Add-On Corner Part 1

First off I want to say “Thanks” to everyone for making the launch of Project Lore a successful one. The feedback has been great and I can’t wait to move forward with building this community hand in hand with you all!

Now it’s time for the first installment of Add-On Corner. I don’t know about you but I can’t live without my addons. The WoW UI is nice but man can you really tweak this game or what? We’ve been getting a lot of e-mails asking about my HUD in the show. So I’d like to talk about DHUD or Drathal’s Hud. When I first installed this addon it was because I couldn’t find a good combo point warning addon for WoW. As a rogue I wanted to have a quick reference for how many combo points I had accrued. Now I know there are little addons that just show balls floating in space but I needed something that was a little more clear. So I found this really interesting HUD that clearly showed the combo points right on the side of the enemy. I was not excited at first… weird tron like rings in the middle of the screen? But man after using it for a day I was hooked! It was amazing how nice it is to see such detailed information about you and your enemy right where you’re looking anyway, at the thing you’re killing. Now I will give you a few setup tips for this mod, take ‘em or leave ‘em, this is just how I think it works best.

1) In the “Layouts” tab set the option to have your info on one side and the targets info on the other. By default you have your health and the targets health on one side and your mana/rage/energy as well as the targets on the other. I found this way too confusing right out of the gate. You guys might like it so again take it or leave it.

2) On the “Misc” tab check the box for “Show Player Frame.” I found it weird to not have my little icon in the top left corner. Also, when in a group the space is still there where your player frame would be but it’s just blank… seems weird.

Well I hope you enjoy trying out DHUD. I know it’s a radical change but I think you’ll enjoy it once you give it a shot.

- Dr Dark