Grid2
What is Grid2 ?
Grid2 is a party/raid unit frame addon.
Grid2 is fully customizable. New zones (indicators) can be defined in unit frames to display information (statuses). The indicators can be customized and placed anywhere. Grid2 supports several types of indicators: icon, icons, square, text, bar, multibar. You can configure what statuses are displayed on each indicator.
Grid2 includes a huge amount of available statuses, but not all enabled be default, look through the configuration and familiarize yourself with the available options and statuses.
Grid2 is fast: consumes between 4 and 10 times less CPU cycles than other similar addons.
To open the configuration UI type "/grid2", left-click the minimap Icon, DataBroker icon launcher or use WoW addons list window.
Grid2 components
Grid2 package includes:
- Grid2
- Grid2 Options
- Grid2 Raid Debuffs
- Grid2 Raid Debuffs Options
- Grid2 LDB
Grid2 does not work or I think I found a bug
- Update to the latest versions of Grid2.
- Make sure you downloaded the mods WITH libs. nolib is not for you.
- Reset your Saved Variables, pasting into chat: /script Grid2DB = nil; ReloadUI()
- If you still get an error, go ahead and log it. Install and use the BugGrabber and BugSack mods to record the error and make it easy to cut and paste it.
- Then, Post a ticket. Check for existing tickets about your bug first. Remember to check back on your ticket later in case we need more information.
Tutorials/Guides
http://murlocparliament.com/how-2-grid2/
(Thanks to Zelmaru)
Common issues/FAQ
Raid debuffs not showing up !!!:
Raid debuffs are not enabled by default. Go to statuses -> Raid Debuffs and enable at least the Cataclysm module (if you are inside a instance you must exit and enter the instance or reload the UI after enabling the module)
I cant push the grid boxes as close together as before:
The border indicator has 2 pixels size and it has a transparent background color now. If you want the old grid2 appearance. Goto Indicators -> border -> Layout tab: Set a border size 1. And select a black and opaque background color for the border.
What about mana bars ?
Grid2 supports mana bars, but they are not created by default. If you want mana bars, create a new indicator of type "bar", place it wherever you want and map the "mana" or the "power" status to it (remember you must map some color status to the bar:color indicator too).
What is the poweralt status ?
Poweralt status is a power type (like mana/rage/energy,etc). This power type is enabled by Wow in some combats. It shows: Atremedes sound, Chog'al corruption, etc. This status is not active by default in Grid2: you must map poweralt to any compatible indicator (text or bar indicator).
Hi, is it possible to show a number "1" on a debuff that currently only has 1 stack. I used "icon" to track chilling touch on Jaina, and it shows a number when there is more than 1 stack. I am hoping it can also show "1" when there is 1 stack. Thanks!
In reply to yanva:
I've spent hours on this, not sure what else to do.
My Appearance tab did not have a general or advanced sub-tab. I have no way to "test" the layouts without it, or modify specific layouts. It just let me change the bars' height/width for default. I deleted my addons/wtf folders and reinstalled fresh, but still nothing. I imported others' profiles, and that worked, so clearly the settings are accessible somewhere, but I can't see them.
I then installed it from RealUI, and now the appearance tab is gone completely.
Any ideas what I can do?
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Not sure what changed, but today whenever I move from solo->group or vice versa (no matter the size) I experience a huge delay where WoW freezes. Unload Grid2, no issues.
It is long enough sometimes that Windows pops up the "This application isn't responding" prompt to wait/kill the process.
Not sure how I can help debug that.
In reply to raegx62405:
If i go into Statuses - buffs and choose Riptide why cant i track the duration of it?
In reply to jespernorrby:
When I join Arathi Basin (15man), why does it detect a 40man raid?
No support for BG and BG size detection? Or am I missing something?
In reply to raegx62405:
Hi, awesome as always! Is there any script that we can use to switch profile faster?
For example, I discovered a script for grid that can do so:
I attempted to replace Grid with Grid2 but no luck. Thanks!
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Hi there, thanks for continuing this addon. I've been using it for almost 11 years!
I have a question about the width of each frame. It's currently set to max of 100, is there a way to increase this to 200 or more. I like to try having a long rectangular box for party frames. Thanks!
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