LiteMount

No, you're not missing anything. LiteMount doesn't do hunter aspects.

If you are interested you can download the beta version (it's very stable, it just has new features that aren't finished).  In the custom macro tab of the config you can enter a macro to cast your aspect.  LiteMount (beta) will use it if it can't use a mount when you press the button (because you are in a non-mountable area, or you are moving and don't know any instant-cast mounts).

If you find that useful please let me know how it works, or if it's not useful I'd be interested in feedback about why it's not.

 

Best wishes, X.

I've started a set of 4.3.3 Beta releases, with 4.3.3beta1.  There will probably be quite a few of these and I expect 4.3.3 to be a fair way off yet.

With these betas I'm implementing "Last Resort" macro support.  This is a macro you can enter yourself which LiteMount will run if it can't find a mount you can use right now.  This will let you use you rocket belt, slow fall, levitate, flexweave underlay, etc., completely customizable by you.

At the moment the macro only works out of combat.  I don't know if it will ever work in combat; it's 50-50 at best.

The macro is entered via the second options panel frame, "LiteMount : Macros".  There's not much UI for it yet and no explanation or help.

Feedback is appreciated (although if the feedback is "this sucks and you should take it back out again" you'd better explain why in some detail).

Version 4.3.2 is released.  Fixes the bug with in-combat Ghost Wolf.

Remember if you can speak both English and any other language WoW is available in, please contact me to help translate 5-6 phrases for LiteMount's user interface.

Thanks for the bug report. I found a typo with the in-combat Ghost Wolf support. I have fixed and tested it, and it will be fixed in the next release.

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The belt item: I had it set to use this when in combat or when indoors.

Here's something I think I could do.

You create your own macro in the normal blizzard macros with a special name, say LiteMountLastResort or something. Then if LiteMount couldn't find anything else to do, it would run your macro.

Could you use that to do what you are after?

The only downside is I don't think it could do it in combat. Would that make it useless?

Edit: The curse comment threading is really !@#%ed up. :(

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a few questions:
one of the options I liked from mounted was that when I was indoors I could set it to use my belt from engineering. Could this be permitted in the form of a custom spell?

There are a number of extra things LiteMount could do, which I'm not sure whether (a) are possible and (b) are a good idea. I am definitely thinking of ways to include them, but don't have any definite plans yet and won't put them into LiteMount until I'm sure I can do them right.

For the rocket belt (or arbitrary extra spell), how would LiteMount choose when to use it? How would you configure it?

And it isnt showing me which mount icon it will use on the bar when I drag the macro out and onto my bars. Can the showtooltip be incorporated?

For this one, the answer is no. LiteMount doesn't know what mount it's going to use until you push the button, so it can't show an icon for it. Mounted was extremely CPU wasteful, constantly running its mount choosing code and updating things (sapping your frame rate). This is the opposite of my goals for LiteMount, which is to be simple, maintainable and efficient. LiteMount doesn't bother trying to check if you are inside, or outside, or swimming, can fly, etc., until you activate it to try to mount.

Best wishes and happy adventuring, X.

Version 4.3.0 is released, supporting WoW version 4.3.  Happy patch day everyone!

 

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Version 4.2.7 is released.

It supports translation into other languages (although I don't speak any so need people to submit the translatsion), and a better in-combat macro to allow Ghost Wolf, Travel Form and Aquatic Form.

The in-combat form support has only undergone basic testing and may contain bugs.

Version 4.2.6 released: fix to allow Ghost Wolf indoors.

Hi eridius, thanks for your comment.

I can't rule it out, but at the moment summon chance weights aren't something I plan to add into LiteMount.  I noticed that GupPet is being maintained again (at least for now), so if you are after a more complicated mounting addon that might meet your needs.

Best wishes and happy adventuring, X.

Hi Aratar, thanks for trying LiteMount and thanks for your comment and bug report.

LiteMount not casting Ghost Wolf indoors is definitely a bug. I'm pretty sure I know how to fix it, so look for an update soon with that fix in it.

LiteMount not casting Ghost Wolf in combat is expected behaviour. Blizzard purposely made it very hard or impossible for addons to make choices and perform actions in combat. Your macro workaround is very cool and you should definitely keep using it if it works for you, but it's hard to extend to all the cases that LiteMount would have to deal with (and doesn't work for people who use the keybindings).  At least once I fix the bug you can simplify it by removing the outdoors/indoors parts. :)

Where possible I will improve the in-combat behaviour, but don't expect too much. Putting heaps of complicated code into LiteMount sometimes just isn't worth it compared to putting Ghost Wolf on a second key.

Best wishes and happy adventuring, X.