Showing Party Damage!

I am looking for a mod ( have been for a long time ) that will enable party damage to be shown instead of just the main shaman's. I know there is a way to have the parties damage scroll using the scrolling combat text addon but i don't think it works anymore. I would prefer the damage to scroll over the target's head like the default damage visuals. in any rate, if you know of a way to do this i would greatly appreciate it. THANKS!

i dont think that any mods can display damage over targets heads instead of blizzards...

but there is a way to modify the scrolling combat text addon parrot to display your chars damage!

fist download parrot http://www.wowace.com/projects/parrot/ and open the /interface/parrot/data/CombatEvents.lua file

insert the following lines at the top:

Code:

---

local inGUID = function(srcGUID)
    if srcGUID == UnitGUID("CHARNAME") or srcGUID == UnitGUID("CHARNAME") or srcGUID == UnitGUID("CHARNAME") or srcGUID == UnitGUID("CHARNAME") then
        return true
    else
        return false
    end
end

---

you have to insert your main an toons names (ad or remove " or srcGUID == UnitGUID("CHARNAME")" to fit your teams size)

now comes the boring part....
you have to edit every single "Parrot:RegisterCombatEvent{" with the "category = "Outgoing","

i dont think you want to see the incoming damage too
i also skipped the outgoing melee events "subCategory = L["Melee"],"

if you found an event like

Code:

---

Parrot:RegisterCombatEvent{
        category = "Outgoing",
        subCategory = L["Skills"],
        name = "Skill damage",

---

replace this:

Code:

---

Parrot:RegisterCombatEvent{
        category = "Outgoing",
        subCategory = L["Skills"],
        name = "Skill damage",
        localName = L["Skill damage"],
        defaultTag = "[Amount] ([Skill])",
        combatLogEvents = {
                {
                eventType = "SPELL_DAMAGE",
                func = function(srcGUID, srcName, srcFlags, dstGUID, dstName, dstFlags, spellId, spellName, spellSchool, amount, overkill,  school, resisted, blocked, absorbed, critical, glancing, crushing)
                        -- 2nd condition is to prevent self-damage shown as outgoing
                        if srcGUID ~= UnitGUID("player") or dstGUID == UnitGUID("player") then
                                return nil
                        end
                       
                        local info = newList()
                        info.spellID = spellId
                        info.damageType = SchoolParser[school] or SchoolParser[spellSchool]
                        info.recipientID = dstGUID
                        info.recipientName = drcName
                        info.sourceName = srcName
                        info.sourceID = srcGUID
                        info.abilityName = spellName
                        info.absorbAmount = absorbed or 0
                        info.blockAmount = blocked or 0
                        info.resistAmount = resisted or 0
                        info.amount = amount
                        info.overkill = overkill
                        info.isCrit = (critical ~= nil)
                        info.isCrushing = (crushing ~= nil)
                        info.isGlancing = (glancing ~= nil)
                       
                        info.isDoT = false
                       
                        return info
                end,
                },

---

with this

Code:

---

Parrot:RegisterCombatEvent{
        category = "Outgoing",
        subCategory = L["Skills"],
        name = "Skill damage",
        localName = L["Skill damage"],
        defaultTag = "[Amount] ([Skill])",
        combatLogEvents = {
                {
                eventType = "SPELL_DAMAGE",
                func = function(srcGUID, srcName, srcFlags, dstGUID, dstName, dstFlags, spellId, spellName, spellSchool, amount, overkill,  school, resisted, blocked, absorbed, critical, glancing, crushing)
                        -- 2nd condition is to prevent self-damage shown as outgoing
                        if not inGUID(srcGUID) or dstGUID == UnitGUID("player") then
                                return nil
                        end
                       
                        local info = newList()
                        info.spellID = spellId
                        info.damageType = SchoolParser[school] or SchoolParser[spellSchool]
                        info.recipientID = dstGUID
                        info.recipientName = drcName
                        info.sourceName = srcName
                        info.sourceID = srcGUID
                        info.abilityName = spellName
                        info.absorbAmount = absorbed or 0
                        info.blockAmount = blocked or 0
                        info.resistAmount = resisted or 0
                        info.amount = amount
                        info.overkill = overkill
                        info.isCrit = (critical ~= nil)
                        info.isCrushing = (crushing ~= nil)
                        info.isGlancing = (glancing ~= nil)
                       
                        info.isDoT = false
                       
                        return info
                end,
                },

---

just this 2 lines:

Code:

---

if srcGUID ~= UnitGUID("player") or dstGUID == UnitGUID("player") then

---

Code:

---

if not inGUID(srcGUID) or dstGUID == UnitGUID("player") then

---

if you are too lazy to edit this file, download it here and replace the main an toons names at the top function :)

you should increase the time where events are stacked from 0.2 to 1 sec.. you will see the damage later but it will always get summed up from all chars (this can be done in the /parrot options)

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9864/parrot.png

Mik's allows you to create a scroll area for just party text. I haven't figured out if you can itemize it per player though, I don't think you can.

Hmm, Thanks guys.

why not use something like recount
http://wow.curse.com/downloads/wow-a...s/recount.aspx

Yeh get a nice break down of just about any kind of info yeh want with it, for the entire time yer on or just for one boss.

There times that there are so many number floating around that yeh can see anything and that just with one char.