Combat Log event issue

[kuurtzen]

Since the combat log event CHAT_MSG_SPELL_GROUP_BUFF doesn't seem to work at all.
Is there any workaround way to track if a party member is casting a beneficial spell?

[LYQ]

there sure is, just dig into existing addons which do track such and look at what event they're using

[Renew]

Im 99% sure you can not track buffs from specific person...
If you find a solution for this, pls write it down here

[modernist]

kuurtzen & i have been testing this on & off for the last week & it is vaguely baffling, casts/buffs are easily tracked outside of a party but are next to inscrutable as soon as you invite a player to your group.

often the member will randomly be tagged as "hostile" rather than "friendly", but still will not use the equivalent events.

[schaka]

it's simply faulty packages being sent to the client.
When working with the TBC combatlog on private servers, I've frequently noticed this.

No server ever takes the time to make sure all calls of the WoW API, including events such as combatlog, work correctly. In most cases, you are forced to resort to hacky workarounds or addon communication.

[modernist]

in a sense, it does appear to be "blizz-like"

http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/show ... php?t=7446

http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Events/Removed (search for CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PARTY)

but I'm curious as to what the workaround could be here, as simultaneously registering for hostile events has 0 effect

[modernist]

we did briefly find something in testing by registering for printouts of arguments for ALL events (lol), and discovering a strange set of returns split over two events.

http://i.cubeupload.com/pwNzql.jpg

however in a second session (where we actually remembered to log the name of the event, and then replicated our original method exactly), we couldn't get this to occur again at all.

[Renew]

we did briefly find something in testing by registering for printouts of arguments for ALL events (lol), and discovering a strange set of returns split over two events.

http://i.cubeupload.com/pwNzql.jpg

however in a second session (where we actually remembered to log the name of the event, and then replicated our original method exactly), we couldn't get this to occur again at all.

Thats healcomm from luna dev oO

[modernist]

ah! thank you, that might be a rabbit hole to chase down

[Renew]

ah! thank you, that might be a rabbit hole to chase down

You can track buffs if someone use your addon, i already made a buff-meter...its pretts simple

But here it is about tracking buffs from a specific person without any addon support, wich is imo impossible in vanilla