Babuni.dev’s first WoW add-on: action-bar-triggered character emotes, originally BuxbrewCharge.
This was my first World of Warcraft addon. For Buxbrew, I wanted my character to feel more expressive during ordinary gameplay. It watches an action-bar slot I choose and, when I press it, performs a randomly chosen built-in emote when its cooldown permits, without replacing the action itself. Despite its original name, it was never restricted to Charge.
Where it began
Before this, I had experimented with WeakAuras in WoW Classic Anniversary for my orc Madaxe Mokaya. When I later played my warrior Buxbrew on an unnamed private server using the older WoW 1.12 client, I wanted some of that personality there too.
The addon began locally with help from an ordinary ChatGPT conversation. During development, I discussed code with my AI assistant, copied Lua snippets into files myself, created the folders, installed the addon and tested it in the game. Each time I spotted something to improve, I went back to the chat, worked through the change, copied the new code and tried again. At the time, I wasn't using Cursor, Codex or another integrated coding agent. It took persistence, but seeing Buxbrew respond in-game made it worthwhile.
To distinguish it from later experiments, I now call the original addon Action Emotes #1 to distinguish it from the related addons I developed afterward. The GitHub repository is ActionEmotes-1, while its historical Lua, TOC and commands still use BuxbrewCharge identifiers.
Using the original addon…
The original Action Emotes 1 source and its revised documentation. The historical BuxbreCharge.toc filename still requires an installation check.
This was my first World of Warcraft addon. For Buxbrew, I wanted my character to feel more expressive during ordinary gameplay. It watches an action-bar slot I choose and, when I…
For my warrior Buxbrew, I wanted to have more personality than the abilities and damage numbers on the screen could provide. A little cheer, roar or ridiculous reaction at the…
Historical note: Retrospective recollections recorded October 31, 2026, supplemented by source and Git history.
The older diffs now establish what changed, but not why those revisions were made.
VARIABLES_LOADED, PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD, PLAYER_LOGIN and PLAYER_LOGOUT are registered. The first two hydrate the saved slot; login seeds the PRNG; logout copies the slot…
For Buxbrew, I wanted theatrical rhythm in everyday fighting. The interaction is: player presses chosen button → occasionally a built-in emote plays → the ability still…
The GitHub repository is now ActionEmotes-1, but the installed addon retains its historical Lua, TOC and slash-command identifiers. The BuxbreCharge.toc naming discrepancy,…
For World of Warcraft, I wanted expressive character behavior tied to ordinary actions. The purpose, character, interaction and in-game feel were my creative decisions. Earlier…
The repository contains a 1.0.0 Lua addon, an interface-11200 manifest, a ten-emote pool, a 21-second throttle, /bbc commands and account-wide saved-slot support. A fresh…
The current EMOTE_TOKENS table in BuxbrewCharge.lua contains ten strings:
