Unfortunately, there's no patent solution.
Essentially, you need to swap around addons so that you use such addons that provide the bare minimum of functionality you need for the raids.
As you are a Mage, you may be able to get by without a lot of addons.
A lot of people appreciate Ace2.0 based addons, as that library has a reputation for being memory efficient.
My suggestions:
- Make a list of addons that you must have due to raiding rules. This probably includes Decursive and some sort of raiding addon (CT_RaidAssist, oRA, BigWigs or whatnot).
There are addons that emulate specific parts of the functionality of CT_RaidAssist, and often in a more optimized manner. You can try these out (I would recommend talking to the raid leaders so that you get their OK - and hopefully blessing) and see if it fills your needs. Look around this and/or other sites. Do note that CT_RaidAssist is - I think - most widely used raid addon, and hence its CT_RABossMods boss mod addon gets updates a bit earlier than other addons.
- Try to do more with less. This means not using Quanjure or similar conjuration addons. Get used to put food and water in the same slots, and use a macro to eat and drink (macro below). Put up your Mana gems in action slots.
- Make sure your graphics settings are appropriate for your hardware.
Macro to eat and drink - drink in first slot in backpack, food in second slot (if you need it):
Code:
/run local p="player" if UnitMana(p)/UnitManaMax(p) <= 0.95 then UseContainer(0,1) end if UnitHealth(p)/UnitHealthMax(p) <= 0.95 then UseContainer(0,2) end
I have put the value 0.95 which is equal to 95% - this is the cutoff at which drinking and eating will start.
Macro to conjure stuff (drink, food, mana gem):
Code:
/run local e,s,g,D,F,G e="" s=e g=GetContainerItemInfo _,D=g(0,1) _,F=g(0,2) G=g(0,3) if D<=10 then s="Water" elseif F<=10 then s="Food" elseif not G then s="Mana Ruby" end if s~=e then CastSpellByName("Conjure "..s) end
Do note: Macros have not been tested.
This seem to be a lot of work, and it is. The sad fact is that by attempting to run a raid in low-end machines you are setting you up for some major PITA. I recently got an upgrade from my P4 1.7GHz with 768Mb PC133 RAM, and I can basically run any addon I want now, which I could not do before (go SpellChecker2!).
I did manage to run BWL (as a Warrior) up to and including Vael by being utterly ruthless in what addons I used. It was not fun - but it is possible.
In the good news, raiding in smaller instances is less stressful on your system, and you get a bit more leeway in what addons you can run.
Sarf
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