Need help please with scripting...

[Lazare]

Trying to figure out how to:
Target a NPC, get its name and map Coordinates, then output them to the GENERAL chat channel.
I have found how to get MY coordinates and output them to the default chat window and thru a macro do a "/1 %t is up" but can't add coordinates to it. Been keeping me up all night trying to figure this out. Thought it would be a simple thing to be able to target a NPC and either click a button or do a /command to send a report tot he world, for something like doing the barrens commanders and their location to get groups of ppl to kill them.

Thanks in advance!

[Dridzt]

Sending your own coordinates alongside the npc name is a good compromise, because by the time you can target it you're pretty close.

The added complexity in trying to adjust for the distance from you is really not worth it for a few yards of difference.
(made even more of a hassle since you would also have to be targeting it face-on or have it in minimap range to get its angle)

Edit: If your question was more along the lines of a specific script you can give this a try.

/run SendChatMessage(("%s is up! %s(%.1f %.1f))"):format(UnitName('target'),GetMinimapZoneText(),GetPlayerMapPosition('player')),"CHANNEL",nil,GetChannelName(GENERAL))

Drycoded and untested.

If you want a button for it, put it in a macro.

[Phanx]

To elaborate, it's not possible for addons to get the exact coordinates of NPCs. You can only get the coordinates for your own character, and for the player characters in your current party or raid group. You can't even get coordinates for your pet, or for the pets of group members.

You can estimate the coordinates of an NPC with a unit token (eg. target, focus, party3target, boss2) by figuring out which way the player is facing, approximating how far away the NPC is (by checking spell ranges and assuming that something in range of your 20-yd spell but out of range of your 40-yd spell is 30 yds away on average), and doing a lot of math to guess coordinates that may or may not be anywhere near the real coordinates.

[Lazare]

Thanks much, will try this tonight!