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Guide - Power Auras for Everyone!

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Introduction

Have you ever found that you're missing out on refreshing Water Shield, that your Earth Shield keeps falling off or that you always miss the debuff timer on Ultraxion? These are all common problems, but they have the same solution! Power Auras Classic, an addon for WoW, lets you customize graphics which can change or animate your screen to remind you do do certain things, or give you information about any event you like.

Power Auras is an incredibly powerful tool, but it can be daunting to new users! Everybody I've talked to about it has expressed how difficult they found it to make something useful out of the myriad options, sliders, menus, etc. This guide is centred around using some basic ideas and examples as a way of introduction to using and creating with Power Auras. This process will talk you through the challenges of making a good Aura and arm you for creating your own. What it will not do is show every feature and combination - that would take forever! The guide is split into the following sections:

Where to Begin

After installing Power Auras Classic and enabling it in WoW , log in and type /powa - this will open the main Power Auras menu, which allows you to control the activation of Auras, to debug them, to manage and delete them and to enable/disable them. To edit an Aura, you can right click on its icon to show the edit pane. The Aura's effect will also be shown on your main UI (and highlighted in green). There are also buttons for importing or exporting auras, which I will make use of now.

Press the Import button on the main window and paste in the following string;

Version:4.23; buffname:Spirit Link Totem; begin:1; x:-80; customname:Spirit Link Totem; bufftype:15; speed:1.6; exact:true; PowerType:0; off:true; customtex:true; combat:true; size:0.24; y:-247; timer.enabled:true; timer.cents:false; timer.Relative:CENTER; timer.Transparent:true; timer.ShowActivation:true

Now right-click the icon that appears in the grid window and replace "Spirit Link Totem" with any ability with a long cooldown that your character has. Congratulations! You've just enabled your first Power Aura! When you enter combat, the icon for your ability should appear near the bottom-centre of your screen. When you use the ability, the icon will disappear until it's ready for use again. That's the basic functionality of a Power Aura.

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Your First Aura

So now we dig a little deeper into creating Auras and making them your own. Perhaps the title confused you? Well, I believe that an Aura isn't truly yours until you've at least had a good long think about how it fits into your UI - Ideally, everyone would make all their own Auras completely custom for their own interface. I'll guide you through a few things as a starting point.

Firstly, we're going to move the Aura I gave you around. Right click the icon to open the edit pane and look for the sliders named "Position X" and "Position Y" - moving these sliders will change the horizontal and vertical position of the icon I've given you. You should be able to see the Aura highlighted in green on the screen as well - if not, left click its icon in the main window. You can move the Aura around by click-and-drag on the green highlighted area, or you can use the more accurate positional controls (shown in the screenshot below). Have a think about where your Aura would go best on your UI and move it there. Now you have "your own" Aura. Nice!

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The important sections of Power Auras; Red - Aura Controls, Green - Extras, Blue - Management Controls

Now let's make some more changes - By clicking the "Timer" tab (highlighted in Green above) and checking "Show", you enable a timer to show you when the cooldown will be available. If you go to the "Animation" tab and select an option from the "Begin Animation" menu, you enable an animation when the Aura becomes active - so you don't miss it! There are many different options like this, and it's best to just have a play around until you find something you like. (Seriously, the best way to get to know PowA is by messing around - go mess about some and come back later!)

I'll assume that by this point you've played about with the first Aura quite a bit and have got bored with it. Want to make a new one? OK then, we'll walk through making a low mana warning Aura. Start by pressing "New" in the Power Auras "Aura Management" section in the main panel (highlighted in blue in the screenshot above). This opens up the customization menu for the new Aura and places a new icon in the main panel.

The best place to start is by selecting what you want the Aura to trigger off.

Since we're doing a mana checking Aura, find in the "Activation Options" section (Red, above), choose the "Mana" option from the dropdown menu and set the "Threshold" slider to 70% (or whatever you think "low mana" should be). Now check the "In Combat" option in the "Enable Controls" section (Red, above). Have a play around looking at the other options in that area. You might want to select the Spec number you want it activated in, or if you're a tank you could select the "Focus" option to make the Aura display when your focus target is on low(ish) mana.

Now select a texture for your low mana warning. By checking "WoW Textures", you can use the in-game textures for UI overlays, and by not having it checked you can use the Power Auras default textures (have a look at some of them and pick one you like - I'd pick texture number 141 myself). Select the size and position with the sliders just below (Red, above) and the colour using the colour selection pane (click the white box above the "Random Colours" checkbox). You can select an animation for the Aura too, if you want to.

And that's it! You now have a functioning "Low Mana Warning" Aura. Good job! If you don't want it, Shift-Click it in the Aura Select section (Blue, above). Awesome! There are loads of settings to play with, so experiment and see what you can do.

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Making a Good Aura

Making a good Aura is challenging, to say the least. While there is a large amount of context to it (since the best Aura for you will undoubtedly depend on the other UI elements you've got), I believe that there are several keys to making a good Aura. Good Auras must;

  • Be intuitive to understand - there's no use having an Aura for everything if all it does is confuse you. This gets more important the more Auras you have - if they aren't easy to understand, you will spend more time struggling with your Auras in combat than you would waste on watching your action bars.
  • Be easily differentiable from other Auras.
  • Take up a relevant amount of space - The size and positioning of the Aura should be just right. You wouldn't use an Aura half the size of your screen for something that isn't absolutely crucial to success, and you wouldn't make an important Aura tiny and tucked away in the bottom corner of your screen. It's worth taking the time to think about how big it should be and where it can fit without obstructing your view. This can also work the other way - I've rearranged my whole UI several times so it fits around my Auras better.
  • Be easy to see - any Aura that can't catch your attention when it needs to is useless.
  • Not be distracting - Auras don't make good players. Paying all your attention to your Auras will destroy your playstyle, so don't make your Auras too distracting when they aren't relevant.
Some of these problems conflict somewhat; the obvious example being "easy to see" and "Not distracting". The balance between the above criteria is a fine one, and means that you must constantly look for improvements in your Auras if you're to have a good chance of finding the best ones. I do have a good first-order solution, though!

When making an Aura in a hurry, it's important to find an icon or picture for the Aura which will allow it to be easily recognisable and not be intrusive. You could play around with new textures and colours, but a reasonable solution is to use the Blizzard icon for the related skill. This way, the Aura will be easy to read since you already know what its icon means (e.g. "Spirit Link Totem is available now"). You can find an example of how to make a Blizzard icon Aura later in the guide.

More Advanced Functions

There are many many MANY more options which you can play around with. I honestly haven't had time to play with all of them, but I'll list the ones I have found extremely useful:

Making Auras invisible - useful if you want an Aura thay just plays a sound or is used as a dummy (see next item) - To make it imvisible; Change the colour to White and move the slider down to Black, then tick "Glow".

Making a "Dummy" Aura - Dummy Auras can be used to make a check for something you want to have (or don't want to have) and do nothing else. You can then connect the Dummy Aura to another Aura by typing the Aura number into the text box next to "Exact Name" in the "Activation Options" section (remember that the chaining is to the input: you must put the dummy's number in the other Aura - the wrong way round and it won't work!). Find the Aura number by mousing over it in the management pane.

Inversion - By checking the "Inversion" option (highlighted Green in the picture above), you make the Aura do exactly the opposite of what you tell it to do in the rest of the menu. Example; an Aura which would normally show when a spell is off cooldown will now show only when it is on cooldown.

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An Example

I'd humbly submit my UI as a reasonably good example of using Power Auras - I have cooldown reminders at the bottom of my screen and reminders in my peripheral vision of when I've forgotten something important. I made myself my own "mana meter" (four blue spots), as well. I also have the center of the screen free for mechanic warning Auras - I have a "your mana is below 75% and Mana Tide is off cooldown" warning, and I also put warning for things like Ice Lance stacks there as well. The warning icons are big and hard to miss (they also obscure the screen so I REALLY can't miss them because they are crucial). The cooldown Auras are small and near the bottom - I can check them easily whenever I want but won't be distracted by them.

Not shown in the screenshot below are two new Auras I'm toying with - Nature's Swiftness and Trinket1 cooldown availability Auras which will be very small and on the left of the screen - I do not need to know those very often, but when I do they must be close to the healthbars.

I think that pretty well sums up my experience with Power Auras! I hope that you got something out of the guide, and I sincerely thank you if you read this far. Make good use of your new skill, and go make Power Auras for ALL THE THINGS!

Stoove.

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Stoove's UI for a Restoration Shaman, and selected import strings:

Posted Image Stoove's UI with Power Auras highlighted.

Riptide:

Version:4.23; anim1:4; g:0.1255; icon:spell_nature_riptide; buffname:Riptide; r:0; begin:1; x:-160; customname:Riptide; bufftype:7; texture:73; inVehicle:0; speed:1.6; customtex:true; combat:true; size:0.24; y:-225; texmode:2; ismounted:0; timer.h:1.56; timer.Texture:WhiteRabbit; timer.enabled:true; timer.cents:false; timer.Relative:CENTER; timer.Transparent:true

Mana Tide Totem:

Version:4.23; g:0.7412; icon:Spell_Frost_SummonWaterElemental; buffname:Mana Tide; r:0.0824; x:10; customname:Mana Tide Totem; bufftype:7; inVehicle:0; customtex:true; combat:true; size:0.24; y:-225; texmode:2; ismounted:0; customsound:alert_35.wav; timer.a:0.75; timer.h:1.56; timer.Texture:WhiteRabbit; timer.enabled:true; timer.Relative:CENTER; timer.Transparent:true

Spirit Link Totem:

Version:4.23; icon:Spell_Shaman_SpiritLink; buffname:Spirit Link Totem; x:95; customname:Spirit Link Totem; bufftype:15; speed:1.6; exact:true; customtex:true; combat:true; size:0.24; y:-225; timer.enabled:true; timer.cents:false; timer.Relative:CENTER; timer.Transparent:true

Unleash Elements:

Version:4.23; icon:Spell_Shaman_ImprovedStormstrike; buffname:Unleash Elements; x:-75; customname:Unleash Elements; bufftype:7; customtex:true; combat:true; size:0.24; y:-225; texmode:2; timer.enabled:true; timer.Relative:CENTER; timer.Transparent:true

Water Shield:

Version:4.23; anim1:4; icon:Ability_Shaman_WaterShield; buffname:Water Shield; begin:1; x:-245; customname:Water Shield; stacks:1; speed:1.6; customtex:true; combat:true; size:0.24; y:-225; texmode:2; inverse:true

Water Totem:

Version:4.23; icon:INV_Spear_04; buffname:3; x:192; bufftype:19; texture:221; symetrie:1; combat:true; size:0.88; torsion:0.76; y:94; texmode:1; inverse:true

Other totems:

Version:4.23; icon:Spell_Nature_GuardianWard; buffname:1/2/4; x:-220; bufftype:19; texture:53; alpha:1; sound:23; combat:true; randomcolor:true; y:89; texmode:1; inverse:true
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The pre-created section of the Guide is now finished. Please provide any feedback you wish; typos, corrections, additions, whatever you like! A copy of this guide will soon be posted on my blog as well (check my sig). Cheers!

Stoove

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/feint

This is so cool. I'm on a tight schedule this afternoon, but you can expect me to edit this post with more feedback later today or tomorrow.

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Awesome stuff. A;ways stayed away from Power Auras (I'm pretty minimalistic with my addons of late), but reckon I'll give this a proper bash when MoP comes out. Looking to do a full UI overhaul and reckon this will be one of my mainstays!

Great write-up again :)

Post more! :P

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Hehe thanks! Power Auras is one of the few addons that I think I must, MUST have these days. I just don't think I'd play nearly as well without it - my Riptide usage would be even more awful for one! =3

Glad you like it! ^_^

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I read everything and didn't find any typo. I think we're going to open a UI/Addons section and put this guide in it.

I have two suggestions.

You should use the

[code]...[/code]
BBcode tag when you give stuff like console commands or Power Auras code.

When you give your table of content, you can link to the related post. In the top right corner above each post, you can see an id number (for example, #11 for your last post), when you put the cursor over it, you see something like this in the action bar of your browser: #entry1729. With this, you can use the "Add Goto Anchor" button of the editor. It will allow you to do something like this: Stoove's last post.

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Thanks for the tips. I'll update this when I get home from work! Posted Image

Edit: Updated and completed with the recommendations.

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So what I want to do for my fire mage is setup Power Auras to show different auras based on crit's of a certain value. I thought there was a way to do this in conjunction with Parrot or MSBT? Any thoughts and is this possible?

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So what I want to do for my fire mage is setup Power Auras to show different auras based on crit's of a certain value. I thought there was a way to do this in conjunction with Parrot or MSBT? Any thoughts and is this possible?

I don't know if that's possible. I remember stumbling into the same issue and what I did in the end was to set filters on Parrot so that only big crits with Fireball and Pyroblast would show in the battle text. Maybe Stoove has a better idea that would actually use Power Auras.

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Hmm this might take some looking into - I hope you don't mind if I put it on my list of things to do. I imagine it might take some extra addon coding to feed info from MSBT to PowA - sorta like GTFO does.

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OK I had a look at PowA and what I think you need to do is find a way of creating an aura ID for Crits above a certain size. This might well be something you can mod MSBT to do, but that's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of my area :) I think that's what the GTFO interface does; it should also work for Crits.

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Well thanks for looking into it Stoove. That's way beyond my abilities too :) If anyone knows of an addon or an easy way to do this (stress on easy) let me know. On a side note I am using Power auras to track Holy Power at 3 stacks now and it gives me both a visual animated warning and a thunderclap audio cue. Loving it!

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Sweet! :D

Yeah sorry I couldn't be of more help. There's a chance that the alternative to PowA (it's called Weak Auras) can do what you want; the problem is that I don't understand WA at all. Like; I couldn't get it to track a cooldown. Wish I could have just solved the problem though :)

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      The most awesome thing about ElvUI is that after you did it once, no need to configure the addon for every character. Just choose the toon or a named profile that you want to copy the settings from. If you have a viable offspec, you can also ‘Enable Dual Profile’ to configure it.
      Or you can just save different profiles for 10-man / 25-man raid or for tank / dps spec.
      Another nice option is to share your profile with other player (obviously they should have ElvUI too) when targeting them.

       
      I'm sharing my profile here for those who prefer not to start from scratch.
      Use 'Import Profile' button to import :)
    • By Adjourner
      There are two variants for this build and depending on preference: Grim Scythe (stable dps) or the Devour (burst dps)
      Briggs' Wrath + Avarice Band+ Goldwrap + Boon of the Hoarder + Frailty Aura of Frailty +Life from Death creates a giant aura (that is almost the size of the screen) to pull all the enemies towards you, to paint an easy target for devastation.
       
      Skills:
      Grim Scythe variant:
      Grim Scythe Cursed Scythe Corpse Lance Brittle Touch (single target burst) or Corpse Explosion Close Quarters (multi-target burst) Bone Armor Dislocation Blood Rush Potency Land of the Dead (I prefer Frozen Lands to stop goblin hoards) Frailty Aura of Frailty Devour variant:
      Devour Cannibalize Corpse Explosion Close Quarters Bone Armor Dislocation Blood Rush Metabolism (Speed) or Blood Rush Potency (Survivability) Land of the Dead Shallow Graves Frailty Aura of Frailty *Note: Corpse Lance isn't recommended for this build. Also this variant is better playing with a team is because it's a double edged sword, it's easy to have the flow stop when there aren't a good supply of elites coming your way and you will feel like you're dead in the water. However it is a choice for the Grim Scythe build due to the consistent damage that grim scythe itself can deal.
      Passives:
      Stand Alone Spreading Malediction Life from Death (Survivability) or Blood is Power (Additional CD reduction) Swift Harvesting (Grim Scythe) or Blood is Power (Devour) - Until the bugged Fueled by Death is fixed  
      Items:
      Weapon: In-geom
      Off-Hand: Leger's Disdain (grim scythe build) or Lost Time (speed)
      Set: Inarius's Conviction + Inarius's Martyrdom + Inarius's Perseverance + Inarius's Reticence + Inarius's Understanding + Inarius's Will
      Necklace: Wisdom of Kalan
      Belt: Goldwrap
      Ring #1: Krysbin's Sentence
      Ring #2: Avarice Band or Briggs' Wrath (whichever rolled better)
      *Note: For your items, I suggest getting additional gold/health glob pick up area to add to the passive affects that we're wanting to boost
      Kunai Cube:
      Trag'Oul's Corroded Fang
      Avarice Band or Briggs' Wrath (whichever wasn't rolled very well with)
      Aquila Cuirass or Grasps of Essence (depending if you're using corpse explosion - also note I suggest adding Flawless Royal Diamond to some sockets to add some resistance if you're giving up the damage reduction)
      Legendary Gems:
      Bane of the Trapped
      Boon of the Hoarder
      Gogok of Swiftness (Grim Scythe) or Wreath of Lightning (Speed)
      Gems:
      Helm: Flawless Royal Diamond
      Everywhere Else: Flawless Royal Diamond (Survivability) or Flawless Royal Topaz (Damage)
       
      Rotations:
      Grim Scythe variant:
      Keeping Bone Armor on cooldown, this is the most important thing for this build to work because of the damage reduction and damage boost you get for the set bonus Corpse Lance/Corpse Explosion is used against the champions, rares and uniques. Land of the Dead will be used when during large encounters/boss fights. Blood Rush will be used for traveling/utility (especially when In-geom is procced). Grim Scythe will be used in all other cases. Devour variant:
      Bone Armor (keeping on cooldown), to get things started. Land of the Dead to start building your momentum when your 1st elite pack shows up. Corpse Explosion  you'll be using as your main point of dps because you'll be dragging everything on the screen towards you, piling towards the center to deliver devastating splash damage. Blood Rush + Devour in sync will be used as your movement utility, which during your In-geom proccing will make Devour almost needed because of how quick you'll be moving and how quickly your health will drain. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Reference for a standard ancient only build: https://www.d3planner.com/236420675
      Reference for a perfected build: https://www.d3planner.com/376141709
       
    • By Friedbones
      Hello all.  I usually update my Elvui using the Tukui client.  But for some reason today their webpages are giving me a "page not found" error message.
      Is anyone here using Elvui and if so, are you able to find their webpages?
    • By bobifle
      Hello,
      I just wanted to share something that can greatly benefits resto druids. Maybe I'm just stating the obvious or the already well known but Vuhdo has a great feature that completely changed my resto gameplay. It's the hot minibars.

      I play most of the time with germination, meaning I have 3 main hots to monitor: 2 rejuv (2 blue minibars), and 1 lifebloom (purple minibar). Efflorescence has already a visual effect making it easy to track and wild growth is not a hot you want to maintain.
      This make tracking hots on your party/raid a piece of cake. You know exactly which hot is about to expire and you can anticipate refreshs, especially in those hard hitting mythic10+, making sure your tank is never running out of hots.
      Here's the minibars in action:
      Here's the vuhdo profile, but you may simply play with the hot bar options and colors:
       
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