Target Helper is a KuiNameplates plugin that adds a variety of customization options to help identify priority targets and maximize your DPS.
DoT classes like Affliction Warlock and Shadow Priest can quickly identify which targets are missing their debuffs to maintain 100% DoT uptime.
Melee classes will enjoy the custom target options, configuring custom colors for priority interrupt targets so no critical casts are getting through.
This addon is currently in Alpha, and localized only in English. Please leave feedback for improvements and bug fixes!
Target Frame Customization
- Change the color of your target nameplate to make it easier to identify.
Custom Target Colors
- Assign a custom target color for any enemy in the game.
- Preload a handful of priority targets from BFA and Shadowlands dungeons and raids (more to come!)
Elite Borders
- Add a border around elite enemies to help prioritize targets
Aura Colors
- Change the color of nameplates that are affected by your class auras.
- Quickly identify which targets are not afflicted by any debuffs.
- Very useful for multi-dot classes like Shadow Priest and Affliction Warlock.
CVar Modification
- Tweak nameplate CVars like opacity, distance, motion speed and vertical/horiztonal spacing.
NOTE: This addon is a plugin that requires the KuiNameplates addon.
Thank you again for this amazing module for kuinameplates! It makes such a huge difference in m+.
i had another suggestion: might it be at all possible to add a color and size filter for castbar as well, for custom spells we add? So for example if I enter the spell Heal, I can make it be a bigger castbar and colored differently whenever it is cast by a mob, so that it is very easy to spot in the spell spam as a vital one to interrupt. Option to ignore spells we input (not show cast, or gray them out) would also be awesome.
is there a way to have the target and aura override colors enabled and still have it recolor for execute range?
Suggestion: The Custom Target Colors becomes a very long list to scroll once we start adding a bunch of color filters in for various targets. It would be awesome to have either:
- Collapsible categories
- Tabs
That we can name for various dungeons/ Torghast/ Maw/ other custom categories, etc.
I spent a bunch of time adding in various important targets from dungeons, and then logged into my alt and they weren't there. sad face. would it be possible to have shared profiles for these? i really like being able to do this, so thanks for a great addon :)
In reply to KestrelWild:
I don't really know how to code in profiles, but you can copy your profile data over.
WTF\SavedVariables\Account\{YOUR ACCOUNT NAME}\{YOUR SERVER}\{YOUR CHARACTER}\SavedVariables\Kui_Nameplates_TargetHelper.lua
Copy from one character to another.
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Not recognizing Druid's Rake or Moonfire as a dots. Sunfire and Rip are working.
In reply to KestrelWild:
Looks like the feral version of those spells have a different ID, I'll see what I can do.
In reply to rljohn:
thanks!
I discovered this behaviour of the name string when elite borders are enabled (the border is in front of the name, see top nameplate).
I fixed it by adding the following line to main.lua below line 151:
frame.NameText:SetParent(frame.elite_border)
Fixed result:
- edit:
Seems unreliable, sometimes the name is in front sometimes it isn't.
I added another line of parenting the name to the border below line 172, where the colour gets applied to the border. Seems more consistent now.
In reply to Rynji:
Thanks, I've submitted that fix.
Do you have like a GitHub page or Discord where we can post feedback / suggestions / bugs?
Meanwhile here are a few things:
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The custom target list currently re-sorts all of them alphabetically. This is terrible :D I want them sorted either by COLOR set OR by the order I added them (or by dungeon, if possible in the future).
Link: https://imgur.com/AQRcfRw
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Plater did a very cool thing that allows you to search for an existing mob in Shadowlands. Would be cool if a similar feature can be implemented.
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Do you need contributors? :)
In reply to Cry0nicS:
Not at the moment, so here is fine. I could set something up for bug tracking.
I hadn't seen that Tank Mode was overriding bar colors, so I'll have to check that out.
The sorting of frames is probably a lua thing, so I'll check it out.
Any contributions are welcome.
In reply to Cry0nicS:
I'm looking into tank-mode updates. Its a little more complicated since it interacts with the kua tank mode plugin, but it seems doable.
Can i know id number, frost mage?
In reply to 케로밥:
Which debuff is worth tracking for Frost Mage? I can add it to the addon.
Can I make my focus target be a set colour please?
Yo! Works perfectly, I got a quick feedback though, I'm mostly using aura color change, but the color doesn't change on my currently active targets plate. If i do switcheroo between enemy plates it works fine, but if I stick to one target, the plate color doesn't change with auras.
In reply to Forge_User_30713332:
Good catch. I can make a change to apply the Aura Target color to your target if Enable Target Color is disabled.
In reply to Forge_User_30713332:
This is now fixed in 1.0.6 Release. When you uncheck 'Enable Target Color', the 'Enable Aura Color' will take effect instead.