Main Tank / Main Assist Mod

Snow · 03/16/07, 5:59 PM

This is half a "Does this mod exist?" post and half a "Is this even implemented in a useful way?" post. As some have noticed(and likely some have not) since 2.0 there's been an option in the Raid window to set people to Main Assist or Main Tank. This seems like a nice new feature to integrate into the default UI, but... it's not used anywhere. WoWWiki doesn't seem to even mention it. I'm guessing there isn't a UnitID that you could use (though that would be really nice = /) but are there any mods that do use this info in a useful way (like, say, being able to assist the MA's target?).

EDIT: /sigh, please move this to the proper forum =(.

♦ Praetorian · 03/16/07, 6:01 PM

Moving to UI subforum.

Playered · 03/16/07, 7:09 PM

Hmm I've always been confused why these were added myself aswell, its like having a key to a door that doesn't exist.

Torn · 01/17/09, 2:36 AM

I've used the "MainAssist" (by Nargiddley) addon for this. MT list is compatible to ora2/CTRA.
However, the mod hasn't been updated for ages (19/12/2006).

Anyone know a light-weight MT list addon that is compatible to ora2/CTRA?

Noraj · 01/17/09, 3:43 AM

Originally Posted by Torn

I've used the "MainAssist" (by Nargiddley) addon for this. MT list is compatible to ora2/CTRA.
However, the mod hasn't been updated for ages (19/12/2006).

Anyone know a light-weight MT list addon that is compatible to ora2/CTRA?

If you're already using Pitbull, its unit frames should correlate to the in-game MT and MA lists...it's just a matter of editing them down to the minimalist size and position you're looking for.

Torn · 01/18/09, 2:44 PM

Thanks, but I don't use Pitbull. oUF is my choice for the unit frames. That said, can one "re-style" the Blizzard MT targets for oUF?

Cronax · 01/21/09, 8:10 AM

As far as I know the best addon for this is oRA2, I use this addon myself and it behaves much the same way as CTRA used to, and allows for a good amount of customisation, and it is pretty lightweight in itself.

jadakren · 02/13/09, 1:04 AM

You can spawn maintank and main assist frames with :

local tank = oUF:Spawn('header', 'oUF_MainTank')

tank:SetManyAttributes('showRaid', true, 'groupFilter', 'MAINTANK', 'yOffset', -5)

tank:SetPoint('BOTTOMRIGHT', UIParent, 'BOTTOMRIGHT',-10, 20)

tank:Show()



local assist = oUF:Spawn('header', 'oUF_MainAssist')

assist:SetManyAttributes('showRaid', true, 'groupFilter', 'MAINASSIST', 'yOffset', -5)

assist:SetPoint('BOTTOM', tank, 'TOP', 0, 10)

assist:Show()

I'm using it like so : Pastey.net - paste bin