Testing Grid2 in beta server. #1366


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  • Pnkpowerranger47 created this issue Jan 17, 2026

    What version of Grid2  are you using (Version is displayed in General/About Tab) ?  3.0.4 beta

     

    What game client version, classic or retail, windows or mac and language are you using ?  Midnight beta

     

    No errors showing in bugsack.

      

    Please provide any additional information below.

     

    Hi there, thank you for updating the addon for midnight.  I am testing a bit in follower dungeons in beta: I chose the blizzard setting during 1st login.

     

    1. The skyfury buff does not disappear in combat creating some clutter (base frames this buff disappears). 

    2. Earthshield buff is seen on my group members but I cannot see it on myself.

    3. I tried to create a defensive indicator  but it is not working.  I made an entry (named externals) under indicator, buffs. Then made an indicator named external defensive and selected the buffs: externals under statuses tab. 

     

    https://imgur.com/a/WTWct6t

     

    Will post more as I use it, thank you!

     

     

     

  • Pnkpowerranger47 edited description Jan 17, 2026
  • michaelsp posted a comment Jan 17, 2026

    Sorry, but currently addons can not replicate the blizzard base raid frames buffs/debuffs display/behaviour due to the midnight blizzard restrictions.

     

    Buffs displayed are decided by the game and i can do nothing to hide skyfury for example, or to show earthshield on yourself. The same happens with Exahusted debuff if  Heroism/Bloodlust is used.

     

    The external defensive is a new filter added by blizzard, and i dont know which buffs are going to be displayed, or if this part is finished or not (maybe it works on raids and not on follower dungeons, or only displays a subset of all  defensive buffs), i only can ask  to the game "display external defensives buffs", and its on blizzard end to display what they consider is external defensive buff.


    Edited Jan 18, 2026
  • Dog0n added an attachment denders_comparison.png Jan 18, 2026

    Comparison with Denders

    Differences in behaviour with some buffs (raid buff, germination) between Denders and Grid2

  • Dog0n posted a comment Jan 18, 2026

    At the top is Denders, bottom is Grid2 on Beta.

     

    Not sure what black magic Denders is doing but it's managing to hide Mark of the Wild (probably equivalent to the Skyfury complaint in the OP) while also showing the Germination buff which I can't get to show with Grid2

     

     


    Edited Jan 18, 2026
  • michaelsp posted a comment Jan 18, 2026

    Denders raid frames is getting the buffs and debuffs from blizzard raid frames, similar to reskining the blizzard frames but with extra steps. So you need to run both raid frames: blizzard and danders.

    Time ago i though about using similar workaround but i discarded the idea because the goal of grid2 is to be lightweight and fully replace blizzard raid frames not to reskin them, and that workaround is very resource intensive and can stop working if  blizzard developers decide to change/block blizzard frames code.


    Edited Jan 18, 2026
  • Pnkpowerranger47 posted a comment Jan 18, 2026

    Thanks for the reply! Will continue to use and test in prepatch.

  • michaelsp posted a comment Jan 21, 2026

    You can try 3.0.9 version, there are extra filters options in: Statuses->Buffs->Relevant and Statuses->Debuffs->Relevant

    Now you can select "Buffs from Blizzard Unit Frames", "Defensive buff rom Blizzard Unit Fames" or "Debuffs from Blizzard unit Frames" to display the same buffs/debuffs blizzard  unit frames is displaying.


    Edited Jan 21, 2026
  • michaelsp closed issue Jan 23, 2026

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