How do I make...

[Liggy]

Well I actually have several questions...

1.) How do I make a cooldown timer for a warrior skill? (like a bar timer)
2.) How would I put a countdown on it?
3.) Is it possible to make them all dif colors?



Thx in advance for any help you guys can give me, I'm new at this as you can probably tell.

[Seerah]

You need to create a statusbar for the bar timer, a fontstring for the numbers, and use an OnUpdate script to have it and the numbers count down.

[Liggy]

Thanks Seerah, so to have the timer activate after a skill would I use an OnEvent script?

Would it also be possible for someone to write me a sample OnUpdate script? Doesn't have to have the details just the basics.

[Liggy]

I've been messing around and here is what I've come up with for one of my timer bars:

function StatusBar1_OnEvent()
	if (event == "PLAYER_CASTS_WHIRLWIND") then
	FontString1:SetText("Whirlwind");
end
function StatusBar1_OnUpdate()
	this:RegisterEvent("SPELL_UPDATE_COOLDOWN");
end

[Seerah]

an OnUpdate script needs to be registered to a frame. Then, it only runs when that frame is shown, and not at all when the frame is hidden. Take a look at my mods Plink! or Frozen for examples. Also, read over wowwiki and I suggest getting a copy of the World of Warcraft Programming book. It's always a great help to me, and I referenced it when learning OnUpdate and statusbars recently.