BuffHead

this addon produces massive lag, when the target has many debuffs

noticable when 2 or more warbands attack a keepgate or boss

I cannot see the status bar, it is transparent... is this a bug? How do I fix it?

NVM! I fixed it myself. For anyone wondering how:

Open BuffHead.xml and replace lines 13-19 including (starting with <StatusBar .. and ending with .. </StatusBar>) to:

<DynamicImage name="$parentStatusBar" texture="tint_square" layer="default" handleinput="false">
<Anchors>
<Anchor point="bottomleft" relativePoint="topleft" relativeTo="$parentIcon">
<AbsPoint x="0" y="0" />
</Anchor>
</Anchors>
</DynamicImage>
<DynamicImage name="$parentStatusBarBG" texture="tint_square" layer="background" handleinput="false">
<Anchors>
<Anchor point="bottomleft" relativePoint="topleft" relativeTo="$parentIcon">
<AbsPoint x="0" y="0" />
</Anchor>
</Anchors>
</DynamicImage>

The next thing you need to do is open BuffHead.lua and replace lines 185-194 including ( Starting with StatusBarSetForegroundTint .. and ending with .. StatusBarSetCurrentValue(buff.."StatusBar", v.duration - (systemTime - v.start)) ):

WindowSetTintColor(buff.."StatusBar", v.typeColorRed, v.typeColorGreen, v.typeColorBlue)
else
WindowSetTintColor(buff.."StatusBar", 192, 0, 0)
end
WindowSetDimensions(buff.."StatusBarBG", BuffHeadSettings.size, 14)
WindowSetTintColor(buff.."StatusBarBG", 25, 25, 25)
else
timeLeft = v.duration - (systemTime - v.start)
if timeLeft > 0 then
percent = ((timeLeft * 100) / v.duration) / 100
WindowSetDimensions(buff.."StatusBar", percent * BuffHeadSettings.size, 14)

When I debuff a target, and switch to another target, buffhead doesn't display the debuff over the first target any longer. Is that a bug?

can someone optimize this addon? lag during 20+ ppl fights is terrible.

You can optimize it yourself. Oben BuffHead.lua and change the '0.05' in line 47 to a '0.5'. This will greatly reduce the lag.
Lines 44 to 52 would look like this then:

function BuffHead.OnUpdate (elapsed)
systemTime = systemTime + elapsed
if systemTime - lastUpdate >= 0.5 then
for k, _ in pairs(Buffs) do
BuffHead.UpdateDisplay(k)
end
lastUpdate = systemTime
end
end

Great addon, one very important suggestion. The immovable and unstoppable buffs are only displayed if you use an ability that triggers the buff as of the current version. This should be changed to display immovable and unstoppable buffs regardless of whether or not you use the ability that triggered it.

Forst of all i have to say nice addon you have there.

But i would like if there were option that you could move where buffs are displayed all around screen (in layout editor)

or that you could be able to remove buffs shown on your target

Hi there, AWESOME addon.
I only have one issue where /buffhead selfbuff off does NOT work
I still get icons over my own head. Is this a known issue, is there a fix?
Please advise, thank you.

is there a way i can make it so i can only see the buffs i have on me

Great addon, I just have one issue: Stacking. I can't see how many debuff stacks there are on my target, and I can't seem to make this addon do it. A little help please? :)

Awesome addon. Thank you very much for your wonderful work.!!! Cheers.

u fixing the lag issues?? =p

Splendid addon, changes the way you play the game for oh so many classes.

The only issue I have is that BuffHead icons are on very high strata, basically over everything else, like Squared frames or WSCT damage numbers... while it might be considered beneficial I would wholeheartedly suggest at least an option to adjust the strata.

Thanks again for the awesomeness of your work, keep the good stuff comming!

As a Knight of the Blazing Sun, I'd like the option to see buffs placed on my target even if they have no duration (i.e. active aura commands). I tried editing the .lua file to comment out the line that seemed to check for the max duration, but that just broke it. Can anyone tell me what to edit to get it to shows buffs that have no duration whatsoever?

Yeah, lag is pretty bad, I had to disable this addon as well to get rid of it. Any update on this problem?

same here. too much lag from this addon even on scenarios

To get v1.1.1 working with slash commands I had to add code in the buffhead.mod file. This comment system wont let me post the code but it was under dependancies and had to do with libslash. The line of code is on the libslash description on this site about 10th line down.

could you add another icon layout? small buff/debuff icons with a duration bar to the right, without numeric duration. the duration bar should have a black background.

the duration bars now are a little bit too small, i have to glance at them from time to time, to see when my buffs will be depleted, with bigger duration bars that wouldn´t be neccesary. to make them better visible, i have to enlarge the whole icon, that makes it too big

Shame that the update, while it works, causes a noticeable UI lag - had to disable it. I doublechecked with others who use this add-on and they confirmed the same problem.