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  • Created 6/4/2005 11:30:06 AM
  • Updated 12/5/2010 11:26:50 PM
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  • License: BSD License
  • Release Type: Release
  • Newest File: 3.3.0
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About Nox Information Bar Redux

Nox Information Bar is a simple customizable frame that lets you display nearly any data available to the WoW client - in real time. It can show the current time, experience, game performance, combat efficiency and more - pretty much any data you want in the format you want. This "Redux" edition is the same thing as the original Nox bar, but with additional features and a new maintainer (me).

Features:

  • Sixteen customizable data slots.
  • 30 customizable tooltip lines.
  • Experience bar overlays showing current and rested experience in a format easier to read than the default experience bar.
  • A new GUI panel for customizing the bar.
  • Compatibility with myAddOns.
  • Clock offsets from server time configurable per-character for local time displays.

You can customize the Nox Bar by specifying a mix of text and "variables" for each slot to display. For instance, to make a slot display the current time in 24-hour format, you might configure a slot to display "The current time is {24hours}:{minutes}". The names enclosed in brackets (eg. "{24hours}") are the variables, and are replaced at runtime with their appropriate values, while all other text is displayed as configured. Nox supports many of these variables - too many to list here. See the user's guide included in the download for the latest list. If you don't see the data you need in the list, please feel free to suggest additions!

Nox Information Bar is delivered as several separate addons so that you can load only the pieces you need. These are:

  • NoxInformationBar is the bar itself, with the standard set of variables.
  • NoxCombatStats adds combat-related variables to the bar.
  • NoxHonorStats adds honor-related variables to the bar.
  • NoxMoneyExtension adds a graphical money display, similar to the one at the bottom of the backpack.
  • NoxEquipmentStats adds information about equipped items, including durability.
  • NoxSkillStats adds information about character skills.
  • NoxPlayerStats adds basic information about your character.
  • NoxSampleExtension shows how to write plugins for the Nox Bar.
  • NoxMover shifts UI frames around to make room for your Nox Bar.

All of these addons are included in the download file. The "NoxMover" addon is completely standalone, and can be used with or without the Nox Bar, or can be turned off or deleted if you don't need it.

I have to thank ins0mniaque for the original Nox bar, plus the authors of all of the other addons I have borrowed bits and pieces or techniques from - as well as the authors of addons ins0mniaque originally borrowed from.

The Nox Bar supports the following slash commands:

Show the configuration panel:

   /noxib config

Show or hide the bar or individual slots:

   /noxib show [slot=table]
   /noxib hide [slot=table]
   /noxib toggle [slot=table]

Lock the bar position:

   /noxib lock
   /noxib unlock

Customize slot displays:

   /noxib resize slot=table width=number
   /noxib remap slot=table display='string'

Reset the curent session statistics:

   /noxib reset

Configure the tooltip:

   /noxib tooltip [state=<'on', 'off'>] [position=<'anchor'>] [x=number] [y=number]

Configure the clock offset from server time:

   /noxib clock [offsethour=number] [offsetminute=number]

"table" parameters can be specified as:

  • numbers -> "slot=1"
  • ranges -> "slot=1-6"
  • lists -> "slot=[ 1 3 7 8 ]"

Display strings for the remap command (enclosed in single quotes) define what each slot will display. Variables in each display string (enclosed in braces) will be replaced in the bar with their current values.

Anchor values for the tooltip can be:

  • 'left'
  • 'topleft'
  • 'top'
  • 'topright'
  • 'right'
  • 'bottomright'
  • 'bottom'
  • 'bottomleft'
  • 'center'

Examples:

  • Mark slots 4, 5 and 6 as visible
   /noxib show slot=4-6
  • Display only the clock (in white) in a 100 pixel wide slot
   /noxib hide slot=1-16
   /noxib show slot=1
   /noxib resize slot=1 width=100
   /noxib remap slot=1 display='|cffffffff{24hours}:{minutes}'
  • Display the current framerate in slot 6, followed by a space and then "fps"
   /noxib remap slot=6 display='{framerate} fps'
  • Put the tooltip in the bottom right corner
   /noxib tooltip position='bottomright' x=-32 y=32
  • Shut off the tooltip
   /noxib tooltip state='off'
  • Reset the clock offsets to zero (use server time)
   /noxib clock
  • Set the clock offset to minus 2 hours and 30 minutes
   /noxib clock offsethour=-2 offsetminute=-30
  • Updated the TOC for 3.3.

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  • #96
    I just uploaded an alpha-quality update for 4.0.1. This fixes the constant Lua errors and should basically work, but some specific data fields are now broken and may throw Lua errors or may just fail to display anything useful. I still have a whole lot of updating to do on this addon.

    Curse can be a little weird about showing alpha versions, so make sure you look around carefully for it. The big "download" button usually will NOT download alpha versions, so you want to find the specific download instead. As I write this, my upload is still in the queue waiting for approval, and so hasn't hit curse.com yet.
  • #97
    I'm not sure what magical incantations you have to do to get alpha releases to show up on Curse.com these days. If the 4.0.0a1 file does not show up here, you can go to curseforge.com and download it directly from there. (Just click on the curseforge.com link in the project description above.)
  • #92
    Works with 4.0.1 but thows up constant errors too.

    1x NoxInformationBar-3.3.0\NoxInformationBar.lua:120: Usage: GameTooltip:IsOwned(frame)
    NoxInformationBar-3.3.0\NoxInformationBar.lua:120: in function `NoxInformationBar_RefreshDisplay'
    NoxInformationBar-3.3.0\NoxInformationBarEvents.lua:70: in function `NoxInformationBar_OnUpdate'


    Locals:
    arg1 = 0.022000001743436

    ---
  • #93
    Yes, you're right. I haven't gotten the chance to fix it yet, but I'm getting there. Mostly I just need to update it to remove some of the programming features that Blizzard changed over the past few releases.
  • #94
    Are you going to post some updates? I love this xp bar sooo much and all of the information it provides on mouseover. I'll probably just keep it enabled in the meantime and ignore the errors.
  • #95
    Hi Inaris,

    Yes, I'll post updates as soon as I can get it addressed. I wasn't able to get to it this weekend, but hopefully I'll get it fixed tonight. (Unfortunately this darned "work" thing keeps getting in the way.)
  • #91
    This is easily the most attractive infobar I've seen; kudos on style! Where can I find more info on the commands that will display things like Durability, Ammo, Soulshards and so on? (I'm reaching because I don't know what is available.) I don't speak Lua, I'm afraid :(
    Thanks ...
  • #90
    Can this addon display an item count? for instance if im grinding for items, it can display how many i have, or how what percentage i have collected in relation to a custom specified goal?
  • #89
    Hi Lacindas - I haven't updated it in a long, long time, but it has pretty much kept working. I'll look at putting that variable in if you still want it.
  • #88
    is this still being updated? ild like a {totalhonor} variable and while im ok with writing my own, ild rather do it for a current mod, ya know?
    cheers, i do like this info bar tho, prolly the best ive seen yet
    *shrug*
  • #87
    The final 3.0.0 version is uploaded... it should appear shortly. As far as I know, everything is working correctly now.
  • #86
    As promised, fixes are coming this weekend. I have the money thing mostly working again, and it turns out that honor stats weren't really broken - my tester had all of the old variables in it, from before the latest honor system revamp.

    I've also figured out what's wrong with the combat stats, and they should be easy to fix. It appears that the 2.4 update broke them in Nox months ago, and I never noticed. Oops!
  • #85
    May your crap be blessed! Yes, it got updated, after all this time. :)

    I know about the XP bar - I didn't think about that before I pushed the update out. I have it fixed but I wanted to fix a lot more before releasing again. (Like, this coming weekend - we're not talking months again. :))

    Meanwhile, it's very easy to fix on your own. Just open up the Globals.lua file in Notepad or some other text editor, and at the very top of the file, change the value of "NoxInformationBarPlayerLevelMax" from 70 to 80. Save it and reload, and you're good to go.
  • #84
    Noticed that it's not displaying the exp bar even through it's enabled. Tooltip do show exp details however.
  • #82
    Yep, I plan to take a look at updating this this weekend. I haven't looked into what has changed in WoW yet, so I don't know how much time it's going to take me to get Nox going again.
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