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09-23-08, 08:18 PM   #1
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Removed CVars?

It seems that "targetNearestDistance" and "targetNearestDistanceRadius" have been removed in wow 3.x

There's probably more but those are the two I noticed as I had them in macros.

Anyone knows if that's an intentional change (couldn't find any patchnotes about it).

If not it's undocumented change.

If I may tack a question on to that.
Is there a way to list all available CVars in a specific build?

PS. For those not familiar with those 2 CVar I mentioned:
"targetNearestDistance" controls the tab-target range for targets in a cone infront of the player,
and "targetNearestDistanceRadius" controls the radius of the cone that targetNearestDistance will work in.

Edit:
It should be noted that the API regarding CVars has been enriched with
4 new functions:
GetCVarMin("cvar")
GetCVarMax("cvar")
GetCVarAbsoluteMin("cvar")
GetCVarAbsoluteMax("cvar")
in addition to the pre-existing:
GetCVarDefault("cvar")
GetCVar("cvar")
SetCVar("cvar") of wow 2.x

Edit2:
Found a way to get the list of CVars... I'll compare with WoW 2.x and post a diff.
Still very interested to know if the removal of the 2 I mentioned is intentional and if we'll have an alternate way to tweak those 2 ranges.

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09-23-08, 08:44 PM   #2
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Uhm ... I'm not 100% sure, but I have a vague recollection about targetNearestDistance changes some patches ago.
Wasn't there something as "not longer possible to change this value"?
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09-23-08, 09:24 PM   #3
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It's definitely possible and tested on 2.4.3,
unless you mean beta builds in which case yea I missed it.
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09-23-08, 09:30 PM   #4
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Arr ... no. Then I was wrong. Sorry.
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09-23-08, 09:37 PM   #5
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What you remember is probably a change Slouken was referring to
in the 2.3 changes list, where he said that the game validates those cvars at load.

This was only to prevent users setting abnormally high values.
The game enforces an upper limit of 50 for those cvars on live but that's the only restriction.

If you try to set higher values than that, they're ignored but the cvars exist and allow you to tweak the tab range within the acceptable limits.

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09-25-08, 05:33 AM   #6
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Could someone pop the question in (US) UI and Macros forum if these 2 CVar are gone for good?
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