Basically what i want to do is have an addon that will show the xp of my alts while we are grouped together like on the unit frames. Is there an option like this in xperl or pitbull?
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Basically what i want to do is have an addon that will show the xp of my alts while we are grouped together like on the unit frames. Is there an option like this in xperl or pitbull?
As far as I know this is impossible at the moment. However, check this thread about LibRPC, it should enable you to query your other character's XP.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'TheHamburglar',index.php?page=Thread&postID=53245 #post53245
It shouldn't be hard to make, but I don't know of any mod that already does so.
I know of one or two addons back around patch 1.7 or 1.8 that could do this. But then they changed what Functions could be used by addons. I haven't looked at the code for XPERL, but I don't think it would be that hard to use the already existing xp bar that shows up for your character and modifying it so it could be shown on the party character windows. Broadcasting between the clients should be the easy part.
I have been looking for this functionality myself, but since I run with my other windows visible in small windows using maximizer I can just look at the bar there so I get by with that, but I would love to have a more detailed view right on my unitframes. Also if someone could modify RestFu(or RestedFu, cant remember exact name atm, its a mod for fubar that shows the level, xp and rested xp of all characters on your account) to show the other accounts used on the same WoW install, that would be great. A similar modification I Know is wanter for other mods such as the ones that show bags and bank items across characters but not accounts.
There is a function in the World of Warcraft API UnitXP ("unit") that gives the XP, but this function only works for the player unit i.e.: you can only retrieve your own XP. They apparently nerfed that some time ago, as stated above.
As for reading the XP from some AddOns SavedVariables, that's not possible between accounts. AddOns that show inventory, or gold or XP for all characters always function for just one account.
However, using LibRpc (see that other thread :)) you can make an addon that shows party members XP bars, given they have LibRpc installed. I'm making an addon at the moment to add party member XP bars to the party frames, just like partycastingbars does for casting bars. Hope I can get it to work :).
As far as I can remember, such a function is implemented in Cowtips and also in Pitbull, I cant check right now if I am talking crap here or not but at least Cowtip contains such an option.
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I'll check out Pitbull I kinda like the unit frames a bit more than XPERL . I'll also check out cowtips 2.0 , I found XPTell also it was just updated today so i'll see if he got it to work with unit frame addons.