Lua Background Issue

[Miiru]

Hello. I'm having a problem with a custom addon i've created recently. This is the lua code:

i = 1
while i <= 36 do
bla = "ContainerFrame1Item"..i
--print(i)
--print(bla)
MeinAddonFrame = CreateFrame("Frame","bla", ContainerFrame1Item1)
MeinAddonFrame:EnableMouse(true)

MeinAddonFrame:SetMovable(false)
MeinAddonFrame:SetWidth(30)
MeinAddonFrame:SetHeight(30)
MeinAddonFrame:SetBackdrop({bgFile = "Interface/Tooltips/UI-Tooltip-Background",
edgeFile = "Interface/Tooltips/UI-Tooltip-Border",
edgeSize= 16, insets = { left = 0, right = 0, top = 0, bottom = 0 }})
MeinAddonFrame:SetBackdropColor(0.0,0.0,0.0,0.9)
MeinAddonFrame:ClearAllPoints()
MeinAddonFrame:SetPoint("CENTER", "ContainerFrame1Item"..i)
i=i+1
end

Everything works out fine so far. Now i want to exchange the Interface/Tooltips/UI-Tooltip-Border texture.
So i create a .tga file with dimensions which are a power of 2 (32x32) and change the path in the lua. Next thing i notice is that it doesnt show any texture anymore, but it doesnt return an error either (--print(i) and --print(bla) returns also show that everything works fine it just doesnt seem to load the file).

Maybe somebody can help me.

[Mischback]

Try

MeinAddonFrame:SetBackdrop({bgFile = "Interface\\AddOns\\PATH\\TO\\YOUR\\texture",
edgeFile = "Interface\\AddOns\\PATH\\TO\\YOUR\\texture",
edgeSize= 16, insets = { left = 0, right = 0, top = 0, bottom = 0 }})

[Miiru]

Works like a charm. So i understand is that if you write the path with / it takes texture out of the .mpq and with \\ it takes the texture out of the actual wow folder?

[yj589794]

OK, a couple of things:

1) Textures are loaded when you start the WoW executable. If you create a new texture in a new location you will need to restart the WoW executable to be able to load the texture. (/console reloadui will not work in this scenario)

2) If your texture still does not work, then check out this guide from wowace

3) Make sure you declare variables to be local, especially if they have common names (e.g. i)

[Mischback]

Originally Posted by Neza Works like a charm. So i understand is that if you write the path with / it takes texture out of the .mpq and with \\ it takes the texture out of the actual wow folder?

I can't say 'yes' or 'no' to this. When I started addon-programming, I adapted this and stick to it, just because it works.