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need help with infobox

Posted by Bakarus on Mon 01 Oct 2012 07:31 PM — 10 posts, 31,647 views.

Bakarus #0
This plugin is supposed to list buff spells you cast on yourself and hightlight them green if they are active and when they wear off the background turns darkred. With 1 spell this works fine, but having trouble doing it with more spells.

current code is here.


require "InfoBox"
box = InfoBox:New("ARMOR")
buffs = box:AddBar("Buff Tracker")
box.Bars[1].captionPlacement = 4
box:CaptionPlacement()
box:Update()

function yes_armor ()
if has_armor == true then
box:RemoveBar(2)
armor = box:AddBar("Armor", 100, "darkred")
box.Bars[2].captionPlacement = 4
box:CaptionPlacement()
has_armor = false
box:Update()
elseif has_armor == false then
box:RemoveBar(2)
armor = box:AddBar("Armor", 100, "darkgreen")
box.Bars[2].captionPlacement = 4
box:CaptionPlacement()
has_armor = true
box:Update()
else
armor = box:AddBar("Armor", 100, "darkgreen")
box.Bars[2].captionPlacement = 4
box:CaptionPlacement()
has_armor = true
box:Update()
end
end


function yes_ bless ()
if has_bless == true then
box:RemoveBar(3)
bless = box:AddBar("Bless", 100, "darkred")
box.Bars[3].captionPlacement = 4
box:CaptionPlacement()
has_bless = false
box:Update()
elseif has_bless == false then
box:RemoveBar(3)
bless = box:AddBar("Bless", 100, "darkgreen")
box.Bars[3].captionPlacement = 4
box:CaptionPlacement()
has_bless = true;
box:Update()
else
bless = box:AddBar("Bless", 100, "darkgreen")
box.Bars[3].captionPlacement = 4
box:CaptionPlacement()
has_bless = true
box:Update()
end
end


The armor code by itself works fine, I but when you cast bless it sometimes over writes armor and vice versa when you refresh the spells after they expire. any help is appreciated.

I think the main issue is in the array portion.
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #1
Can you copy and paste the actual code please? This won't compile:


function yes_ bless ()


(Extra space there). Plus indent your stuff, it's pretty unreadable like that, eg.


function yes_armor ()
  if has_armor == true then
    box:RemoveBar(2)
    armor = box:AddBar("Armor", 100, "darkred")
    box.Bars[2].captionPlacement = 4
    box:CaptionPlacement()
    has_armor = false
    box:Update()
  elseif has_armor == false then
    box:RemoveBar(2)
    armor = box:AddBar("Armor", 100, "darkgreen")
    box.Bars[2].captionPlacement = 4
    box:CaptionPlacement()
    has_armor = true
    box:Update()
  else
    armor = box:AddBar("Armor", 100, "darkgreen")
    box.Bars[2].captionPlacement = 4
    box:CaptionPlacement()
    has_armor = true
    box:Update()
  end
end
Bakarus #2
The actual code is the first post, not sure how the space got in there. Only other part is my triggers here.


<!-- triggers -->

<triggers
   muclient_version="4.73"
   world_file_version="15"
   date_saved="2012-10-01 16:55:31"
  >
  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   group="buffs"
   match="A faint outline of magical armor surrounds you."
   script="yes_armor"
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>SetVariable("has_armor", "true")
</send>
  </trigger>

  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   group="buffs"
   match="You feel * power entering your body."
   script="yes_bless"
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>SetVariable("has_bless", "true")</send>
  </trigger>
  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   group="buffs"
   match="You feel less protected."
   script="yes_armor"
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>SetVariable("has_armor", "false")</send>
  </trigger>
  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   group="buffs"
   match="You feel less righteous."
   script="yes_bless"
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>SetVariable("has_bless", "false")</send>
  </trigger>
  
  </triggers>


and you have the script already.
Amended on Tue 02 Oct 2012 09:06 PM by Bakarus
Bakarus #3
I'm not sure if there is anything else i can provide, i can submit some screen shots of how its going wrong it that would help.
Bakarus #4
Maybe instead of removing and creating a new bar when a buff wears off, is there a way to simply change the backcolor of the bar when the buff wears off instead?
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #5
See my reply above:

Quote:

Can you copy and paste the actual code please? This won't compile ...

Bakarus #6
This is the code, the triggers used are posted above. Its not a complete plugin yet, just a script and triggers, don't want to use the plugin wizard until its working.



require "InfoBox"
box = InfoBox:New("ARMOR")
buffs = box:AddBar("Buff Tracker")
box.Bars[1].captionPlacement = 4
box:CaptionPlacement()
box:Update()

function yes_armor ()
	if has_armor == true then
		armor.BackColor = "darkred"
		has_armor = false
		box:Update()
	elseif has_armor == false then
		armor = box:AddBar("Armor", 100, "darkgreen")
		box.Bars[1].captionPlacement = 4
		box:CaptionPlacement()	
		has_armor = true
		box:Update()
	end
end

-- bless
function yes_bless ()
	if has_bless == true then
		bless.BackColor = "darkred"
		has_bless = false
		box:Update()
	elseif has_bless == false then
		bless = box:AddBar("Bless", 100, "darkgreen")
		box.Bars[1].captionPlacement = 4
		box:CaptionPlacement()
		has_bless = true;
		box:Update()
	end
end
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #7
I didn't write that plugin. Did you go through the tutorial that came with it?

As far as I can see if you want multiple bars (eg. for Armor and Bless) you need to do multiple box:AddBar.

What you have is just confusing, for me. Can't you just add the bars once (at the start)? Then the first bar will be bar 1 and the second one bar 2. Won't it?
Bakarus #8
I did go through the tutorial, but saw no mention of changing the colors of the bars after creating them, since I didn't think that was possible, I tried to AddBar when the spell was cast, then RemoveBar when it expired and AddBar after expiration with the new red background to indicate the buff was no longer active.

What I had there was after many attempts at trying different things, I would have posted the plugin along with it, but it is a huge file.

I can add the bars at the beginning but I am unsure of how to 'change' the colors when the buff expires, that's my problem.

I will go through the original infobox plugin again and see if i can find anyway of doing what i would assume should be supported.
Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator #9
Try bringing up its internal documentation. In the command window type:


/require "InfoBox"


then:


/InfoBox:Doc ()


You should see this:


Additional help can be found on the following functions and values

*AddYourOwn         *Inheritance        AddBar              AnchorRight         
BadColour           Bar                 BarStyle            Bars                
Caption             CaptionPlacement    CloseWindow         ColourText          
Columns             Fade                Font                GoodColour          
InsertBar           New                 Padding             RemoveBar           
ReopenWindow        Resize              ResizeOutput        Rows                
TextColour          TextStyle           Threshold           Update              
Value               WatchCaption        WatchValue          WindowPosition      
anchorRight         axis                backgroundColour    badColour           
barStyle            barStyles           button              caption             
captionPlacement    captionPlacements   cellHeight          cellLeft            
cellPadding         cellTop             cellWidth           columns             
customColourCodes   displaceOutput      fontBold            fontCharset         
fontID              fontItalic          fontName            fontPadding         
fontPitchAndFamily  fontSize            fontStrikeout       fontUnderline       
gaugeHeight         gaugeLeft           gaugeWidth          goodColour          
id                  padding             rows                textColour          
textStyle           textStyles          threshold           value               
windowFlags         windowHeight        windowPosition      windowPositions     
windowWidth         

Syntax: /InfoBox:Doc("topic")


Then you can get help on stuff like colouring existing bars, eg.


/InfoBox:Doc ("goodColour")


Gives:



Applies To: Bar
Prototype: Bar.goodColour = n

The number value of the color drawn near 100% values for gradients, or when value 
is greater than threshold for solid fills. The GoodColour function sets this value 
to the number equivalent to a color.
Bar:GoodColour("indigo") -- ok
Bar.goodColour = 8519755 -- ok
Bar.goodColour = "indigo" -- NOT OK!

n = number; the number value for a colour.