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burt

1/10/2011 2:25:00 AM

I used to rely on GFW_Feedomatic to feed my hunter pet. Made feeding
him a simple one-key affair. Unfortunately it has not worked for me
since CATA came out, despite several updates, including one just
yesterday. I have been forced to open my bags, click the 'feed pet'
action item, click the appropriate food, close bags routine.

Anyone know of a trick to get GFW_Feedomatic working again, or a better
alternative to replace it?

--
- Burt Johnson
MindStorm, Inc.
http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/sof...
10 Answers

Prelgor

1/10/2011 5:35:00 AM

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On Jan 9, 6:25 pm, b...@mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:
> I used to rely on GFW_Feedomatic to feed my hunter pet.  Made feeding
> him a simple one-key affair.  Unfortunately it has not worked for me
> since CATA came out, despite several updates, including one just
> yesterday.  I have been forced to open my bags, click the 'feed pet'
> action item, click the appropriate food, close bags routine.
>
> Anyone know of a trick to get GFW_Feedomatic working again, or a better
> alternative to replace it?

I think that the best option by far is the Glyph of Mend Pet (a minor
glyph). It makes it so that your Mend Pet ability also adds happiness
to your pet (the same effect that feeding your pet has). It is the
single best "quality of life" glyph for a hunter, IMO. No more
carrying around stacks of food, just pop Mend Pet whenever Fluffy gets
a little upset! It doesn't matter whether your pet actually needs any
healing; the happiness gain happens regardless of the amount actually
healed. Although, like the regular healing from Mend Pet, the glyph
adds happiness over a few seconds of time, not in an instant burst
(i.e. wait for it to get applied; mashing your Mend Pet key
continuously does not help). Best of all, you probably have Mend Pet
somewhere on your bars already, so you don't need a new button, a new
macro or yet another addon to make it work. OK, it costs a minor
glyph slot, but I think this is far and away the most useful one of
the lot.

The Mend Pet glyph can be used as early as level 25. It is a minor
glyph, so scribes do not learn it from the trainer, but only randomly
from daily research. It depends on your server's glyph economy, but
on mine, glyphs like that tend to be more expensive.

For added insurance, there are pet talents that add to happiness too,
but those only work as an added effect of Growl (i.e. must be in
combat; can't be done at will in town) and are not available until
higher levels (32 for Ferocity pets, 44 for Tenacity). The most
similar talent for Cunning pets requires them to feed on the corpse of
a dead enemy, so it is even less practical.

- Prelgor

Urbin

1/10/2011 8:26:00 AM

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On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 18:25:15 -0800, Burt Johnson wrote:
> I used to rely on GFW_Feedomatic to feed my hunter pet. Made feeding
> him a simple one-key affair. Unfortunately it has not worked for me
> since CATA came out, despite several updates, including one just
> yesterday. I have been forced to open my bags, click the 'feed pet'
> action item, click the appropriate food, close bags routine.
>
> Anyone know of a trick to get GFW_Feedomatic working again, or a better
> alternative to replace it?

I'm a big fan of GWF_Feedomatic (and one reason why I never went with one of
the UI adds that replace the original party frames (apart from the fact that
I like them) because its button seems to only work with the default pet
frame).

It's still working for me nicely. Do you have the latest version?

Cheers
Urbin

--
Dun Morogh-EU (PvE) | Juran (65), Druid
Urbin (85), Hunter | Surana (70), Mage | Greeta (62), Rogue
Mymule (80), Warlock | Kordosch (75), Deathknight | Gera (26), Paladin
Sunh (80), Priest | Taalas (73), Shaman | Vargal (14), Warrior

Catriona R

1/10/2011 8:37:00 AM

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On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 21:34:41 -0800 (PST), Prelgor <prelgor@aol.com>
wrote:

>On Jan 9, 6:25 pm, b...@mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:
>> I used to rely on GFW_Feedomatic to feed my hunter pet.  Made feeding
>> him a simple one-key affair.  Unfortunately it has not worked for me
>> since CATA came out, despite several updates, including one just
>> yesterday.  I have been forced to open my bags, click the 'feed pet'
>> action item, click the appropriate food, close bags routine.
>>
>> Anyone know of a trick to get GFW_Feedomatic working again, or a better
>> alternative to replace it?
>
>I think that the best option by far is the Glyph of Mend Pet (a minor
>glyph). It makes it so that your Mend Pet ability also adds happiness
>to your pet (the same effect that feeding your pet has). It is the
>single best "quality of life" glyph for a hunter, IMO. No more
>carrying around stacks of food, just pop Mend Pet whenever Fluffy gets
>a little upset! It doesn't matter whether your pet actually needs any
>healing; the happiness gain happens regardless of the amount actually
>healed. Although, like the regular healing from Mend Pet, the glyph
>adds happiness over a few seconds of time, not in an instant burst
>(i.e. wait for it to get applied; mashing your Mend Pet key
>continuously does not help). Best of all, you probably have Mend Pet
>somewhere on your bars already, so you don't need a new button, a new
>macro or yet another addon to make it work. OK, it costs a minor
>glyph slot, but I think this is far and away the most useful one of
>the lot.

Totally agree, I haven't needed to feed my pet since I got this glyph,
very very worth it! Price unfortunately may well be an issue,
especially as I think Burt plays solo so may well not know a scribe he
could ask to craft it for a reasonable price, but if he can lay hands
on one it's extremely worth it.

>For added insurance, there are pet talents that add to happiness too,
>but those only work as an added effect of Growl (i.e. must be in
>combat; can't be done at will in town) and are not available until
>higher levels (32 for Ferocity pets, 44 for Tenacity). The most
>similar talent for Cunning pets requires them to feed on the corpse of
>a dead enemy, so it is even less practical.

The Ferocity one actually is a chance off the pet's attacks rather
then proccing off Growl, not that it makes much difference but I will
say since I got that talent I've not even needed to use Mend Pet much
since he's always happy and on high health unless I'm fighting
asomething that hits *really* hard!
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Tairbh (82 Tauren Druid)
Balgair (80 Human Rogue)
Buinne (80 Troll Shaman)
Ruire (80 Blood Elf Paladin)

Urbin

1/10/2011 2:41:00 PM

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On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:37:17 +0000, Catriona R wrote:
>
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 21:34:41 -0800 (PST), Prelgor <prelgor@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> >On Jan 9, 6:25 pm, b...@mindstorm-inc.com (Burt Johnson) wrote:
> >> I used to rely on GFW_Feedomatic to feed my hunter pet.  Made feeding
> >> him a simple one-key affair.  Unfortunately it has not worked for me
> >> since CATA came out, despite several updates, including one just
> >> yesterday.  I have been forced to open my bags, click the 'feed pet'
> >> action item, click the appropriate food, close bags routine.
> >>
> >> Anyone know of a trick to get GFW_Feedomatic working again, or a better
> >> alternative to replace it?

As I wrote, my GFW_Feedomatic still works, but...

> >I think that the best option by far is the Glyph of Mend Pet

> Totally agree, I haven't needed to feed my pet since I got this glyph,
> very very worth it!

Absolutely, I got it, too.

> >For added insurance, there are pet talents that add to happiness too
>
> The Ferocity one actually is a chance off the pet's attacks

Got that, too.

Both the glyph and the talent pay themselves out. I used to go through
stacks of food, but no more. The only times I need to feed my pet are when
my character is sitting in town somewhere and I'm on my desktop reseraching
something, not healing my pet or fighting for a long time, or after taming a
new pet. Discovered this the hard way, taming a core hound in Mount Hyjal
and then not having any meat and the bugger not eating fish. Despawned
almost instantly several times until I realised what the problem was :-)

Still, for situations where my pet needs to be fed, GFW_Feedomatic is great
because it shows a green/yellow/red happy/unhappy face next to my pet frame
so I can easily see when the pet needs feeding.

It also used to play a "pet growling" sound when it needed to be fed which
was an excellent indicator but since patch 4.0 my pet seems to make the same
sound all the time (mostly when sitting around bored I guess) so that is not
such a good indicator any more. Irritating at the start because I thought my
pet needed feeding when it didn't :-)

Cheers
Urbin

--
Dun Morogh-EU (PvE) | Juran (65), Druid
Urbin (85), Hunter | Surana (70), Mage | Greeta (62), Rogue
Mymule (80), Warlock | Kordosch (75), Deathknight | Gera (26), Paladin
Sunh (80), Priest | Taalas (73), Shaman | Vargal (14), Warrior

Catriona R

1/10/2011 3:41:00 PM

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On 10 Jan 2011 14:40:50 GMT, Urbin <urbin@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>Both the glyph and the talent pay themselves out. I used to go through
>stacks of food, but no more. The only times I need to feed my pet are when
>my character is sitting in town somewhere and I'm on my desktop reseraching
>something, not healing my pet or fighting for a long time, or after taming a
>new pet. Discovered this the hard way, taming a core hound in Mount Hyjal
>and then not having any meat and the bugger not eating fish. Despawned
>almost instantly several times until I realised what the problem was :-)

The healing poet works even if he's at full health, actually -
whenever I tame a new pet, I just cast mend pet a few times and bam,
happy pet :-) I wasn't sure at first if it'd work but looking at
combat log the ticks are still coming in and it has a visible effect
on a newly tamed pet.

>Still, for situations where my pet needs to be fed, GFW_Feedomatic is great
>because it shows a green/yellow/red happy/unhappy face next to my pet frame
>so I can easily see when the pet needs feeding.

The default UI does this ;-)

>It also used to play a "pet growling" sound when it needed to be fed which
>was an excellent indicator but since patch 4.0 my pet seems to make the same
>sound all the time (mostly when sitting around bored I guess) so that is not
>such a good indicator any more. Irritating at the start because I thought my
>pet needed feeding when it didn't :-)

Hehe shame, was gonna say that'd be a pretty useful indicator, but not
so handy if the pet makes the same noise!
--
EU-Draenor:
Sagart (85 Undead Priest)
Tairbh (82 Tauren Druid)
Balgair (80 Human Rogue)
Buinne (80 Troll Shaman)
Ruire (80 Blood Elf Paladin)

burt

1/10/2011 5:36:00 PM

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Urbin <urbin@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 18:25:15 -0800, Burt Johnson wrote:
> > I used to rely on GFW_Feedomatic to feed my hunter pet. Made feeding
> > him a simple one-key affair. Unfortunately it has not worked for me
> > since CATA came out, despite several updates, including one just
> > yesterday. I have been forced to open my bags, click the 'feed pet'
> > action item, click the appropriate food, close bags routine.
> >
> > Anyone know of a trick to get GFW_Feedomatic working again, or a better
> > alternative to replace it?
>
> I'm a big fan of GWF_Feedomatic (and one reason why I never went with one of
> the UI adds that replace the original party frames (apart from the fact that
> I like them) because its button seems to only work with the default pet
> frame).
>
> It's still working for me nicely. Do you have the latest version?

Yep. I've updated it half a dozen times since CATA came out, most
recently just yesterday. I press the Feed hotkey and nothing happens.
:(

If it is working for you, I wonder if maybe the hotkey might be broken
rather than the plugin... Will have to check on that (which is one
reason I asked here -- wondering if I was alone with the problem)

--
- Burt Johnson
MindStorm, Inc.
http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/sof...

burt

1/10/2011 5:36:00 PM

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Catriona R <catrionarNOSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote:

> >I think that the best option by far is the Glyph of Mend Pet (a minor
> >glyph). It makes it so that your Mend Pet ability also adds happiness
> >to your pet (the same effect that feeding your pet has). It is the
> >single best "quality of life" glyph for a hunter, IMO. No more
> >carrying around stacks of food, just pop Mend Pet whenever Fluffy gets
> >a little upset! It doesn't matter whether your pet actually needs any
> >healing; the happiness gain happens regardless of the amount actually
> >healed. Although, like the regular healing from Mend Pet, the glyph
> >adds happiness over a few seconds of time, not in an instant burst
> >(i.e. wait for it to get applied; mashing your Mend Pet key
> >continuously does not help). Best of all, you probably have Mend Pet
> >somewhere on your bars already, so you don't need a new button, a new
> >macro or yet another addon to make it work. OK, it costs a minor
> >glyph slot, but I think this is far and away the most useful one of
> >the lot.
>
> Totally agree, I haven't needed to feed my pet since I got this glyph,
> very very worth it! Price unfortunately may well be an issue,
> especially as I think Burt plays solo so may well not know a scribe he
> could ask to craft it for a reasonable price, but if he can lay hands
> on one it's extremely worth it.

Sounds pretty useful. I don't think I appreciated that aspect of it
when I was buying glyphs before. I do think I remember seeing it there.

I don't know any scribes, but gold has not been an issue for me for
years in WoW. Once I learned how to make 500-1000g / day in 20-30
minutes doing disenchanting, money became nothing more than a nuisance
item. I 'farm the AH' for stuff late at night when I am about ready to
go to bed, if my realm drops below 15K gold. Almost as good as a
sleeping pill for making me doze off quickly. :)

--
- Burt Johnson
MindStorm, Inc.
http://www.mindstorm-inc.com/sof...

Catriona R

1/10/2011 6:38:00 PM

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On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:36:05 -0800, burt@mindstorm-inc.com (Burt
Johnson) wrote:

>Catriona R <catrionarNOSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> >I think that the best option by far is the Glyph of Mend Pet (a minor
>> >glyph). It makes it so that your Mend Pet ability also adds happiness
>> >to your pet (the same effect that feeding your pet has). It is the
>> >single best "quality of life" glyph for a hunter, IMO. No more
>> >carrying around stacks of food, just pop Mend Pet whenever Fluffy gets
>> >a little upset! It doesn't matter whether your pet actually needs any
>> >healing; the happiness gain happens regardless of the amount actually
>> >healed. Although, like the regular healing from Mend Pet, the glyph
>> >adds happiness over a few seconds of time, not in an instant burst
>> >(i.e. wait for it to get applied; mashing your Mend Pet key
>> >continuously does not help). Best of all, you probably have Mend Pet
>> >somewhere on your bars already, so you don't need a new button, a new
>> >macro or yet another addon to make it work. OK, it costs a minor
>> >glyph slot, but I think this is far and away the most useful one of
>> >the lot.
>>
>> Totally agree, I haven't needed to feed my pet since I got this glyph,
>> very very worth it! Price unfortunately may well be an issue,
>> especially as I think Burt plays solo so may well not know a scribe he
>> could ask to craft it for a reasonable price, but if he can lay hands
>> on one it's extremely worth it.
>
>Sounds pretty useful. I don't think I appreciated that aspect of it
>when I was buying glyphs before. I do think I remember seeing it there.
>
>I don't know any scribes, but gold has not been an issue for me for
>years in WoW. Once I learned how to make 500-1000g / day in 20-30
>minutes doing disenchanting, money became nothing more than a nuisance
>item. I 'farm the AH' for stuff late at night when I am about ready to
>go to bed, if my realm drops below 15K gold. Almost as good as a
>sleeping pill for making me doze off quickly. :)

Ah good, not everyone's big on moneymaking so suggesting a 100g glyph
isn't a solution for everyone, sounds like you'll be fine even if the
glyph is expensive on your realm ;-)
--
EU-Draenor:
Sagart (85 Undead Priest)
Tairbh (82 Tauren Druid)
Balgair (80 Human Rogue)
Buinne (80 Troll Shaman)
Ruire (80 Blood Elf Paladin)

Evanmac

1/10/2011 7:09:00 PM

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Il 10/01/2011 15:40, Urbin ha scritto:
> taming a core hound in Mount Hyjal

have you lend an ear at the sound he makes when walking? :D

--
dunno...

Urbin

1/10/2011 7:57:00 PM

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On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:40:41 +0000, Catriona R wrote:
>
> On 10 Jan 2011 14:40:50 GMT, Urbin <urbin@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> >Both the glyph and the talent pay themselves out. I used to go through
> >stacks of food, but no more. The only times I need to feed my pet are when
> >my character is sitting in town somewhere and I'm on my desktop reseraching
> >something, not healing my pet or fighting for a long time, or after taming a
> >new pet. Discovered this the hard way, taming a core hound in Mount Hyjal
> >and then not having any meat and the bugger not eating fish. Despawned
> >almost instantly several times until I realised what the problem was :-)
>
> The healing poet works even if he's at full health, actually -
> whenever I tame a new pet, I just cast mend pet a few times and bam,
> happy pet :-) I wasn't sure at first if it'd work but looking at
> combat log the ticks are still coming in and it has a visible effect
> on a newly tamed pet.

Ah, that's good to know!

> >Still, for situations where my pet needs to be fed, GFW_Feedomatic is great
> >because it shows a green/yellow/red happy/unhappy face next to my pet frame
> >so I can easily see when the pet needs feeding.
>
> The default UI does this ;-)

Ah shucks, then GFW_Feedomatic assigns a click action to the default UI
button and with the modified UIs the button is missing :-)

> >It also used to play a "pet growling" sound when it needed to be fed which
> >was an excellent indicator but since patch 4.0 my pet seems to make the same
> >sound all the time (mostly when sitting around bored I guess) so that is not
> >such a good indicator any more. Irritating at the start because I thought my
> >pet needed feeding when it didn't :-)
>
> Hehe shame, was gonna say that'd be a pretty useful indicator

It used to be brilliant.

> but not so handy if the pet makes the same noise!

I'm slowly training myself to ignore the sound now :)

Cheers
Urbin
--
Dun Morogh-EU (PvE) | Juran (65), Druid
Urbin (85), Hunter | Surana (70), Mage | Greeta (62), Rogue
Mymule (80), Warlock | Kordosch (75), Deathknight | Gera (26), Paladin
Sunh (80), Priest | Taalas (73), Shaman | Vargal (14), Warrior