Daddio's QoL

Look kid, I've been playing this game since before you were born. After 20 years of dealing with Blizzard's "default settings," I got tired of fixing the same garbage every patch. So I made this addon. It does what it does. No bloat, no fluff.

What's In The Box

PvE Features

• Shhh, Valeera - Mutes that chatty companion in delves. Restores when you leave. You're welcome.
• Loadout Announcer - Announces your spec, talent loadout, and gear when you zone into instances. Good for those "wait, am I on the right build?" moments. Integrates with TalentLoadoutsEx if you've got it.
• Reset Damage Meters - Clears your meters when you zone into dungeons or raids. Fresh start every pull.
• M+ Key Change Reminder - Time a key, and if the new keystone in your bag is the same level or lower, a big gold banner pops up on screen: "You can change your key!" with the map and level so you know what you've got. No more forgetting to go trade up.

PvP Features

You die in a BG, you wanna get back in the fight, not sit there staring at a release button like some slack-jawed tourist.

• Auto-release - You die in PvP? You're back at the graveyard. Done. No clicking required.
• Gear Warning - Big red "PVP GEAR" warning if you forgot your trinkets. Works the other way too - walks you into a dungeon with PvP trinkets still on, you'll know about it.
• Mercenary Warning - Playing merc? The addon tells you which side you're on so you don't heal the wrong team. Again.
• PvP Tab Targeting - Tab targets players in PvP, not some random critter. Outside PvP, works normal.
• Reset Damage Meters - Clears your meters when you zone into PvP. Fresh start every match.

General

• Steady Target - Prevents blizzard's accidental targeting bug when rotating camera over units with right mouse button by disabling right-mouse clicks. This also enables left-click to interact for obvious reasons.
• Auto Death Recap - Opens the death recap automatically when you die. You're gonna wanna know what killed you.
• Dying Gasp - Plays a sound when your health gets low. Configurable threshold, 6 sounds to pick from. Saved my bacon more times than I can count.

Modify Blizz Defaults

Listen, Blizzard ships this game with some truly baffling default settings. This panel fixes 'em.

Sound:

• Disable Error Speech - Silences "I can't do that yet" and all that chatter
• Sound at Character - Makes sound come from your character, not the camera floating 40 yards back

Floating Combat Text:

• Toggle damage, healing, pet damage numbers
• Adjust the size if your eyes ain't what they used to be

Camera & Visuals:

• Max Camera Distance - Default is way too close. Crank it up.
• Resample Sharpen - Makes everything look less blurry

Targeting:

• Target Distance - How far away you can tab-target
• Target Radius - How wide the targeting cone is
• Disable Deselect on Click - Stop accidentally clearing your target clicking the ground

Nameplates:

• Max Distance - See nameplates further out. Default 60 is fine, but you might want more.

Map:

• Disable Map Fade - Keeps your map visible when you move. Revolutionary, I know.

Mouse:

• Raw Mouse - Bypasses Windows mouse acceleration. If you've got good aim, keep it.

Installation

1. Drop the DaddiosQoL folder in World of Warcraft/_retail_/Interface/AddOns/
2. Restart WoW or /reload
3. Disable the old addons if you were running them separately (BattleReady, SteadyTarget, AutoDeathRecap). They'll fight over settings otherwise.

Commands

Type /daddio or /dqol to see everything. But here's the list:

PvE Stuff:

PvP Stuff:

Everything Else:

Settings Panel

Game Menu > Options > AddOns > Daddio's QoL

The main panel has sections for PvE Features, PvP Features, General, and Dying Gasp settings.

There's a sub-panel called "Modify Blizz Defaults" for all the CVar stuff - camera distance, nameplates, sound settings, all that.

Notes

• Steady Target needs a /reload when you toggle it. That's just how it works.
• Settings save to DaddiosQoLDB. Account-wide.
• CVar changes apply immediately. No reload needed for those.

Author

DADD10

Now get out there and stop dying to stuff you should've seen coming.