Tank Role Assist Macro/Binding

[Manaman]

I have no idea where to start myself really in creating a mod that does this:

I want a binding(surprised blizzard didn't implement themselves) to assist the person assigned as tank by the LFD tool.

I figure I use some code similar to what's used in the Give Me mod to dynamically set a macro to assist the name of what's returned by GetLFGRoles()?

[Akryn]

Untested:

/run local p for u=1,4 do p="party"..u if UnitGroupRolesAssigned(p) then break end if u==4 then return end end SetBindingMacro("PUT_YOUR_KEYBIND_HERE", "/assist "..UnitName(p))

You can make that a macro and hit it at the beginning of a group, or turn it into an addon that runs when a group is filled. You can't just make a keybind without running something like this first because there is no "unit" that corresponds to the party tank, so it would fail in combat.

Edit: Here it is as a simple addon, assuming shift-f as the keybind arbitrarily...

local me = CreateFrame("frame")
me:RegisterEvent("PARTY_MEMBERS_CHANGED")
me:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self)
    if GetNumPartyMembers() ~= 5 then return end
    local u, p
    for u = 1, 4 do
        p = "party" .. u
        if UnitGroupRolesAssigned(p) then
            if InCombatLockdown() then
                self:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_REGEN_ENABLED")
            else
                SetBindingMacro("SHIFT-F", "/assist " .. UnitName(p))
                self:UnregisterEvent("PLAYER_REGEN_ENABLED")
            end
            return
        end
    end
end)

[Manaman]

Thank you for the prompt response and the code. I didn't expect to even get any response, let alone exactly what I was looking for.

[zero-kill]

Thanks, this will help!

[MidgetMage55]

Ill have to point my guildies to this. Love em to death but they seem to have issues/laziness for making a macro for assisting the tank or targeting them and using the assist key. You should consider making this a published addon with perhaps a way to set the keybind in game.

[Akryn]

Well I can't log in to test it ATM. Has anyone tried it yet?

[Manaman]

I tried today to test it, but I just can't seem to find a group that needs DPS. I will be in the Q forever as DPS, but if I Q as tank it's instantaneous. Makes it hard to test this code. Will get back to you when I have had a chance to test.

[Akryn]

http://www.wowinterface.com/download...ankAssist.html

I still haven't had time to test this properly, but I don't see why it wouldn't work unless I made a mistake/typo somewhere. It loads anyway...

[Akryn]

Just wanted to mention that I released a 1.0 version of this.

And thanks for the idea; I've ended up using it a lot, which I didn't think I would.

[Manaman]

Thank you again for making it. It has worked out well.