ShamWOW for HB2 - An Enhance/Elemental/Resto + PVP/RaF Healbot by Bobby53

[neosporin]

nesporin, Good point. Next release will include an option (on by default) to cast Water Breathing when it detects you are swimming, not in combat, and able to cast (meaning you have glyph or shiny fish scales as well as needed mana.) Thanks for the post, Bobby53

Thanks, best CC available

 

[zeldrak]

@bobby53

Bobby, I've been using ShamWoW for quite some time now. In fact, I used it to level my shaman. Lately, however, I've noticed some things. First, I used to use the option to change into ghost wolf for travel inside of instances, and it worked fine, but I've noticed that it no longer changes into ghost wolf anymore. I tried tinkering with the distance both higher, and less than, the default of 35. Nothing works. Secondly, for the purge/cleanse options under RAF?Instances I changed both to High since I run as healer quite often instead of DPS due to faster queue times. I noticed that it doesn't purge or cleanse, no matter what priority I set it to. I get fussed at a lot by tanks saying I need to purge/cleanse them, especially in the 5-man where the last boss uses some sort of static charge to lock players to the floor. I can't remember the boss name, spell name, or instance name, sorry. I'd like to tell you what time but, I really can't say since I don't remember. I've given you my whole log, and some things I kept changing around like use ghot wolf, don't use ghost wolf, distance to use ghost wolf, etc.

 

[bobby53]

@bobby53

Bobby, I've been using ShamWoW for quite some time now. In fact, I used it to level my shaman. Lately, however, I've noticed some things. First, I used to use the option to change into ghost wolf for travel inside of instances, and it worked fine, but I've noticed that it no longer changes into ghost wolf anymore. I tried tinkering with the distance both higher, and less than, the default of 35. Nothing works. Secondly, for the purge/cleanse options under RAF?Instances I changed both to High since I run as healer quite often instead of DPS due to faster queue times. I noticed that it doesn't purge or cleanse, no matter what priority I set it to. I get fussed at a lot by tanks saying I need to purge/cleanse them, especially in the 5-man where the last boss uses some sort of static charge to lock players to the floor. I can't remember the boss name, spell name, or instance name, sorry. I'd like to tell you what time but, I really can't say since I don't remember. I've given you my whole log, and some things I kept changing around like use ghot wolf, don't use ghost wolf, distance to use ghost wolf, etc.

zeldrak, Thanks for the post and detail.

1. Ghost Wolf. I'll take a look at the log file, but to specifically diagnose I would need to know the local computer time. Unfortunately all of the ShamWOW Ghost Wolf support was broken when the decision was made to support travel forms directly within HonorBuddy Mount Logic rather than within the individual CC's. So ultimately it may be an HonorBuddy issue even though it is a class specific spell, but if you can indicate a specific time I'll be able to determine and handle myself or forward to Raphus. In the meantime, you can take a look at the HonorBuddy mount distance settings and see if adjustment provides the results you are looking for. To be clear, there is some minimal Ghost Wolf support still present in ShamWOW, but the bulk of the logic is now within HonorBuddy.

2. Cleanse. There is an additional flag on the Group Healing tab where you can disable Cleanse while preserving the priority settings you referenced. The log line:

[12:58:53 AM:285]   # Raid_Heal.Cleanse        'False'

shows you currently have it set to False which is why no cleansing is occurring. When you click the Let It Rain Preset (meaning maximize heal meter #'s for a raid healer), in addition to setting specific Health %'s it will set Cleanse to False. For Purge, the buff would have to appear in the Purge Whitelist defined in the ShamWOW.config global config file. If there is an instance of it not purging an enemies buff, let me know what the buff is and the log would be needed as well.

Hope that helps. Thanks very much for the post and good luck with your Shaman, Bobby53

 

[zeldrak]

zeldrak, Thanks for the post and detail.

1. Ghost Wolf. I'll take a look at the log file, but to specifically diagnose I would need to know the local computer time. Unfortunately all of the ShamWOW Ghost Wolf support was broken when the decision was made to support travel forms directly within HonorBuddy Mount Logic rather than within the individual CC's. So ultimately it may be an HonorBuddy issue even though it is a class specific spell, but if you can indicate a specific time I'll be able to determine and handle myself or forward to Raphus. In the meantime, you can take a look at the HonorBuddy mount distance settings and see if adjustment provides the results you are looking for. To be clear, there is some minimal Ghost Wolf support still present in ShamWOW, but the bulk of the logic is now within HonorBuddy.

2. Cleanse. There is an additional flag on the Group Healing tab where you can disable Cleanse while preserving the priority settings you referenced. The log line:

[12:58:53 AM:285]   # Raid_Heal.Cleanse        'False'

shows you currently have it set to False which is why no cleansing is occurring. When you click the Let It Rain Preset (meaning maximize heal meter #'s for a raid healer), in addition to setting specific Health %'s it will set Cleanse to False. For Purge, the buff would have to appear in the Purge Whitelist defined in the ShamWOW.config global config file. If there is an instance of it not purging an enemies buff, let me know what the buff is and the log would be needed as well.

Hope that helps. Thanks very much for the post and good luck with your Shaman, Bobby53

I'll give that a shot as well, bobby. I'll try changing the settings in HB for mounting to see if that helps, otherwise I'll just cast it manually. I was able to find the debuff I was referring to after poking around WoWHead and looking through the heroics. The debuff is 'Static Cling' and is cast by Asaad in The Vortex Pinnacle on Heroic difficulty.

Link: Static Cling - Spell - World of Warcraft

As for pointing out that I had it set to false in raid healing, does that also affect healing 5-mans and 5-man Heroics? I never though of changing it there because I haven't run a Cataclysm raid as of yet. I suppose I can make the changes in all areas that I find, and see if that helps. Thanks for getting back so quickly and pointing these things out to me. I'll make the necessary changes, try them out, and if it's still not working I'll get back to you with more information.

 

[bobby53]

I'll give that a shot as well, bobby. I'll try changing the settings in HB for mounting to see if that helps, otherwise I'll just cast it manually. I was able to find the debuff I was referring to after poking around WoWHead and looking through the heroics. The debuff is 'Static Cling' and is cast by Asaad in The Vortex Pinnacle on Heroic difficulty.

Link: Static Cling - Spell - World of Warcraft

As for pointing out that I had it set to false in raid healing, does that also affect healing 5-mans and 5-man Heroics? I never though of changing it there because I haven't run a Cataclysm raid as of yet. I suppose I can make the changes in all areas that I find, and see if that helps. Thanks for getting back so quickly and pointing these things out to me. I'll make the necessary changes, try them out, and if it's still not working I'll get back to you with more information.

zeldrak, There is a separate setting for Cleanse in a 5-man Party (also on the Group Healing tab.) However, you have that set to true so my apologies for reading your post too quickly. It should already be cleansing Static Cling, especially if Cleanse Priority is set to High, so I'll run a few times and try to duplicate. It will be a day or two as I am out of town. Thanks for the post, Bobby53

 

[bobby53]

I'll give that a shot as well, bobby. I'll try changing the settings in HB for mounting to see if that helps, otherwise I'll just cast it manually. I was able to find the debuff I was referring to after poking around WoWHead and looking through the heroics. The debuff is 'Static Cling' and is cast by Asaad in The Vortex Pinnacle on Heroic difficulty.

Link: Static Cling - Spell - World of Warcraft

As for pointing out that I had it set to false in raid healing, does that also affect healing 5-mans and 5-man Heroics? I never though of changing it there because I haven't run a Cataclysm raid as of yet. I suppose I can make the changes in all areas that I find, and see if that helps. Thanks for getting back so quickly and pointing these things out to me. I'll make the necessary changes, try them out, and if it's still not working I'll get back to you with more information.

zeldrak, There is a separate setting for Cleanse in a 5-man Party (also on the Group Healing tab.) However, you have that set to true so my apologies for reading your post too quickly. It should already be cleansing Static Cling, especially if Cleanse Priority is set to High, so I'll run a few times and try to duplicate. It will be a day or two as I am out of town. Thanks for the post, Bobby53

 

[zeldrak]

zeldrak, There is a separate setting for Cleanse in a 5-man Party (also on the Group Healing tab.) However, you have that set to true so my apologies for reading your post too quickly. It should already be cleansing Static Cling, especially if Cleanse Priority is set to High, so I'll run a few times and try to duplicate. It will be a day or two as I am out of town. Thanks for the post, Bobby53

Take your time bobby. I'm not in any rush. The CC is great, regardless of a couple of blips that happen. I can manually cleanse in a pinch if I need to. As long as it's healing as well as it does then I can wait.

 

[neosporin]

Another issue is that while in Ghost Wolf, some quests that require you to "shapeshift" into another form often bug and loop for hours on end. For example, for the quest "Spiritual Insight" ( Spiritual Insight - Quest - World of Warcraft ), it won't use the incense as you're already in a shapeshifted form. Using Kick's Questing Profiles.

 

[chaoschief]

I'm questing on my level 43 shaman, using latest Shamwow. It is using no earth or air totem even though I have some and it is set to auto. Is it supposed to do this? Can I fix it?

 

[Raisemymoney]

Hi i'm currently farming rep in a group and I don't want to use any totems cause it's a low lvl zone. The thing is, if I tell shamwow not to use any totems, I see my sham try to recall totem that arent' currently anywhere and it gets stuck like that forever. Is there a way to tell shamwow not to use totemic recall ?

Thanks in advance !

 

[altec]

+rep my friend, well defined CC.

 

[bobby53]

Another issue is that while in Ghost Wolf, some quests that require you to "shapeshift" into another form often bug and loop for hours on end. For example, for the quest "Spiritual Insight" ( Spiritual Insight - Quest - World of Warcraft ), it won't use the incense as you're already in a shapeshifted form. Using Kick's Questing Profiles.

neosporin, Support for individual quests is handled in the Quest profile. You'll want to post that in Kick's forum so he can force it to leave Ghost Wolf form prior to using the totem. Bobby53

 

[bobby53]

I'm questing on my level 43 shaman, using latest Shamwow. It is using no earth or air totem even though I have some and it is set to auto. Is it supposed to do this? Can I fix it?

chaoschief, Thanks for the post, but your description does not match the results of my testing. You will need to visit the ShamWOW Frequently Asked Questions [CLICK HERE] and follow the steps for posting. You'll want to be sure to include a complete debug log file as well as the local computer time you noticed them not being cast. Thanks for the post and good luck with your Shaman, Bobby53

 

[bobby53]

Hi i'm currently farming rep in a group and I don't want to use any totems cause it's a low lvl zone. The thing is, if I tell shamwow not to use any totems, I see my sham try to recall totem that arent' currently anywhere and it gets stuck like that forever. Is there a way to tell shamwow not to use totemic recall ?

Thanks in advance !

Raisemymoney, You will need to visit FAQ #1 in the ShamWOW Frequently Asked Questions [CLICK HERE] and follow the steps for posting an issue. I'll need the complete debug log file as described in the FAQ to research this for you. Thanks for the post and good luck with your Shaman, Bobby53

 

[bobby53]

+rep my friend, well defined CC.

Thank you for the feedback altec, +rep for sharing your success, Bobby53

 

[vboom]

I'm not sure if this is the CC, but my shaman runs for a few minutes doing what he does. All of a sudden though, it's as if someone hit the stop button, he just stands there. The bot is still running, debug is still going, all of that is running fine, he just stands there and eventually gets kicked for being AFK. Anyone else getting this?

HonorBuddy Mode: BGBuddy
Shamans Location: All BGs
What should have happened (be specific): He should continue kicking ass and chewing bubble gum, yet he is all out of gum.
What did happen (be specific): The bot after a few minutes/hours of proper functionality stops responding completely and stands still until being kicked for AFK.​

Computer time of problem ​

(local time, not realm time)​

: 1:02am EST


Log is in the attachments.
​

 

[Ermel]

The Bot cast only searing totem.

Need help.

View attachment 14.05.2012_13_20 6704 Log.txt

 

[bobby53]

I'm not sure if this is the CC, but my shaman runs for a few minutes doing what he does. All of a sudden though, it's as if someone hit the stop button, he just stands there. The bot is still running, debug is still going, all of that is running fine, he just stands there and eventually gets kicked for being AFK. Anyone else getting this?

HonorBuddy Mode: BGBuddy
Shamans Location: All BGs
What should have happened (be specific): He should continue kicking ass and chewing bubble gum, yet he is all out of gum.
What did happen (be specific): The bot after a few minutes/hours of proper functionality stops responding completely and stands still until being kicked for AFK.
​

Computer time of problem ​

(local time, not realm time)​

: 1:02am EST


Log is in the attachments.
​

vboom, It does not appear that the BGBuddy is making calls to the CC at the point the issue occurs since there is no log file output at that point. You mentioned debug output is still occurring, but there appears to be no log output of any type occurring from 12:58:13 until you stop the bot at 1:02:09 which seems to correspond to the problem you observed.

The only thing unusual I noticed is that there are some errors pertaining to the currently loaded profile:

[12:51:50 AM:762] XML Error: Unknown tag "StartLocation" (Input: "<StartLocation X="-1387.628" Y="-551.105" Z="54.9678" Side="Horde" />") in "PvpProfile"! - On line 6 - [<StartLocation X="-1387.628" Y="-551.105" Z="54.9678" Side="Horde" />]
[12:51:50 AM:762] XML Error: Unknown tag "StartLocation" (Input: "<StartLocation X="806.1611" Y="-494.3407" Z="100.0156" Side="Alliance" />") in "PvpProfile"! - On line 7 - [<StartLocation X="806.1611" Y="-494.3407" Z="100.0156" Side="Alliance" />]
[12:51:50 AM:764] XML Error: Unknown tag "Boxes" (Input: "<Boxes Side="Horde">
[12:51:50 AM:764] XML Error: Unknown tag "Boxes" (Input: "<Boxes Side="Alliance">

Note that you do not have to load BGBuddy profiles. BGBuddy will automatically select a profile from the Default Profiles\BGBuddy folder when you enter a battleground. I suggest loading any grind or questing profile that is level appropriate and then restarting HonorBuddy. If in doubt, you can load the BLANK.XML file which is a do nothing that many people use in situations like this. I have attached a copy to this post for you.

Thanks and good luck with your Shaman, Bobby53

 

[bobby53]

The Bot cast only searing totem.

Need help.

View attachment 42031

Ermel, Thanks for the complete debug log. ShamWOW is casting Call of the Elements to sets totems, then shortly after doing a routine check to confirm how many seconds the Searing Totem has left before it expires. The HB/WOW API called is returning a value less than 2 seconds, even though the actual time left is probably around 58 seconds. Since ShamWOW is being told that the totem is about to expire, it recasts. Here is the log entry:

[13:21:52:726] %   SetTotemsAsNeeded: clipping Searing Totem with less than 2 seconds left

This can sometimes occur in a botting session after previous errors have occurred in earlier sessions. Try doing a Shutdown Restart of your computer. If the issue still occurs, do a fresh install of only HonorBuddy and ShamWOW and restart again.

If the issue still occurs, you'll need to post in the HonorBuddy Support thread for assistance. Thanks

 

[Ermel]

I try it, thank you.