Ready Cooldown Alert (Anniversary Edition)

Ready Cooldown Alert is a lightweight and efficient World of Warcraft addon that provides customizable visual notifications when your spells, abilities, and items are ready to use. When you use a spell or ability, the addon tracks its cooldown and displays an animated icon on your screen when it becomes available again, ensuring you never miss important abilities during combat. You can customize the animation style, position, size, and filter which spells to track.

Inspired by Doom_CooldownPulse, Ready Cooldown Alert was built from the ground up to include all the features I always wanted: advanced filtering system, dynamic spell suggestions, modular architecture, and enhanced customization options that go beyond the original concept.

Features

Smart Cooldown Detection: Automatically tracks spells, abilities, and items.
Animations: Multiple animations including pulse, glow, bounce, and more
Advanced Filtering System: Include or exclude specific spells with name-based or ID-based filtering
Performance Optimized: Minimal CPU usage with efficient cooldown tracking algorithms
User-Friendly Interface: Intuitive configuration panel
Position Settings: Adjust X/Y coordinates and icon size
Threshold Settings: Set when notifications should appear based on remaining cooldown time
Add Spells/Items: Use the search system to add spells by name or ID
Invert Mode: Switch between include/exclude filtering modes

Quick Start

To open the options window, type /rca into your chat and hit enter.

Basic Setup

Install the addon and restart World of Warcraft
Type /rca to open the configuration panel
Configure your preferred animation settings in the General tab
Set up spell filters in the Filters tab if desired
Position the notification area using the Unlock button
Test your settings with the Test button

Commands

Command	Description
`/rca`	Open configuration panel

Performance

Ready Cooldown Alert is designed with performance in mind:

Efficient OnUpdate loops that only run when necessary
Smart caching of spell and item data
Minimal memory footprint with automatic cleanup
CPU optimization through conditional processing
Modern WoW APIs (C_Spell, C_Item, etc.) for better performance

Compatibility

World of Warcraft: Retail
World of Warcraft: MoP
World of Warcraft: Anniversary Edition

Problems

If you encounter any issues, please check that the addon is up to date
For bugs or feature requests, please create an issue

Support

By me beard! I'm just one lad who loves this grand world of Azeroth and enjoys crafting tools for our mighty community. If ye'd like to support me work and help me continue forging addons and features for fellow adventurers, buying me a coffee would warm me heart like a good ale by the forge! Your feedback and suggestions are worth more than gold in making this addon better for everyone, aye!

Acknowledgments

This addon was inspired by Doom_CooldownPulse by aduth. While keeping the main idea of showing cooldown alerts, Ready Cooldown Alert was built from scratch with new features that I always wanted in a cooldown addon.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.