Threat Plates

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Originally posted by danltiger
Good point. Maybe it's worth just having the Raid Icon event request all those updates, automagically...

Edit: In the next update, OnUpdateRaidIcon will call for refresh on the Raid Icon, and the health bar color.

Edit: nvm I read it wrong

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12-01-10, 02:57 AM
odinriko A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 4 Uploads: 0	Debuff Is there a way to make the debuffs appear over all the nameplates without targeting/mouseovering them? I play a druid tank, and I swear that this used to show the dubuffs for all mobs, it helped a lot with my tab/lacerate sequence. Thank you for an excellent addon.

12-01-10, 03:00 AM

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Re: Debuff

Originally posted by odinriko
Is there a way to make the debuffs appear over all the nameplates without targeting/mouseovering them? I play a druid tank, and I swear that this used to show the dubuffs for all mobs, it helped a lot with my tab/lacerate sequence. Thank you for an excellent addon.

Nope sorry =/

In order for the addon to know what debuffs there are on something you have to target / mouseover the nameplate to gain the UnitGUID information.

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12-01-10, 11:22 AM

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Incorporated Stance/Shapeshift/Aura/Presence Monitoring (Warr/Druid/Paladin/DK only options) *If turned on this ignores spec settings and only looks for stances/shapeshifts/etc.*

Outstanding. Thanks for making this addon better and better.

12-01-10, 11:24 AM

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Re: Debuff

With the debuff widget, mousing over a nameplate, or selecting it as a target (via click or tab works) will update the buff timers on that plate via the UnitAura() API function. So, if you tab to a mob and apply lacerate, it should appear on that plate until it expires. One catch; if the plate goes offscreen, Tidy Plates loses the tracking ID. So you'll have to target the mob or mouseover the plate to reaquire the data.

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12-01-10, 07:36 PM

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I've been getting the following LUA error on the last couple releases. Any thoughts?

Code:

Message: Interface\AddOns\TidyPlates\widgets\TankedWidget.lua:18: attempt to call global 'IsRaidTank' (a nil value)
Time: Wed Dec  1 17:35:07 2010
Count: 6
Stack: (tail call): ?
[C]: in function `IsRaidTank'
Interface\AddOns\TidyPlates\widgets\TankedWidget.lua:18: in function `Update'
...e\AddOns\TidyPlates_ThreatPlates\Widgets\Widgets.lua:145: in function `OnUpdate'
Interface\AddOns\TidyPlates\TidyPlatesCore.lua:387: in function <Interface\AddOns\TidyPlates\TidyPlatesCore.lua:371>
Interface\AddOns\TidyPlates\TidyPlatesCore.lua:499: in function `functionToRun'
Interface\AddOns\TidyPlates\TidyPlatesCore.lua:825: in function <Interface\AddOns\TidyPlates\TidyPlatesCore.lua:822>
Interface\AddOns\TidyPlates\TidyPlatesCore.lua:893: in function <Interface\AddOns\TidyPlates\TidyPlatesCore.lua:835>

Locals: (*temporary) = 0.021000001579523
(*temporary) = <function> defined =[C]:-1

12-01-10, 11:12 PM

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Originally posted by humperdinck
I've been getting the following LUA error on the last couple releases. Any thoughts?

Which release of Tidy Plates is this? Beta? or Release release?

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12-01-10, 11:35 PM

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Originally posted by suicidalkatt
Which release of Tidy Plates is this? Beta? or Release release?

Tidy Plates Beta.

12-02-10, 07:29 AM

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Originally posted by humperdinck
Tidy Plates Beta.

There seems to be no previous instance of "IsRaidTank" perhaps it was recently removed from blizzard API.

I'll see if I can rewrite the Widget and pass it over to danltiger.

Looking at it again, danltiger left a large portion of the widget code from the previous version out. I'm assuming he's planning to rewrite it using the 'unit.target' value.

* Edit * or I could read his latest beta changelog

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12-02-10, 11:14 AM

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Originally posted by suicidalkatt

There seems to be no previous instance of "IsRaidTank" perhaps it was recently removed from blizzard API.

I'll see if I can rewrite the Widget and pass it over to danltiger.

Looking at it again, danltiger left a large portion of the widget code from the previous version out. I'm assuming he's planning to rewrite it using the 'unit.target' value.

* Edit * or I could read his latest beta changelog

Yeah, it looks like he fixed it last night/this morning. Thanks!

12-02-10, 09:28 PM
Eetabeetay A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 4 File comments: 4 Uploads: 0	I play with my camera distance at maximum, with the /console cameradistancemaxfactor 4 command, and its causing me some issues with the nameplates. At that camera distance, the nameplates cover up practically all of the npc's/player's model. This is extremely annoying when I'm trying to right click to start auto attack and its hard to find a bit of the model sticking out, especially since in most situations the nameplate positions and/or camera angle is moving around. First of all, I'm not missing some setting to help me with this am I. If not, would it be possible to add a feature that allows you to start auto attack by right clicking the nameplate itself, or make a setting that offsets the nameplate itself from the npc model. Both would be cool, but either one would fix my issue.

12-03-10, 09:13 AM
Gorgix A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 13 Uploads: 0	My main spec is DPS and my off spec is Tank. It used to be the reverse and when I was tanking the nameplates would be smaller on scale for high threat values and then get larger for lower threat values. Under the dual spec settings I have them set as P: DPS, S: Tank. When I look under the DPS Threat Levels tab, it has it the way I want it for DPS, small scale level for low threat and large scale for high threat. Under the Tank Threat Levels tab it has the reverse with large scale for low threat and small scale for high threat. This is how I want it but it doesn't seem to be working. When tanking in a dungeon, the nameplates take the role of DPS. I went to the Threat Options tab and saw that it asks me to select the roll that I am currently fulfilling and it has it set as DPS (obviously this here is the problem). I have Warrior Stances enabled but it never switches to the Tanking role so that I can fix this issue. How can I get it to recognize what role (Tank or DPS) I am filling? Or do I have to change the roll each time manually? Also I have the Tidy Plates themes set to P: Threat Plates, S: Threat Plates Note: P: = Primary S: = Secondary

12-03-10, 09:18 AM

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Originally posted by Eetabeetay
I play with my camera distance at maximum, with the /console cameradistancemaxfactor 4 command, and its causing me some issues with the nameplates. At that camera distance, the nameplates cover up practically all of the npc's/player's model. This is extremely annoying when I'm trying to right click to start auto attack and its hard to find a bit of the model sticking out, especially since in most situations the nameplate positions and/or camera angle is moving around.

First of all, I'm not missing some setting to help me with this am I.
If not, would it be possible to add a feature that allows you to start auto attack by right clicking the nameplate itself, or make a setting that offsets the nameplate itself from the npc model. Both would be cool, but either one would fix my issue.

I have no control on what clicking does to the nameplates. They inherit the default nameplate actions. Zooming out with your camera will eventually prevent any way of seeing the mobs due to the framesize. Offsetting the nameplates just makes it harder to click them since the mouseover click area does not translate.

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12-03-10, 09:20 AM

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Originally posted by Gorgix
My main spec is DPS and my off spec is Tank. It used to be the reverse and when I was tanking the nameplates would be smaller on scale for high threat values and then get larger for lower threat values.

Under the dual spec settings I have them set as P: DPS, S: Tank.

When I look under the DPS Threat Levels tab, it has it the way I want it for DPS, small scale level for low threat and large scale for high threat. Under the Tank Threat Levels tab it has the reverse with large scale for low threat and small scale for high threat. This is how I want it but it doesn't seem to be working. When tanking in a dungeon, the nameplates take the role of DPS.

I went to the Threat Options tab and saw that it asks me to select the roll that I am currently fulfilling and it has it set as DPS (obviously this here is the problem). I have Warrior Stances enabled but it never switches to the Tanking role so that I can fix this issue.

How can I get it to recognize what role (Tank or DPS) I am filling? Or do I have to change the roll each time manually?

Also I have the Tidy Plates themes set to P: Threat Plates, S: Threat Plates

Note:
P: = Primary
S: = Secondary

The stance monitoring will cause the default threat system by spec to be ignored.

The roles are set when you enter combat depending on your stance, or when you change your stances.

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