castbar - CustomTimeText

Dawn · 07-07-09, 09:04 AM

I'm currently trying to make my castbar time text look like the second one in the screenshot.

It is already looking like the first one. Code looks like:

Code:

local function CustomTimeText(self, duration)
	if self.casting then
		self.Time:SetFormattedText('%.1f / %.1f', (self.max - duration), self.max)
	elseif self.channeling then
		self.Time:SetFormattedText('%.1f / %.1f', duration, self.max)
	end
end

The question is: How do I format the code above to make it look like the second (photoshop'ed) format.

I'm guessing it's not possible, but maybe if I use TWO different CustomTimeTexts that can be placed and formatted (size, position) differently? If that would be possible, I failed at accomplishing this, until now.

Help!

p3lim · 07-07-09, 10:04 AM

Add another fontstring.

Dawn · 07-07-09, 01:17 PM

Yeah I tried. However, I still don't really get it, yet.

I don't know how to call for a second CustomTimeText, without the first one being "overwritten". Using the default time text (for casting time), creating a second fontstring and overwriting the second one with the CustomTimeText doesn't seem to work either, since once I call for

Code:

self.Castbar.CustomTimeText = CustomTimeText

it overwrites all castbar fontstrings, it seems.

Last Thing I tried was this:

Code:

local function CustomTimeText(self, duration)
	if self.casting then
		self.Time:SetFormattedText('%.1f / ', (self.max - duration))
	elseif self.channeling then
		self.Time:SetFormattedText('%.1f / ', duration)
	end
end

local function CustomTimeText2(self, duration)
	if self.casting then
		self.Time:SetFormattedText('%.1f', self.max)
	elseif self.channeling then
		self.Time:SetFormattedText('%.1f', self.max)
	end
end

and

Code:

	    self.Castbar.Time = self.Castbar:CreateFontString(nil, 'OVERLAY')
	    self.Castbar.Time:SetPoint('RIGHT', self.Castbar, 0, 18)
	    self.Castbar.Time:SetFont(font, fontS, fontF)
	    self.Castbar.Time:SetTextColor(1, 1, 1)
	    self.Castbar.Time:SetJustifyH('RIGHT')

		self.Castbar.CustomTimeText = CustomTimeText
		
	    self.Castbar.Time2 = self.Castbar:CreateFontString(nil, 'OVERLAY')
	    self.Castbar.Time2:SetPoint('RIGHT', self.Castbar, 20, 8)
	    self.Castbar.Time2:SetFont(font, fontS, fontF)
	    self.Castbar.Time2:SetTextColor(1, 1, 1)
	    self.Castbar.Time2:SetJustifyH('RIGHT')

		self.Castbar.CustomTimeText2 = CustomTimeText2

Which simply ignores CustomTimeText2 (removing the 2) results in printing the second CustomTimeText, but overwriting, thus "hiding" the first one and showing the static overall cast time....

What am I doing wrong?

p3lim · 07-07-09, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by Dawn

Yeah I tried. However, I still don't really get it, yet.

I don't know how to call for a second CustomTimeText, without the first one being "overwritten". Using the default time text (for casting time), creating a second fontstring and overwriting the second one with the CustomTimeText doesn't seem to work either, since once I call for

Code:

self.Castbar.CustomTimeText = CustomTimeText

it overwrites all castbar fontstrings, it seems.

Last Thing I tried was this:

Code:

local function CustomTimeText(self, duration)
	if self.casting then
		self.Time:SetFormattedText('%.1f / ', (self.max - duration))
	elseif self.channeling then
		self.Time:SetFormattedText('%.1f / ', duration)
	end
end

local function CustomTimeText2(self, duration)
	if self.casting then
		self.Time:SetFormattedText('%.1f', self.max)
	elseif self.channeling then
		self.Time:SetFormattedText('%.1f', self.max)
	end
end

and

Code:

	    self.Castbar.Time = self.Castbar:CreateFontString(nil, 'OVERLAY')
	    self.Castbar.Time:SetPoint('RIGHT', self.Castbar, 0, 18)
	    self.Castbar.Time:SetFont(font, fontS, fontF)
	    self.Castbar.Time:SetTextColor(1, 1, 1)
	    self.Castbar.Time:SetJustifyH('RIGHT')

		self.Castbar.CustomTimeText = CustomTimeText
		
	    self.Castbar.Time2 = self.Castbar:CreateFontString(nil, 'OVERLAY')
	    self.Castbar.Time2:SetPoint('RIGHT', self.Castbar, 20, 8)
	    self.Castbar.Time2:SetFont(font, fontS, fontF)
	    self.Castbar.Time2:SetTextColor(1, 1, 1)
	    self.Castbar.Time2:SetJustifyH('RIGHT')

		self.Castbar.CustomTimeText2 = CustomTimeText2

Which simply ignores CustomTimeText2 (removing the 2) results in printing the second CustomTimeText, but overwriting, thus "hiding" the first one and showing the static overall cast time....

What am I doing wrong?

Code:

local function CustomTimeText(self, duration)
	if self.casting then
		self.Time:SetFormattedText('%.1f / ', (self.max - duration))
		self.Time2:SetFormattedText('%.1f', self.max)
	elseif self.channeling then
		self.Time:SetFormattedText('%.1f / ', duration)
		self.Time2:SetFormattedText('%.1f', self.max)
	end
end

and

Code:

self.Castbar.Time = self.Castbar:CreateFontString(nil, 'OVERLAY')
self.Castbar.Time:SetPoint('RIGHT', self.Castbar, 0, 18)
self.Castbar.Time:SetFont(font, fontS, fontF)
self.Castbar.Time:SetTextColor(1, 1, 1)
self.Castbar.Time:SetJustifyH('RIGHT')

self.Castbar.Time2 = self.Castbar:CreateFontString(nil, 'OVERLAY')
self.Castbar.Time2:SetPoint('RIGHT', self.Castbar, 20, 8)
self.Castbar.Time2:SetFont(font, fontS, fontF)
self.Castbar.Time2:SetTextColor(1, 1, 1)
self.Castbar.Time2:SetJustifyH('RIGHT')

self.Castbar.CustomTimeText = CustomTimeText

Its not rocket science

Dawn · 07-07-09, 02:49 PM

But ... I .. err, want to fly! Hmkay, works nice. Thanks