Filter on nameplates debuffs.

[Hzereve]

Hello there !

I'm a long time user of the Blizzard nameplates and i know this can be done by just getting Plater or whatever.

I'm currently working on a small addon who will allow me to show all my debuffs over the ennemy nameplates. Today, with the help of Tomcat (twitch.tv/TomCat), he explained me a lot about it and deep dived for me in the nameplates features.

Right now, the code is looking like this :

local function UpdateBuffs(self, unit, filter, showAll)
    if (not showAll) then
        self:UpdateBuffs(unit, filter, true)
    end
end
 
local updateFrame = CreateFrame("FRAME")
 
local tracker = { }
 
local minDelay = 1.0
local totalElapsed = 0
 
local function OnUpdate(self, elapsed)
    totalElapsed = totalElapsed + elapsed
    if (totalElapsed > minDelay) then
        totalElapsed = 0
        for i = 1, 20 do
            if (not tracker[i]) then
                local nameplate = _G["NamePlate" .. i]
                if (nameplate and nameplate.UnitFrame and nameplate.UnitFrame.BuffFrame) then
                    tracker[i] = true
                    hooksecurefunc(nameplate.UnitFrame.BuffFrame, "UpdateBuffs", UpdateBuffs)
                end
            end
        end
    end
end
 
updateFrame:SetScript("OnUpdate", OnUpdate)

What is does : showing all the debuffs over the nameplates, including your friends warrior debuffs for example.

What i want in the final : showing all my debuffs and only mine, and if it includes also my pet mortal wounds, better but i guess, harder to do.

For this problem, i found many ask how to do that, some solutions who seems to not work nowadays like :

https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...-BuffContainer

Here are 2 solutions, the first one isnt working and my understanding in lua is not enough to fix it on my own. And the second one who is a whitelisting but removing everything else and also, doesn't work with some things like Sinful Revelation.

The goal is to show like a concussive shots like a debuff over the nameplates. This will help many PvPer who dont wanna jump in a full nameplates addon.

If you have any suggestions, any time to help me, i will be super grateful.