Fake statusbar setpoint

[zork]

I got a question. I will test it later but maybe someone will know the answer already.

Is this possible?

local bar = self.HealthBar
bar.texture = bar:GetStatusBarTexture() --texture object
--new fake statusbar
bar.newTexture = bar:CreateTexture(nil, "BACKGROUND",nil,-6)
bar.newTexture:SetAllPoints(bar.texture)
bar.newTexture:SetTexture(bar.texture:GetTexture()) --texture file path
bar.newTexture:SetVertexColor(0,1,1)
--old statusbar texture goodbye
bar.texture:SetTexture(nil)
--alternative test..this may destroy the texture reference though
--bar:SetStatusBarTexture(nil)

Basically I want to hide the default statusbar texture and add a new one.
But I do not want to hook the OnValueChanged event to update the setpoint.
So I thought...maybe it is possible to set the setpoints of the new texture to points of the old statusbar texture object. Sounds like it could work.

[p3lim]

If setting the texture to nil doesn't work, setting the alpha to 0 will.

The rest of the code should work, but it's always safe to test.

[ravagernl]

Not sure, but assuming Blizzard uses GetRegion() to select the first texture maybe some funky SetParent calls on the regions that are added after the healthbar texture will push the order of the new healthbar.

[zork]

Ok it is working like I thought it would which is good. But...statusbars use SetTexCoord internally. My texture will just get shrinked down. Alright for my needs though.

--plate.healthbar:SetStatusBarTexture(cfg.healthbarTexture)
    plate.healthbar.texture = plate.healthbar:GetStatusBarTexture()
    plate.healthbar.texture:SetTexture(nil)
    --new fake healthbar
    plate.healthbar._texture = plate.healthbar:CreateTexture(nil, "BACKGROUND",nil,-6)
    plate.healthbar._texture:SetAllPoints(plate.healthbar.texture)
    plate.healthbar._texture:SetTexture(cfg.healthbarTexture) --texture file path
    plate.healthbar._texture:SetVertexColor(0,1,1)
    --[[
    --healthbar bg test
    plate.healthbar.bg = plate.healthbar:CreateTexture(nil, "BACKGROUND",nil,-6)
    plate.healthbar.bg:SetAllPoints(plate.healthbar)
    plate.healthbar.bg:SetTexture(1,1,1)
    plate.healthbar.bg:SetVertexColor(1,0,0,0.2)
    ]]--
    CreateBackdrop(plate.healthbar)