since they no longer apply: Counterattack, Eradication, Hot Streak, Impact, Riposte, Viper Sting
    • Removed the following skills from default suppressions and throttling since they no longer apply: Arcane Empowerment, Desecration, Ferocious Inspiration, Mana Spring
    • Updated supported power types to include Alternate, Dark Force, Chi (Light Force), Shadow Orbs, Burning Embers, and Demonic Fury.
    • Rewrote code that deals with party and raid members to use the new Blizzard APIs.
    • Updated "Active Talents" trigger condition to use the new Blizzard API.
    • Modified remaining existing triggers to work with their new values.
    • Modified several skill IDs to reflect their new values.
    • Added default trigger for Vital Mists x5.
    • Added default trigger for Mana Tea x20.
    • Added default trigger for Elusive Brew at 5, 10, and 15 stacks.
    • Added default trigger for Power Guard x3.
    • Added new events for Alternate Power Gains and Losses so they may be customized.
    • Added temporary workaround for UnitGUID bug when in a group. Triggers that involve party/raid members will not work currently due to this.
    • Updated environmental damage handler for environmental type changes.
    • Updated TOC for Patch 5.0.4.
  • Added new option to shorten large numbers using si suffixes (32765 displays as 33k).
  • Added new option to separate large numbers into digit groups (32765 dispays as 32,765).
  • Fixed taint issues cause by the _ global variable.
  • Converted class names to use Blizzard provided localizations.
  • Removed old temporary workaround for raid flags added in Patch 4.2.
  • Added Italian localization from Kelhar@Runetotem-EU.

5.6.117

  • Money strings will now show properly on all supported languages.
  • Updated Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations from yleaf.

5.6.113

  • Converted all sounds to .ogg from .mp3.

5.6.112

  • Modified combat event log parser to work with the absorb changes in Patch 4.3.

5.6.111

  • Updated German translations from mojosdojo.
  • Updated Simplified and Traditional Chinese translations from yleaf.
  • Updated TOC for Patch 4.3.

5.6.108

  • Removed item cooldoown tracking debug print

5.6.107

  • Added support for item cooldowns:
    • Created new event for customizable item cooldown notifications.
    • Added Item Cooldown Complete to the available trigger events.
    • Added Item ID and Item Name condition handling for the main trigger events that support them.
    • Cooldown exclusions now accept skill IDs, item names, and item IDs in addition to skill names.
  • Added monochrome, monochrome + thin, and monochrome + thick to available outline font settings for pixel font lovers.
  • Modified the custom font and sound validation routines to work with arbitrary case extensions.
  • Changed custom font validation error message to a more descriptive message when the font can't be set versus the more generic ttf message.

See the included readme.html for further version history.

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v5.7.125 Release5.1.0420,74411/29/2012
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  • Posted 10/24/2007 4:52:16 PM #313
    whitehead
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    • Posts: 3

    I REALLY like this addon. Thanks for your efforts! Not quite as user friendly as some, but much more flexible. Thanks again.

    One request: LARGER font sizes? I like to see some allerts REALLY BIG. =)

    Thanks and keep up the good work.

  • Posted 10/24/2007 7:08:06 PM #314
    kopaker
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    • Posts: 1

    on the old version i had white numbers on my normal rang dmg and yellow Letters on the name of the style.. (hunter) now all is yellow
    with which option i can change this? that ist number white und the letters yellow?

  • Posted 10/25/2007 5:37:46 AM #315
    mikord
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    Whitehead:

    Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately Blizzard limits the font size to 32. Anything larger than that has to be text scaled which makes it look really poor. Unless Blizzard changes the API to allow for larger font sizes, 32 is it.

    Kopaker:

    There is not an option for it, but I'll see about putting one in. I had to change it because when skill names are disabled and physical damage was coloring the text white, there was no way to tell the difference between a regular hit and a skill since the white would override it.

  • Posted 10/25/2007 9:52:50 AM #316
    Sueisfine
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    • Posts: 12

    First of all, a big big "Thank you!" for your work on this add-on ! It's definitely one of my favorites and one of the best ever made.

    Version 5.0 is even more neat with the new menu system but I just noticed a little bug last night and wanted to warn you about it.

    If you go into the "Scroll Areas" section and try to setup the font definitions for the "Static" area, the changes you make are NOT being saved when you press "Save". I mean, you can change all you want and press "Save" in the end but all the settings simply remain as they were before you did the changes.

    I only noticed this bug on the Font settings of the "Static" area, don't know if it's working right for the other scroll areas.

    Thanks once again for your dedication and for your awesome add-on!

  • Posted 10/26/2007 10:52:33 AM #319
    Sueisfine
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    • Posts: 12

    Thanks Mikk ! As always, a 5 star service from you ! =)

  • Posted 10/26/2007 6:02:47 AM #317
    mikord
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    • Posts: 777

    Thanks for the report and feedback Sueisfine. That issue and some others are fixed in 5.01 which I just released

  • Posted 10/26/2007 6:52:32 AM #318
    nolf77
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    • Posts: 2

    Hello,
    I'am a french man ( sorry for my bad engllsh )
    One comment only : exactly the same than Suelsfine
    A big big "Thank you!" for your work on this add-on ! It's definitely one of my favorites and one of the best ever made." :-)

  • Posted 10/26/2007 11:26:06 AM #320
    GRiMoku
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    • Posts: 17

    Mikk, lovin the new code base. The new scroll area controls and options fantabulous! The smaller memory footprint is uber. This addon and MetaHUD just work so well together. GJ mate.

  • Posted 10/27/2007 3:01:26 PM #321
    trilca
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    • Posts: 18

    Is there any way to make it show the words and not icons? I'm used to certain things being spammy words, sort of a mental checklist, and with it being icons, my checklist is all messed up!

    You hit with a (little paw)
    You hit with a (little claw)
    You heal with a (green leaf)
    You heal with a (different green leaf)
    argh
    You bang head on keyboard cuz you can't remember wtf the diff is between 2 leaves, 3 paws/claws/teeth and don't forget the pink leaf too!

  • Posted 10/27/2007 5:22:54 PM #322
    mikord
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    • Posts: 777

    Nolf77 / GRiMoku:

    Thanks for the kind words!

    Trilca:

    Uncheck Exclusive Skill Names on the Skill Icons tab. Now you will see the icon and the skill name.

  • Posted 10/28/2007 1:50:05 AM #323
    Raees
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    • Posts: 1

    instead it shows names and instead of icons for me and i dont see where the skill icons tab

  • Posted 10/28/2007 5:46:42 PM #324
    trilca
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    • Posts: 18

    perfect, thank you :) I moved to MSBT a long time ago from SCR and couldn't be happier with it, so little tweaks like this only make me happier!

  • Posted 10/29/2007 1:46:12 AM #325
    mikord
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    Raees:

    Make sure you have the latest version 5.01 and that you have the MSBTIcons module that is packaged with it installed.

    There was a bug that only affected some people in 5.0 where the icons weren't showing up. Make sure you completely quit the game after upgrading too, because I made a change to the .toc file and it won't take effect until you completely exit and restart the game.

  • Posted 10/29/2007 11:55:14 AM #326
    Namsar
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    • Posts: 8

    Just a few minor things I've noticed, not sure if they are things you plan, or things I just missed but.

    There is no speed control on the scroll areas ? No way to slow the text right down etc ?

    The configuration buttons for the scroll area seem to disappear/appear, is it not shown under certain circumstances ? (And I was out of combat the whole time, in a raid group but not in the instance)

    Is there a reason for the limit on the width of the scroll box's ? I used to wrap the box around Metahud's hud but now I can't seem to make a small enough curve, i.e. I want the width of the scroll box's smaller than 40, is there a reason not to allow this ?

    That's all I can think of for now! Thanks again for this awesome mod!

  • Posted 10/31/2007 4:21:29 AM #330
    Namsar
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    • Posts: 8

    "I'll change the min scroll width to 10 in the next minor release."

    It would be lovely if the minimum height could be lower too. I like having my static scroll as more of a single line than a scroll :P

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