Raid indicators with tag events

zork · 05-05-09, 04:44 AM

Is it only possible to use the tag system for font strings or can we even use it for textures?

I finally got my heal druid to 80 and had some problems tracking my hots in raids.

p3lim posted a nice idea for tracking mark of the wild on another thread that got me thinking. What I finally want is 4 indicators in the 4 edges of my raidframe, indicating each druid hot. Regrowth, Rejuventation, Lifebloom and Wildgrowth.

What I am asking myself: Is it possible to apply tag-events to textures or frames aswell, or is it fontstring only? Fontstring only I guess.

Idea with using fontstring

Code:

oUF.Tags["[checkreju]"] = function(unit) 
  if UnitAura(unit, "Rejuvenation", "HELPFUL|PLAYER") then
    return "r"
  else
    return ""
  end
end
oUF.TagEvents["[checkreju]"] = "UNIT_AURA"

local RejuIndicator = SetFontString(self.Health, d3font, 16, "THINOUTLINE")
RejuIndicator:SetPoint("TOPLEFT",3,-3)
self:Tag(RejuIndicator, "[checkreju]")

I dont know if this condition does work though:

Code:

if UnitAura(unit, "Rejuvenation", "HELPFUL|PLAYER") then

I mean when I try adding a filter.

Whats kind of disturbing is that the documentation says that http://www.wowwiki.com/API_UnitAura needs a unit and the "index" of the buff/debuff. But is does seem to work by using the spellname aswell.

What I am kind of afraid is the sheer number of UNIT_AURA events in raids.

The problem with this is, that if I have 4 different indicators with 4 different events I think its 4x the load as if I would anchor the UNIT_AURA event to self myself and create a custom function that tries to find the buffs on the player.

I don't know whats faster: UnitAura(unit, "Rejuvenation", "HELPFUL|PLAYER") or going through 1,40 buffs each UNIT_AURA checking for the 4 possible buffs.

p3lim · 05-05-09, 08:10 AM

I use the following to check if the unit has Gift/Mark of the Wild on them in my raid layout (oUF Mini)

Code:

local gift, mark = GetSpellInfo(21849), GetSpellInfo(1126)

oUF.Tags['[misswild]'] = function(u) return (not UnitAura(u, gift) and not UnitAura(u, mark)) and '|cffff33ff!|r' end
oUF.TagEvents['[misswild]'] = 'UNIT_AURA'

and dont return an empty string, it messes up the tag system

zork · 05-05-09, 09:09 AM

Yes, I know how you implemented Mark of the wild, but does this work when trying to add filters aswell? That's the question I had!

Code:

local spell = GetSpellInfo(spellid)
local filter = "HELPFUL|player"
if UnitAura(u, spell, filter) then
 ...
end

p3lim · 05-05-09, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by zork

Yes, I know how you implemented Mark of the wild, but does this work when trying to add filters aswell? That's the question I had!

Code:

local spell = GetSpellInfo(spellid)
local filter = "HELPFUL|player"
if UnitAura(u, spell, filter) then
 ...
end

Try it? (too short)

zork · 05-05-09, 11:23 AM

local reju, regrowth, lifebloom, wildgrowth = GetSpellInfo(48440), GetSpellInfo(48443), GetSpellInfo(48450), GetSpellInfo(53249)

Doesn't work for me:

Code:

  oUF.Tags['[checkreju]'] = function(u) 
    local filter = "HELPFUL|PLAYER"
    if UnitAura(u, reju, filter) then
      return "#"
    else
      return "~"
    end
  end
  oUF.TagEvents['[checkreju]'] = 'UNIT_AURA'

Works:

Code:

  oUF.Tags['[checkreju]'] = function(u) 
    local filter = "HELPFUL|PLAYER"
    if UnitAura(u, reju) then
      return "#"
    else
      return "~"
    end
  end
  oUF.TagEvents['[checkreju]'] = 'UNIT_AURA'

So either I am using the filter wrong or filtering just does not work in combination with the name. Tried any combination of the filter. None does work.

p3lim · 05-05-09, 12:30 PM

from wowwiki

This parameter can be any of "HELPFUL", "HARMFUL", "PLAYER", "RAID", "CANCELABLE", "NOT_CANCELABLE". You can also specify several filters separated by a | or space character to chain multiple filters together (e.g. "HELPFUL|RAID" or "HELPFUL RAID" == helpful buffs that you can cast on your raid). By default UnitAura has "HELPFUL" as an implicit filter - you cannot get back BOTH helpful and harmful at the same time. Neither "HELPFUL" or "HARMFUL" have meaning for UnitBuff/UnitDebuff, and will be ignored.

Use 'PLAYER', not 'HELPFUL|PLAYER'