Hi,
I have a specific idea for a weak aura and i cannot find any that do this on Wago.io. or the Wiki/internet research
i'll use Fel Devastation as an example: i want it to appear on my screen near my character when it's off CD, but disappear (completely invisible) when it's on CD. i then want it to appear at 5 seconds like a countdown showing me i can use it soon. i also want it to glow at 2 seconds before use, but only during those 2 seconds. Then, i want it to disappear completely when not in combat.
I've tried playing with WAs trying to get them to do these series of things, but i'm not super good with code and functions.
Thanks!
#Ability to Appear when OFF CD, and Disappear when ON CD
gusty raft
green masonBOT
Here's the work flow for any Aura:
1. Think about all the info that the Aura you're trying to make will need.
2. Make a trigger for each piece of info
3. Decide which info should be sent as Dynamic Info and order the triggers accordingly.
3a. Order them so that "Dynamic Info from First Active" catches the right info, or select a specific trigger.
4. Decide which triggers need to be involved in overall activation of the Aura and change Required for Activation accordingly
4a. All (default), Any or Custom (e.g. function(t) return t[1] and (t[2] or t[3]) end) - https://github.com/WeakAuras/WeakAuras2/wiki/Aura-Activation-and-Deactivation#custom
4b. This step lets you include triggers that will be used only for Conditions but excluded from Activation entirely.
5. Make your conditions using the info from the triggers.
While working through this and building your Aura, if there's anything you're unsure of, just ask in the appropriate Help channel.
gusty raft
thank you for the helpful info, i've read guides and watched videos and still can't make it, it's why i'm here haha. Not all things come easy to all of us
vast comet
what did you try yet?
gusty raft
i kind feel like i took my broken car to my buddy who is a mechanic? and he threw a manual at me lol. idk man, i've played around with it. just a noob
vast comet
i cant just throw something at you that may help you. but that most likely wont help you for the next aura.
did you look at the list and go trough it. try to break down what you want. you dont need any code at all, just the regular options
gusty raft
i was hoping someone could make the above and i would play with it for all my other abilities i want to do it with. i'm better with reverse engineering something than making that which i don't comprehend from scratch you know?
vast comet
thats why i wanted to help you make it from scratch, so you understand the steps
thats why i asked what you tried yet to know how you approached that and where it went wrong
gusty raft
makes sense, i would describe myself as someone who downloaded weak auras last week and watched about 6 hours of videos and spent another 4 reading how to make the aura i want. and it doesn't work
vast comet
the video watching was most likely not very useful
you are overthinking if you did so much.
gusty raft
yeah they show useful stuff, but not specifically what i'm trying to do
not everybody's brain works the same way
vast comet
if they show code, they arent what you need and far far away from anything you need
forget everything said about code.
WHAT do you want to track. select it in the dropdown of the trigger.
type? you want to track a spell, so select spell
next dropdown one over? you want the cooldown, select cooldown
gusty raft
okay since we're going through this step by step, i'm in WA now and i selected new/ Texture. i changed my mind i'd like it to be an animation rather than an icon lol
i'm here now
is the required for activation what i'm looking for? because the option is confusing. it goes into functions?
vast comet
ignore that.
and dont select custom anywhere yet. you dont need that. you dont need code.
vast comet
and selected the right thing.
in that thing you now enter what you want.
look at the dropdown and such in there whats useful
gusty raft
is what i described above the "cooldown Ready Event" or ?Cooldown/Charges/Count"?
vast comet
cooldown, you want the know the cooldown
gusty raft
they both have cooldown, more specific?
vast comet
one is it being ready and showing for a duration. its a event, an happening
gusty raft
ah so cooldown ready event
vast comet
no.
gusty raft
ok, progress. i got it to appear when not on CD and disappear when on CD
now, how do i get it to appear at 5 seconds with a countdown?
vast comet
you make a second trigger, by pressing new trigger
gusty raft
alright, what would it be under "type"?
vast comet
you want the exact same thing.
you have two cases when you want to see it
when its not on cooldown
when its on cooldown with a remaining time of 5
break down when you want to see it
gusty raft
okay i did that and now it doesn't show up at all?
vast comet
back to your question at the start with your first screenshot
look at that dropdown again, what are your options and what would make sense?
gusty raft
wait i had it deplayed on cooldown rather tahn off
wait
nope
that didn't work
only appears when off, no 5 second CD
vast comet
what does the very first dropdown in the trigger say
vast comet
yes, because if it isnt on cooldown, there is no timer
gusty raft
vast comet
you dont want to second to be about it being ready tho
gusty raft
i need it to be NOT on CD
gusty raft
but when it's NOT on CD it doens't give me the option
vast comet
you want to know about it being on cooldown
vast comet
you want to know when its ON COOLDOWN
gusty raft
that's talking about if it shows
while on or off CD
i want it to show ONLY when off CD
and diesappear when on
vast comet
if you want a seperate number without the display thats a seperate aura.
gusty raft
ok so what does that mean?
vast comet
you need a text aura for that if you dont want a display except a text
gusty raft
the plot thickens
let me attempt that one sec
okay so this worked kind of
a number pops up at 5 seconds but there's no icon attached to it. how do i make the number pop up with the icon?
vast comet
by selecting icon
you said you wanted a text, if you want a icon, select icon
you cann add a text directly to a icon in the display tab
vast comet
you select condition
enter when you want it to glow, and then set the glow visibility with the checkbox
gusty raft
it's not glowing, where do i go from here?
i'm stuck on this part, not sure what these do or how to get it to glow
gusty raft
okay now, how do i get it to stop glowing once it comes OFF CD?
vast comet
if you didnt use glow external, it does that by default
vast comet
did you reload after messing around with glow external and do you try with the options window closed?
gusty raft
i did not reload, i'll try that. i did test it with options closed
yes, reloaded, closed WAs still glows
gusty raft
not sure what you are asking. i made 2 WAs, the 1st simply makes it appear when off CD, and disappear when on CD. the 2nd makes it appear with a count down timer at 5 seconds and makes it glow at 2 seconds. but it stays glowing until i use it again
vast comet
are both of those icons? in the beginning you said you made one of them an texture
if they are both icons and not different display types you can do that in the same aura.
gusty raft
they're both icons
you said i had to make a new oine
and it worked
i just stacked them on top of each other -.-
vast comet
yes. because you said that you wanted a texture and only a countdown with only text for the not yet ready.
gusty raft
nope wanted the icon too
vast comet
if you want both of those to be icons, you can do that in a single aura.
gusty raft
that's what i was saying tho, i tried it in a single icon and it wasn't working
vast comet
it does work in a single icon.
i asked you something at that point and you suddenly went somewhere completely different not answering that question
gusty raft
sounds like me xD
okay so back to thisd
if i try to make it in the same aura by creating a second trigger, it doesn't let me select the "remaining time" option while NOT on CD
vast comet
trigger 1 is not on cooldown.
trigger 2 is on cooldown with a remaining time. that was the last one.
because you dont want NOT you want it to BE on cooldown.
how could it not be on cooldown and still have a cooldown`?
gusty raft
because i want it to be invisible until 5 seconds left
vast comet
remaining time.
gusty raft
hold
let me show you what i'm talking about
this is trigger 1 making it show up when OFF CD and disappear when ON CD. no count down.
gusty raft
this is trigger 2 making it show up with 5 seconds left
gusty raft
okay... so this is what i have been trying to tell you
vast comet
and the issue?
gusty raft
the issue is that with it set up this way, the ability doesn't show up at all :=[
gusty raft
and you said make a new aura so i did, and it worked then. just had to stack them on op of eachother
gusty raft
Aura
vast comet
the very very very top of the trigger tab.
the very first dropdown in the trigger tab
gusty raft
vast comet
thats english
gusty raft
huh?
vast comet
activation, the aura being active
required, something thats needed
triggers, the things below that you made
gusty raft
i don't understand
vast comet
whats the missing part?
gusty raft
i have no idea
vast comet
whats the part you dont understand?
vast comet
that dropdown
gusty raft
you pointed me to this area and are asking me questions as if i'm supposed to figure it out
and i don't get it
vast comet
that dropdown is deciding when the aura will show
gusty raft
right and i have it on always, and yet it doesn't show?
vast comet
it either makes it show
when ALL Triggers are active
or
when ANY trigger is active
that dropdown doesnt have a "always" entry.
gusty raft
i meant all
vast comet
yes.
gusty raft
so i want it on any then
vast comet
that means it would be active if trigger 1 AND trigger 2 is active,
gusty raft
because if it's on all none of them will show right?
vast comet
if all of your trigger are active.
gusty raft
and one of them isn't
i get it now
i weant it on any
the disconnect was you know what each of these options do/mean, i don't lol
you look at them and read them and say "that makes sense"
i look at them and read them and say "i don't get it"
alright cool, we have it working in ONE aura now
with 2 triggers
IT WORKS!
2 hours /cry but it works