WoWInterface

Pick for 2/5: Faction Addict (new)

Seerah — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:02:13 GMT

Faction Addict:

Have you been working on getting factions to exalted either for achievements, because you are a completionist, or out of boredom? This addon is a replacement for the in-game faction window. It can show you all factions, even those you have not encountered, and will keep track of your gains from previous sessions. You may order factions by percent to exalted or alphabetically. Additionally, each faction has a separate popup listing details about the faction and a link to its section on Wowhead.

You can read more about what this addon can do here.

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Carbonite Major FPS Loss Confirmed

Eincrou — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:47:02 GMT

Another Carbonite-caused frame rate loss test.

I chose a spot in Orgrimmar with very few players, and noted that my frame rate was a steady 83 FPS. This was with my normal selection of addons enabled, including Carbonite.

Without moving or changing my camera view, I disabled only Carbonite and reloaded the UI. I immediately gained 40 FPS, with the frame rate steady at 119 FPS.

This test and the test I posted earlier both showed about a 30% reduction in frame rate from Carbonite. Othgar's test also showed the same 30% frame rate drop.

Localization Request

Dridzt — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:56:25 GMT

I don't even know that many web-based localization apps (that aren't closed source)

Pootle, WeBabel and Transifex?

What's wrong with this cooldown script?

Haleth — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:18:44 GMT

Hello.

I use a fairly old cooldown script based on OmniCC basic. I've had to tinker with it a little over time but it still works. However, I noticed that on this item, which has a cooldown of 7 days when used, the time remaining is displayed wrongly. It's currently showing 1354 hours remaining (56,41 days) while the tooltip shows the correct value (6 days 16 hours). All other item cooldowns are displayed just fine.

This is the script, more or less

Code:

local format, floor, GetTime = string.format, math.floor, GetTime

local Multiplier = 0.8



local function GetFormattedTime(s)

        if s>3600 then

                return format("%dh", floor(s/3600 + 0.5)), s % 3600

        elseif s>60 then

                return format("%dm", floor(s/60 + 0.5)), s % 60

        end

        return floor(s + 0.5), s - floor(s)

end



local function Timer_OnUpdate(self, elapsed)

        if self.text:IsShown() then

                if self.nextUpdate>0 then

                        self.nextUpdate = self.nextUpdate - elapsed

                else

                        local remain = self.duration - (GetTime() - self.start)

                        if floor(remain + 0.5) > 0 then

                                local time, nextUpdate = GetFormattedTime(remain)

                                self.text:SetText(time)

                                self.nextUpdate = nextUpdate

                        else

                                self.text:Hide()

                        end

                end

        end

end



local methods = getmetatable(ActionButton1Cooldown).__index

hooksecurefunc(methods, "SetCooldown", function(self, start, duration)

        if(start>0 and duration>2.5) then

                if self.noshowcd then return end



                self.start = start

                self.duration = duration

                self.nextUpdate = 0



                local text = self.text

                if(not text) then

                        text = F.CreateFS(self, 8, "CENTER")

                        if C.general.hotkey == true then text:SetPoint("CENTER", 1, 0) else text:SetPoint("BOTTOM", 1, -1) end

                        self.text = text

                        self:SetScript("OnUpdate", Timer_OnUpdate)

                end



                text:Show()

        elseif(self.text) then

                self.text:Hide()

        end

end)

I've noticed through test prints that in SetCooldown, the correct value in seconds is passed. However, in GetFormattedTime, it isn't.

Does anyone have an idea on what I'm doing wrong?

Carbonite not showing quests?

jeffy162 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:00:58 GMT

Make sure the green button on your Quest Watch header (the part with the colored buttons) is BRIGHT GREEN.

It's also possible that the quests you are doing aren't in Carbonites database, which means it will put a mark in the general questing area, but won't color overlay the questing area.

Any Carbonite user can help with the quest database. Read This Thread to see how.

Hide "Raid Finder" tag?!

jlrm365 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:58:54 GMT

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seerah (Post 252143)

This is true, if there is no global string specific to the tooltip.

It'd be a bummer if not.

I'll be trying the 7-liner, after the single lines.

I don't imagine that scanning the tool-tip would influence performance in any noticeable way (as Gearscore / playerscore addons don't seem to).

Micro Menu: Show/Hide on Mouseover

Othgar — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:23:27 GMT

Not sure what you're using for an action bar mod, but you could just use Bartender4 and set the micro menu to fade out. Set the fade out to 0% and then it'll only show when you mouse over it. If you're set in doing it this way then it would seem that those two buttons aren't created or registered until after everything else on the micro menu. This might be somehwere to start for the Achievement button. I didn't get anything conclusive for the Talent button but I can assume there is something similar that makes it load after the other buttons. GetTalentInfo for example.

List of ingedients in tooltip of finished product.

lilsparky — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:58:59 GMT

do you just list the base ingredients? what if the ingredients themselves are craftable?

Grouping / Sorting Question

yj589794 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:42:25 GMT

I do this by spawning a separate header for each group:
https://github.com/Evilpaul/oUF_EP/b...PRaid.lua#L238

Help hiding Macro Names

cokedrivers — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:49:21 GMT

Before 4.3 the below lua code worked now after 4.3 it does not.

listed below are the codes used and errors that follow...

With the code this way:

Code:

        hooksecurefunc('ActionButton_UpdateName', function(self)

                local macroname = _G[self:GetName()..'Name']

                if (not C['general'].buttons.showMacronames) then

                        macroname:SetAlpha(0)

                end

        end)

I get this error:

Code:

Message: Interface\AddOns\BasicUI\Modules\General\Buttons.lua:10: hooksecurefunc(): ActionButton_UpdateName is not a function

Time: 02/05/12 07:18:11

Count: 1

Stack: [C]: in function `hooksecurefunc'

Interface\AddOns\BasicUI\Modules\General\Buttons.lua:10: in main chunk



Locals:

now when I change the 'ActionButton_UpdateName' to 'ActionButton_Update' I now get this error:

Code:

Message: Interface\AddOns\BasicUI\Modules\General\Buttons.lua:13: attempt to index local 'macroname' (a nil value)

Time: 02/05/12 07:22:21

Count: 1

Stack: Interface\AddOns\BasicUI\Modules\General\Buttons.lua:13: in function 

[C]: in function `ActionButton_Update'

Interface\FrameXML\ActionButton.lua:484: in function `ActionButton_OnEvent'

Interface\FrameXML\ActionButton.lua:105: in function 



Locals: self = ExtraActionButton1 {

 0 = 

 feedback_action = 121

 action = 121

 buttonType = "EXTRAACTIONBUTTON"

 flashing = 0

 style =  {

 }

 flashtime = 0

 isExtra = true

 cooldown = ExtraActionButton1Cooldown {

 }

 icon = ExtraActionButton1Icon {

 }

}

macroname = nil

(*temporary) = false

(*temporary) = nil

(*temporary) = "ExtraActionButton1"

(*temporary) = "attempt to index local 'macroname' (a nil value)"

C =  {

 merchant = 
 {

 }

 general = 
 {

 }

 castbar = 
 {

 }

 powerbar = 
 {

 }

 tooltip = 
 {

 }

 datatext = 
 {

 }

 chat = 
 {

 }

 selfbuffs = 
 {

 }

 quest = 
 {

 }

 buff = 
 {

 }

}
So any help with this would be great.


Thanks

Coke



EDIT: got the answer for this a few min ago.. if a mod sees this they can delete it.


Thanks


Oh BTW here is the correct coding i was looking for:


	Code:
	
        hooksecurefunc('ActionButton_Update', function(self)

                if self.buttonType == "EXTRAACTIONBUTTON" then return end

                local macroname = _G[self:GetName()..'Name']

                if (not C['general'].buttons.showMacronames) then

                        macroname:SetAlpha(0)

                end

        end)

fps drop
Vladinator — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:52:08 GMT
Sadly, there is not enough data to confirm or deny any hypotheses as of now. May be that the low fps is causes due to slow CPU, while it is not noticeable on higher end machines, there are many factors that can contribute to lower fps and the cause may be the addon itself, yet I kind of suspect some other addon maybe in conjunction with Carbonite, that causes this.



Simply disable all addons and run only Carbonite then see if the fps is really that low because of it or not. ;)



nui action bars
Xrystal — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:53:58 GMT
that usually happens when an addon has a problem loading in the middle of nUI's set up process.  Try just having nUI running and see if it works then.  If not double check that you are running the latest version of nUI to reflect the latest version of WoW.



How To Make AddOn Options?
Xuerian — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:41:37 GMT
Honestly, for your need of a button to toggle it in interface options, here is a basic reference.




	lua Code:
	local frame = CreateFrame('Frame', 'MyConfigPanel', UIParent)
frame.name = 'MyAddon'
-- create a button and attach it to frame here
InterfaceOptions_AddCategory(frame)
 
-- Show the panel somewhere, ex slash handler
InterfaceOptionsFrame_OpenToCategory(frame)


It's really pretty simple.





Now, as far as a full-on config goes, use Ace3's AceConfig. This coming from someone who wanted to shun libraries and ended up rolling his own when he realized he needed to do the same thing for more than one addon.



As everyone else has basically stated, as soon as another addon uses the lib you used, the code is shared - only one copy of the library stays loaded in memory.



Setup Chat Through Lua
SDPhantom — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:05:06 GMT
Added in a fix for it anyway.



archaeology auto announce
shyrotam — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:39:58 GMT
Every time i complete an archaeology item I'd like an automatically generated  announcement in guild chat:  "anal [item]".  thanks.