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• giansm · 06/02/08, 2:08 PM

I've never liked the way those addons determine overhealing anyway. If I remember correctly, they rely on the fact that UnitHealth() updates slowly and they do something like:

1) Receive an event that says I healed a unit
2) Check how much the heal was for
3) Subtract UnitMaxHealth() - UnitHealth(), use that as the health deficit
4) Compare #2 and #3.

Seems kind of unreliable since it basically relies on slow updates to UnitHealth, since the UnitHealth call is made after the heal event is received. By the way I just checked Violation and SCT, they both do it this way. Not sure about other addons since those are the only two I have that calculate overhealing.

06/02/08, 2:08 PM	#24 (permalink)
• giansm Let's Paint, Exercise, and Lifebloom Gianluca Night Elf Druid <Lunacy> Proudmoore	I've never liked the way those addons determine overhealing anyway. If I remember correctly, they rely on the fact that UnitHealth() updates slowly and they do something like: 1) Receive an event that says I healed a unit 2) Check how much the heal was for 3) Subtract UnitMaxHealth() - UnitHealth(), use that as the health deficit 4) Compare #2 and #3. Seems kind of unreliable since it basically relies on slow updates to UnitHealth, since the UnitHealth call is made after the heal event is received. By the way I just checked Violation and SCT, they both do it this way. Not sure about other addons since those are the only two I have that calculate overhealing.