Need help with overlapping

Saiorse · 02-02-10, 12:55 PM

Hey guys, just started tinkering around with ouf this past weekend so please be gentle, aka treat me like an infant.

I've been working on editing ouf_alza to better suit my needs, and came across an impass. I was looking to lower the name/health text so that it show up on top of the frame, but it looks like the uf frame level is higher than the numbers/words, or something.

Here is a screenshot:

I'm just looking to have the words show up on top of the frames. Thanks to anyone who can offer suggestions.

ravagernl · 02-02-10, 02:47 PM

Investigate if one of the two has a higher or lower layer.

Saiorse · 02-02-10, 03:23 PM

Thank you

.

It had something to do with the parent frame; for anyone else who has this problem, I just entered the code

info:SetParent(self.Health)

at the top of the info configuration.

Now I just need to figure out this cast bar...

I'm trying to remove the spell name/cast timer from it, as I much prefer just a generic, plain cast bar. However, whenever I try to remove the code from the .lua file, it comes up with an error in game.

ravagernl · 02-02-10, 03:39 PM

Can you paste the code that you changed here?

zork · 02-02-10, 03:49 PM

Be careful with setParent. You should never leave the "self" object. Otherwise your frames will not react correctly (example if self gets hidden/shown)

What I found out to be "best practice" is to work with helper frames. Just create yourself helper frames.

Code:

local helper1 = CreateFrame("Frame",nil,self)
helper1:SetFrameLevel(5)

You can then anchor anything to that helper frames.

If you need another layer above just create another helper frame with an even higher framelevel.

Saiorse · 02-02-10, 03:59 PM

I changed from:

Code:

    --[[ Info text ]]
    local info = MakeFS(self)
    if(unit=="target") then
        info:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", ppp or hpp, "TOPRIGHT")
        info:SetJustifyH("RIGHT")
        info:SetPoint("RIGHT")
        self:Tag(info, "[difficulty][smartlevel]|r [name]")
    elseif(unit=="targettarget" or unit=="focus" or unit=="focustarget") then
        info:SetPoint("BOTTOM", self, "TOP", 0, 3)
        info:SetPoint("LEFT")
        info:SetPoint("RIGHT")
        self:Tag(info, "[name]")
    elseif(not unit) then
        info:SetParent(self.Health)
        info:SetPoint("RIGHT")
        info:SetPoint("LEFT")
        info:SetJustifyH("CENTER")
        self:Tag(info, "[name]")
    end

to

Code:

    --[[ Info text ]]
    local info = MakeFS(self)
    if(unit=="target") then
	info:SetParent(self.Health)
        info:SetPoint("BOTTOM", self, "CENTER",  0, 3)
        info:SetJustifyH("LEFT")
        info:SetPoint("LEFT")
        self:Tag(info, "[difficulty][smartlevel]|r [name]")
    elseif(unit=="targettarget" or unit=="focus" or unit=="focustarget") then
	info:SetParent(self.Health)
        info:SetPoint("BOTTOM", self, "CENTER",  0, 0)
        info:SetPoint("LEFT")
        info:SetPoint("LEFT")
        self:Tag(info, "[name]")
    elseif(not unit) then
        info:SetParent(self.Health)
        info:SetPoint("TOPRIGHT")
        info:SetPoint("TOPLEFT")
        info:SetJustifyH("CENTER")
        self:Tag(info, "[name]")
    end

So I didn't delete any lines, I just added one right under " if(unit=="target") then ".

Okay. Self = player unit frame? Sorry I'm so dreadfully noobish. And thanks so much for the code; definitely saving that one.

p3lim · 02-02-10, 04:24 PM

Bigger elements like health, power, aura, castbar etc needs or atleast should be parented to self, while strings and such should be parented to those.

I'd suggest using self.Health as parent when you create the fontstring, awell using OVERLAY or ARTWORK as layer, like this:

Code:

local info = self.Health:CreateFontString(nil, 'OVERLAY')

Saiorse · 02-02-10, 04:52 PM

Okay, awesome, thank you! I will be saving that code as well.

As for my cast bar question, here is the situation. It's kind of hard to explain without seeing it, so I've taken some pictures to help.

The only line I've edited in the code is to change the casting bar color. I changed it from

Code:

self.Castbar:SetStatusBarColor(r, g, b)

to

Code:

self.Castbar:SetStatusBarColor(0.67, 0.83, 0.45)

.

For the most part, it works in game. The only problems I have is when I am mid-cast, and target someone else who is mid-cast. Their cast bar will be green, but mine will turn white.

Here are pictures:

Casting without a target:

Casting while targeting someone else who is also casting:

After the initial cast, say if I am spamming a target while they are spamming something else, both bars revert to green. It's quite peculiar.

I hope I've made myself clear; please let me know if I didn't.

Ferous · 02-03-10, 04:42 AM

Off-topic: Nice to see your finally digging into the oUF scene! :O

On-topic: I have no idea how to fix your problem >.> I just tinker and tinker

Taroven · 02-10-10, 09:59 PM

Hopefully I'm not too late replying, haven't been lurking as often as usual.

I've had similar issues in the past, and rather than resort to forcing framelevels I just got into the habit of setting a different strata per major element. It's not always the most attractive option, but it does work and completely prevents bars from randomly going behind others.

Code:

self.Castbar:SetFrameStrata('HIGH')

Should be all you need to fix that.