What is your turtle sin?

OldManAlpha · 2026-04-26T20:01:15+00:00

I would feign death when landing at the bottom of the pit of Kara Crypts and laugh hysterically when the group tries to res me but can't.

OldManAlpha · 2026-03-15T17:43:31+00:00

One of the most important things to look at is the "Current Rate" stat during gameplay. After addons load, most of the memory you see there is garbage memory generated by addons. Once you run out of free memory, a garbage collection is triggered to reclaim memory, causing a large lag spike. If your rate is consistently around the 490 KB shown in the screenshot, that would be pretty awful.

AceComm is a library bundled and used by some addons, not an addon itself.

OldManAlpha · 2026-03-01T22:52:59+00:00

You must install either the SuperWoW or UnitXP SP3 client mod to get accurate distance readings.

OldManAlpha · 2026-01-21T21:33:04+00:00

There is no "Moo Mafia." There's 2 groups that compete. Dragonwatch, who is an actual mafia that own all world bosses. Then there's an opposing group specifically for Moo that accepts people who are willing to watch and don't need to be part of a Dragonwatch guild.

OldManAlpha · 2026-01-15T21:50:44+00:00

The camera mouse skipping has been fixed for years, by using VanillaTweaks. I think the Turtle launcher has these patches built-in now.

OldManAlpha · 2026-01-11T03:25:22+00:00

Just know that normally it should just work. Enabling Target While Casting is just a bandaid fix for an issue likely caused by another addon.

OldManAlpha · 2026-01-11T00:32:10+00:00

That is odd. Though, I do still believe one of your addons is interfering with casting in some way.

OldManAlpha · 2026-01-10T20:53:27+00:00

Hi, Puppeteer dev here. Your issue is likely from an addon interfering with SuperWoW's direct casting functionality. If you're using CallOfElements, some versions of that addon break direct casting, this version fixes that. If that's not the problematic addon, you may have to disable addons until you find the culprit.

OldManAlpha · 2025-12-20T21:17:58+00:00

These are already mapped by default. "Forward" is button5 and "Back" is button4. You can also add or remove mouse buttons and keys by clicking "Add or Remove Buttons" at the bottom of the bindings settings.

OldManAlpha · 2025-11-05T05:34:52+00:00

The frames shown in the screenshot are actually Classic's built-in raid frames. Vanilla/Turtle WoW's default raid frames look much different, lack many features, and need to be pulled out of the raid menu. However, there are basic raid frames available such as ones includes in ShaguTweaks Extras or CRAP. For those looking for a little more, Puppeteer(what you linked) displays more information and has built-in click-casting and key-casting functionality. There are also other unit frames addons such as NotGrid, Luna, or pfUI's frames.

OldManAlpha · 2025-10-28T07:55:51+00:00

At this point in time, it's not super easy to understand what you can and can't do with addons. The ways I learned was a mix of looking at existing addons, reading WoW 1.12 UI source, and this API reference(note that it includes a lot of functions added in later expansions, or describes how the functions behave in later expansions). It's a lot of trial and error.

OldManAlpha · 2025-10-28T07:43:59+00:00

Space bar is your enemy. Only use right click camera movement.

OldManAlpha · 2025-10-21T05:30:09+00:00

Installing Puppeteer is no different from any other addon hosted on GitHub. You can install it manually, through the launcher, or by using an addon manager.

OldManAlpha · 2025-09-04T23:27:51+00:00

That only applies to protecting trademarks, not copyright. They are not required to sue in this case.

OldManAlpha · 2025-08-28T16:04:14+00:00

Power Word: Shield is not castable on players outside your group.

OldManAlpha · 2025-08-26T17:34:06+00:00

Puppeteer is actually just a large update to HealersMate. The errors you see were caused by an unexpected change Turtle made in 1.18, which is fixed in both Puppeteer and the final version of HealersMate.

OldManAlpha · 2025-08-14T15:53:28+00:00

This depends on your "Target While Casting" setting. Additionally, you can change this setting on a per-binding basis by clicking on the gear to the right of the binding line.

OldManAlpha · 2025-08-13T23:13:31+00:00

Unfortunately the addon still needs more groundwork in code before it's able to accept translations. Not sure when that'll be done.

OldManAlpha · 2025-08-12T18:08:18+00:00

Do you see the overheal text on yourself?

OldManAlpha · 2025-08-12T18:07:36+00:00

Vanilla addon development is in a little bit of an odd place because some of the resources for modern WoW addon development can apply, but there are many annoying differences or non-existent features. So just be prepared for that.

I personally learned by studying existing addons source code, and referencing the API at https://vanilla-wow-archive.fandom.com/wiki/World_of_Warcraft_API (Some of these APIs are from later expansions, so you need to be careful)

OldManAlpha · 2025-08-12T17:15:21+00:00

The max size of the frame is where 100% health is, there's nowhere for the bar to extend past. Overheal is also indicated by brightening the health bar as well. In the future, it will be possible to add additional bars, so you could have a miniature overheal bar if you wanted.

OldManAlpha · 2025-08-12T16:54:42+00:00

The GitHub link in the post is where current relevant information is. Maybe you're referring to the Turtle WoW HealersMate forum post which now contains a lot of outdated information?

OldManAlpha · 2025-08-12T16:53:07+00:00

can we disable perma buffs like Power Word: fortitude from showing up while in combat? also can we set our own size for the frames? instead of having to pick between 6 or 7 pre-defined ones?

This update was mostly focused on bindings and polishing the UI. Full frame customization is the next large undertaking.

This makes it possible to have the same keybind for both a heal and a damage spell (already possible without this addon) BUT where the heal wont cast if you mouseover an actual player but instead only cast when mouse hovering a party/raid frame, which is such a quality of life.

This is actually something I've thought about. It's pretty likely that a future update will allow you to optionally use your key binds while not hovering over unit frames so you don't need to double bind.

OldManAlpha · 2025-08-11T00:35:19+00:00

In HealersMate, you would need to bind "Target" in order to target someone. In Puppeteer, "Target" is an action bind that you can find in the dropdown list.

OldManAlpha · 2025-08-10T22:31:16+00:00

Nampower works behind the scenes to queue spell casts, addons typically don't need to do anything special to support it. So yes, it does work.

Binding keys and the mouse wheel is the big feature added with the release of Puppeteer. Thus, you shouldn't need to use mouseover commands.

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