Flightsim

Flightsim

A lightweight World of Warcraft addon that displays flight speed, acceleration, and skyriding ability cooldowns while skyriding. Fully supports Druid Flight Form (Travel Form while flying).

Midnight Ready: Built for WoW 12.0+ with proper handling of secret values and modern C_Spell APIs.

Credits

Inspired by Dragonriding UI, a WeakAura by Darianopolis. Flightsim is a standalone addon reimplementation with additional features and performance optimizations.

Features

• Speed Display - Current flight speed as a percentage, with color gradient from red (slow) to green (fast)
• Acceleration Bar - Visual indicator of current acceleration/deceleration with optional dynamic coloring
• Sustainable Speed Marker - Reference line showing the speed you can maintain indefinitely
• Ability Cooldown Bars:
  • Surge Forward - 6-charge ability with individual charge bars (blue gradient)
  • Second Wind - 3-charge ability with individual charge bars (purple gradient)
  • Whirling Surge - 30-second cooldown bar (cyan gradient)
  • Second Wind bars dim automatically when Surge Forward is at max charges
  • Each ability bar can be individually toggled in Settings
• Custom Colors - Full color customization for speed bar gradient, acceleration bar, and all ability bars
• Localization - Full translations for 10 languages (DE, ES, FR, IT, KO, PT, RU, ZH-CN, ZH-TW)
• MechanicLib Integration - Debug tools, performance metrics, and testing when Mechanic is installed

Installation

CurseForge / Wago

Search for "Flightsim" in your addon manager, or:

• CurseForge

Manual Installation

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Place the Flightsim folder in your WoW addons directory:

   World of Warcraft/_retail_/Interface/AddOns/

1. Restart WoW or type /reload if already running

Usage

The display automatically appears when you are skyriding and hides otherwise.

Slash Commands

All commands use /flightsim or /fs:

Command	Description
/fs	Open settings panel
/fs lock	Lock frame position
/fs unlock	Unlock frame (drag to move)
/fs scale <0.5-2.0>	Set UI scale
/fs reset	Reset position and settings to defaults
/fs status	Show brief status information
/fs debug	Show detailed debug information

Settings Panel

Open Game Menu > Options > AddOns > Flightsim for graphical settings:

• General: Lock toggle, scale, width, background color, visibility options
• Speed Bar: Height, font settings, sustain marker, custom gradient colors
• Accel Bar: Height, dynamic color toggle (green=accelerating, red=decelerating)
• Ability Bars: Height, gap, show/hide toggles, custom colors for each ability

Visibility

The addon only displays while actively skyriding:

• Hidden on ground
• Hidden during steady flight
• Hidden when skyriding state cannot be confirmed
• Gracefully handles Midnight secret values

Architecture

Flightsim follows the AFD (Adapter-Framework-Domain) pattern:

Logic/          Pure domain logic (no WoW APIs)
  ├── speed.lua         Speed calculations
  ├── acceleration.lua  Acceleration state machine
  ├── color.lua         Color gradients and palettes
  └── visibility.lua    Visibility rules

Bridge/         WoW API adapters
  ├── Context.lua       Build context from WoW APIs
  ├── Events.lua        Event registration
  ├── Executor.lua      Orchestrate updates
  └── Secrets.lua       Secret value handling

View/           UI rendering
  └── init.lua          Frame creation and updates

Locales/        Translations (11 files)

Dependencies

Flightsim uses embedded libraries (no external dependencies required):

• Ace3 - AceDB, AceConfig, AceConsole, AceGUI for settings
• FenCore - Pure logic domains (Math, Secrets, Charges, Cooldowns)
• MechanicLib - Optional integration with Mechanic development hub

Requirements

• World of Warcraft Retail 12.0+ (Midnight)
• Skyriding unlocked on your character

Support

If you find Flightsim useful, consider sponsoring on GitHub to support continued development and new addons. Every contribution helps!

License

GPL-3.0 License - see LICENSE for details.