Simple Hunter Timers

A clean Auto Shot timer for Classic Era hunters that shows you exactly when it's safe to move and when to stand still.

One bar fills over each Auto Shot cycle. Green means you're reloading and can move or cast freely. The red zone at the end is the half-second aim, when moving or casting pushes your shot back. No more clipped shots from strafing a step too late.

Features

• Auto Shot bar that fills over each shot cycle, with a countdown to your next shot.

• Green (Move): reloading. Move and cast freely.

• Red zone (Hold still): Auto Shot is aiming. It starts a little early by your ping, so you stop in time.

• Orange flash (Delayed!): you're moving or casting during the aim, so the shot is being held back.

• Grey (Waiting): the shot is overdue: out of range, not facing the target, or out of ammo.

• Blue (Ready): reloaded, with Auto Shot turned off.

• Cast lane: a thin strip above the bar. Cyan while instant shots are safe, gold right after each shot, the moment to start Aimed Shot.

• Keeps up with your haste: Rapid Fire, Quick Shots and other speed changes are applied mid-cycle. Aimed Shot restarts the cycle.

• Measures your abilities: the addon times how each ability affects your next Auto Shot on your client, and /sht report shows the results. Abilities found to restart the timer get the gold window too.

• Melee bar (optional): a small bar under the Auto Shot bar for your melee swings, purple when Raptor Strike is queued.

• Matches your UI: "Match my UI" uses ElvUI's or EllesmereUI's font and bar texture automatically. You can also pick any font or texture from LibSharedMedia, plus font size and outline.

• Lightweight: no dependencies, with everything it needs bundled.

How to use

1. The bar starts unlocked with a preview running. Drag it where you want it, then type /sht lock.

2. Turn on Auto Shot and play. That's it.

Settings: /sht, or Esc → Options → AddOns → Simple Hunter Timer. Size, font and texture are on the Appearance page.

Commands

• /sht: open the options

• /sht lock, /sht unlock: move the bar (a preview runs while it's unlocked)

• /sht reset: put the bar back in the middle of the screen

• /sht report: what the addon has measured about each ability

• /sht resetstats: clear the measurements

Supported game versions

• WoW Classic Era (including Hardcore realms)

FAQ

Why does the red zone start before the aim actually begins? Your client only finds out about your movement after a round trip to the server. With "Adjust for latency" on (the default), the red zone starts earlier by your ping, so stopping when you see red is always in time.

The bar says "Waiting". What does that mean? Your shot should have fired but didn't. Usually you're out of range, not facing the target, or out of ammo.

Does this work for other classes? Simple Hunter Timer only runs on hunters. Look for Simple Warrior Timers for warriors, with more classes on the way.

Feedback & bug reports

Found a bug or have an idea? Leave a comment on this page. For bugs, please include:

• Your game version

• Any error message (BugSack makes these easy to copy)

• What you were doing when it happened

Credits

Bundles LibStub, CallbackHandler-1.0 and LibSharedMedia-3.0 (LGPL v2.1).