CustomKillFeed addon

Masteroshi430

This is the official thread for my CustomKillFeed addon, if you have any suggestions, ideas to make it more awesome, post them below.
https://www.esoui.com/downloads/info3770-CustomKillFeed.html

Necrotech_Master

that sounds real nice, a bit more configurable than the defaults

however, my main suggestion would be an option to display it as its own chat window, not in the main chat window, thats the biggest problem i have with the built in feed is that its in the main chat window

something i was looking for would be more like the scrollable combat log that is in the foundry tactical combat addon that is completely separate from the normal chat window

not sure how doable that is, but i think that is what most people would prefer instead of having it output in the main chat window

Masteroshi430

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

that sounds real nice

You mean you haven't tried it?

To be honest I thought about displaying it elsewhere than in the chat, I even thought about using the loot history which isn't used in PvP...
Another display than the chat can be a possibility for later though I'm not a big fan of screen cluttered with tons of infos like some streamers have sometimes, however, using the filters & options (only see your selected guilds, your group or just your kills/deaths, avoid displaying kills or deaths or display a summary of the combat after it is over) helps a lot to reduce the spam the default kill feed does in chat, to a point it doesn't anymore prevent me to read the infos in the Cyrodiil zone chat.

Necrotech_Master

i dont have the ability to get on the game right now, but i did took a look at the screenshots on the esoui page to get a general sense of how it would look/work

i agree filtering down to specifically your guild/group/self would help a lot

though for self-only stats i tend to use killcounter for that, as it also tracks and shows analytics about my kill stats, and while this outputs in the chat window, since its self only i agree it doesnt spam so much you cant even read chat

i wouldnt mind seeing the full spam, but i would want to display it in a separate window instead of on the main chat, if you were able to add it as an option down the road

just my thoughts, or at least the way that i would want to use it (i already have a ton of misc windows for different addons displaying, but i have a 2k 38 inch monitor so i have the UI real estate to do so without it feeling too cluttered or blocking my view)

Masteroshi430

Sorry that would be pretty dumb to take into account remarks by someone having not even tried the addon.

Necrotech_Master

well i cant try it while im at work, and merely giving my opinion based on the provided description of functionality and screenshots

my opinion of it is if it only outputs to the main chat window and basically allows filtering of the built in kill feed, i dont see it providing much value to me, since i already use an addon that does similar (killcounter), and it would provide more value if i could get all of the functionality that your providing but in a separate window outside of the chat

i can try it later tonight when im home and in game, but it is unlikely my opinion will change after using it, but i can see the value potential in the functionality it is providing

Masteroshi430

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

I already use an addon that does similar (killcounter)

Killcounter does all sort of things and reports kills and killing blows, here we provide improvements to the default chat kill (killing blows) feed by filtering it, that is not the same addon.
I'm interested in suggestions from people who actually installed and played a fews days the addon & who compares it to the default kill feed because the goal here is to improve the default chat kill feed, not doing another version of an existing addon. Thank you.

Necrotech_Master

i agree its not entirely the same thing and i understand your goal is to improve the built in kill feed

and for me, the biggest improvement to the built in kill feed would be outputting it in a window separate to chat (or like the top right notification scroll such as where it shows "gear repaired" or "target immune")

as a user, filtering the built in kill feed to the chat window seems too similar to what killcounter already does which is essentially filtering the kill feed, though it is providing its own instead of using the built in (since this addon existed years before the kill feed was even added)

im sorry for trying to be helpful and provide suggestions of future improvements because i am interested in the addon

Baertram

Why a 2nd extra window just for messages?

Let the addons use LibDebugLogger and "log" messages there. You can use DebugLogViewer (small window, movable and filterable) to show this log entries only.
And the big DebugLogViewer window can be toggled if needed. Biggest advantage is that you can even see and read it after reloadui, filter per login/session/reloadui, and even search on it.

No need to create anything new or a 2nd chat. All is there and the devs just can use that.

As a hint ;-)