Overlays

BARAS provides 18 customizable overlays organized into three categories. Each overlay can be independently positioned, resized, and configured.

Global Controls

These settings apply to all overlays and can be accessed from the Overlays tab.

Setting	Description
Enabled	Toggle whether the overlay is active. Click the overlay button in the Overlays tab to enable/disable.
Visibility	Toggle between visible and hidden states. Hidden overlays remain configured but aren’t displayed.
Lock State	When locked, overlays cannot be moved or resized. Toggle to Move Mode to reposition.
Profiles	Save and load overlay configurations. Useful for different setups (e.g., tanking vs DPS layouts).

Overlays tab

Positioning & Sizing

Enter Move Mode from the Overlays tab to adjust overlay positions and sizes. In Move Mode:

Overlays display with a semi-transparent background and grey border
Drag the overlay to reposition it on screen
Resize using the handle in the bottom-right corner
Positions are automatically saved when exiting Move Mode

Overlays in move mode

General Overlays

Personal Stats

Displays your personal combat statistics in real-time, including DPS, HPS, threat, and other performance metrics. Useful for monitoring your own output during encounters.

Personal States

Customization Options:

You can pick and choose the elements to display on the personal overlay as well as the order in which they appear. Additionally, separator lines can be placed between elements.

Element	Description
Encounter Name	The name of the encounter and the pull count.
Difficulty	The area’s difficulty
Duration	The current duration of combat
Phase	The name of the current phase of a boss fight, if any.
APM	Your Actions Per Minute
Damage	DPS, Total Damage, Crit %
Healing	HPS, EHPS, Eff Heal %
Heal+	Total Healing, Total Effective Healing, Heal Crit %
DTPS	DTPS, Total Damage Taken
Threat	TPS, Total thread
Boss DMG	Boss DPS, Total Boss Damage
Defense	Defense %, Shielding %

Font Color - Color for values, does not affect numeric values if Auto-color values is enabled
Label Color - General font color of label text
Auto-color Values - automatically assign canonical colors to metrics values (i.e. heals are green, DPS is red)
Hide Empty Values - Automatically hide entries if the value is 0/blank
Opacity - Background transparency
Line Spacing - controls white space between elements

Raid Frames

Shows health bars and status information for your group or raid members. Helps healers and tanks track party health at a glance.

Customization Options:

Grid Columns - Number of columns in the grid layout
Grid Rows - Number of rows in the grid layout (total slots must be 4, 8, or 16)
Max Effects Per Frame - Maximum tracked effects shown per player
Effect Size - Size of effect indicators in pixels
Effect Vertical Offset - Vertical spacing for effect indicators
Frame Background Color - Background color for each player frame
Show Role Icons - Display tank/healer/DPS role icons
Effect Fill Opacity - Opacity of effect indicator fills
Show Effect Icons - Display icons for tracked effects
Opacity - Background transparency

Alerts

Shows triggered alert notifications from effects and encounter timers. Alerts appear when configured conditions are met, such as an effect expiring or a timer reaching zero.

Customization Options:

Font Size - Size of alert text
Max Display - Maximum alerts to show at once
Default Duration - Seconds to show each alert at full opacity
Fade Duration - Seconds for fade-out effect after duration expires
Opacity - Background transparency

Encounter Overlays

Boss Health

Displays HP bars for encounter entities. Only entities with Show on HP Overlay enabled in the Encounter Builder will appear on this overlay.

Customization Options:

Bar Color - Color of the health bars
Font Color - Color of the text
Show Percent - Display HP percentage
Show Target - Display target name
Opacity - Background transparency

Encounter Timers

Shows active timers and upcoming mechanics from the current encounter definition. Timers are configured in the Encounter Builder and display countdowns for boss abilities and phase transitions.

Customization Options:

Default Bar Color - Default color for timer bars (individual timers can override)
Font Color - Color for timer text
Max Display - Maximum number of timers to show
Sort by Remaining - Sort timers by remaining time (vs. activation order)
Opacity - Background transparency

Challenges

Displays challenge metrics defined in the Encounter Builder. Challenges track specific performance goals during encounters, such as damage during a phase or ability usage counts.

Customization Options:

Font Color - Color for challenge text
Default Bar Color - Default color for challenge bars (individual challenges can override)
Show Footer - Display footer with totals
Show Duration - Display duration in header
Max Display - Maximum challenges to show
Layout - Vertical or Horizontal arrangement of challenge cards
Opacity - Background transparency

Available Metrics:

Damage, Healing, Effective Healing
Damage Taken, Healing Taken
Ability Count, Effect Count
Deaths, Threat

Conditions (scope metrics to specific situations):

Target, Source, Ability, Effect filters
Phase restrictions
Counter conditions
Boss HP Range

Notes

Displays encounter-specific notes configured in the Encounter Builder. Useful for showing reminders or strategies during fights.

Customization Options:

Font Size - Size of notes text
Font Color - Color of notes text
Opacity - Background transparency

Effects

Effects overlays display tracked abilities, buffs, debuffs, and cooldowns. Each effect is configured in the Effects Tracker where you assign it to a specific display target.

Effects A

Primary effects overlay, typically used for tracking personal buffs and procs.

Customization Options:

Icon Size - Size of effect icons in pixels
Max Display - Maximum effects to show
Layout Vertical - Use vertical layout (true) or horizontal (false)
Show Effect Names - Display effect names below/beside icons
Show Countdown - Display countdown text on icons
Stack Priority - When enabled, stacks are shown large and centered; timer is secondary
Show Header - Display header title above overlay
Opacity - Background transparency

Effects B

Functions exactly the same as Effects A. Allows separation of effect types for cleaner displays.

Cooldowns

Tracks ability cooldowns with visual timers. Assign abilities to this target in the Effects Tracker to monitor when key abilities become available.

Customization Options:

Icon Size - Size of cooldown icons in pixels
Max Display - Maximum cooldowns to show
Show Ability Names - Display ability names
Sort by Remaining - Sort by remaining time
Show Source Name - Display who used the ability
Show Target Name - Display target of ability (for targeted CDs like taunts)
Show Header - Display header title above overlay
Opacity - Background transparency

DOT Tracker

Multi-target DOT tracking overlay that shows effect timers per target. Displays the remaining duration of your damage-over-time effects on each affected enemy, helping maintain uptime across multiple targets.

Customization Options:

Max Targets - Maximum targets to track simultaneously
Icon Size - Size of DOT icons in pixels
Prune Delay - Seconds to keep a target after last DOT expires
Font Color - Color for target names
Show Effect Names - Display DOT names alongside icons
Show Source Name - Display who applied the DOT
Show Header - Display header title above overlay
Show Countdown - Display countdown timers on icons
Opacity - Background transparency

Metrics

Metrics overlays display combat performance data for all players in your group. Each overlay focuses on a specific metric type.

All metrics overlays share the same customization options:

Common Customization Options:

Show Per-Second - Display per-second rate (e.g., DPS, HPS)
Show Total - Display total values
Show Header - Display overlay header
Show Footer - Display overlay footer
Show Class Icons - Display class icons next to player names
Show Percent - Display percentage of total
Show Duration - Display encounter duration
Max Entries - Maximum players to display
Bar Color - Color of the meter bars
Font Color - Color of the text
Opacity - Background transparency

Global Metrics Settings:

Show Empty Bars - Display bars for players with zero values
Stack from Bottom - Grow bars from bottom instead of top
Scaling Factor - UI scale multiplier

Damage

Damage Overlay

Total damage dealt by each player. Includes all damage output regardless of whether it was absorbed or mitigated by the target.

Effective Damage

Efective Damage

Visually splits damage into damage done to bosses (darker shade) and total boss plus add damage (lighter shade). EDPS will also exclude damage that is greater than the NPC’s remaining health pool when a killing blow is struck.

Boss Damage

Damage dealt specifically to entities marked as Is Boss in the Encounter Builder.

Healing

Total healing output by each player.

Effective Healing

Healing that actually restored health. Excludes overhealing, showing only healing that filled missing health bars.

Shielding Given

Shield and barrier absorption provided to allies.

Damage Taken

Total damage received by each player.

Threat

Threat generated by each player.

Behavior Options

Option	Description
Hide During Conversations	Automatically hides overlays during cutscenes