AddOn to follow your variable MainChar

[tequilale]

Hey there! I was doing an addon, taht allow me to follow my MainChar with one KeyStroke. If my main dies, i use the other charakter and press this following-key. Thats it.

Here are the source and filesnames if you are interessted:

Multi.lua
[code:1]
function Multi_OnEvent()
if(arg1 == "Multifollow") then
FollowUnit(arg2);
end
end
[/code:1]

Multi.toc
[code:1]## Interface: 20100
## Title: MultiboxerFollowing
## Notes: thats it
Multi.xml[/code:1]

Multi.xml
[code:1]<Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/
..\FrameXML\UI.xsd">
<Script file="Multi.lua"/>

<Frame name="Multi" parent="UIParent" hidden="false">
<Scripts>
<OnLoad>
this:RegisterEvent("CHAT_MSG_ADDON");
</OnLoad>
<OnEvent>
Multi_OnEvent();
</OnEvent>
</Scripts>
</Frame>
</Ui>[/code:1]


Now, you have to setup a macro at each wow-client and bind a key to it, let us say "t".
The macro are:
[code:1]/script SendAddonMessage( "Multifollow", UnitName("player"), "RAID" );[/code:1]

how will it work?
Simple. you press "t" and your player sends your name via addonmessagechannel to all other members of your party/raid. the other clients receive this and follows the name of the "keypresser".

works only if all of your mates are in a party. enjoy!

[beyond-tec]

yay! nice one.

thank you for sharing

[Thun]

Very very nice addon

[mmcookies]

does this work in combat?

[tequilale]

@mmcookies

sure

[Xzin]

Can you not just use focus?

[Thun]

Can you not just use focus?

i think its nice not to use focus for follow, i would rather use focus for CC

[tequilale]

This addon don't use focus OR target. both will be available. It's only to follow a variable mainchar.

[wolviex]

confused on what to do to use ur addon

[Ughmahedhurtz]

confused on what to do to use ur addon

See this line:

[code:1]/script SendAddonMessage( "Multifollow", UnitName("player"), "RAID" );[/code:1]

That sends a message to your other group members. If they have the mod installed, they will set their /follow target to whoever sent the message. So, bind that to a key/button on each machine. Want to switch leaders, just press that button on the machine you want to be leader and voila.

At least, that's how it should work in theory. Haven't tested it myself. :P