Anniversarily Cataclysmic

General

This release bumps TOC file for Anniversary patch (Classic Era) and Firelands patch (Cataclysm).

Bug Fixes

Necrosis

Loading both SpellActivationOverlay and Necrosis could cause a Lua error.
Necrosis has been updated as well. Players who use Necrosis are encouraged to update it.

Options

The correct size of "Toggle Test" button has been restored.

User Interface

The last version (2.3.3) could taint the User Interface and sometimes prevent users from clicking some action buttons, such as quest buttons. This was harmless most of the time, and this affected only Cataclysm users with version 2.3.3, which could be downloaded from Discord or Github. CurseForge users were unaffected, simply because there was no release of version 2.3.3 for Cataclysm on CurseForge.

Slidely Cataclysmic

Bump in TOC file for Season of Discovery update (Classic Era)

Bug Fixes

• The options panel was broken since last patch (Classic Era)
• Toggle Test used wrong orientation for top texture (Classic Era)

Firely Cataclysmic

Classes

Hunter

New Spell Alert:

• Mongoose Bite* (Era, TBC)

* The effect was already supported as glowing button. This update adds a spell alert on top of it.

Priest

Mind Spike has been removed temporarily until it is resolved (Season of Discovery)

Shaman

Updates Glowing Button:

• Molten Blast no longer glows infinitely after leaving combat (Season of Discovery)

Bug Fixes

Options

The options panel would not work with the upcoming Firelands patch (Cataclysm). This has been fixed for Cataclysm PTR, and this fix is compatible with Live.

Seasonly Cataclysmic

General

Classes

Mage

Hot Streak now triggers from Balefire Bolt, and from Fire Blast variants from the Overheat rune (Season of Discovery).

Rogue

New Spell Alert:

• Cutthroat (Season of Discovery)

New Glowing Button:

• Ambush, during Cutthroat (Season of Discovery)

Mage

New Spell Alert:

• Decimation (Season of Discovery)

New Glowing Buttons:

• Drain Soul, with Soul Siphon rune (Season of Discovery)
• Soul Fire, during Decimation (Season of Discovery)
• Shadow Cleave, during Shadow Trance, a.k.a. Nightfall (Season of Discovery)

Warrior

New Spell Alert:

• Sudden Death (Season of Discovery)

New Glowing Button:

• Execute, during Sudden Death (Season of Discovery)

Bug Fixes

Mage

The Hot Streak rune was not detected correctly since last patch (Season of Discovery).

Glowingly Cataclysmic

General

Seasonal

This release bumps TOC file for Season of Discovery patch.

Classes

Mage

Impact effect is now hidden when Fire Blast misses (Wrath, Cataclysm).

When Fire Blast misses, the spell goes on cooldown but the Impact buff is still active on the player. the Impact effect was still displayed simply because the buff was active. This invited the player to cast Fire Blast, which cannot be cast (due to cooldown), which caused confusion.

Shaman

Maelstrom Weapon no longer empowers Chain Heal and Healing Wave since phase 4 (Season of Discovery).

Bug Fixes

Shaman

Molten Blast options should not longer be duplicated (Season of Discovery).

Glowing Buttons

Lua errors caused by action buttons should no longer happen. If you still encounter issues on vehicles or mind controls, such as Nefarian or Magmaw, please report them.

Compatibilitily Cataclysmic

This release is focused on compatibility and fixing bugs.

General

Necrosis

Recently, Necrosis has started to include SpellActivationOverlay. There were issues when both SpellActivationOverlay and Necrosis were installed

• Players who have not installed Necrosis are unaffected
• Players who log in with a class other than Warlock are unaffected

Players who are using SpellActivationOverlay and Necrosis at the same time on a Warlock should update both addons to fix these issues.

Options Panel

A special mode "Disabled" has been introduced, blocking the options panel. On top of blocking the options panel, effects can no longer trigger. Players can opt in to disable SpellActivationOverlay when Necrosis is loaded. This option is available only for Warlocks who have installed both SpellActivationOverlay and Necrosis.

Bug Fixes

Glowing Buttons

Lua errors caused by action buttons are less likely to happen

• Errors caused by OverrideActionBarButton should no longer happen
• Errors caused by other action buttons should happen less often
• Either way, players with an action bar management addon (such as Bartender, ElvUI, Dominos, etc.) should no longer have errors when buttons are glowing

Natively Cataclysmic

Classes

Death Knight

New Spell Alert:

• Dark Transformation, when the ghoul can be transformed (Cataclysm)

New Glowing Button:

• Dark Transformation, when the ghoul can be transformed (Cataclysm)

Please note, if the ghoul has 5 stacks of Shadow Infusion and the death knight does not cast Dark Transformation immediately and decides to mount up and start flying, when the death knight lands and dismounts, the ghoul still has 5 stacks of Shadow Infusion but Dark Transformation is not usable. This is not an issue caused by the addon. This is an issue from the game itself. However, casting Death Coil quickly (i.e., before Shadow Infusion expires) will refresh the fifth stack of Shadow Infusion and will make Dark Transformation usable, without needing to build up five stacks again.

Bug Fixes

Mage

Arcane Missiles timer should now refresh correctly (Cataclysm).

This issue is most likely a bug from the game client. Until Blizzard fixes it, the addon exceptionally implements a local fix.

Paladin

Effects based on Holy Power are no longer displayed before level 9, because there are no Holy Power spenders yet (Cataclysm).

Known Limitations

Death Knight

If Shadow Infusion expires from the ghoul during a loading screen, Dark Transformation may be displayed for a couple of seconds after loading screen ends, even though the ability is not usable (Cataclysm).

Variably Cataclysmic

This release improves the major overhaul of the effect system in 2.0. This is the last step for the perilous journey of reworking the addon. Thanks again for your continued support ❤️

General

Options

A new option "reponsive mode" is available in the options panel. In some cases, it detects procs slightly sooner. In most situations, it makes no difference. Hence, the option is disabled by default.

Classes

Death Knight

Bone Shield is now combat-only, meaning it will glow only for a few seconds after leaving combat (Cataclysm).

Druid

Eclipses are now combat-only, meaning the effect will fade out after leaving combat for a few seconds (Season of Discovery, Wrath, Cataclysm).

Paladin

Updated Spell Alerts:

• Updated texture of Infusion of Light to match the reference client of Cataclysm (Cataclysm)
• Updated texture and increased size of Charges of Holy Power (Cataclysm)
• Charges of Holy Power is no longer combat-only (Cataclysm)
• Daybreak is displayed only when Holy Shock is usable (Cataclysm)*

* Exceptionally, this does not match the reference client, on purpose. It felt weird to see Daybreak proc, try to cast Holy Shock in response to the proc, but the target is not getting healed, and then realize Holy Shock is on cooldown. Hence, the decision to display the effect only when Holy Shock is usable.

New Glowing Buttons:

• Judgement of Light, Judgement of Wisdom and Judgement of Justice, with talent Judgements of the Pure, when the buff is missing (Wrath)
• Judgement, with talent Judgements of the Pure, when the buff is missing (Cataclysm)

Priest

New Glowing Buttons:

• Inner Fire, when the buff is missing (Wrath, Cataclysm)*
• Shadowform, when the Shadow priest is not assuming the one and only shadowform (Cataclysm)
• Shadow Word: Death, when the target has less than 25% of its total health (Cataclysm)

* Inner Fire existed before Wrath, but it has become all the more important when the spell power component was added in Wrath.

Rogue

New Glowing Button:

• Backstab, with Murderous Intent talent, when the target has less than 35% of its total health (Cataclysm)

Warlock

New Spell Alert:

• Fel Spark, from tier 11 set bonus (Cataclysm)

New Glowing Buttons:

• Fel Flame, during Fel Spark, from tier 11 set bonus (Cataclysm)
• Shadowburn, when the spell is usable (Cataclysm)*

* Shadowburn existed before Cataclysm, but it has become interesting to spam it on cooldown when the soul sard cost was removed in Cataclysm.

Bug Fixes

Effects gained or lost during a loading screen are correctly updated.

Druid

Soul Preserver overlay is now slightly dimmer, as intended (Wrath).

Mage

Clearcasting overlay is now slightly dimmer, as intended.

Finger of Frost overlay is now slightly dimmer, as intended (Cataclysm).

Missile Barrage overlay is now blue-ish, as intended (Season of Discovery).

Paladin

Soul Preserver overlay is now slightly dimmer, as intended (Wrath).

Priest

Mind Spike overlay is now purple-ish, as intended (Season of Discovery).

Soul Preserver overlay is now slightly dimmer, as intended (Wrath).

Shaman

Soul Preserver overlay is now slightly dimmer, as intended (Wrath).

Known Issues

Druid

Buttons that started glowing during Eclipse do not fade out after leaving combat (Cataclysm).

CATACLYSMICALLY Cataclysmic

This release marks a major overhaul of the effect system. There should not be any significant difference at first. In the near future, it will introduce effects that would have been very tedious to design otherwise.

General

The effect system has been completely redesigned. Existing effects should be identical to what they were before.

Classes

Death Knight

New Glowing Button:

• Bone Shield, when the buff is missing (Cataclysm)

Paladin

New Spell Alert:

• Charges of Holy Power (Cataclysm)

New Glowing Buttons for Holy Power spenders, when at 3 charges of Holy Power (Cataclysm):

• Word of Glory
• Light of Dawn
• Shield of the Righteous
• Templar's Verdict
• Inquisition

Bug Fixes

Spell Alert

Buffs should now be detected a bit more efficiently (Season of Discovery).

Options

Checking a checkbox in options panel refreshes their effects immediately.

Known Issues

Although the options panel now refreshes effects immediately, some rare effects still do not refresh immediately after changing their option.

Effects gained or lost during a loading screen may not be correctly updated when loading screen ends.

Priest

Mind Spike overlay is blue-ish instead of purple-ish (Season of Discovery).

Really Cataclysmic

This is a minor release that fixes a few things for the official launch of Cataclysm Classic.

Shout-out to @stako for contributing to the code. Thanks! :person_bowing:

Classes

Mage

Heating Up during Hot Streak has been reinstated (Cataclysm).

Hunter

Master Marksman should now trigger correctly (Cataclysm).