Cast spell on key up?

[jak3676]

I still wasn't understanding what exactly was needed, but a buddy over on the MooreaTv discord hooked me up. Its quite easy.

Step 1 - create addon folder.
In your addons folder, create a folder called SpellOnKeyUp
(default path is: C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\_classic_\Interface\AddOns\SpellOnKeyUp)

Step 2 - create the .toc file.
Open notepad (or any txt editor) and copy/paste this into it - save the file as "SpellOnKeyUp.toc" inside your SpellOnKeyUp folder

## Interface: 11306
## Title: SpellOnKeyUp
## Notes: ^
## Author: Gello ?


SpellOnKeyUp.lua

Step 3 - create the .lua file
Open any txt editor again and copy paste this into it - save the file as "SpellOnKeyUp.lua" inside your SpellOnKeyUp folder

local key = "5"if select(2,UnitClass("player"))=="MAGE" then
   local button = CreateFrame("Button","BlizzardOnUp",nil,"SecureActionButtonTemplate")
   button:RegisterForClicks("AnyDown","AnyUp")
   button:SetAttribute("type","macro")
   SecureHandlerWrapScript(button,"OnClick",button,[[
     if down then
       self:SetAttribute("macrotext","/cast blizzard")
     else
       self:SetAttribute("macrotext","/stopspelltarget\n/cast [@cursor] blizzard")
     end
   ]])
   button:RegisterEvent("PLAYER_LOGIN")
   button:SetScript("OnEvent",function(self,event,...)
     SetOverrideBindingClick(self,true,key,"BlizzardOnUp")
   end)
end

This turns your blizzard into a 1 button ordeal - press down to target, and release to cast the spell. You can change the button (default is 5) and even the spell (switch to flamestrike, or any targetable spell like heroic leap) by manually editing the .lua file - its not much more complex than editing a macro.

The default for this is your 5 key and max rank blizzard - press 5 and you'll get the targeting reticle under your mouse like normal, but the spell will cast as soon as you release 5. It just saves 1 extra mouse click - which I find very useful in PvP, and I think it'll work well for boosting.

Thank you all for your help!