Help understanding RDX

[kellewic]

I am trying to do something simple (or so I thought ) to get a feel for RDX. What I am attempting is to simply show some text when I have aggro.

I did see in the Threats.lua a function that I thought would work, but it looks to only give threat %s (scaled and raw) with no way to get the isTanking or state variables.

So I decided to go the custom script route, but it doesn't seem to update very much in combat. I added some print statements in and I might see 3 of them per fight and all vars from UnitDetailedThreatSituation() remain nil.

It took me a few hours to even get the window and unit frame part to show with no errors and I'm still not sure if it's correct since I am not familiar with the concepts within RDX and how everything works together.

For instance, in the custom script I figured I could use the RDX.Unit functions, but I couldn't figure out what unit they were applying to at a given point in time. They always seemed to apply to my target. I thought this might be because the unit frame's "context" was "target", but if I changed it to "player", it doesn't work at all.

I have included the package information here hoping someone can point the way so to speak. I may be doing it completely wrong, but I played with so many settings, this was the only way I could get it work even partially work.

	["Kell_UI"] = {
		["infoVersion"] = "1.0.0",
		["infoAuthor"] = "Gaktar",
		["player_has_aggro_script"] = {
			["ty"] = "Script",
			["version"] = 1,
			["data"] = {
				["script"] = "text = \"AGGRA\"\n\nif UnitExists(\"target\") then\n    local _, status = UnitDetailedThreatSituation(\"player\", \"target\")\n\n    if not status and not UnitIsUnit(\"player\", \"player\") then\n        if UnitIsUnit(\"player\", \"targettarget\") then\n            status = 3\n        end\n    end\n\n    GatherSage2:Print(\"Status: \", status)\n\n    if status == 3 then\n        text = \"AGGRO\"\n    end\nend",
			},
		},
		["player_has_aggro_win"] = {
			["ty"] = "Window",
			["version"] = 1,
			["data"] = {
				{
					["bkdColor"] = {
						["a"] = 0.5,
						["r"] = 0,
						["g"] = 0,
						["b"] = 0,
					},
					["titleColor"] = {
						["a"] = 1,
						["r"] = 0,
						["g"] = 0,
						["b"] = 0,
					},
					["title"] = "",
					["feature"] = "Frame: LW Lock/Unlock",
				}, -- [1]
				{
					["feature"] = "UnitFrame",
					["design"] = "Kell_UI:player_has_aggro_if",
				}, -- [2]
				{
					["feature"] = "layout_single_unitframe",
					["unitWatch"] = 1,
					["version"] = 1,
					["interval"] = 0.1,
					["unit"] = "target",
				}, -- [3]
			},
		},
		["infoAuthorRealm"] = "Ghostlands",
		["player_has_aggro_if"] = {
			["ty"] = "UnitFrameType",
			["version"] = 1,
			["data"] = {
				{
					["feature"] = "Description",
					["description"] = "Shows if the player has aggro\n",
				}, -- [1]
				{
					["feature"] = "base_default",
					["h"] = 20,
					["version"] = 1,
					["w"] = 95,
					["alpha"] = 1,
				}, -- [2]
				{
					["feature"] = "ColorVariable: Static Color",
					["name"] = "staticRed",
					["color"] = {
						["a"] = 1,
						["r"] = 1,
						["g"] = 0,
						["b"] = 0,
					},
				}, -- [3]
				{
					["script"] = "Kell_UI:player_has_aggro_script",
					["color"] = "staticRed",
					["owner"] = "Base",
					["w"] = 75,
					["feature"] = "txt_custom",
					["h"] = 20,
					["version"] = 1,
					["anchor"] = {
						["dx"] = 0,
						["dy"] = 0,
						["lp"] = "CENTER",
						["rp"] = "CENTER",
						["af"] = "Base",
					},
					["name"] = "customText",
					["font"] = {
						["flags"] = "THICKOUTLINE",
						["title"] = "Default",
						["name"] = "Default",
						["justifyH"] = "CENTER",
						["face"] = "Interface\\Addons\\RDX_mediapack\\sharedmedia\\fonts\\DIOGENES.ttf",
						["justifyV"] = "CENTER",
						["size"] = 20,
					},
				}, -- [4]
			},
		},
		["infoComment"] = "",
	},

[sigg]

Get aggro is already implemented in RDX.

Use Variable: Unit in set
Select class "has aggro"
This will provide a flag aggro for you.

You also have "ColorVariable: Threat Color" by Cripsii
The color change depend on the situation where you are :
No Threat color
Gain aggro color
Loss Aggro color
Tanking color