SetCooldown Weirdness

[ravagernl]

Why is it, that for some reason, the cooldown on my button only flashes and then disappears? I'm trying to get a little windfury cooldown timer on my screen.

Code: http://wowi.pastey.net/138340

[Xrystal]

Could it be the global cooldown being picked up instead of the actual cooldown ?

I'm also not seeing the cooldown information being retrieved, but there may be another way that I wasn't aware of. This is how I get the cooldown in my mage ports addon.

local function ActivateCooldown(self)
  local SpellName, _, SpellIcon = GetSpellInfo(spellID);
  local CooldownStart, CooldownDuration, CooldownEnabled = GetSpellCooldown(SpellName);
  if ( CooldownEnabled ) then
    if ( CooldownDuration > 0 ) then 
      self.Text:Show();
      self:Show();
    end
  end
end

-- Deactivate the Cooldown for this button by hiding the frame
local function DeActivateCooldown(self)
  self.Text:Hide();
  self:Hide();
end

local function UpdateCooldown(self)
  local TimeNow = GetTime();
  local SpellName, _, SpellIcon = GetSpellInfo(spellID);
  local CooldownStart, CooldownDuration, CooldownEnabled = GetSpellCooldown(SpellName);
  if ( not CooldownEnabled ) then DeActivateCooldown(self); return; end
  if ( CooldownDuration == 0 ) then DeActivateCooldown(self); return; end	
  local DiffTime = TimeNow - CooldownStart;
  local CooldownCounter = CooldownDuration - DiffTime;
  CooldownCounter = math.floor(CooldownCounter);
  if ( CooldownCounter > 0 ) then	
    self.Text:SetText(CooldownCounter);	
  else
    DeActivateCooldown(self);
  end
end

local Button = CreateFrame("Button", ButtonName, UIParent,"ActionButtonTemplate,SecureActionButtonTemplate");	
----etc	
Button.Cooldown = CreateFrame("Frame", ButtonName.."_Cooldown", Button);
Button.Cooldown:SetAllPoints(Button);
Button.Cooldown.Text = Button.Cooldown:CreateFontString(ButtonName.."_Cooldown_Text", 'ARTWORK', "GameFontNormal");
Button.Cooldown:SetScript("OnUpdate",UpdateCooldown);
Button.Cooldown:SetScript("OnEvent",ActivateCooldown);
Button.Cooldown:RegisterEvent("SPELL_UPDATE_COOLDOWN");

[ravagernl]

Windfury has an internal cooldown of 3 seconds, if you look at the code I determine the starttime (time minus lag), and set the cooldown to 3 seconds.

I know I can make my own fontstring, but I want the cooldown animation on my button

[Xrystal]

Ah the cycle animation I prefer the number but its a personal preference. And I see you are using the combat log to monitor the spell usage rather than track the cooldown event, so not sure what the difference is there, if there is any.

[ravagernl]

I don't believe Windfury has a cooldown event, hence the "hidden cooldown". The cooldown of 3 seconds starts whenever "Windfury Attack" hits, crits, or misses (also when it is dodged etc.).

The problem is not that I can't detect when the cooldown starts, the problem is that the animation doesn't seem to start.

[v6o]

Try GetTime() instead of time() for the starting time

[ravagernl]

Yup, somebody at wowace also told me that That works. But thanks