Determining Party #'s [target=party2]

[Vociferate]

Ok, now it makes sense.

The unit frames decypher which party(#) they are.

Now, the question...

Is there a way to make sure that my two toons will always be in a specific spot?

I have Pitbull setup to organize them by name. But if someone has a name that begins with A, then it alters how my healing macros go.

What can I do?

(Aside from doing full on F Keys + following with a heal.)

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Ok, now it makes sense.

The unit frames decypher which party(#) they are.

Now, the question...

Is there a way to make sure that my two toons will always be in a specific spot?

I have Pitbull setup to organize them by name. But if someone has a name that begins with A, then it alters how my healing macros go.

What can I do?

(Aside from doing full on F Keys + following with a heal.)

Sounds like you're hitting the same problem I found, which is that "partyX" doesn't always mean the same toon will be targeted. Group order for the default unit frames is in order by who joins first, with the first person at the top and on down. The other problem is that party1 is always the party leader but you don't know where in the list party 1 is, so it's hard to determine who needs heals based on what you see on your leader's screen.

Something like this:

Key:
LP = leader/player
L1 = leader's party1
L2 = leader's party2
etc.

Leader:
target=player <-- top unit frame (LP)
target=party1 <-- party frame (L1)
target=party2 <-- party frame (L2)
target=party3 <-- party frame (L3)
target=party4 <-- party frame (L4)

1st alt:
target=player (L1)
target=party1 (LP)
target=party2 (L2)
target=party3 (L3)
target=party4 (L4)

2nd alt:
target=player (L2)
target=party1 (LP)
target=party2 (L1)
target=party3 (L3)
target=party4 (L4)

3rd alt:
target=player (L3)
target=party1 (LP)
target=party2 (L1)
target=party3 (L2)
target=party4 (L4)

4th alt:
target=player (L4)
target=party1 (LP)
target=party2 (L1)
target=party3 (L2)
target=party4 (L3)

Which means you have to change each alt's ordering of your heal spells independently if you use "/cast [target=partyX] healspell" style targeting. Fall-through conditionals are OK but I'm not a clicker, so hitting CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+BACKSPACE+LEFT+LEFT+RIGHT+UP+DOWN+S QUARE+TRIANGLE in the middle of a fight just isn't feasible. And targeting by name works assuming you don't change leaders, so it works great for PVE. I've yet to find anything satisfactory for situations where leaders need to change frequently, except just setting everyone up for AoE heals and not even bothering with single-target heals.

I believe there are unit frame mods out there that will let you specify what you are asking, but why would you want to. At first I thought you were trying to do something I did myself, which was setup healing macros based on unit frame instead of char name. That way, whatever toon is in the second slot, you always use the same button to heal them. Is this not what you are doing?

Yeah, but the problem is that "party2" isn't the same toon, depending on who's leader and in what order you join the party. /shrug