PitBull 4.0

[ckknight]

Hey beautiful people, ckknight here.

I know there have been some murmurs in the community about this, so I figured now's a good a time as any to introduce PitBull 4.0 (or at least the concept thereof).

PitBull 4.0 is a completely different codebase than 3.0, it's written entirely from scratch with important ideals in mind:

• First off, everything in 4.0 is documented. This will make maintainability far, far easier, as well as allowing extensibility far easier as well. Documentation can be found at http://www.wowace.com/projects/pitbull4/pages/
• The module system is handled much differently. The core framework is built around the concept that modules should have to do as little as possible and not repeat the same things over and over in each module. This makes writing modules far easier, as well as provides a more consistent interface for the user.
• The layout system is handled entirely differently. In 3.0, every unit group had settings attached to it that defined its look and feel, this made configuring many frames at once hard without resorting to horrible hacks like the "All Frames" menu. In 4.0, every unit group has a "layout" attached to it. Let's say player has the layout "Normal" and target has the layout "Normal" as well. Making a change to the "Normal" layout will change both the player and the target, as well as any other frames that inherit from that layout. Individual units can override specific things in a layout, such as if you want the target to mirror horizontally (so bars fill up in reverse and such) or if you want it to be a different size. This is all possible and far easier to manage.
• The options screen is better laid out. The overall design of the options is done to be simpler to configure. Things are more consistent and easier to find. This doesn't mean that you lose options or functionality, it just means that things should be more intuitive.
• Ace3 is used instead of Rock. This really shouldn't affect users at all. It being Ace'd doesn't make it intrisically better, it's just that I don't have time to maintain the Rock framework patch-to-patch, so Ace3's a better long-term plan.
• No longer explicitly dependent on DogTag. DogTag is now handled through a Text Provider module type. A separate Text Provider could be written and DogTag not used at all. I know some of the performance junkies wanted this option, so now you have it. Shefki has written the LuaTexts module for those who want to use it. It's a bit more complicated (for those who haven't written Lua), but the defaults should be good.
• It's not done yet. We're mostly working out performance issues now.

The project page can be found here: http://www.wowace.com/projects/pitbull4/

If you have any suggestions or find any bugs, http://www.wowace.com/projects/pitbull4/tickets/

Don't request features here. I won't see them. Use the ticket system.

If you're a translator and wish to help out, http://www.wowace.com/projects/pitbull4/localization/

PitBull 3.0 can be considered in a stasis. No more work is being done on it, all development efforts are going into PitBull 4.0.

[ferras]

just took them for a test drive and so far so good. can't wait for the auras to be implemented but I like the direction they're going in.

[chaud]

Originally Posted by ckknight

• The options screen is better laid out. The overall design of the options is done to be simpler to configure. Things are more consistent and easier to find. This doesn't mean that you lose options or functionality, it just means that things should be more intuitive

Am I missing the options that allow for say turning off power bars on party frames only or changing text on party frames?

[Kelem]

I thought the customization in 3 was plentiful.... holy crap.

Waiting for these to be finished as I've always liked the customization far more than any other frame mod.

[ckknight]

Originally Posted by chaud

[/list] Am I missing the options that allow for say turning off power bars on party frames only or changing text on party frames?

Yes, you make a new layout, assign party to that new layout.

[chaud]

Originally Posted by ckknight

Yes, you make a new layout, assign party to that new layout.

Sorry, overlooked that in my rush to play with them before I was called off to do WG.

This may be another oops question, but what about color options, like changing that deep blue that is the mana bar.

[ckknight]

Originally Posted by chaud

Sorry, overlooked that in my rush to play with them before I was called off to do WG.

This may be another oops question, but what about color options, like changing that deep blue that is the mana bar.

Not yet, but I plan to add a whole host of options such as ones to edit that.

[snoowly]

hi!

is there one way to import layout from Pitbull 3.0 ?

[ckknight]

Originally Posted by snoowly

hi!

is there one way to import layout from Pitbull 3.0 ?

No, nor will there be, the systems are just way too different.

The idea is that it should take you around 5 minutes to configure rather than 2 hours, though.

[snoowly]

Originally Posted by ckknight

No, nor will there be, the systems are just way too different.

The idea is that it should take you around 5 minutes to configure rather than 2 hours, though.

that's right! it took me 2 hours to configure
thanks for answer, and to keep pitbull alive.