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Combat Log event issue

PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 5:23 pm
by 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?

Re: Combat Log event issue

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:40 am
by LYQ
there sure is, just dig into existing addons which do track such and look at what event they're using

Re: Combat Log event issue

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:09 am
by Renew
Im 99% sure you can not track buffs from specific person...
If you find a solution for this, pls write it down here

Re: Combat Log event issue

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:35 am
by 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.

Re: Combat Log event issue

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:40 am
by 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.

Re: Combat Log event issue

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:47 am
by 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

Re: Combat Log event issue

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:56 am
by 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.

Re: Combat Log event issue

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 12:11 pm
by Renew
modernist wrote: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

Re: Combat Log event issue

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 12:20 pm
by modernist
ah! thank you, that might be a rabbit hole to chase down

Re: Combat Log event issue

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 12:24 pm
by Renew
modernist wrote: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 :)