Party Cast Bars

Party Cast Bars is a lightweight addon for World of Warcraft Retail / Midnight that adds customizable cast bars directly to your party and raid unit frames.

It supports both Blizzard Compact Party & Raid Frames and EllesmereUI Raid Frames, giving you clear visibility of what your teammates are casting without replacing your existing unit frame setup.

When EllesmereUI Raid Frames is active, Party Cast Bars automatically attaches its cast bars to EllesmereUI frames. When EllesmereUI frames are not being displayed, it seamlessly falls back to Blizzard frames.

Features

• Blizzard Compact Party & Raid Frames support
• EllesmereUI Raid Frames support
• Automatic detection and switching between supported frame systems
• Party, arena, Mythic+, dungeon and raid support
• Optional player cast bar within the party layout
• Support for normal, channeled and empowered casts
• Optional Healers Only mode
• Optional spell icon and spell name
• Customizable cast bar width, height, anchor and offsets
• Customizable textures, colors, opacity and borders
• Optional rounded edges
• Configurable spell text alignment and padding
• Configurable icon position, scale and offsets
• Reverse fill direction option
• Configurable frame strata
• Live Preview Mode for easy positioning and styling
• Simple in-game configuration panel
• Automatic localization based on your WoW client language

EllesmereUI Support

Party Cast Bars includes a dedicated EllesmereUI Raid Frames adapter.

When EllesmereUI is displaying your party or raid frames:

• Cast bars automatically anchor to the EllesmereUI unit frames
• Party and raid layouts are supported
• Frame changes, roster updates and layout changes are automatically detected
• Blizzard raid frames are prevented from unnecessarily appearing behind EllesmereUI
• No modification to EllesmereUI itself is required

If EllesmereUI is installed but its unit frames are not currently active, Party Cast Bars automatically falls back to the supported Blizzard frames.

Slash Commands

• /pcb
• /partycastbars

Debug commands are also available:

• /pcb debug on
• /pcb debug off
• /pcb debugdump
• /pcb debugclear

Why Use Party Cast Bars?

• See what your teammates are casting directly on their unit frames
• Improve awareness and coordination in Mythic+, raids and PvP
• Keep your existing Blizzard or EllesmereUI frame setup
• Customize the bars without installing a complete unit frame replacement
• Lightweight and easy to configure

Compatibility

• World of Warcraft Retail / Midnight
• Blizzard Compact Party Frames
• Blizzard Compact Raid Frames
• EllesmereUI Raid Frames

EllesmereUI is completely optional. No additional dependencies are required when using Blizzard frames.

Credits

• Addon: Jax Party Cast Bars
• WeakAura: Party castbars / Arena Party Castbars

A simple and lightweight way to add powerful party and raid cast tracking directly to the unit frames you already use.