TOTAL health of every party in a raid

[GizmoC]

Hello

I am new to the modding scene.

Suppose I have a raid, everytime the RAID_ROSTER_UPDATE event is fired, I want to calculate the TOTAL health of each party.

My problem is that the UnitHealth(raidN) does not take into consideration which party "raidN" is in.

So for instance, suppose I have a raid of just 2 people. If one person is in Group1 and the other is in Group5; the raid index of player1 will be raid1 and the raid index of player2 will be raid2.
Ideally, I would like the raid index to exactly correspond to where they are placed inside the raid. That is, if player1 was the first member of Group1 then his raid index would be raid1, whereas, if player2 was the first member of Group2 his raid index would be raid6

Anyway, you get the idea.. I hope.

Appreciate the help

[wereHamster]

Originally Posted by GizmoC My problem is that the UnitHealth(raidN) does not take into consideration which party "raidN" is in.

http://www.wowwiki.com/API_GetRaidRosterInfo

Originally Posted by GizmoC So for instance, suppose I have a raid of just 2 people. If one person is in Group1 and the other is in Group5; the raid index of player1 will be raid1 and the raid index of player2 will be raid2. Ideally, I would like the raid index to exactly correspond to where they are placed inside the raid. That is, if player1 was the first member of Group1 then his raid index would be raid1, whereas, if player2 was the first member of Group2 his raid index would be raid6

you can't change the unitIDs or raid indexes.

[GizmoC]

One more thing,

I want my mod to be able to detect if a player in the raid dies, and then check if that player was a Priest.
Any ideas?

[GizmoC]

nm.....dfdgfdfg

[Gello]

The raid unit id appears to follow the roster index too btw. I haven't done enough with the raid UI to say for sure. But you could do:

raidGroupHealth = {}
raidGroupHealthMax = {}

local group
for i=1,GetNumRaidMembers() do
_,_,group = GetRaidRosterInfo(i)
raidGroupHealth[group] = (raidGroupHealth[group] or 0) + UnitHealth("raid"..i)
raidGroupHealthMax[group] = (raidGroupHealthMax[group] or 0) + UnitHealthMax("raid"..i)
end

For detecting when players die, there is unfortunately no easy solution. You can watch combat log but it won't catch someone dying far away. One solution is an OnUpdate that periodically checks if anyone is dead (it wouldn't have to check often). Another if everyone is required to use the mod is to send info over a shared chat channel when a person dies. Maybe the best solution is a UNIT_HEALTH event and check if UnitIsDeadOrGhost(arg1).

[GizmoC]

Originally Posted by Gello ... Another if everyone is required to use the mod is to send info over a shared chat channel when a person dies...

That is exactly what I was thinking.

Is there a way I can make my mod subscribe to the CTRaidAssist channel, and then "scan" the channel for any message that indicates a player death?