GTFO: Stop standing in fire!
Supported Versions: Retail, Classic
GTFO provides an audible alert when you're standing in something you're not supposed to be standing in. In some cases, you'll be warned before you start taking damage. This mod improves your situational awareness and is recommended for dungeon divers and raiders of all skill levels as even the most seasoned veteran sometimes needs a reminder to GTFO.
It's particularly useful for individuals that play with their spell graphics turned down as well as assisting with PvP when you can't tell who's casting the AOE.
Important Announcement: As with any new expansion or content patch, there may be alerts that are untested as well as encounter changes from Beta/PTR. Bug reports are highly appreciated!
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Features
- 4 distinct audible alerts for different types of damage
- High Alert - Dungeon/raid encounter AOE that you want to get out of it ASAP
- Low Alert - PvP and low damage AOE, use your best judgment whether or not to move
- Fail Alert - AOE you should have moved out of the way of, but it's too late (e.g. KZ void zone, Sindragosa bomb)
- Friendly Fire Alert - AOE radiating from a teammate's body, one of you needs to move
- Tuned for dungeons and raids in original vanilla WoW, Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, and Mists of Pandaria
- Alert you before you start taking damage (when possible, in some cases)
- Alert you during vehicle fights when your vehicle is in danger (e.g. Malygos, Flame Leviathan)
- Tank and non-tank specific alerts
- Visual alerts available when used with Weak Auras or Power Auras Classic (optional)
- Statistical information of alerts when used with Recount or Skada (optional)
- GTFO-specific volume slider
- Small memory footprint and very little CPU usage
- Option to ignore alerts for trivial content
- Option to auto-unmute sounds if you play without sound on
Slash Commands
/gtfo - Help menu
/gtfo options - Set configuration options
/gtfo standby - Suspend/Resume addon
/gtfo version - Show version numbers for your party/raid
/gtfo test - Simulate a high damage alert
/gtfo test2 - Simulate a low damage alert
/gtfo test3 - Simulate a fail alert
/gtfo test4 - Simulate a friendly fire alert
Usage
Install and you're ready to go.
You can configure the mod by typing "/gtfo options" or by navigating to Options->Interface->AddOns->GTFO.
To use the "Play sounds when muted" option and still hear GTFO sounds, your "Master Volume" slider must be set to a value higher than 0%.
Weak Auras Integration
GTFO can be set up with Weak Auras to provide visual alerts in addition to (or in lieu of) the audible alerts.
- Install the Weak Auras addon
- Type "/wa" in game to bring up the Weak Auras menu
- Click "Texture", "Text", or "Icon"
- Click the "Trigger" tab
- Change the "Type" to "Event"
- Change the "Event" to "GTFO Alert"
- Check "Alert Type" and select a GTFO alert type
- Set a short number (like .1) in Duration
- Use the other configuration options to fine-tune your alert
Power Auras Integration
GTFO can be set up with Power Auras to provide visual alerts in addition to (or in lieu of) the audible alerts.
- Install the Power Auras Classic addon
- Type "/powa" in game to bring up the Power Auras menu
- Click "Page 1" to create a character-only alert or "Global 1" to create an account-wide alert
- Click "new" to create a new alert
- Change the dropdown value for "Activation By:" to "GTFO Alert"
- Select your alert type: High/Low/Fail/Friendly Fire
- Use the other configuration options to fine-tune your alert
Recount/Skada Integration
GTFO can be set up with Recount or Skada to provide detailed statistical information of alerts.
A word of caution: the damage amount displayed on GTFO Alerts may not be fully indicative of the total damage done, especially with fail alerts. For example: if you're hit by a tornado, the damage and fail alert from the tornado picking you up could be 5k, but the fall damage when you hit the ground afterwards is 100k. The amount recorded by Recount/Skada will be 5k.
I agree this add-on is pretty crap. You're better off just watching what you're standing in. Is there anything else to substitute it with?
Something with custom sounds, black/white lists?
You have to add an option to blacklist certain spells and add new ones. Getting a warning beep for Eye of Corruption is just pure insanity; most of the time there's no real reason to step out of it since the amount of damage it ticks is relatively trivial compared to literally everything else. It just distracts from the things you actually should be dodging.
Also there are a lot of M+ abilities missing from this add-on, such as the Ground Shatter cast by the big trolls in Kings' Rest.
The addon won't update via Twitch atm.. Hitting refresh after updating it just repeats itself
Can there please be an option to change the sounds? Even add custom sounds or just some more choices than what is available.
For me, the high damage horn one makes me jump in my seat every time it happens, which ironically means I end up running in all directions instead of out of where the danger is because it spooks me.
Other than that, this mod is generally a literal life saver. <3
I've been checking every day, but looks like I wasn't invited to Shadowlands Alpha this time around. 🙁
So I'm not able to update the add-on for Shadowlands until then. Sorry everyone!
Please add option to toggle sounds for the spells in the addon please. Latest version has the loud sound for the ground effects on carapce fight and it's hella annoying.
In reply to Ruinloll:
Are you talking about the stuff on the ground in Phase 2 that comes from the blobs that you need to beat up? Also, which difficulty level (LFR, Normal, Heroic, Mythic) and what role are you playing?
Same 4.55.1 to r513 alpha
Addon update via Twitch seems to bounce back and forth between versions 4.55.1 and r513-alpha, at least with alpha releases enabled. Updating to one and refreshing will show the other as update, rinse and repeat forever.
In reply to bsolar17:
yep getting the same issue
In reply to bsolar17:
Bad Twitch. I removed the r513-Alpha. Let me know if that fixes it for you.
In reply to Zensunim:
Strangely it still shows r513-alpha as actual version after the update, even with the version being missing from the list. Trying to update to 4.55.1 seems successful but after refresh it still shows r513-alpha as installed and 4.55.1 as update available.
https://imgur.com/a/2ggI5EN
In reply to bsolar17:
Well, that's messed up. Going to be doing more GTFO research tomorrow with Visions so I'll probably put out a minor update soon and then the problem should resolve itself hopefully with the new version.
In reply to Zensu
yea me too,same thing
In reply to Zensunim:
Updated today to 4.55.2 and the problem is resolved. Thanks!
In reply to Zensunim:
Yeah, still not updating properly :/
Is there a way to configure GTFO to alert me when I'm standing the caustic coating near Shad'har? I seem to die there a lot ...
In reply to dkaelbling:
Yes, sorry about that! I've been very lazy this patch and didn't finish doing the rest of the Ny'alotha raid. 😑 BFA kinda killed me and I'm so desperately wanting Shadowlands hoping it'll be better! I will get it done this week!
In reply to dkaelbling:
I was able to get the spell ID from it today and I'll be uploading a fix later tonight!
In reply to Zensunim:
Great! Thanks!