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Forum: News 12-05-06, 03:30 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 6,818
Posted By JIM the Inventor
I can't thank Blizzard enough for this boon...

I can't thank Blizzard enough for this boon either. Never before have I seen a company that gets the costumer involved like this. And the community responds with unprecedented coordination.

Many...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 11-18-06, 09:51 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,829
Posted By JIM the Inventor
A third function, simply named CastSpell, also...

A third function, simply named CastSpell, also contributes to spellcasts. It gets passed a number identifier that is dependent on the alphabetized order of spells in the spellbook (but the order is...
Forum: Alpha/Beta AddOns and Compilations 11-12-06, 07:48 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,590
Posted By JIM the Inventor
Rejoice ye! They do indeed work! I went and...

Rejoice ye! They do indeed work!

I went and kicked some snow in the face of a Winter Wolf, then attempted these two lines:

/changeactionbar 5
/script CancelPlayerBuff( 0 )

The observed...
Forum: Alpha/Beta AddOns and Compilations 11-12-06, 07:32 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,838
Posted By JIM the Inventor
Doesn't that make sense though? SENT is an event...

Doesn't that make sense though?

SENT is an event that your computer passes to itself: That will make it near instantaneous.

START only happens after your computer says, "Hey, Blizzard Server! I...
Forum: Chit-Chat 10-08-06, 04:15 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 36,114
Posted By JIM the Inventor
All Legitimate Points

Before I say anything else, I'd like to support all the points made here - even the ones that contest mine - as reasonable. There is however a background rumbling of "Lern2Play" that I don't...
Forum: Chit-Chat 10-07-06, 04:11 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 36,114
Posted By JIM the Inventor
I don't get this sentiment. I use Decursive as a...

I don't get this sentiment. I use Decursive as a druid. It seems invaluable in raids. Human beings being what they are - and I'm talking about the folk in front of the computer screens, not in...
Forum: News 10-05-06, 06:48 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 6,945
Posted By JIM the Inventor
Stealth Nerf: Quests

Prior to Patch 1.12.1, you could pull this trick with quests:

1) Obtain a 'collection' style quest, that requires you to get at least one Quest Item that cannot be traded, and cannot be obtained...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 10-01-06, 07:42 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,117
Posted By JIM the Inventor
I am effectively bumping this thread, as my...

I am effectively bumping this thread, as my question is the same as the one 'above' me.
Same sentiment. Same lack of information.
Please, someone in the know, enlighten us.
Forum: Alpha/Beta AddOns and Compilations 03-30-06, 07:31 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,319
Posted By JIM the Inventor
*blush* OMIGOSH. I ended up asking you this...

*blush* OMIGOSH. I ended up asking you this twice. How mortifying.

Thanks. :)
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 03-28-06, 03:37 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,609
Posted By JIM the Inventor
Ah. Disappointing. Okay then. Thank you very...

Ah. Disappointing.

Okay then. Thank you very much. (I'll just go on faking Blizzard events as best I can. :) )
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 03-28-06, 03:06 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 34,949
Posted By JIM the Inventor
The best piece of advice I can give is ... Take...

The best piece of advice I can give is ... Take an AddOn that exists, is small, and does something distinctive. Make a copy of it and put the files in a safe place. Then open the originals and...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 03-28-06, 02:58 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,338
Posted By JIM the Inventor
I'm pretty sure that there is no parsing of the...

I'm pretty sure that there is no parsing of the XML code from AddOns ..
You can, of course, access strings from variables all over the place.

Blizzard has made specific efforts towards removing...
Forum: General Authoring Discussion 03-28-06, 02:52 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,609
Posted By JIM the Inventor
"Event Handler Wrapper"?

I've just been browsing through the 1.10 discussion thread, shown here:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?FN=wow-interface-customization&T=286547&P=8

On that page, Iriel and slouken...
Forum: Alpha/Beta AddOns and Compilations 02-16-06, 01:12 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,319
Posted By JIM the Inventor
How To Relocate Between Categories?

It behooves me to ask what has no doubt been asked a bajillion and one times already, but ...

How does an author change the category-location of an AddOn?

"Beta Interfaces" seemed an excellent...
Forum: AddOn Help/Support 02-16-06, 05:57 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,504
Posted By JIM the Inventor
Thinking about this a little more, I realized...

Thinking about this a little more, I realized that - somewhere, at least - someone already had an inventory profiler that creates webpages like this (http://thottbot.com/?profile=Noktyn.Archimonde_)...
Forum: Class Discussions 02-13-06, 01:42 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,863
Posted By JIM the Inventor
I used to swear by it, but my mom caught me and...

I used to swear by it, but my mom caught me and washed out my mouth with soap. I'll never do that any more.

Petopia (http://petopia.brashendeavors.net/) is a beauty for this information as well. I...
Forum: AddOn Help/Support 02-13-06, 01:32 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,418
Posted By JIM the Inventor
I investigated this concept for you a little bit....

I investigated this concept for you a little bit. I believe macros could be linked, but it involves the use of two functions per link, depends on a few things being coincidentally true, and probably...
Forum: AddOn Help/Support 02-13-06, 01:19 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 5,038
Posted By JIM the Inventor
That is entirely correct. Blizzard is the one...

That is entirely correct.

Blizzard is the one that has set the GC threshhold. From what I can tell, they are using this function (http://www.lua.org/manual/5.0/manual.html#GC-API) from the LUA...
Forum: AddOn Help/Support 02-13-06, 01:09 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,504
Posted By JIM the Inventor
Hehe ... What a neat question!

I don't have a specific answer for you, but I know a way that a person could start to accomplish this goal.

You would need two things:

1) Any AddOn that stores the contents of your inventory in a...
Forum: Chit-Chat 02-13-06, 01:02 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 4,103
Posted By JIM the Inventor
Man! What a good answer. I just have one thing...

Man! What a good answer. I just have one thing to add. :)

Sometimes, Blizzard's official copy of the FrameXML bundle lags behind a bit - in fact, when 1.9 went live, the bundle was broken for...
Forum: Chit-Chat 02-13-06, 12:52 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,287
Posted By JIM the Inventor
Because of "SavedVariables", reinstalling might...

Because of "SavedVariables", reinstalling might now work.

Find a folder that looks like this:

C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\(your name)\SavedVariables

In there, a file named...
Forum: Chit-Chat 02-13-06, 12:46 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,615
Posted By JIM the Inventor
:) ... and since " :) " is too short a message...

:) ... and since " :) " is too short a message for this forum, here it is again: :)
Forum: Chit-Chat 02-13-06, 12:44 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,587
Posted By JIM the Inventor
One Solution

I use a mod called "Healix". I'll link you to Neijek's Compilation (http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=4189) since it's the most recently updated here - Healix isn't posted to...
Forum: Chit-Chat 02-13-06, 12:40 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,129
Posted By JIM the Inventor
*smile*

How nice!

... unless you don't like aging, of course. Then you have my deepest sympathies.
Forum: Released AddOns 01-21-06, 08:31 AM
Replies: 129
Views: 131,416
Posted By JIM the Inventor
Verified

Having just completed a mod that cares about this stuff, I can verify Gello's findings: There is no "event", as such, that occurs when cooldowns finish.

In Blizzard's own Cooldown.lua, there's this...
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