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Daddio's QoL

A complete collection of WA and CVAR macro's we rely on

Description

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:

Command What It Does
/daddio Shows all commands and current settings
/daddio test Tests the features so you can see they work

PvE Stuff:

Command What It Does
/daddio loadout Toggle loadout announcer
/daddio shhh Toggle Shhh, Valeera
/daddio meterpve Toggle PvE meter reset
/daddio key Toggle M+ key change reminder
/daddio testkey Preview the key change banner

PvP Stuff:

Command What It Does
/daddio release Toggle auto-release
/daddio trinket Toggle gear warning
/daddio merc Toggle merc warning
/daddio tab Toggle PvP tab targeting
/daddio meter Toggle PvP meter reset
/daddio reset Reset meters right now

Everything Else:

Command What It Does
/daddio steady Toggle steady target (needs reload)
/daddio recap Toggle auto death recap
/daddio gasp Toggle dying gasp

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.