RL HealerProtection

RL HealerProtection is a lightweight World of Warcraft addon that helps protect your healer by automatically announcing when:

• Your mana is getting low or is completely gone.
• You (as the healer) have aggro and are taking damage.

It is designed to be simple, chat-based and always uses English messages.

Bug Tracker for Bugs : https://rl-dev.de/bugtracker.html

Features

• Low mana warnings in party chat (not in raids).
• Healer under attack warnings when you have aggro and are taking damage.
• Anti-spam logic so the group is not flooded with messages.
• Minimap icon with quick access to settings and an enable/disable toggle.
• In-game settings window with a Settings and About tab.

Requirements and Scope

• Intended primarily for healers using mana as a resource.
• Only sends messages in 5-player groups:
  • Works in normal and heroic dungeons or parties.
  • Does not announce in raids.
• Messages are always in English, regardless of client language.

Installation

1. Place the RLHealerProtection folder inside your WoW AddOns directory, for example:

   World of Warcraft\_retail_\Interface\AddOns\RLHealerProtection

1. Make sure the files RLHealerProtection.toc and RLHealerProtection.lua are directly inside this folder.
2. Start the game or type /reload in chat to reload the UI.
3. Enable RL HealerProtection in the AddOns list at the character selection screen.

How It Works

Low Mana Announcements

When you are in a party (not a raid) and use mana:

• The addon checks your current mana percentage:
  • ≤ 20% – "My mana is getting low."
  • ≤ 10% – "My mana is almost gone."
  • ≤ 0% – "I am completely out of mana."
• Each threshold is only announced once until your mana goes back above 20%.
• Messages are sent to the PARTY channel, for example:

  [RL HealerProtection] My mana is getting low.

Healer Under Attack Announcements

When you are in a party and:

• The combat log shows that you are taking damage (melee, spell, ranged or environmental).
• You have significant threat on your target (high threat/aggro).
• The last warn was more than a configured cooldown ago (default 15 seconds).

Then RL HealerProtection sends a warning to party chat:

[RL HealerProtection] I have aggro and I am taking damage.

This helps your tank and DPS react quickly when the healer is in danger.

Minimap Icon

RL HealerProtection adds a small minimap icon using the addon’s own logo.

• Left-click: Open or close the options window.
• Right-click: Enable or disable the addon globally.
• Drag with left mouse button: Move the icon around the minimap. Position is saved.

The minimap icon can be shown or hidden via the settings window.

Settings

You can access the settings by:

• Left-clicking the minimap icon, or
• Using the slash command /rlhp.

The options window has two tabs:

Settings Tab

Toggle the behaviour of the addon:

• Enable addon – master on/off switch.
• Announce low mana – enable/disable mana warnings.
• Announce healer under attack – enable/disable aggro/damage warnings.
• Show minimap icon – show or hide the minimap button.

Changes are saved automatically in your SavedVariables.

About Tab

Shows:

• The addon title RL HealerProtection.
• The RL-Dev contact and donation information (same as RLWoWPanel About text).

All texts in the options window are in English.

Saved Data

RL HealerProtection uses the SavedVariables table:

• RLHealerProtectionDB

Stored configuration includes:

• enabled – whether the addon is active.
• enableManaWarning – low mana warnings on/off.
• enableHealerAggroWarning – healer under attack warnings on/off.
• minimap:
  • show – show/hide minimap icon.
  • point, relPoint, x, y – minimap button position.

If you want to reset all settings, you can delete RLHealerProtectionDB from your SavedVariables file while the game is closed.

Slash Command

• /rlhp – toggles the options window for RL HealerProtection.

Author

• Author: XamiraNRW – RL-Dev
• Contact and donation information are shown in the About tab of the addon.