Cooldown Forge

Cooldown Forge is a Retail World of Warcraft addon focused on improving the Blizzard Cooldown Manager workflow. It lets you organize tracked cooldowns and buffs into a clean, movable, and highly customizable interface.

 

## Why Use It

 

- Build your own cooldown layout without fighting the default UI. - Mix icon and native bar presentation modes. - Manage tracked entries through a visual pool-and-pin workflow. - Style text, glow, borders, alpha, and alert behavior from one config panel. - Keep character/spec profiles through the built-in profile system.

 

## Core Features

 

- Cooldown and buff tracking integration with Blizzard Cooldown Viewer sources. - Drag and drop icon management. - Icon and bar visual presets with per-entry and per-group overrides. - Pool sections: `Essential Cooldowns`, `Utility Cooldowns`, `Tracked Buff Icons`, `Tracked Buff Bars`. - Alert system with sound alerts, optional text alerts, and Active/Ready/Charge triggers. - Minimap button controls: left click opens config, right click reloads UI. - Slash command controls for quick actions.

 

## Installation

 

1. Download or clone this addon folder. 2. Place `CooldownForge` into: `World of Warcraft/_retail_/Interface/AddOns/` 3. Restart the game or run `/reload`. 4. Enable **Cooldown Forge** from the AddOns list at character selection.

 

## Quick Start

 

1. Open config with `/fm config` (or click the minimap icon). 2. Enable Blizzard cooldown panel support if needed from the config button.

• If there is a skill you cannot see in the addon menu, you need to add it through Blizzard Cooldown Manager. The addon directly reads the database from there.
• Currently, you cannot add skills to the list from within the addon itself. The addon works according to the data it receives from the WoW Blizzard Cooldown Manager.
• However, you do not have to keep the Cooldown Manager enabled. You can disable it in the settings if you prefer.

3. Unlock and position items, then fine-tune icon/bar style. 4. Use profile tools to save your setup per character/spec.

 

## Slash Commands

 

- `/fm config`  

 

## Layout Workflow (Pool and Pin)

 

1. Open config to enter management mode. 2. Unpinned entries appear in categorized pool sections. 3. Drag entries out to place/pin them on screen. 4. Drag one entry onto another to merge into a grouped bar flow. 5. Drag entries back over the holder/pool area to return them to pool.

##Icon Group Management

1. You can group icons by dragging one icon on top of another. To remove an icon from a group, use Shift + Click, or right-click the icon while the settings panel is open and select Ungroup.
2. You can also change the position of icons inside the group by using the right-click menu or simply by dragging and dropping them.
3. Suggestion: Using the right-click menu would make icon group management much simpler and more user-friendly.

 

## Configuration Overview

 

- Global settings for module enable state, unlock behavior, split spacing, and icon size. - Icon style controls for cooldown/stack text, border/alpha behavior, and buff/cooldown glow. - Bar style controls for dimensions, textures, embedded icon settings, and label/time typography. - Alert settings for sound/text behavior, trigger conditions, and output channels.

 

## Profile Support

 

Cooldown Forge includes profile support through its profile manager library. Use the **Profiles** button in config to manage character/spec profile data.