Comic Combat FX

Bring your battles to life with comic-book action!

Comic Combat FX adds animated comic book effects to your combat experience in World of Warcraft. Critical hits, killing blows, dodges, blocks, and other combat events can trigger colorful on-screen effects inspired by classic comic book action.

Whether you prefer bold illustrated effects or animated text using your favorite fonts, Comic Combat FX lets you add a little extra personality to your battles without replacing Blizzard's existing combat text.

Designed for World of Warcraft Forever.

Features

Two Visual Themes

Comic

Features a collection of original comic book artwork with stylized action words such as BOOM, CRUNCH, ZING, and CLANG. Each trigger has its own collection of effects, with multiple variations to keep things interesting. FX are linked to the type of damage being dealt.

Text FX

An alternative to illustrated artwork that displays animated combat words using customizable fonts.

Choose up to five fonts and the addon will randomly select between them when displaying effects. Includes font outlines, optional shadows, and colors appropriate to different combat events.

Critical hits and damage records can also use different colors based on damage type, including Fire, Frost, Arcane, Shadow, Holy, Nature, Lightning, and Physical damage.

... And more themes to come!

Combat Triggers

Comic Combat FX currently supports seven types of combat events.

Critical Hits: Displays an effect when you land a critical hit.
Damage Records: Troggers from new personal damage records during combat.
Killing Blows: Displays an effect when you finish off an enemy.
Blocks: Triggers when you successfully block an attack.
Parries: Triggers when you parry an incoming attack.
Dodges: Triggers when you dodge an attack.
Resists: Displays an effect when you resist a spell.

Each trigger can be individually enabled or disabled.

Customizable Screen Regions

Effects appear within configurable regions of your screen rather than being restricted to the center.

You can configure up to five independent regions, each with its own position, size, and enabled state.

Regions can be dragged into place using the visual editor or positioned manually using coordinate controls.

Effects can be distributed randomly among enabled regions or cycled through them in order.

Animation and Appearance

Adjust how combat effects look and behave with a variety of options.

Effect Size: Adjust the overall size of your effects.
Opacity: Control how transparent or visible effects appear.
Display Duration: Choose how long effects remain visible.
Momentum Scaling: Allow effects to vary in size over time.
Explode Outward: Launch effects outward from a configurable point on the screen.
Pop In: Give effects a quick expansion animation when they appear.
Random Rotation: Add visual variety to illustrated effects.

Comic and Text FX maintain separate appearance settings, allowing you to switch between the two without losing your preferred configuration.

Additional Options

Trigger Cooldowns: Control how frequently effects can appear.
Maximum Active Effects: Limit the number of simultaneous effects.
Instance and PvP Settings: Optionally disable effects in group content or PvP.
Damage Type Filtering: Choose which damage types can produce Critical Hit and Damage Record effects, with an option to match the actual damage type.
Profiles: Create and manage multiple configurations for different characters or preferences.

Getting Started

Comic Combat FX works with its default settings immediately after installation.

To open the configuration window, type:

/comicfx
or
/cfx

The configuration window is also accessible through WoW's AddOns settings.

The interface is organized into six sections:

General: Main addon controls, display timing, and effect limits.
Regions: Configure where effects appear on your screen.
Triggers: Enable or disable individual combat events and test their effects.
Appearance: Adjust effect size, opacity, animations, and movement.
Themes: Switch between Comic and Text FX, configure fonts, and preview the available effects.
Advanced: Additional placement controls, profiles, and diagnostic options.

Notes

Comic Combat FX is designed as a visual enhancement rather than a combat information addon. It does not replace the game's floating combat text or damage meters, or other scrolling combat text addons.

Some combat events depend on information exposed by the WoW API, so trigger detection may vary depending on the event and game restrictions.

The addon is actively being developed, with continued improvements to its artwork, customization options, and combat event detection.

Feedback and bug reports are welcome.