[Request] Addon to change some spells descriptions/name in tooltip

kamuul · 06-11-13, 04:14 PM

Hi!

First of all, I'm sorry for my bad english =(
I'm looking for an addon that change some spell descriptions/name in tooltip. I want an addon who can show something like this:

Without the addon

Code:

Healing Touch
28.9% of base mana
Heals a friendly target for 18460 to 21800

With the addon

Code:

Heal a friend
28.9% of base mana
You heals your friend for 18460 to 21800. Your friend will be very thankful!

I want to modify a lot of spells. I see this addon: http://www.wowinterface.com/download...ranslator.html, doing a sightly different thing (it translates the tooltip) but that maybe inspire you!

I hope your answers!

p3lim · 06-11-13, 06:03 PM

Lua Code:

local str = "Heals a friendly target for (%d+) to (%d+)"
local newStr = "You heals your friend for $1 to $2. Your friend will be very thankful!"
 
GameTooltip:HookScript('OnShow', function(self)
    for index = 1, self:NumLines() do
        local line = _G['GameTooltipTextLeft' .. index]
        local text = line:GetText()
        if(string.match(text, str)) then
            line:SetText(string.gsub(text, str, newStr))
        end
    end
end)

Something like this would work, syntax is probably way off and only works for one string, a table refering would probably be optimal, as well as some more checks than just the string to avoid lookups.

Phanx · 06-11-13, 06:05 PM

I'm not sure how adding more meaningless text to the tooltip makes it more readable or more useful, but here you go:

Code:

local patterns = {
    ["Heals a friendly target for (%d+) to (%d+)."] = "You heal your friend for %1 to %2. Your friend will be very thankful!",
}

GameTooltip:HookScript("OnTooltipSetSpell", function(self)
    for i = 3, self:NumLines() do
        local line = _G["GameTooltipTextLeft"..i]
        local text = line:GetText()
        for k, v in pairs(patterns) do
            text = gsub(text, k, v)
        end
        line:SetText(text)
    end
    self:Show()
end)

Add more patterns as desired.

**Seerah** · 06-11-13, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by Phanx

I'm not sure how adding more meaningless text to the tooltip makes it more readable or more useful, but here you go:\

I'm pretty sure it's just for flavor and/or RP purposes.

kamuul · 06-12-13, 05:01 AM

Hi! Thank you very much for your answer!

Indeed, it is for RP purposes.

p3lim, thank you so much! Like you say, I want it to work for more string. However, thank you!

Phanks, about your code, in order to add more patterns, it is something like this to use it with more spells?

Code:

local patterns = {
    ["Heals a friendly target for (%d+) to (%d+)."] = "You heal your friend for %1 to %2. Your friend will be very thankful!",
    ["Returns the spirit to the body."] = "Order your friend to come back to life!",
}

Can i use this code to change spellnames too?

Thank you again!

p3lim · 06-12-13, 07:25 AM

Correct, and phanx's stuff is more or less the same that I made.
And yes, that's how you would add more.

In order to include the spellname, I'd probably change the code up a bit to check for actual spellID or real spellNames (just for safety), but you can change this in phanx's code:

Code:

for i = 3, self:NumLines() do

into

Code:

for i = 1, self:NumLines() do

kamuul · 06-12-13, 07:33 AM

Nice! I'll change it.

Again, thank you very much!!!!

ravagernl · 06-12-13, 10:01 AM

I wonder, would it not be more efficient if replacement texts were bound to spellid for strings that are not ambiguous in any way? Assuming I want to translate "Call Pet 1" to dutch:

lua Code:

local spellNames = {
    [883] = "Roep Waakdier 1"
}
local spellDescriptions = {
    [883] = "Roept je eerste waakdier op."
}

Then, you can use the spellId(tooltip:GetSpell()) to replace the values.

Offcourse, for spells that have a generic description, such as parry or strings such as "Item Level (%d+)", a generic replacement table is better.

Phanx · 06-12-13, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by ravagernl

I wonder, would it not be more efficient if replacement texts were bound to spellid for strings that are not ambiguous in any way? Assuming I want to translate "Call Pet 1" to dutch:

lua Code:

local spellNames = {
    [883] = "Roep Waakdier 1"
}
local spellDescriptions = {
    [883] = "Roept je eerste waakdier op."
}

Then, you can use the spellId(tooltip:GetSpell()) to replace the values.

Given the number of spells that share the same name (eg. there are about 30 spells named "Mortal Strike") it would probably be more efficient to use the "real" name as the key:

Code:

local spellNames = {
    [(GetSpellInfo(883))] = "Roep Waakdier 1"
}

And for any text that includes values (damage, healing, number of debuffs dispelled, length of time, etc.) you would still need to use pattern matching, so again, you might as well just key off the text, since the vast majority of text found in spell tooltips can be generalized into a handful of patterns.

10leej · 06-12-13, 04:40 PM

I didn't think it was this straight forward to modify the tooltip.

kamuul · 06-23-13, 05:25 AM

Hi again!

I've been testing what all of you write for me, and finally, I think this code (by Treeston) fits better what I'm looking for, but I still have some problems:
-It doesn't change the spellname shown in the talent panel
-I want to change the name shown in the castbar and buff bar
-I have problems with big spell descriptions, it doens't works very well (spells like "Heart of the wild" or "Solace and insanity")

Would you help me again, please?

Thank you again!

Lua Code:

local tooltips = {"GameTooltip"} 
local replacedSpells = {
    [108238] = { -- SpellID 
        "Big heal", -- New name
        "Instantly heals the Druid for 30%% of maximum health.  Useable in all shapeshift forms.", -- Pattern to match against old tooltip
        "Heals you a lot. Use it while in bear form for better results.", -- Formatstring for new tooltip
    },
}
 
local ifformat = function(fstring, ...)
    if (...) then
        return fstring:format(...)
    end
end
 
local trigger = function(self)
    local _,_,id = self:GetSpell()
    if not id then return end
    local data = replacedSpells[id]
    if not data then return end
    local n = self:GetName()
    local t1 = _G[("%sTextLeft1"):format(n)]
    if t1 then t1:SetText(data[1]) end
    local i = 2
    local t2 = _G[("%sTextLeft%d"):format(n,i)]
    while t2 do
    local t2t,m = (t2:GetText())
        if t2t then
            m = ifformat(data[3],t2t:match(data[2]))
        end
        if m then
            t2:SetText(m)
            break
        end
        i=i+1
        t2 = _G[("%sTextLeft%d"):format(n,i)]
    end
end
 
for _,tooltipName in ipairs(tooltips) do
    local t = _G[tooltipName]
    if t then
        t:SetScript("OnTooltipSetSpell",trigger)
    else
        print(("Tooltip does not exist: %s"):format(tooltipName))
    end
end
 
hooksecurefunc("SpellButton_UpdateButton",function(s) -- next code change spellname shown in spellbook
    local _,_,id = SpellBook_GetSpellBookSlot(s)
    local data = replacedSpells[id]
    if data then
        _G[("%sSpellName"):format(s:GetName())]:SetText(data[1])
    end
end)