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Announcements:

Version 5.7.134 is updated to work with Warlord of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 and fixes the font preview issues.
If you are having issues with the fonts "resetting" on initial game load, update to Version 5.7.137.
Version 5.7.138 corrects issues with several triggers like Kill Shot and Hammer of Wrath.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Before posting a question, please see the FAQ list at MSBT's portal site. http://mikord.wowinterface.com/portal.php?id=156&a=faq

Description:

MSBT is designed to be an extremely lightweight, efficient, and highly configurable mod that makes it easier to see combat information by scrolling the information on the screen in separate, dynamically creatable scroll areas. It is a replacement for Blizzard's Floating Combat Text and Damage output.

Features:

Lightweight and efficient design.
Scroll incoming damage/heals, outgoing damage/heals, and notifications in separate configurable scroll areas on the playing field.
Display player and pet cooldown completion alerts.
Display loot alerts with a total of how many are now in inventory.
Add triggers that will allow you to show notifications based on a variety of conditions.
Assign a sound file to play for events/triggers.
Dynamically create new scroll areas and assign any event/trigger to them.
Customize the position, size, animation style, enabled state, font style, font size, font outline, and opacity for each of the scroll areas.
Customize each individual event's color, font style, font size, font outline, opacity, output message, enabled state, and scroll area.
Set "Master Font" settings that will be inherited by all of the scroll areas and the events in them unless they are overridden at the scroll area or event level.
Merge AoE data into one event with cumulative damage/healing done with number of normal and crits specified.
Show overhealing amounts against yourself or party/raid members.
Color unit names according to their class.
Color damage amounts according to damage type.
Show partial effects (resists, absorbs, vulnerabilities, etc) colored according to type.
Filter output information with a full suite of spam controls.
Load on demand options.
For mod developers:
- Output your own scrolling messages with the MikSBT.DisplayMessage function instead of having to create your own frame and animation code. You can also use your own font by first registering it with MSBT via the MikSBT.RegisterFont function.
- Create custom animation styles.
- See the included API.html file for reference information.

Supported Events:

Incoming:
- Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, and Immunes
- Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, Reflects, and Interrupts
- Spell Resists
- Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
- Pet Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, and Immunes
- Pet Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, and Immunes
- Pet Spell Resists
- Pet Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
- Environmental Damage

Outgoing:
- Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, and Evades
- Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, Reflects, Interrupts, and Evades
- Spell Resists and Buff Dispels
- Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)
- Pet Melee Damage, Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, and Evades
- Pet Skill Damage, Damage Over Time (DoTs), Misses, Dodges, Parries, Blocks, Deflects, Absorbs, Immunes, and Evades
- Pet Spell Resists and Buff Dispels
- Pet Heals and Heals Over Time (HoTs)

Notification:
- Buffs / Buff Stacks / Buff Fades
- Debuffs / Debuff Stacks / Debuff Fades
- Item Buffs / Item Buff Fades
- Enter/Leave Combat
- Power Gains and Losses
- Alternate Power Gains and Losses
- Chi Gains and Chi Full
- Combo Point Gains and Combo Points Full
- Holy Power Changes and Holy Power Full
- Honor Gains
- Reputation Gains and Losses
- Skill Gains
- Experience Gains
- Killing Blows (Player and NPC)
- Extra Attacks
- Soul Shard Creation
- Enemy Buff Gains
- Monster Emotes
- Player, Pet, and Item Cooldown Completions

Loot
- Looted Items
- Money Gains

Default Triggers:
- All Relevant Classes - Low Health, Low Mana, Low Pet Health
- Death Knight - Killing Machine, Rime, Shadow Infusion x5
- Druid - Berserk, Clearcasting, Predator's Swiftness, Shooting Stars
- Hunter - Kill Shot, Lock and Load
- Mage - Brain Freeze, Clearcasting, Fingers of Frost, Missile Barrage
- Monk- Elusive Brew x5, x10, x15, Mana Tea x20, Vital Mists x5
- Paladin - Hammer of Wrath, The Art of War
- Priest - Clearcasting, Shadow Orb x3
- Rogue - Blindside
- Shaman - Clearcasting, Lava Surge, Maelstrom Weapon x5, Tidal Waves
- Warlock - Decimation, Molten Core, Nightfall
- Warrior - Bloodsurge, Execute, Revenge, Sudden Death, Taste for Blood, Victory Rush

Commands:

/msbt	Shows the options interface.
/msbt reset	Resets the current profile to the default settings.
/msbt disable	Disables the mod.
/msbt enable	Enables the mod.
/msbt version	Shows the current version.
/msbt help	Shows the command usage.

Version History:

See version history as MSBT's portal site. http://www.wowinterface.com/portal.php?&id=156&pageid=147

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2012starwarsrules
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Posted May 8, 2018
Merge Swings option is not working correctly for spells that have a mainhand and offhand attack that hit at the same time, e.g. Frost DK Obliterate and Frost Strike, Enhance Shaman Stormstrike, etc. Its currently just showing these as 2 different damage events because they are technically 2 different spell IDs now. Having the Merge Swings option work correctly for these spells would be incredibly helpful.

Thanks.

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Posted Mar 3, 2018
Is there a way to see when my pet interrupt cast as a warlock? As far as I can see I get scrolling text sometimes in instanced pvp and raids but in open world text not popping when I interrupt cast with felhunter

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Posted Feb 18, 2018
how to set

Spam Control > Damage Threshold
lower than 600 or a specific number?

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Posted Feb 14, 2018
How can I disable mod? Doesnt let me. Please fix the fact that if we disable MSBT, you can go back to the normal Combat Text. Whenever you install MSBT and then disable it to go back to original combat text, it gets completely disabled and you can't see any damage text unless you go through your file folders and do a bunch of shit. You should just be able to disable the addon and be able to see what you used to. Fix it.

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Posted Jan 27, 2018
Hi guys i'v got following error:

17x MSBTOptions\MSBTOptionsControls.lua:779: Usage: PlaySound(soundKitID, optional["SFX","Music","Ambience", "Dialog" or "Master"], [forceNoDuplicates, runFinishCallback])
[C]: in function `PlaySound'
MSBTOptions\MSBTOptionsControls.lua:779: in function <MSBTOptions\MSBTOptionsControls.lua:778>

can someone help me with it?

I download https://github.com/Auctionator/MSBTOptions but ist helping :|.

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Posted Jan 24, 2018
Fix para MikScrollingBattleText v5.7.147: opcion agrupar miles (group by thousand) en el parche 7.3.5 sale un '?' entre los miles (123?456).

Cambiar linea 62 MikSBT.lua por la siguiente:

local LARGE_NUMBER_SEPERATOR = "."

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In MikScrollingBattleText v5.7.147: Option group by thousand not work with patch 7.3.5, separator character is '?' in spanish version of game (example: 123?456).

Change line 62 MikSBT.lua:

local LARGE_NUMBER_SEPERATOR = "."

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Posted Jan 24, 2018
Fix para MikScrollingBattleText v5.7.147: opcion agrupar miles (group by thousand) en el parche 7.3.5 sale un '?' entre los miles (123?456).

Cambiar linea 62 MikSBT.lua por la siguiente:

local LARGE_NUMBER_SEPERATOR = "."

----

In MikScrollingBattleText v5.7.147: Option group by thousand not work with patch 7.3.5, separator character is '?' in spanish version of game (example: 123?456).

Change line 62 MikSBT.lua:

local LARGE_NUMBER_SEPERATOR = "."

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Posted Jan 12, 2018
For those of you having trouble configuring - there's a bug in MSBTOptions related to a change Blizz made to the PlaySound function. I've updated it in this gtihub repository: https://github.com/Auctionator/MSBTOptions and configuration is working for me. I'll reach out to the MSBTOptions owner and see if they can update in the Curse version. Hope this helps.

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Posted Jan 13, 2018
In reply to borjamacare:

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! This works perfectly. Back to full functionality.

I am smart enough to research and follow directions but not to come up with the fixes myself. You are the best :)

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Posted Jan 16, 2018
In reply to JamesVicious:

Hey! How do I do to fix this? Just download all the files he got there and put in the msbt folder in interface?

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Posted Jan 27, 2018
In reply to borjamacare:

Thank you sooo much!! Its working just fine :-)

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Posted Jan 8, 2018
It's not setting anymore, I try to change but it does not save. This is an excellent addon but needs updating.

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Posted Dec 9, 2017
Its bugged right now. Cant configure anything :/

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In reply to Wadeboy23:

This

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Posted Nov 27, 2017
Please fix the fact that if we disable MSBT, you can go back to the normal Combat Text. Whenever you install MSBT and then disable it to go back to original combat text, it gets completely disabled and you can't see any damage text unless you go through your file folders and do a bunch of shit. You should just be able to disable the addon and be able to see what you used to. Fix it.

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Posted Nov 22, 2017
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Any fixes coming out for MSBT? Can't change any settings anymore. Been like it a while now

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Posted Nov 7, 2017
Hello

It seem to me that I'm not the only one having isses with MSBT.

Here is the LUA error I get every time I try to config the settings. I have tried to disable all other addons

Message: Interface\AddOns\MSBTOptions\MSBTOptionsControls.lua:779: Usage: PlaySound(soundKitID, optional["SFX","Music","Ambience", "Dialog" or "Master"], [forceNoDuplicates, runFinishCallback])
Time: 11/07/17 08:28:46
Count: 1
Stack: Interface\AddOns\MSBTOptions\MSBTOptionsControls.lua:779: Usage: PlaySound(soundKitID, optional["SFX","Music","Ambience", "Dialog" or "Master"], [forceNoDuplicates, runFinishCallback])
Interface\SharedXML\SharedBasicControls.lua:208: in function <Interface\SharedXML\SharedBasicControls.lua:207>
[C]: ?
[C]: in function `PlaySound'
Interface\AddOns\MSBTOptions\MSBTOptionsControls.lua:779: in function <Interface\AddOns\MSBTOptions\MSBTOptionsControls.lua:778>

Locals: errorMessage = "Interface\AddOns\MSBTOptions\MSBTOptionsControls.lua:779: Usage: PlaySound(soundKitID, optional["SFX","Music","Ambience", "Dialog" or "Master"], [forceNoDuplicates, runFinishCallback])"
DisplayMessageInternal = <function> defined @Interface\SharedXML\SharedBasicControls.lua:191
MESSAGE_TYPE_ERROR = 0

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Any fixes coming out for MSBT? Can't change any settings anymore. Been like it a while now :/

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Quote from Selangor >>

Date: 2017-10-13 14:03:55
ID: 2
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\MSBTOptions\MSBTOptionsMain.lua line 143:
Usage: PlaySound(soundKitID, optional["SFX","Music","Ambience", "Dialog" or "Master"], [forceNoDuplicates, runFinishCallback])
Debug:
[C]: PlaySound()
MSBTOptions\MSBTOptionsMain.lua:143:
MSBTOptions\MSBTOptionsMain.lua:142
[C]: Hide()
..\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:2944:
..\FrameXML\UIParent.lua:2938
[C]: HideUIPanel()
..\SharedXML\SharedUIPanelTemplates.lua:402: HideParentPanel()
[string "*:OnClick"]:1:
[string "*:OnClick"]:1
Locals:
(*temporary) = "gsTitleOptionExit"

Everytime when I try to configure it.

Quote from lost_spirit1124 >>

Has this addon been abandoned? it was my favorite scrolling combat text and its annoying me that i cant even edit it now. :(

Quote from Elvebrinduil >>

Hello, I wanted to report 2 things that appears to be happening with the addon.

First is that the moment the sceen loads I get this message:

MSBT: Skill ID 689 has been removed by Blizzard.

The second thing is that it doesnt let me save any configuration I want to make, I just can't configure at all, I click on any button and the moment I go back to the settings tab its back to the default.

Any one know if these can be fixed??

Quote from dealer_57 >>

In reply to Elvebrinduil:

I have the same issue : I can't configure it at all since any buttons I'm pressing don't work.

I'd appreciate a little help :)

Quote from torthin >>

In reply to Elvebrinduil:

Same problem here ;/ I can't do anything in options, MikScrollingBattleText didnt save changes.

I had the same problem, I have removed all the PlaySound from the options' code. Now it works for me.

Here's the link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/e5kme1n8352b12c/MSBTOptions.rar

Just replace the old one in your Addons directory with this and it should be working totally fine.

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