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Instant Cast Bar

InstantCastBar shows a Blizzard-style cast bar for instant spells by visualizing their GCD window, giving clearer timing feedback even when no normal cast time exists.
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Description

Instant Cast Bar

Instant Cast Bar adds a clean, Blizzard-matching cast bar experience for instant spells by displaying their effective global cooldown (GCD) as a short cast-style timeline.

This gives you better visual timing for instant abilities, while keeping the look and feel close to the default UI.

Features

  • Displays a cast-style bar for instant abilities based on GCD timing.
  • Aligns with your player cast bar position and follows Blizzard cast bar geometry.
  • Blizzard-style visual treatment:
    • Spell text integration
    • Optional spell icon with Blizzard-style action-button-inspired framing
  • Appearance controls:
    • Optional spell icon toggle
    • Optional icon placement on the left or right side of the bar
    • Optional left-to-right fill mode for instant casts
    • Optional school-based and class-based bar coloring
  • Advanced control panels:
    • GCD Overrides for custom spell timing behavior
    • Ignore List to exclude specific spells
  • School-aware feedback:
    • Attempts to detect a spell's school and tint the bar, spark, and shine accordingly

Why use it

  • Improves clarity for instant casts where default feedback can feel too brief.
  • Helps with rhythm and timing in combat without replacing the whole cast bar system.
  • Keeps a familiar Blizzard-UI look instead of introducing a completely different bar style.

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