2.0

MidnightSimpleAuras 2.0

MidnightSimpleAuras 2.0 is a major update focused on a cleaner UI, better group handling, new tracking/import features, and lower runtime overhead.

Highlights

• Full options/UI overhaul with a new Midnight-style layout
• New custom widget framework for a cleaner and more modern setup experience
• Major improvements to aura grouping, sorting, and movement
• New per-aura sound support
• New CDM import support
• Added target debuff tracking support
• Improved internal buff tracking architecture for better efficiency
• Reduced idle CPU usage and cleaner update behavior

New

Options / UI

• Rebuilt the options menu in a cleaner Midnight/MSUF-inspired style
• Added a new structured page layout for aura editing
• Added a dedicated widget system for more polished controls and consistent styling
• Improved overall menu organization and editing workflow

Aura Management

• Added better right-click/context menu actions
• Added Move to Group
• Added Remove from Group
• Added Move Up / Move Down inside groups
• Added stronger support for batch-style aura management actions
• Improved drag/drop behavior for grouped auras

Sounds

• Added per-aura sound support
• Supports sound playback for:
  • cooldown start
  • cooldown ready
• Added sound channel selection support

Imports / Tracking

• Added CDM import support
• Added target debuff tracking support
• Expanded template and dynamic tracking support

Improved

Groups

• Reworked internal group ordering logic
• Better saved order handling for grouped auras
• More reliable movement and reordering inside groups
• Improved group anchor behavior

Buff Tracking

• Reworked BUFF_AURA handling into a more event-driven system
• Better cache-based behavior for player/target aura tracking
• Reduced unnecessary repeated work compared to older behavior

Performance

• Reduced idle CPU usage
• Update engine now avoids unnecessary ticking when possible
• Better timing/update control for cooldown and aura refresh behavior
• Small internal optimizations across helper and key handling code

Internal / Backend

• Added new modules for:
  • widgets
  • sound handling
  • CDM importing
  • target debuff support
• Cleaned up and restructured several core systems
• Prepared the addon better for future expansion

Compatibility

• Updated package structure for the new 2.0 architecture
• Updated interface support for current Midnight client versions

Notes

This is a major structural update, not just a small patch.
If you are updating from 1.72, expect a much more polished options experience and a more advanced internal tracking system.

1.72

• minor bugfix

1.71

Ty rcaril

• Fixed issue that /msa lock would not lock

1.7

v1.7 — Progress Bars, Buff Aura Mode & Template Browser

🆕 Progress Bar Display Mode (NEW)

• Per-aura display type: Each tracked aura can now individually be set to Icon or Progress Bar via a new "Display Type" dropdown in the detail panel.
• Bars feature a smooth fill animation at 60 fps with a moving spark indicator.
• Fill direction: Left→Right, Right→Left, Bottom→Top (vertical), Top→Bottom (vertical).
• Icon attachment: Optional spell icon on the bar with position options (Left / Right / Top / Bottom).
• Customizable: Width, height, font size, bar color (via color picker), spell name display, timer text, and spark toggle — all per-aura.
• Bar rendering uses issecretvalue guards on all timing reads — fully Midnight 12.0 safe.
• Dedicated 60 fps MSWA_BarTicker with automatic sleep when no bars are visible (zero idle CPU).

🆕 Buff Aura Tracking Mode (NEW)

• New "Buff Aura" aura mode (BUFF_AURA) for tracking player buffs directly — similar to WeakAuras/EQoL.
• Uses the EQoL GetUnitAuras pattern: C_UnitAuras.GetUnitAuras("player","HELPFUL") returns whitelisted, readable fields — no secret value issues.
• Per-frame buff cache: GetUnitAuras is called once per frame and the result is shared across all BUFF_AURA icons (zero redundant API calls).
• Cache invalidated on UNIT_AURA events via the new MSWA_BuffEventFrame relay.
• Show When Absent: Option to display the icon even when the buff is missing — with configurable alpha and desaturation.
• Stack display: Native stack count rendering with issecretvalue guards.
• Reminder Threshold: Optional "minutes remaining" threshold — hides the icon when the buff has more time left than the threshold (useful for "re-apply soon" reminders).
• Full issecretvalue pattern on all duration/expiration fields — secret values route directly to SetCooldownFromExpirationTime, non-secret values use precise SetCooldown.
• New module MSA_BuffBridge.lua: Provides display-data resolution, absent/active styling, tooltip enrichment, and group-level buff counting.

🆕 Template Browser (NEW)

• Professional 3-panel template browser UI: category list → template list → detail panel with per-spell checkboxes.
• 11 built-in categories: Healer HoTs, Augmentation Evoker, Raid Buffs, Blessing of Bronze, Self Buffs, Rogue Poisons, Shaman Imbuements, Resource Auras, Your Cooldowns, Your Spellbook, Your Bags.
• Dynamic categories: "Your Cooldowns", "Your Spellbook", and "Your Bags" perform a one-time out-of-combat spellbook + bag scan to show only spells/items your character actually has.
• Per-spell selection before install via checkboxes + Select All / Deselect All.
• Install / Reinstall / Uninstall support.
• Accessible from the Options panel header button and via /msa templates.
• 100% secret-safe, zero pcall.

🆕 Rekey Aura (Change Spell/Item ID)

• New "Spell/Item ID" edit box in the detail panel lets you change the tracked spell or item ID of any existing aura without losing settings.
• Preserves all settings: spellSettings, trackedSpells/trackedItems, customNames, group assignment (including groupMembers array), and current selection.
• Collision detection: Prevents overwriting an existing aura with the same ID.
• Hidden for draft entries.

🆕 Decimal Timer Rendering (NEW)

• The existing "Show decimal" checkbox now actually renders a custom decimal timer overlay (e.g. 3.7 instead of 4) for cooldowns under 10 seconds.
• Lazy-created _msaDecimalTimer FontString per icon — only allocated when the feature is enabled.
• Uses MSWA_FormatTimer for consistent formatting.
• Automatically hidden when bars are active (bars have their own timer text).

⚡ Performance & Engine Improvements

Secret Value Handling — Zero pcall Hot Path

• Removed all pcall wrappers from cooldown apply functions. Blizzard's C-side APIs (SetCooldown, SetCooldownFromExpirationTime) natively accept secret values — pcall was unnecessary overhead.
• Replaced with issecretvalue guards: secret values → SetCooldownFromExpirationTime (designed for secrets), non-secret values → SetCooldown with precise Lua-side arithmetic.
• Readable values are cached on the cooldown frame (__mswaExp, __mswaDur, __mswaStart) for the decimal timer — secret values are stored as nil (safe fallback).

Aura API Rewrite — EQoL Pattern

• GetAuraDataBySpellID removed (does not exist in Midnight 12.0).
• GetAuraDataByAuraInstanceID removed (returns ALL fields as secret).
• Replaced with the EQoL-proven two-tier approach:
  • Primary: C_UnitAuras.GetUnitAuras("player","HELPFUL") → whitelisted readable table.
  • Fallback: C_UnitAuras.GetPlayerAuraBySpellID(sid) for targeted lookups.
• Per-frame _buffCache with GetTime()-keyed invalidation — single API call shared across all aura icons.

Version Display

• Version string is now read dynamically from the .toc metadata via C_AddOns.GetAddOnMetadata with pcall fallback — no more hardcoded version numbers.

🗄️ Database

• Schema version bumped to 6 with automatic migration.
• New fields in spellSettings: auraMode = "BUFF_AURA", auraSpellID, auraUnit, auraFilter, showWhenAbsent, desaturateOnAbsent, alphaOnAbsent, showStacks, displayType, barWidth, barHeight, barFontSize, barColor, barShowName, barShowTimer, barShowSpark, barShowIcon, barIconPos, barFillDir, reminderThresholdMin, hideStacksOnCooldown.
• New top-level table: db.groupMembers for ordered group membership tracking.

🔧 Options Panel

• Display Type dropdown: Icon / Progress Bar selector with dynamic bar settings sub-panel.
• Bar settings: Width, height, font size, color swatch, name/timer/spark/icon toggles, icon position dropdown, fill direction dropdown.
• Buff Aura section: Checkbox to enable BUFF_AURA mode with sub-options for Show When Absent, Desaturate, Show Stacks, Alpha, Reminder Threshold.
• Hide stacks on cooldown: New checkbox in the stack settings section.
• Rekey controls: Spell/Item ID edit box + Apply button with validation feedback.
• Template Browser button in the header bar.
• Aura list tags: [Buff Aura] tag shown next to BUFF_AURA entries in the spell list.

1.5 Release

Added option to track user defined stacks
Made it possible to track own personal buffs (like poisons) that persist through death 
some minor bugfixes 

1.4

• Added drag and drop function to add items, spells etc via spellbook/itembag
• Improved performance
• Improved Menu
• Added right click context menu
• Shift mark several auras to delete them
• Drag move maus in order to change order of the auras

1.3

1.30

• Added support to sort groups
• Added support to export whole groups 
• Fixed scaling issue with auras 

1.27

fixed several bugs with cooldowntimer

1.26: adeed more cooldowntimer options

• Updated swipe animation
• Added option to show eg. 0.1 0.2 etc timer as toggle on off option in display

1.25

Fixed issue with font apply and all the previous custom icon settings