PickupSpell Restrictions?

[eightflat]

Hi all,

New to addon making, so it could very well be a simple solution or something obvious I am overlooking. When using PickupSpell with SpellID like so...

ClearCursor() PickupSpell(115546) PlaceAction(61) ClearCursor()

I find that there seem to be some restrictions. This was tested on a level 1 Monk.

115546 is Provoke, an ability which all Monks can learn regardless of specialization. When that script is run, the Provoke ability will be inserted into the first slot of the Bottom Left Action Bar, regardless of whether Provoke is actually learned yet. The same format works for Tiger's Palm, which is learned at level 1.

If I try with a specialization specific ability though, like Disable (116095), I can't get the same behavior to occur. I also tried doing this with Diffuse Magic (122783), a talented ability, did not work.

Does anyone know if this is a known restriction? Would it be lifted once the character is actually able to select specializations/talents?
My goal is to be able to have all spells (or at least their placeholders) bindable from level 1.

Thanks for your insights!

[Banknorris]

For those spells you are kinda stuck with the place holder macro approach, I use something like this in my personal "action bar saver" addon

local max_acc_macros = MAX_ACCOUNT_MACROS
local place_holder_macro = {}
place_holder_macro.size = 0
 
local Create_Place_Holder_Macro
 
local function Place_Spell(spell_id,action_slot)
    ClearCursor()
    if spell_id==150544 then -- summon random favorite mount
        C_MountJournal.Pickup(0)
    else
        PickupSpell(spell_id)
        if GetCursorInfo()==nil then
            if place_holder_macro[spell_id]==nil then
                Create_Place_Holder_Macro(spell_id)
            end
            PickupMacro(place_holder_macro[spell_id])
        end
    end
    PlaceAction(action_slot) --the cursor will have either the spell or a place holder macro
    ClearCursor()
end
 
function Create_Place_Holder_Macro(spell_id)
    place_holder_macro.size = place_holder_macro.size+1
    local macro_name = "PH"..string_format("%02d",place_holder_macro.size)
    local spell_name,_,texture = GetSpellInfo(spell_id)
    CreateMacro(macro_name,texture,"#showtooltip\n/use "..spell_name)
    place_holder_macro[spell_id] = macro_name
end

The place holder macros will be named PH01, PH02, PH03 and so on as spells are not found.
I delete all place holder macros on login (any macros in the format PH## is considered a place holder macro) so I don't end up with a lot of trash macros from other chars.

[Mazzop]

Maybe try not with spellID, but go thru talents or spellbook directly?

Cant find info about http://wowprogramming.com/docs/api/PickupTalent
Here about spellbook http://wow.gamepedia.com/API_PickupSpellBookItem

[eightflat]

Thanks for your input guys! Back to the books, I appreciate your ideas.