[GRID] Addons and Functionality - Page 36

Garantio · 01/14/09, 3:29 AM

Mokhtar, I've tried your proposed change to GridLayoutLayout.lua yesterday and still didn't see more than 5 pets in Grid. It wasn't a Malygos fight but we had 1 DK pet, 2 lock pets and 1 hunter pet normally and I used my shadowfiend the same time with another priest so I should get a second column with 6th pet but instead DK pet was removed from Grid and my shadowfiend appeared on its position (another shadowfiend used 5th position in pet column).
I'm going to create a different layout like "By Group 25 + 25 pets" with manual specifying of 6-10th columns like this:

...
	[6] = {
		groupFilter = "1",
		isPetGroup = true,
		unitsPerColumn = 5,
	},
	[7] = {
		groupFilter = "2",
		isPetGroup = true,
		unitsPerColumn = 5,
	},
	[8] = {
		groupFilter = "3",
		isPetGroup = true,
		unitsPerColumn = 5,
	},
	[9] = {
		groupFilter = "4",
		isPetGroup = true,
		unitsPerColumn = 5,
	},
	[10] = {
		groupFilter = "5",
		isPetGroup = true,
		unitsPerColumn = 5,
	},

Do you think it will work?

Mokhtar · 01/14/09, 8:27 AM

Well I suspected as much but Pasta confirmed it, the original version (with maxColumns) should have worked no problem so there must be something else that is throttling the maximum number of pet to 5...
What you're suggesting won't work (you should get the 5 same group), I think there is a way to do that which is quite verbose the way you suggest but the original version should work :

	[6] = {
		groupFilter = "1",
		isPetGroup = true,
		unitsPerColumn = 5,
		startingIndex = 1,
	},
	[7] = {
		groupFilter = "2",
		isPetGroup = true,
		unitsPerColumn = 5,
		startingIndex = 6,
	},
	[8] = {
		groupFilter = "3",
		isPetGroup = true,
		unitsPerColumn = 5,
		startingIndex = 11,
	},
	[9] = {
		groupFilter = "4",
		isPetGroup = true,
		unitsPerColumn = 5,
		startingIndex = 16,
	},
	[10] = {
		groupFilter = "5",
		isPetGroup = true,
		unitsPerColumn = 5,
		startingIndex = 21,
	},

Not 100% sure Grid supports startingIndex though.

Garantio · 01/14/09, 9:02 AM

the original version (with maxColumns) should have worked no problem so there must be something else that is throttling the maximum number of pet to 5

It can be just simple failure to change the appearance (number of columns) during the fight but I dunno how it works in fact.

I'll try your version with startingIndex, in really looks quite obvious. I wish I had enough time to dig through sources and contribute to the addon rather than bombing with questions

Thanks again!

Pastamancer · 01/14/09, 12:39 PM

Here is a screenshot from one of my 25-man testers during a Malygos raid.

The drakes are colored green because this is from before I added coloring for vehicles.

All 25 drakes are shown. The layouts have not changed since this screenshot was taken. I do not know why you are not seeing all 25 drakes but a screenshot would go a long ways to help figuring things out.

Please create a ticket over on Grid's project site Grid - World of Warcraft - WowAce.com when you have a screenshot showing your problems with the alpha version of Grid in 25-man Malygos.

brooksy86 · 01/14/09, 6:51 PM

general question, I use a ton of different mods at once, my computer can handle the amount of memory they all use but is there a general aspect of using too many mods/ui's at once?

Garantio · 01/15/09, 2:53 AM

Originally Posted by Pastamancer

All 25 drakes are shown. The layouts have not changed since this screenshot was taken. I do not know why you are not seeing all 25 drakes but a screenshot would go a long ways to help figuring things out.

So it's the default layout "By Group 25/w pets"? You mean, maxColumns=5 works pretty well increasing number of columns (or rows in your example) for additional pets? I didn't say that I'm not seeing all 25 drakes but I said that I don't see more than 5 pets and I'm not feeling comfortable enough to try Malygos with possible UI problems. But well, if you say that it works with no layout tweaking then I just can try to see the drakes. Thank you.

Originally Posted by Pastamancer

Please create a ticket over on Grid's project site Grid - World of Warcraft - WowAce.com when you have a screenshot showing your problems with the alpha version of Grid in 25-man Malygos.

Yes, if anything will go wrong with drakes, I will file a ticket.

Pastamancer · 01/15/09, 2:58 AM

Originally Posted by Garantio

So it's the default layout "By Group 25/w pets"? You mean, maxColumns=5 works pretty well increasing number of columns (or rows in your example) for additional pets? I didn't say that I'm not seeing all 25 drakes but I said that I don't see more than 5 pets

Yes, that screenshot is using the "By Group 25/w pets" layout.

Not seeing more than 5 pets and not seeing space for more than 5 pets are two very different things. By setting maxColumns = 5, it will use as many columns as necessary up to 5 columns but you will not see extra columns unless they are needed.

Garantio · 01/15/09, 3:01 AM

Originally Posted by Pastamancer

Yes, that screenshot is using the "By Group 25/w pets" layout.

Good. Then I'm pretty confident for our next raid

Originally Posted by Pastamancer

Not seeing more than 5 pets and not seeing space for more than 5 pets are two very different things. By setting maxColumns = 5, it will use as many columns as necessary up to 5 columns but you will not see extra columns unless they are needed.

It's quite obvious. That's why I tried to get more than 5 pets in raid but seen DK's ghould replaced by shadowfiend instead of 2nd column. I'll try to get sceenshots with this and file a ticket on wowace when available.

Recursion · 01/19/09, 7:54 AM

Hi, I've just started using grid and was having some trouble with it that I hope you guys might e able to help with.

In a party of 5, the following positions are shown in Blizzard's party frame:

Position 1 (F1 Hotkey) : Me
Position 2 (F2 Hotkey) : Warrior
Position 3 (F3 Hotkey) : Shaman
Position 4 (F4 Hotkey) : Rogue
Position 5 (F5 Hotkey) : Druid

However in grid it shows as:

1 : Warrior
2 : Druid
3 : Me
4 : Shaman
5 : Rogue

This causes a problem because in addition to clicking the grid frame, I sometimes use the function keys 1-5 for healing too.

Is there anyway to make the position of party members in grid to correspond to those of Blizzard's party frame (with me being in position 1 regardless of whether or not I'm leader)?

Many thanks!

Mokhtar · 01/19/09, 9:18 AM

I think Pasta stated that in next release there would be a "By group 5 - sort by index" layout. In the meantime you may edit the GridLayoutLayout.lua file to hack in the index sorting method. Something like this should work :

GridLayout:AddLayout(L["By Group 5"], {
	[1] = {
		groupFilter = "1",,
		sortMethod = "INDEX", -- this line added
	},
})

Recursion · 01/19/09, 5:56 PM

Great thanks! I'll give that a try!

• fox · 01/20/09, 3:01 AM

Anyone know if GridQuickHealth is needed anymore? I can't seem to find a definitive answer on the forums and all the mods (QuickHealth and InstantHealth) are now marked abandoned on curse.

Fegis · 01/20/09, 7:02 PM

Originally Posted by fox

Anyone know if GridQuickHealth is needed anymore? I can't seem to find a definitive answer on the forums and all the mods (QuickHealth and InstantHealth) are now marked abandoned on curse.

i was just doing my UI and wondering the same

any help much appreciated

Garantio · 01/21/09, 4:16 AM

Our guild finally went to slay Malygos and I want to say thousand thanks to Grid developers as it's working with all those drakes now.
I've encountered couple of minor problems I'd like to address. May be it's possible to change by settings?

1. I want to see healing combo-points on each drake
2. I want to sort drakes by player's group instead of name and maintain each drake position fixed through all the fight. Currently, drakes are sorted by name and upon death of each drake everyone else is being shifted. This make group-wise healing quite complicated and I had to keep using the original raid frame.

Thanks a lot!

exschwizer · 01/21/09, 4:37 AM

Is there a possibility in Grid to only show your own buffs and hots? I've manually added Riptide and Healing Way on my Resto-Shaman, and in heroic raids with two ore more shamans there is no way to distinguish between my own buffs - which do affect my healing - and the ones from the other shamans that don't. At the moment I'm using Hotcandy for my Riptide-HoTs, but I'm not keen on using yet another addon for tracking Healing-Way-Duration.
I apologise if the question was already settled in this thread and I just didn't find the answer.