SCT Reborn
Combat in World of Warcraft is chaotic. Between boss mechanics, cooldowns, and raid warnings, your chat window becomes a blur of numbers you never actually read. SCT Reborn solves that problem by floating damage, heals, and combat events as scrolling text directly above your character model, giving every fight a cinematic, Final Fantasy-style feel.
This addon is the continuation of the beloved ScrollingCombatText project originally maintained by Picpok, which stalled at version 7.1 back in October 2016. Thanks to Frozn45, the project was revived and now lives on as SCT Reborn, keeping a classic combat text experience alive for modern players.
What SCT Reborn Actually Does
At its core, SCT Reborn turns your combat log into readable, animated feedback that appears right where your eyes already are: on your character. Instead of glancing at a corner of the screen, you see exactly what happened the moment it happens.
- Damage messages and spell damage, including resists and damage types
- Incoming and outgoing heals, plus overhealing with healer IDs and filtering for small heals
- Every "miss" event: dodge, block, parry, immune, and more
- Debuff and buff gain or loss notifications
- Low health and mana warnings with values and optional sounds
- Rage, mana, and energy gains, plus rune activation
- Enter and leave combat messages
- Rogue combo points with a five-point alert
- Cooldowns and class skill alerts such as Execute, Overpower, and CounterAttack
- Honor, reputation, and skill gain notifications
Everything is customizable. You get eight animation types, including Vertical, Rainbow, Horizontal, Angled Down, Angled Up, Sprinkler, Curved HUD, and Angled HUD. Four fonts are available, and two separate animation frames each carry their own settings, so you can assign any event to whichever frame suits it best.
Customization That Goes Deep
Colors, Sliders, and Frames
Custom colors are supported for every text event, and sliders let you fine-tune text size, opacity, animation speed, movement speed, and on-screen placement through a custom edit box. You can flag any event as critical or convert it into a static text message. A Lightmode option exists for players who prioritize performance over extra features, at the cost of a few bells and whistles.
Custom Events and Profiles
The SCT_EVENT_CONFIG.LUA file is the heart of the addon. It lets you set up custom events for yourself and your target, capture data, and display it however you like. Settings save per character by default, but Ace2 profiles let you load or delete settings from another character and apply built-in profiles instantly. The addon is also localized to work across almost every WoW client.
Game Versions and Compatibility
SCT Reborn for World of Warcraft supports a wide spread of client versions, which matters if you play across multiple eras. Whether you are on Retail, Classic, The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, or Mists of Pandaria, the addon is built to remain functional and familiar. Its Ace2 foundation and CTMod, MyAddons, Cosmos, and Cosmos2 support keep it compatible with a long lineage of interface frameworks.
If you want a painless setup, the foxygame.net launcher offers one-click installation of SCT Reborn alongside a curated catalog of other addons, with automatic updates that keep your interface current across supported game versions.
How to Install SCT Reborn
Getting started is straightforward. To download SCT Reborn manually, unzip the folder into your interface\addons directory, then check install.txt for extra guidance. Launch World of Warcraft and log in, then type /sctmenu to open the options screen.
From there, you can explore built-in profiles by clicking the Profiles button, or use /sctdisplay to create custom messages. The syntax is simple: /sctdisplay 'Heal Me' 10 0 0 will display "Heal Me" in bright red. Just remember that punctuation and capitalization matter when writing custom events.
Common Questions Answered
- To show crits and hits separately, pair SCT Reborn with SCT - Damage Reborn.
- If text only shows numbers without scrolling, uncheck "Show Events as Message."
- To display heals over the player you healed, friendly nameplates must be enabled.
- To disable spell icons, use the option under the animation tab.
- To rename parry, block, or similar events, edit localizations.lua or create a custom event.
SCT Reborn is more than a nostalgic revival. It is a fully configurable combat text engine that keeps your eyes on the fight instead of the chat frame, and with ongoing maintenance it continues to serve players across every major WoW version.