Reloacating raid frames via slash

[Manube]

I have been trying to put together a slash command to change my frame position biased on my roll in a raid.

This is how I've attempted to go about doing this, and I also have the Ideal.config saved in the saved variables folder via the TOC. However I cannot seem to make it save the new Ideal.config values when the reloadUI action occurs. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

if (Ideal == nil) then
Ideal = {config = {
    plx = -175,
    ply = -150,
    rax = -200,
    ray = -260,
    }}
end

SlashCmdList['IDEAL'] = function(id)
	if(id and (id=='tank' or id=='dps'))then
		Ideal.config.plx = -175
		Ideal.config.ply = -150
		Ideal.config.rax = -200
		Ideal.config.ray = -260
		ReloadUI()
	elseif(id and id=='heal10') then
		Ideal.config.plx = -175
		Ideal.config.ply = -150
		Ideal.config.rax = -20
		Ideal.config.ray = -120
		ReloadUI()
	elseif(id and id == 'heal25') then
		Ideal.config.plx = -175
		Ideal.config.ply = -150
		Ideal.config.rax = -200
		Ideal.config.ray = -260
		ReloadUI()
	else
		print("Input /ideal followed by your raid assignment: tank, dps, heal10, heal25")
	end
end
SLASH_IDEAL1='/ideal'

Do I have to do something special to pull or insert values into the saved variables folder?

[Waverian]

http://www.wowwiki.com/Saving_variab..._game_sessions

Short version is write the values when the PLAYER_LOGOUT event is fired.

[v6o]

Originally Posted by Waverian Short version is write the values when the PLAYER_LOGOUT event is fired.

Untrue. That's just if you need to make some last changes before you log out / variables are saved.


@Manube

I didn't make anything permanent so I just move my frames with SetPoint and not reloading (reloading loads in default positions)

If you want to save location / mode for next login then you could use SavedVariables.

[Manube]

sorry for my ignorance, but how do you "not anchor" the frames when you use setpoint. i've played around for quite some time with your last sugestions yourstruly and i really like the idea but can't seem to implement it properly. any pointers would be much appreciated.

Thanks for your help thus far.

Manube

[v6o]

I don't use user placed / movable by dragging or anything like that so my unit frame locations are not saved but instead is set by my layout. Basically it contains raid1:SetPoint() and all my other raid groups are anchored to raid1. This makes the move just temporary until a ui reload or login but as I'm mostly in the default, it doesn't matter.

All I do to move my raid frames then is.

local UnitFrameMode = 0
SLASH_UNITFRAMEMODE1 = '/mode'
SlashCmdList['UNITFRAMEMODE'] = function()
	if (InCombatLockdown()) then return end
	if UnitFrameMode==0 then
		UnitFrameMode=1
		raid[1]:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", UIParent, "CENTER", -210, -240)
	else
		UnitFrameMode=0
		raid[1]:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", UIParent, "TOPLEFT", 10, -10)
	end
end

[Manube]

Thanks a lot this worked perfectly, I would have never thought of doing this.



-Manube