Magic Targets 

Hi - I am by no means a programmer, but I am not sure I understand why the targets are not clickable? I use oUF unit frames, which contain party targets in my layout, and I am able to click on these targets to target the mob myself. How is this different than your mod? I am not saying you are wrong, I am just asking for clarification for my own education.

Thanks for the help!

I moved the anchor to where I wanted it. When I reload it moves itself back to the first position I placed it in, not the last one I had it in.

Being able to click targets in mods and/or have mods target for you is one of most common requests out there. But "targeting will never be possible, period. the 2.0 secure unit frame changes do not permit secure frames to be created, changed, or removed in combat" (comment by Durcyn here). Those changes came into effect when WoW 2.0 was released in December 2006.

The only things you can click to target a mob in combat are unit frames (Blizzard or replacements such as oUF), mob nameplates (Blizzard or replacements such as Aloft) or the mob itself.

Mods which don't replace unit frames or nameplates (such as MagicTargets) can't be used to click-target mobs anymore.

Getting this error once in a while(only seen it while in BGs):

[2008/07/03 08:55:55-1867-x1]: MagicTargets-1.0\MagicTargets.lua:325: table index is nil
MagicTargets-1.0\MagicTargets.lua:704: in function `IterateRaid'
MagicTargets-1.0\MagicTargets.lua:325: in function <Interface\AddOns\MagicTargets\MagicTargets.lua:316>
(tail call): ?:
<in C code>: ?
<string>:"safecall Dispatcher[2]":9: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[2]"]:5>
(tail call): ?:
AceTimer-3.0\AceTimer-3.0.lua:140: in function <Interface\AddOns\Ace3\AceTimer-3.0\AceTimer-3.0.lua:114>

Yep, forgot that. Its the same method Tekkub uses for ControlFreak's button (which allows clicking in combat), among other mods out there. You can't switch targets by clicking the button in that mod though, all it does is set the focus target from what you already have targeted.

Reposting the posts I made in the Wowace forums about a current problem with the mod's libraries in case you don't see them there:

Gave MagicTargets r77558 a try for the first time on a low level alt (no other mods running). No errors, works very well, looked promising.

Enabled it on a main here. This time an error at logon:
MagicTargets\LibFuBarPlugin-Mod-3.0.lua:598: attempt to index upvalue 'Tablet20' (a nil value)

A couple other mods on the main character embed LibFuBarPlugin-Mod-3.0.lua: Omen & FuBar_WhoRollFu. The versions of the library included with those (74211) are different from the one included with MagicTargets (75670).

MagicTargets includes the different version library in the main mod folder, not as an external. The different versions loading shouldn't make a difference, but you never know.

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Post I made a couple days later:

Deleted the LibFuBarPlugin-Mod-3.0.lua file in the \MagicTargets folder; no more errors. The mod is now using here the file revision 74211 being loaded with Omen. That file should be in externals (a lib folder), not in the root folder as its currently being downloaded.

The current revision of LibFuBarPlugin-Mod-3.0.lua in Branches is r74211; where is the newer one being downloaded with the mod (causing the logon error) from? Also, one of the included libs is LibLogger-1.0. Isn't that lib just for debugging?

Anyway, hope the library issues can be fixed. Other than the lib problems, the mod works great here so far.

I can't get the addon to detect me as a Tank, i'm a protection spec warrior. and it says untanked. using latest version off wowace.

A request if possible. could we get the mobs target in the bar as well?

I'd like to glance at the bars to see quickly if and who in my group the mob is on.

Thanks again love the addon,

This is my first post on this site, and I wanted to make it here because this looks like the most promising mod I've seen in a while. I know very little about mod making, I just wanted to ask a question. I know that Aloft allows you to move nameplates. Would it be possible to simply move target nameplates into a list and use those as the target bars? Would that provide the same fuction with clicking ability? Again, I have no idea how all of this works, I'm just asking.

Also, when I tried using this mod, it caused an error with both Omen and Button Facade. I had to disable the mod because of the error with Omen. Basically it locked Omen in AoE mode and would give an error whenever I tried to open the Omen config menu. Does anyone have any idea about this?