[REQUEST] Stand-alone execute addon

danno8 · July 2014

Currently I use WarlegendHUD for the visual execute cues and really like it. Unfortunately it looks like it is not going to be updated any longer (last update was mid April) and I also prefer the ggframes for the look of the resource/health bars, but there is no way to turn off the Warlegend bars and still get the execute.

So is there a standalone execute addon out there? I know FTC uses a "enemy low health" on screen notice but I really don't care for floaty text in ESO. Or can anyone figure out a way to edit some files in WarlegenHUD lua files to turn off eveything else but the execute function?

Cairenn · July 2014

SimpleCombatAlerts might do what you are looking for?

Garkin · July 2014

There is no execute alert in SCA, it just shows block/interrupt/dodge and off balance. But if you are interested in this addon, this is updated version of SCA

It is not hard to write simple execute alert:

Copy&paste this code to the end of any .lua file of some addon you use:

local function ExecuteAlert(eventCode, addonName)
   ---load this code after default UI is initialized
   if (addonName):find("^ZO_") then return end
   EVENT_MANAGER:UnregisterForEvent("Execute_Alert", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED) 

   local alertsTable = setmetatable({}, {__index = function() return 0 end})
   ZO_CenterScreenAnnounce_SetEventPriority(EVENT_POWER_UPDATE)

   local function OnPowerUpdate(eventCode, unitTag, _, powerType, powerValue, powerMax)
      if unitTag == "reticleover" and powerType == POWERTYPE_HEALTH and IsUnitAttackable("reticleover") and GetUnitReaction("reticleover") ~= UNIT_REACTION_NEUTRAL and not IsUnitDead('reticleover') then
         local unitName = GetUnitName("reticleover")
         --if target has 20% or less health
         if (powerValue / powerMax) <= 0.2 then
            local now = GetFrameTimeSeconds()
            local alertTime = alertsTable[unitName]
            --do not show alert for the target with the same name more than every 5 seconds
            if now - alertTime > 5 then
               CENTER_SCREEN_ANNOUNCE:AddMessage(eventCode, CSA_EVENT_SMALL_TEXT, SOUNDS.MESSAGE_BROADCAST, ZO_ERROR_COLOR:Colorize("Execute!"))
               alertsTable[unitName] = now
            end
         else
            alertsTable[unitName] = nil
         end
      end
   end
   EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForEvent("Execute_Alert", EVENT_POWER_UPDATE, OnPowerUpdate) 
end
EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForEvent("Execute_Alert", EVENT_ADD_ON_LOADED, ExecuteAlert)

danno8 · July 2014

lol, easy when you know what you are doing. Of course that requires time to learn and the last programming I did was using Turbo Pascal some 20 years ago.

Thanks for the info though!