UI Help Center - Page 169

Alezio · 05/10/10, 5:25 AM

Is anyone aware of a cast bar addon that has the option to have channeled and normal spells travelling in the same direction? I've looked in the options of the obvious candidates such as quartz and azcastbar but no dice so far.

If noone is aware of an addon that does this, does anyone know if it is actually possible?

ghetroboy · 05/10/10, 4:36 PM

The little bar in the middle of my screen above Omen that shows my Energy and Combo Points is from the addon Rogue Focus Classic. I like it but it's out of date and I don't like using out of date addons. Anyone know a good current addon that does the exact same thing? Nothing fancy, just a small customizable bar that shows my Energy and number of Combo Points on my current target.

Also, for those wondering why Saurfang's platform is visible this is what can happen if you /reloadui at the start of the Gunship battle. I was "phased" for the whole battle and couldn't get in the canons because there was simply no Alliance ship to shoot at.

Edit: fixed SS

sp00n · 05/13/10, 9:08 AM

Your image isn't displayed, since it requires you to be logged in live.com, which I am not.

Disquette · 05/15/10, 11:41 PM

Argh, I'm having a lot of trouble trying to change the height of an edit box in a config page so that it is always Y pixels high. I did read this in wowwiki:

Note that multi-line EditBoxes will ignore any attempts to set its height via :SetHeight() or via Dimension attributes in XML. They will start out the height of a single line of text, and keep expanding their area as needed. This effect becomes visible if the editbox has a backdrop set, or a texture anchored to its corners.

Explicitly setting the top and bottom anchors with :SetPoint() will however size it like expected.

So, I tried using the SetPoint method as follows:

  MyAddonFrame_InputBox:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", "MyAddonFrame", "TOPLEFT", 22, -60);
  MyAddonFrame_InputBox:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", "MyAddonFrame", "TOPLEFT", 222, -260);

No luck. The X dimension scales like it should when I change the first of the coordinate arguments, but the Y dimension of the text-input editbox still doesn't expand vertically when I change the last argument. Any ideas?

AmeroGER · 05/16/10, 2:02 PM

I am facing a very annoying bug, that I can't seem to track down. Every now and then random areas on my monitor refuse clickthrough to turn the camera or character. When they do appear, they are permanent until I /rl. One common denominator I could make out was Satrina Buff Frames (SBF). If I make my auras clickable and an aura fades the space they occupied refuses clickthrough thereafter. But I have also found this bug to apply to other areas. /fstack reveals nothing. Just what could this be?

Beska · 05/20/10, 12:29 PM

Does Chatter (or Prat, for that matter) not hook into the default API for colouring names by class? With the default UI, I'm getting class colours for everybody (no grey - I don't need to /who and archive people) while with Chatter/Prat I'm needing to /who before getting the class colour. Is it a closed API or something?

Zenedra · 05/21/10, 5:50 AM

Originally Posted by Beska

Does Chatter (or Prat, for that matter) not hook into the default API for colouring names by class? With the default UI, I'm getting class colours for everybody (no grey - I don't need to /who and archive people) while with Chatter/Prat I'm needing to /who before getting the class colour. Is it a closed API or something?

I use Prat, and I haven't seen any grey names since Blizzard updated their API to show coloured names. Are you sure you're running the newest version of the mod?

harrellj · 05/21/10, 6:36 AM

I also use prat and also do not see the gray colors. Other than checking that you have the latest version, is your chat addon set to use class colors for names? And if you go to the chat settings for that tab, is it also set to display players names in their class color?

Beska · 05/21/10, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by Zenedra

I use Prat, and I haven't seen any grey names since Blizzard updated their API to show coloured names. Are you sure you're running the newest version of the mod?

Originally Posted by harrellj

I also use prat and also do not see the gray colors. Other than checking that you have the latest version, is your chat addon set to use class colors for names? And if you go to the chat settings for that tab, is it also set to display players names in their class color?

Might be something I've fucked up in the settings or an addon conflict. I'll check it out. Thanks for letting me know that it works.

siltsu · 05/22/10, 8:36 AM

Originally Posted by AmeroGER

I am facing a very annoying bug, that I can't seem to track down. Every now and then random areas on my monitor refuse clickthrough to turn the camera or character. When they do appear, they are permanent until I /rl. One common denominator I could make out was Satrina Buff Frames (SBF). If I make my auras clickable and an aura fades the space they occupied refuses clickthrough thereafter. But I have also found this bug to apply to other areas. /fstack reveals nothing. Just what could this be?

I had the same problem and eventually tracked it down to the Combo Points -module in Pitbull4, so I disabled that. Or actually the developer said something about it manifesting whenever the PB4 config-window is opened, can't remember anymore what exactly happens but was related to creating said combo points.

I also have SBF (among loads of other stuff) and the only times I could replicate the issue was with PB4 active and going through the test modes. This only happened in raids, or when a raid test-mode had been active, never with just my soloing ui.

Though if you don't have PB4 installed that's obviously not the cause...

Eclipse86 · 05/22/10, 11:12 AM

I am trying to learn and configure my Shadowed Unit Frames for a 10/25 man raid setup on the left side of my UI and going from top to bottom in one column much like this http://s.wowinterface.com/preview/pvw34207.png but can’t seem to figure it out and have tried just about all I know. Anybody good with this mod I’m sure its something very simple I just can’t seem to find it. here is an image of pretty much exactly what I want on Yuke's UI image, it’s about the 6 post down while fighting Hodir: Hunter PvE UIs.

Grizzles · 05/27/10, 1:18 PM

The little bar in the middle of my screen above Omen that shows my Energy and Combo Points is from the addon Rogue Focus Classic. I like it but it's out of date and I don't like using out of date addons. Anyone know a good current addon that does the exact same thing? Nothing fancy, just a small customizable bar that shows my Energy and number of Combo Points on my current target.

The only one I know of that is updated is SliceAdmiral: SliceAdmiral - Addons - Curse

I'm not sure why you're adverse to using out of date addons. Many simple addons, such as energy bars, can go several patches without being updated and continue to work.

FWIW, I use SliceCommander: SliceCommander - Addons - Curse

OmeCorn · 05/27/10, 8:36 PM

I got a question regarding the "Loot Roll" plugin for AZCastBars. Somebody made a skin for it, which I cannot remake.

This is how it looks. He says he made it by adding a custom bar-background covering the bar and icon and changing the maximum possible inset of the background. But frankly, I don't know how I can do both of the things. Anyone who can help me with it?

Aragda · 05/30/10, 12:01 PM

I recently redid my UI from a CT_Mod based setup to a more custom setup using bartender, satrinas, shadowed unit frames, and more. The problem I have encountered is with my chat box. On 3 of my toons (warlock, dk, and hunter, occupying character slots 2, 4, and 6) the chat box will not stay where i put it at the botom of the screen. It floats back up to its default vertical position. This problem does not effect my other toons (representing every class except mage, slots 1,3,5,7,8,9) and the reset occours when my UI is reset by any means (console reload, zoneing, closing options menu).

This is where it should be.

This is where it goes.

I want it to stay put in the location I place it on the 3 toons effected, like it does for my other 6 toons.

harrellj · 05/30/10, 6:48 PM

Originally Posted by Aragda

I recently redid my UI from a CT_Mod based setup to a more custom setup using bartender, satrinas, shadowed unit frames, and more. The problem I have encountered is with my chat box. On 3 of my toons (warlock, dk, and hunter, occupying character slots 2, 4, and 6) the chat box will not stay where i put it at the botom of the screen. It floats back up to its default vertical position. This problem does not effect my other toons (representing every class except mage, slots 1,3,5,7,8,9) and the reset occours when my UI is reset by any means (console reload, zoneing, closing options menu).

I want it to stay put in the location I place it on the 3 toons effected, like it does for my other 6 toons.

Go into your WTF folder and specifically into those characters' folders. There should be a file named layout-local.txt Rename it to layout-local.bak and restart WoW. You'll have to reset locations of items, but see if that fixes the problem. Alternatively (and likely easier), make sure that the file itself isn't marked as read only.