xpbar

[Lechtansi]

hey, i was wondering if the guy who created XPBar is still around (i think his wow forums name was oneard). I really like his addon, but i was wondering if it is still being worked on.

thanks

[sarf]

Hmm... what XP Bar AddOn did you mean? The one where you could relocate it to your portrait-thingy?

Sarf
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[Lechtansi]

yeah, it removes the xpbar from the main UI screen and adds a little bar to underneath your mana that shows your progress, and shows the number of xp and your rested xp when you mouseover. He recently added a toggle to show the numbers all the time, but that option does not stick when you quit the game. i was just wondering if he could make it an option so that you dont have to toggle it everytime you log on.

im pretty sure it was Onarned, the guy who created combat stats


thanks

[sarf]

Ah. OK, I'll see if I can find him. :)

Sarf
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"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure." - Mark Twain

[DmgInc]

I'm here :)
DmgInc on these forums.

[Lechtansi]

excellent!

now, are you still working on xpbar? it works flawlessly right now, except for the fact that my choices for text visibility dont stick between sessions. its not that big of a deal, but its kind of annoying to type /xpb showtext on everytime.

[Anonymous]

i had the same problem, i wanted it always to show the %.

i went into Interface\AddOns\PlayerFrameXPBar\ and looked inside PlayerFrameXPBar.lua

i found this at the top:

bShowText = 0;
bShowAsPct = 0;

and changed the 0s to 1s:

bShowText = 1;
bShowAsPct = 1;

now everytime i login text is on and showaspct is on.

[Chasim]

Is this Add-On still available somewhere? It sounds nice... I think I've seen screenshots with it.

[Chasim]

Shameless self-bump... I just would like to save the small amount of space used by the normal experience bar, plus it's one of the worst features of the default UI in my opinion - no need to stretch the experience bar across most/all of the screen.

[DmgInc]

Check out the original thread.
http://www.cosmosui.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=708

Just updated the version today!

[Chasim]

Thanks!

Just two quick questions...

Is there still a bug with Hunters? My main is a Hunter. I guess if there is, you just click your Pet portrait to put that "over" the bottom part?

If you're using Cosmos Second Bar, do you still need to manually edit a file(s) in order to remove the space?

(Thanks again.)

[DmgInc]

Yeah the hunter issue is still there, since it draws the pet frame after my mod.

And as far as I know the Cosmos guys still haven't changed the secondbar code for whatever reason :(

[sarf]

What change do you wish done to the SecondBar code?

Sarf
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Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry.

[Chasim]

Sarf - He wants to change the way the SecondBar is anchored:


Assuming whatever 2nd action bar AddOn you are using is using the correct anchor you will no longer have the annoying space between this new main bar and your 2nd action bar . PopBar will for sure be right, however the SecondActionBar that comes w/Cosmos will not and here is why..

They are using this code for the anchoring of the 2nd bar
Code:

<Anchors>
<Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativeTo="MainMenuBar" relativePoint="BOTTOMLEFT">
<Offset>
<AbsDimension x="0" y="53"/>
</Offset>
</Anchor>
</Anchors>


..which puts the 2nd action bar at the bottom of the mainbar and then raises it up the 53 pixel height of the (old) mainbar. Well my new main bar is only 48 pixels high so it gets raised too high.

The correct way to anchor the 2nd bar is...

Code:

<Anchors>
<Anchor point="BOTTOMLEFT" relativeTo="MainMenuBar" relativePoint="TOPLEFT">
</Anchor>
</Anchors>



..which will place it nicely at the TOPLEFT of the mainbar regardless of it's height.

Edit: With this change, the SecondBar is properly anchored (I know as I've edited the .xml file as suggested). However, I still can't figure out how to get rid of the space between the SecondBar and the Hunter Pet Bar (which still sits in the same place - it needs to be anchored to the SecondBar).

[sarf]

The hunter pet bar is specified in PetActionBar<or something like it>.

Sarf
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Don't make me get my flying monkeys.

[wanderer]

Is there a way to turn off the XP bar completely so I have no visual representation of my XP?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to turn off the XP bar completely so I have no visual representation of my XP?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

i dont have an exp bar... i wanna get the on with the % representation under my hp... how do i pull this off.