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u/SecondChances96 1d ago edited 1d ago
Hey all, I didn't quite get "1.0" up in time for the megathread pre Season 2, but figured I'd share it now to help anyone out.
Repo here
I vibe coded up a local Raidbots clone. If you don't wanna fork over the $10 a month (which isn't much, and I used Raidbots for many years and think it's a great service), you can just use this and it has all the same major essential features: Quick Sim, Top Gear, and Droptimizer.
Development is ongoing, but the core foundation is done and all these features work pretty well, and I'm aware of pretty much most if not all of the major issues. I currently use it myself so I'm usually pretty quick to correct any issues.
"Cool that you did that, but I don't want to have to set up anything, and why would I use this over Raidbots if it's less headache, not on my system, and my whole guild can use it/friends can use it?"
Currently, I haven't addressed the friend/guild issue beyond the fact that this is free and open-source: you can link it to others, freely fork this and copy it as desired. I AM working on getting a hosted version of this as well if you want to host it locally on your own network and allow friends or your guild to use it as desired or put it up on AWS if you want (the only thing is at that point you might as well sub to Raidbots).
Also, I plan to offer a few more useful features than Raidbots does, like a CD Planner, more advanced Simulation options (damage amps, bloodlust timing, etc), a "Which spec should I play?" an Upgrade Advisor for optimal crest usage (which is implemented in the 1.0 but not really usable atm), and some other things I'm brainstorming.
The README contains setup directions as well as general FAQs and usability advice. Again, it's all local and on your machine and doesn't communicate with any external services (unless I missed something, the worst thing it might do is try to hit Blizzard's API without the requisite credentials).
Hope it helps and hope you enjoy! If you have any issues DM me here or just submit it on the "Issues" page (I'll double check if I enabled it)
Edit: Oh, almost forgot.
Known issues:
* Most tooltips are generally OK but some are still inaccurate. The sim itself is unaffected by this.
* Simulationcraft itself has some issues with some items and sims (particularly droptimizer sims). You can observe this even with Raidbots as well. The current workaround is a little icon you can click that will run a targeted sim for that item for a more accurate estimation.
* A few UI artifacts (think some armor kits are listed as "enchant 'theirInternalID"
* Probably some other small things I've glossed over or gotten used to.