Modifing Blizzard Unitframes via lua-editing

[r3v4n]

Hey there everyone,

first of all: sorry for my bad English, but it's not my native language

Here's my problem: I want to modify my UI (Blizzard Unitframes) by lua editing. Without using any addon.
I searched the internet and I'm pretty sure, that I've done quiet well for my first ... second time in lua editing:

PlayerFrame:ClearAllPoints() PlayerFrame:SetPoint("center", -175, -140)
TargetFrame:ClearAllPoints() TargetFrame:SetPoint("center", 175, -140)

This should place my player and target frame pretty near the center at the same hight.
But it doesnt.
Target frame is almost(!) placed where it should be and my player frame is just uneffected.

I've activated the "show me lua errors" in game but there are none ...

Can anyone help me with this?
I would be very grateful

[Haleth]

There is probably some Blizzard code that causes it to move. If you want I can look it up, but did you know you can right-click the frames to unlock them and move them around? That might be easier.

[r3v4n]

Originally Posted by Haleth If you want I can look it up, but did you know you can right-click the frames to unlock them and move them around? That might be easier.

Seriously?

Shame on me
Since when is this possible ...?

Anyhow, that information helped me a lot, thank you very much

[jeffy162]

Originally Posted by r3v4n Seriously? Shame on me Since when is this possible ...? Anyhow, that information helped me a lot, thank you very much

I believe since the beginning of Cataclysm on live servers......

Blizzard didn't make a huge announcement that you could do that, but It was somewhere in the expansion notes.

[10leej]

Actually it was implemented in patch 4.1 anyways to get them to move by .lua I found this method works for BobUI causes some taint though still trying to work that out

--SetPoints
    TargetFrame:ClearAllPoints() TargetFrame:SetPoint(cfg.Targetpoint, cfg.TargetpositionX, cfg.TargetpositionY) 
    TargetFrameToT:ClearAllPoints() TargetFrameToT:SetPoint("LEFT",TargetFrame,"Top", -15, -1)
    TargetFrameToTTextureFrameName:ClearAllPoints() TargetFrameToTTextureFrameName:SetPoint("LEFT",TargetFrameToT,"Top", -1, -8)
    --Playerframe fix
    local function ScrewYouPlayerFrame()
        PlayerFrame:ClearAllPoints()
        PlayerFrame:SetPoint(cfg.Playerpoint, cfg.PlayerpositionX, cfg.PlayerpositionY)
    end
    hooksecurefunc("PlayerFrame_AnimateOut", function() PlayerFrame:SetAlpha(0); ScrewYouPlayerFrame() end)
    hooksecurefunc("PlayerFrame_SequenceFinished", function() PlayerFrame:SetAlpha(1); ScrewYouPlayerFrame() end)
    hooksecurefunc("PlayerFrame_UpdateStatus", ScrewYouPlayerFrame)
    --Scaling
    PlayerFrame:SetScale(cfg.UnitFramescale)
    TargetFrame:SetScale(cfg.UnitFramescale)
    ComboFrame:SetScale(cfg.UnitFramescale)
    FocusFrame:SetScale(cfg.UnitFramescale)

[Phanx]

Originally Posted by 10leej Actually it was implemented in patch 4.1 anyways to get them to move by .lua I found this method works for BobUI causes some taint though still trying to work that out

Why don't you just call the same functions that moving the frame using the built-in feature calls? That way, you wouldn't have to hook stuff and taint evertyhing, because the game wouldn't even know the user hadn't dragged the frame into position themselves.

[10leej]

This was lighter on memory, I mean I could do that but at the same time this works fine except for the taint

Also, didn't think about it. Probably will now that you mention it, lmao