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Tested:Hour of Twilight 4.3
Updated:12-10-11 06:54 AM
Created:12-14-09 07:18 PM
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Assigned Tank Assist
Version: 1.1.5
by: Akryn, GreyWolfSC
Assigned Tank Assist creates macros that are aware of the "tank" role assigned by the LFD tool. The default is to assist the tank, but they are normal macros except that they can be longer.

Note that !mt and !ma will also work, for the Bliz raid MT and MA. But if you have more than one MT or MA, it basically picks one at random.

To configure, go to the panel (/atassist will go there immediately), and type in a macro in the large box. In the macro, you can use !t where the name of the tank should be inserted. For example, "/assist !t". The addon will keep the macros up to date with the correct name.

Up to 30 macros are supported.

To actually run the macros, do one or both of the following:

1. Set a key binding in the addon's config. panel.
2. Create a normal macro, or edit an existing one, or in some other way run the command:

Code:
/click AssignedTankAssistButton
That line can also by copy/pasted in-game from the smaller text field in the configuration panel. For macros 2-30, you can do the same thing but put the number after, i.e. "/click AssignedTankAssistButton2"
1.1.5 (12-10-2011):
-Updated TOC for 4.3

1.1.4 (10-19-2010):
-Update for WoW 4.0 (thanks to acidzero for providing the fix, since I don't have an account ATM).

1.1.2 (2-9-2010):
-!mt and !ma tags work properly now (note that the tags are designed for raids that only use 1, tags like this are pretty useless if you use multiple mt's or ma's since there's no way to differentiate between them).

1.1.1 (2-8-2010):
-The !mt and !ma tags work better now.
-Fix for "raidx" spam and lag during raid updates (sorry x.x).

1.1 (2-5-2010):
-Added !mt and !ma for raid "maintank" and "mainassist" roles.
-Fix for a bug that caused some ATA settings to be cleared when changing other interface settings without having opened ATA's config panel during the current session.
-Fixed a few typos.

1.0 (1-27-2010):
-You can now have up to 30 macros.
-Fixed the "default" button not resetting all the options.
-Added "Clear Binding" button.

0.1 B10:
-Added an option to suppress error text ("You aren't in a group.", "There is no tank.").
-Added an option to run the macro when called even if there is not a tank (replaces !t with blank space).
-Added a button to bind a key to the macro rather than using the /click command.

0.1 B9:
-Redesign, see the info page.

0.1 B8:
-Check for changes occasionally as well as on events.

0.1 B7:
-Bug fix.

0.1 B6:
-Added some customization options to the top of the .lua file.

0.1 B5:
-Fix for rarely leaving duplicate bindings.
-Allows using a macro (ATA_Temp) instead of a binding (see description).
-Registers PLAYER_ROLES_ASSIGNED in addition to PARTY_MEMBERS_CHANGED

0.1 B4:
-Let's try it this way...

0.1 B3:
-Bug fixes

0.1 B2:
-Bug fixes
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1.1.4
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Akryn
10-19-10 06:42 PM
1.1.2
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02-09-10 08:17 PM
1.1.1
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Akryn
02-08-10 08:22 PM
1.1
5kB
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02-05-10 06:08 PM
1.0
4kB
Akryn
01-27-10 08:43 PM
0.1 B10
3kB
Akryn
01-23-10 11:31 PM
0.1 B9
2kB
Akryn
01-22-10 10:27 PM
0.1 B8
2kB
Akryn
01-07-10 07:02 PM
0.1 B7
2kB
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01-03-10 04:15 PM
0.1 B6
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01-02-10 09:47 PM
0.1 B5
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12-31-09 03:15 PM
0.1 B4
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12-30-09 09:17 AM
0.1 B3
2kB
Akryn
12-16-09 05:59 PM
0.1 B2
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12-15-09 05:41 PM
0.1 B1
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Old 12-11-11, 09:30 AM  
GreyWolfSC
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I'll have to agree with Akryn on that. Although I will add your suggestion to my list of possible future features, the main point in ATA is to have an easy way for lazy people like me to be able to assist random group tanks.

I'm not aware of anyone that uses action buttons for /assist so I'm not sure what the value in adding that feature would be. Profiles, however, is something I'm looking into.
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Old 12-10-11, 03:21 PM  
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Thanks for the feedback. The two addons you mentioned do a lot more than ATA does. Maybe that's the direction the addon will go in the future; but I wanted to mention why I didn't write it that way:

Integrating with the macro system and allowing arbitrary tokens for different units make the addon more feature-rich but also more complex to maintain; and they increase the risk that it will break when WoW gets updated. Integrating with the built-in macro system especially does this, and IMO has very minimal benefit since most people just keybind the addon's macros anyway.

Originally Posted by tordenflesk
Some Suggestion.
Why not create the macro directly and avoid having to macro a macro?
Would it not be better having a 'Create Macro'-button which creates a macro that gets dynamically updated, much in the same way as TyraMagicMacros/MTarget worked? You could then also have a menu-item in the dropdown for units that allowed you to set the various variables manually.
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Old 12-10-11, 11:51 AM  
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Some Suggestion.
Why not create the macro directly and avoid having to macro a macro?
Would it not be better having a 'Create Macro'-button which creates a macro that gets dynamically updated, much in the same way as TyraMagicMacros/MTarget worked? You could then also have a menu-item in the dropdown for units that allowed you to set the various variables manually.
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Old 12-10-11, 06:56 AM  
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Originally Posted by Akryn
Thanks.

I added you to the "team" for this page. Hopefully that should let you upload new versions. Feel free to PM me or reply here if you ever have any questions.

Originally Posted by GreyWolfSC
I'd be happy to take over maintenance of it if you aren't planning on returning. Although my LUA experience is still limited, I can update the TOC versions and try to fix anything that's reported. I've found this to be one of the most useful addons that I've used.
Cool! I've uploaded a 1.1.5 version bumped to 4.3. With the new LFR option I'm hoping to update it in the near future to automatically detect if you're in a raid or party and switch macros accordingly.
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Old 12-09-11, 06:54 PM  
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Thanks.

I added you to the "team" for this page. Hopefully that should let you upload new versions. Feel free to PM me or reply here if you ever have any questions.

Originally Posted by GreyWolfSC
I'd be happy to take over maintenance of it if you aren't planning on returning. Although my LUA experience is still limited, I can update the TOC versions and try to fix anything that's reported. I've found this to be one of the most useful addons that I've used.
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Old 12-08-11, 03:39 PM  
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Originally Posted by Akryn
Thanks. To blankStare (and anyone else), it sounds like you just need to check the box to enable out-of-date addons.
I'd be happy to take over maintenance of it if you aren't planning on returning. Although my LUA experience is still limited, I can update the TOC versions and try to fix anything that's reported. I've found this to be one of the most useful addons that I've used.
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Old 11-08-11, 10:18 AM  
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Originally posted by GreyWolfSC
I'm not currently having any issues with ATA and 4.2 other than the TOC version. [...]
Thanks. To blankStare (and anyone else), it sounds like you just need to check the box to enable out-of-date addons.
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Old 11-08-11, 09:42 AM  
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I'm not currently having any issues with ATA and 4.2 other than the TOC version. What is it not doing?

I have it bound to Shift-F and use "/assist !t" in the configuration.
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Old 09-05-11, 12:01 PM  
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Re: 4.2

I don't play WoW anymore (since WotLK) so I can't update it. I would be happy to give control of the project to anyone who wants to update it though.

<edit: apparently it's actually working, so deleting the rest of this>
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Old 09-05-11, 09:48 AM  
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4.2

I just now got back in instances and I don't know how but i made it thru about 8 not knowing this wasn't working :| any update for 4.2?
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Old 10-19-10, 06:43 PM  
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Thanks!

Originally posted by acidzero
ATA needs a minor change to get it to work properly with 4.0.1 in randoms.
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Old 10-19-10, 05:44 PM  
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ATA needs a minor change to get it to work properly with 4.0.1 in randoms.

Found it was always selecting party1 as the tank which isn't always the tank in randoms. Can be fixed by altering one line of code in the lua:

Change line 255 in AssignedTanKAssist.lua from

if UnitGroupRolesAssigned(p) then

to

if UnitGroupRolesAssigned(p) == "TANK" then

and ATA should correctly identify the tank in 5-man randoms.
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Old 10-16-10, 03:24 PM  
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Huh...well, does ATA work still? My account isn't active ATM. If not, does it give you an error that you could post?

Originally posted by GreyWolfSC
party1 is not always the tank, though. In fact, it's quite often not for me.
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Old 10-16-10, 12:42 PM  
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party1 is not always the tank, though. In fact, it's quite often not for me.
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Old 10-16-10, 10:22 AM  
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Re: update for 4

Originally posted by blankStare
not sure if this is causing a problem for 4 but can you check?
I'm not updating this anymore since "party1" does the same thing by default now. If someone wants (for some reason) to update it for WoW 4, though, feel free to send me the project page link and I'll add it to the description here.
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