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NextCast: Advanced Interrupt-Aware Cast Bars

A target and focus cast bar that shows whether your interrupt is ready in time, with a kick-cooldown spark, important-cast glow, and full Midnight secret-value support.
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Description

NextCast

A target and focus cast bar for World of Warcraft built around one question: is your kick ready?

NextCast puts your interrupt status exactly where your eyes already are: on the enemy cast bar. See what's being cast, whether you can stop it, and exactly when your kick comes off cooldown.

Interrupt Tracking

  • Kick Spark: a vertical line on the cast bar showing the exact moment your interrupt comes off cooldown
  • Ready / Not-Ready Icon: animated indicator next to the bar showing your kick status
  • Secondary Interrupt: also tracks your backup stop (Spell Lock, Avenger's Shield, Typhoon, etc.)
  • Important-Cast Glow: red pulse on dangerous dungeon casts that need to be kicked in Mythic+
  • Target Glow: yellow pulse when the enemy spell is targeting you
  • Interrupt Feedback: green flash on successful interrupt, red flash when you miss one
  • Latency Line: marker showing where your latency makes it too late to kick

Auto-detects your class interrupt: Counterspell, Pummel, Mind Freeze, Wind Shear, Kick, Rebuke, Skull Bash, Counter Shot, Disrupt, Spear Hand Strike, Silence, Axe Toss, Quell.

Cast Bars

  • Separate Target and Focus bars, each fully independent with their own position, size, colors, textures, and fonts
  • Midnight-safe rendering using Blizzard's native DurationObject API (no secret-value taint)
  • Channel tick marks for Mind Flay, Drain Life, Penance, empowered Evoker casts, and more
  • Hide-on-CD mode: only show the bar when your kick is ready, with optional early reveal if your kick will come up during the cast

Cast Target Display

Three layout modes to show who the enemy is casting on:

  • Arrow: Frostbolt > Player inline
  • Inline: target name beside the spell name
  • Split: spell name left, target name right

Optional class coloring on target names.

Customization

  • LibSharedMedia support for bar textures and fonts
  • Separate color pickers for bar, background, border, spell name, cast time, keybind, and cast target
  • Nine kick spark texture styles (Solid, CastingSpark, GlowCircle, Pulse, Chevron, SkullBar, Flame, Ring, Ping)
  • Flexible icon anchor on any side of the bar
  • Keybind overlay on the kick icon with full font/outline/shadow control
  • Live preview in the options panel

Profiles

  • Per-account profiles with optional per-character overrides
  • Export and import via compact strings
  • Copy, rename, and share setups between alts or friends

Commands

Command Description
/nc Open options panel
/nc test Toggle test bars
/nc lock / unlock Lock or unlock bar position
/nc reset Reset active profile to defaults
/ncprofile list\|switch\|new\|copy\|rename\|delete Profile management

Lightweight

No CLEU parsing, no taint workarounds. Event coalescing keeps CPU usage low in combat. Bundled libraries (LibStub, LibSharedMedia-3.0, LibDBIcon-1.0).

Works with The War Within and Midnight. Every class, every interrupt. Type /nc and never miss a kick again.

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