"OUTLINEMONOCHROME" chat trouble

feraldrood · 06-05-11, 10:14 PM

Hey forum...ers

Problem: chat font is tagged to be outlined/monochromed with the code below in the lua of a font changing addon dubbed "Tekticles" (not sure if the problem is originating from said addon). When various panels, such as the guild frame or the proffesion frame or any addon configuration frame- the outlinemonochrome on the chat simply goes away, leaving a shadowless pixelfont which is incredibly hard to read.

I have no idea why the font seems to be resetting or ignoring the commands from tekticles. could be due to another addon im using "Aurora"

ChatFrame1:SetShadowColor(0, 0, 0, 0) -- 4th arg is alpha
ChatFrame1:SetShadowOffset(0, 0) -- x, y
ChatFrame1:SetSpacing(2)

ANy help you folks could give would be very very much appreciated. I'm pretty lost on this one.

Aprikot · 06-06-11, 12:31 AM

Originally Posted by feraldrood

Hey forum...ers

Problem: chat font is tagged to be outlined/monochromed with the code below in the lua of a font changing addon dubbed "Tekticles" (not sure if the problem is originating from said addon). When various panels, such as the guild frame or the proffesion frame or any addon configuration frame- the outlinemonochrome on the chat simply goes away, leaving a shadowless pixelfont which is incredibly hard to read.

I have no idea why the font seems to be resetting or ignoring the commands from tekticles. could be due to another addon im using "Aurora"

ChatFrame1:SetShadowColor(0, 0, 0, 0) -- 4th arg is alpha
ChatFrame1:SetShadowOffset(0, 0) -- x, y
ChatFrame1:SetSpacing(2)

ANy help you folks could give would be very very much appreciated. I'm pretty lost on this one.

This code is not itself doing the outlining (just hides shadow & increases line spacing for ChatFrame1). If you could provide your tekticles lua we can probably work it out (also a list of running addons is helpful).

Lily.Petal · 06-06-11, 01:46 AM

Code:

FontInstance:SetFont("font",size,["flags"])

so

Code:

ChatFrame1:SetFont("Fonts\\FRIZQT__.ttf", 11, "OUTLINE, MONOCHROME")

Believe FRIZQT__.ttf is the normal chat font. Could be wrong.

If you are using an addon for the actual font, your addon should change it even with this code; since font addons normally overwrite them anyway. But the monochrome should stay. I use prat all the time, and never had a problem with aurora with it. Might just be tekticles?

EDIT: I am now A Rage Talon Dragon Guard, RAWR :>

feraldrood · 06-06-11, 02:34 AM

two things:

1. aprikot; sorry for dumb thread lol- was stupid problem I was *accidentally* reapplying the normal game font in the lua. thus ignoring my font tags

2. lily u know whats up: lol soo much better than the long code i was using, plus my code didn't include the outline :3 /headesk

ty guys. prob le fixed

Lily.Petal · 06-06-11, 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by feraldrood

two things:

1. aprikot; sorry for dumb thread lol- was stupid problem I was *accidentally* reapplying the normal game font in the lua. thus ignoring my font tags

2. lily u know whats up: lol soo much better than the long code i was using, plus my code didn't include the outline :3 /headesk

ty guys. prob le fixed

Glad to hear it

glad I was able to help (I think).

Aprikot · 06-06-11, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by Lily.Petal

Believe FRIZQT__.ttf is the normal chat font. Could be wrong.

If you are using an addon for the actual font, your addon should change it even with this code; since font addons normally overwrite them anyway. But the monochrome should stay. I use prat all the time, and never had a problem with aurora with it. Might just be tekticles?

EDIT: I am now A Rage Talon Dragon Guard, RAWR :>

Arialn is chat iirc. Grats on ARTDG

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