[BETA] PQRotation - an automated ability priority queue.

[googlebee]

How would I go about creating an ability to shift from bear to cat or cat to bear from a Right Ctrl press.

Example: Im in bear form but wish to shift to cat form and press Right Ctrl - then after a bit wish to switch back to bear pressing Right Ctrl again.

Bear Spell ID: 5487
Cat Spell ID: 768

[firepong]

How would I go about creating an ability to shift from bear to cat or cat to bear from a Right Ctrl press.

Example: Im in bear form but wish to shift to cat form and press Right Ctrl - then after a bit wish to switch back to bear pressing Right Ctrl again.

Bear Spell ID: 5487
Cat Spell ID: 768

Heres How I got mine. You can use it if you want:

if IsRightAltKeyDown() and GetTime() - rightkeydown > 0.3  then
  rightkeydown = GetTime()
  if catMode  then 
    catMode  = false print("Rotation mode: \124cFFDBFA2ABear Mode")
      CastSpellByName(tostring(GetSpellInfo(5487)))
  else 
    catMode  = true print("Rotation mode: \124cFFFA652ACat Mode")
      CastSpellByName(tostring(GetSpellInfo(768)))
  end
end

[googlebee]

Same to you! I do plan on writing a function to handle what happens when the player gets threat. IMO, if your spec contains Bear aspects, it should switch to Bear Form and go into an "Oops, I need to tank this for a sec" mode, and if not, it'll just Cower. I'll definitely take a look at your Bear profile when you're done and we can trade tips & tricks. Between reading the LUA documentation and scouring through some addons source (and hopefully in the future, if I ever hit a wall, the help of the existing awesome developers), I've got some wicked ideas!

You guys don't have to worry for a while though, I've figured a lot out on my own and it's going to take a while to even finish the planning. A HUGE thanks to Xelper for the Profile level debugging option though, it's been great in helping me test values.

Like this?

local _, _, _, Br = UnitBuffID("player", 5487)
local bhealth = 100 * UnitHealth("player") / UnitHealthMax("player")

if Br ~= nil then
    return false
end
else
if bhealth <= 35 then
    return true
end

[googlebee]

Heres How I got mine. You can use it if you want:

if IsRightAltKeyDown() and GetTime() - rightkeydown > 0.3  then
  rightkeydown = GetTime()
  if catMode  then 
    catMode  = false print("Rotation mode: \124cFFDBFA2ABear Mode")
      CastSpellByName(tostring(GetSpellInfo(5487)))
  else 
    catMode  = true print("Rotation mode: \124cFFFA652ACat Mode")
      CastSpellByName(tostring(GetSpellInfo(768)))
  end
end

Thanks FP!

Confused on where to place that tho. I make an ability for target *Player* with no spell id, then paste this into the code area?

+rep thanks!

[firepong]

Thanks FP!

Confused on where to place that tho. I make an ability for target *Player* with no spell id, then paste this into the code area?

+rep thanks!

Yup, make sure its at the top somewhere above all other abilities.

[googlebee]

hmm all its doing is pausing the rotation.....

[googlebee]

Also...

Perhaps you can help with this FP

My i wrote my lacerate to apply if 0 stacks are shown and not re-apply if 3 are shown..... not sure I have this correct tho as its reapplying even when at 3 stacks.

local _, _, _, count = UnitDebuffID("target", 33745)

 if count ~= 0 then
 return true
 else
      if count ~= 3 then
        return false
      end
    end

Doing this so I can fill in gaps with a occasional Thrash.

[bu_ba_911]

local PQ_Debuff, _, _, count = UnitDebuffID("target", 33745)

if PQ_Debuff then
  if count <= 2 then
    return true
  elseif count >= 3 then
    return false
  end
else
  return true
end

*edit*
Me and Mentally both update our Profiles to include download Info for easier updating if you dislike SVN..... These updates are currently on our SVN

[googlebee]

Well currently un-buffed in Bear on raid target dummies I'm pulling a consistent 12.5ishk dps (Hitting only 2 targets) with a 2 cycle berserk on a 6 min 30 sec parse. 399ilvl

keep in mind Fully buffed + Vengeance + the additional rage I'm being starved out of on a target dummy, will increase these numbers drastically. (By approximately double)

For those awaiting this release, please bare in mind I'm still needing to complete a couple minor tweaks.....sadly I've run into a wall here and could really use the help from some of the more experienced coders.

Bear> Cat> Bear switcher needed desperately to ease shape-shifting on the fly (As my profile is an all-in-one Bear / Cat combo) - Hopefully Firepong can help with this.

Lacerates ceasing to re-apply when 3 stacks of the debuff are shown on the target
This is the code I have atm for Lacerates:

Lacerate Spell ID: 33745

local _, _, _, count = UnitDebuffID("target", 33745)   if count ~= 0 then  return true  else       if count ~= 3 then         return false       end     end

Thrash to fill in when 3 stacks of Lacerate are shown on the target.
This is the Thrash code I have atm, but its not working...at all /boggle

Thrash Spell ID: 77758

local _, _, _, count = UnitDebuffID("target", 33745)

    if count = 3 then
     return true
        end
           else
          return false
         end

[googlebee]

Thank you Bu_Bu! testing that now ......

so basically for Thrash its the same less the original count on lacerate right?

Like this?

local PQ_Debuff, _, _, count = UnitDebuffID("target", 33745)

if PQ_Debuff then
  if count >= 3 then
    return true
  end
else
  return false
end

[firepong]

Also...

Perhaps you can help with this FP

My i wrote my lacerate to apply if 0 stacks are shown and not re-apply if 3 are shown..... not sure I have this correct tho as its reapplying even when at 3 stacks.

local _, _, _, count = UnitDebuffID("target", 33745)

 if count ~= 0 then
 return true
 else
      if count ~= 3 then
        return false
      end
    end

Doing this so I can fill in gaps with a occasional Thrash.

ON mine, I had it setup for 3 different Lacerates for different places in my profile. Heres how I have them:

Name: Lacerate
SpellID: 33745
Delay: 0

if ThrashCD ~= 0 then
  if lacerate == nil then
    return true
  end
end

This just applies 1 stack before it uses thrash.

Name: Lacerate - 3 Stack
SpellID: 33745
Delay: 0

local _, _, _, count = UnitDebuffID("target", 33745)

  if ThrashCD ~= nil then
    if count >= 1 then
      if count < 3 then
        return true
      end
    end
  end

After thrash, this is used to get to 3 stacks then pulverizes and restarts the rotation pretty much after that.

Name: Lacerate Filler
SpellID: 33745
Delay: 0

  if lacerate ~= nil then
    return true
  end

For the last one, it could be left out entirely, but I was going with the Indespicable bear's rotation and letting it fill the rotation with lacerates when there is nothing else to do.

EDIT* You can take out the ThrashCD part. I have my rotation setup to where it checks if Thrash is on/off CD before the spells are cast.

[googlebee]

Thanks FP, when i tested your Bear profile however it wasn't applying Pulverize at all...

I think we're both trying to obtain the same idea here just in different priority.

Im trying to get to 3 stacks of lacerates quickly so that I can then apply Pulverize and gain the buff for increased uptime Savage Defense procs off Mangles.

Additonally reapplying the 3 stacks of lacerates 3rd in priority from Mangle and Maul to increase free triggers of mangle from Lacerate Periodic dmg.

As a filler during all of this ...hitting a thrash once all other abilities are on CD or lacerates are at 3 stacks/pulverize buff is active on player.

this will yield the most optimal dps, alongside the highest possible uptime of mangle use and SD procs.

Getting this to work however has been troubling me all day lol.

[googlebee]

And for some unknown reason Bu-BU that code you submitted is now causing the rotation to not work at all.

Not exactly sure why.

[imdasandman]

And for some unknown reason Bu-BU that code you submitted is now causing the rotation to not work at all.

Not exactly sure why.

Bubu code:

local PQ_Debuff, _, _, count = UnitDebuffID("target", 33745)

if PQ_Debuff then
  if count <= 2 then
    return true
  elseif count >= 3 then
    return false
  end
else
  return true
end

I think he had a small typo not totally sure

try this:

local PQ_Debuff, _, _, count = UnitDebuffID("target", 33745)

if PQ_Debuff then
  if count <= 2 then
    return true
  else
  if count >= 3 then
    return false
  end
else
  return true
end

also try this one because for some odd reason there are 2 return true statements in that bit of code and can cause maybe an issue? I am no pro but it doesn't seem right...

local PQ_Debuff, _, _, count = UnitDebuffID("target", 33745)

if PQ_Debuff then
  if count <= 2 then
    return true
  else
  if count >= 3 then
    return false
  end
end

[Nerigal]

Hello, I am new here.
forgive my poor English skills. :-) I've heard from a friend that there is something here do not really think it's too bad but with my destructive witch I make 5-6k dps more like a profile on here. schadow the profile is quite good, I'm only 4 k over it manually you have to or you can customize the profile to specify any tempo caps so it is more then the profile? just do not understand ... whether fast or values ​​are calculated does with magic or if it just runs on standard and the values ​​they themselves still have to adapt.