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Please Note - in 5.6 there is a small change you will need to reselect your
fonts. If you are getting Ace2 errors, please make sure you update all your
Ace2 mods so they all have the latest Ace2 libraries.
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 interfaceaddons 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 have Light mode on, and spell crits appear as melee damage! - This is
currently a WoW bug. If you really need to know its a spell, don't use light
mode =)
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).
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.
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