MSBT Alternative?

[Beradgal]

Hello, Everyone, I'm looking for a replacement for MSBT, I have just returned for this xpact and can't find a good one.

[Puupi]

Parrot 2

Been using it for a decade or something.

[Venara]

Hello, Everyone, I'm looking for a replacement for MSBT, I have just returned for this xpact and can't find a good one.

There's a working version here: https://github.com/Hyphie24/MSBT-TWW

I am currently using the above and it's working fine.

Someone else also put out another version, though I haven't tested it: https://github.com/Placidina/MikScrollingBattleText

Both of these were shared in the comments of the official CurseForge page for MSBT.
https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addon...-text/comments

Would recommend checking comment pages for addons that may not be working in the future, as other users often put out temporary versions or fixes.

[Unforgivenn]

After a lobg timd it got oficially updated

[Unforgivenn]

And here we go again, but i guess this time will be hard to see if anyone will update or how much thia kind of addon is fucked by blizzard.

Any working for Midnight pre patch (and the expac too later)?

[Tziva]

I don't think it will be possible for MSBT to work again since most of what it does is literally displaying the combat log which can no longer be read by addons. I think it's dead for good.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

[Unforgivenn]

I don't think it will be possible for MSBT to work again since most of what it does is literally displaying the combat log which can no longer be read by addons. I think it's dead for good.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

actually looks like no addon like this works atm

and for some reason, the default floating text from blizzard also isnt working :S

[Schizoide]

It looks like it's now impossible to have scrolling combat text or buff addons.

I've used MSBT and Raven for well over a decade-- and I had ElkBuffBars for years before that, my buffs/debuffs have always been bars not icons. It really sucks that Blizzard killed them.

If Blizzard's shitty combat text isn't working, you should be able to fix it with:

/console floatingCombatTextCombatDamage 1
/console floatingCombatTextCombatHealing 1
/console floatingCombatTextPetMeleeDamage 1
/console floatingCombatTextPetSpellDamage 1
/console floatingCombatTextCombatLogPeriodicSpells 1

[Unforgivenn]

It looks like it's now impossible to have scrolling combat text or buff addons.

I've used MSBT and Raven for well over a decade-- and I had ElkBuffBars for years before that, my buffs/debuffs have always been bars not icons. It really sucks that Blizzard killed them.

If Blizzard's shitty combat text isn't working, you should be able to fix it with:

/console floatingCombatTextCombatDamage 1
/console floatingCombatTextCombatHealing 1
/console floatingCombatTextPetMeleeDamage 1
/console floatingCombatTextPetSpellDamage 1
/console floatingCombatTextCombatLogPeriodicSpells 1

Yeah, i downloaded the advanced interface options and habilited it by there, but the blizz sct is crap.

They should allow sct addons, at least make a aura that they can customize the sct

[Relapses]

Yeah, i downloaded the advanced interface options and habilited it by there, but the blizz sct is crap.

They should allow sct addons, at least make a aura that they can customize the sct

Hopefully on the long list of things they'll eventually allow back into the game. Playing a Prot Paladin and not being able to see all the casts I'm interrupting in real time is causing me serious withdrawl.

[Relapses]

Bumping this for awareness:

https://github.com/Wyveryx/MSBT

There's a Midnight fork being worked on. I tried it on the prepatch and it's unstable as fuck. Attempted to do a dungeon and got nothing but lua errors so it might be a Midnight-only thing right now. If anybody with beta can test it out, that'd be sweet.

[Lahis]

Bumping this for awareness:

https://github.com/Wyveryx/MSBT

There's a Midnight fork being worked on. I tried it on the prepatch and it's unstable as fuck. Attempted to do a dungeon and got nothing but lua errors so it might be a Midnight-only thing right now. If anybody with beta can test it out, that'd be sweet.

This feels like worthless effort and climbing ass first into a tree. MSBTs core functionality is stricly on the list of thing Blizzard wanted to ban, so it is unlikely they can ever get it work properly.

[Relapses]

This feels like worthless effort and climbing ass first into a tree. MSBTs core functionality is stricly on the list of thing Blizzard wanted to ban, so it is unlikely they can ever get it work properly.

Eh -- it's a place to start. I like the way it presents damage information, even without the stuff that Blizzard has made into no-no territory. I had it working pretty well on target dummies in Dorn, but as soon as I went into a dungeon it broke pretty badly. I have a feeling that it works better on Midnight beta than the prepatch build, though.

[Puupi]

There's no way any combat text addon will be functional until Blizzard changes their API and gives the damage number data to addons somehow.

Which they of course should do, as soon as possible.

[shanthi]

For a combat text addon to work, Blizzard will have to create an API function that specifically provides a continuous feed of damage and healing figures to the addon, since the addon can't read them directly from the events (and Blizzard won't ever allow that). And all those numbers from the sanctioned feed will have to be secrets, otherwise addons could use that function to do computational stuff.

It just depends on whether Blizzard sees combat text as important enough to the community to create such an API capability.

[Unforgivenn]

For a combat text addon to work, Blizzard will have to create an API function that specifically provides a continuous feed of damage and healing figures to the addon, since the addon can't read them directly from the events (and Blizzard won't ever allow that). And all those numbers from the sanctioned feed will have to be secrets, otherwise addons could use that function to do computational stuff.

It just depends on whether Blizzard sees combat text as important enough to the community to create such an API capability.

https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/blizzsct

Theres this one, but not as good as msbt and only works outside. From ehat the guy said, inside dgs, raids and arena it wont work, blizzard reatriction.


I am also having problems with blizz built in, every time i logoff its auto disable and i have to re enable when i logon again :/

[Lahis]

only works outside.

This is the big issue. They lock down so much UI functionality in instances that my UI that has zero errors outside turns into bugfest inside an instance.

[Miseration]

I installed the beta version. I just can't get rid of the yellow Blizzard numbers to save my life.. cvars console / run commands nothing works. so i just dont use msbt and deal with the yellow -_-

[Unforgivenn]

Bumping this for awareness:

https://github.com/Wyveryx/MSBT

There's a Midnight fork being worked on. I tried it on the prepatch and it's unstable as fuck. Attempted to do a dungeon and got nothing but lua errors so it might be a Midnight-only thing right now. If anybody with beta can test it out, that'd be sweet.

Error 404 now :/