Skada Text Shadow + "MONOCHROMEOUTLINE"

InfamousX · 10-27-14, 01:17 PM

Hey again, everyone!

I looked around in Skada's bardisplay.lua file and a few others, but I couldn't find where it controls the shadow and shadow offset. For me, the display shows (-1, 1) - I would like it to be (0, 0) and have an outline flag of "MONOCHROMEOUTLINE"; I just can't find it.

If anyone could point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it! Thanks in advance!

Phanx · 10-27-14, 10:12 PM

If it doesn't offer in-game options for setting any font properties, then it probably just inherits from the game's predefined font objects, eg.

Code:

<fonstring> = <frame>:CreateFontString(nil, "OVERLAY", "NumberFontSmall")

where "NumberFontSmall" is the predefined font object. Just find that line and add something like this after it:

Code:

local file, size = <fontstring>:GetFont()
<fontstring>:SetFont(file, size, "MONOCHROME,OUTLINE")
<fontstring>:SetShadowOffset(0, 0)

If it does offer in-game options for changing any font properties, then it should already have a SetFont line somewhere; just adjust it as needed and add the SetShadowOffset line.

As a side note, "MONOCHROMEOUTLINE" is not correct; values should be separated by commas, so "MONOCHROME, OUTLINE" would be the proper way to specify what you want. The game might auto-correct bad values for you, but it's better to just use the API properly in the first place.

InfamousX · 10-28-14, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Phanx

If it does offer in-game options for changing any font properties, then it should already have a SetFont line somewhere; just adjust it as needed and add the SetShadowOffset line.

It does offer in-game options, I'm just lost as to where to put my code! I put it in pastebin so people don't have to download the addon to help. (; Here it is.

Originally Posted by Phanx

As a side note, "MONOCHROMEOUTLINE" is not correct; values should be separated by commas, so "MONOCHROME, OUTLINE" would be the proper way to specify what you want. The game might auto-correct bad values for you, but it's better to just use the API properly in the first place.

Thanks for that information! I've seen "MONOCHROMEOUTLINE" in a few addons, so I just assumed it was correct without looking up proper documentation. I'll use it this way from now on. (:

Phanx · 10-28-14, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by InfamousX

I put it in pastebin so people don't have to download the addon to help. (; Here it is.

Awesome. Everyone should do this always!

There are :SetFont lines here where you should add your "MONOCHROME" flag:

Code:

                        -- Emphathized items - cache a flag saying it is done so it is not done again.
                        -- This is a little lame.
                        if data.emphathize and bar.emphathize_set ~= true then
                                bar:SetFont(nil,nil,"OUTLINE,MONOCHROME")
                                bar.emphathize_set = true
                        elseif not data.emphathize and bar.emphathize_set ~= false then
                                bar:SetFont(nil,nil,"MONOCHROME") -- was "PLAIN") which is invalid
                                bar.emphathize_set = false
                        end

That "PLAIN" in the original code an invalid flag, by the way... it works because the game ignores it, resulting in text without an outline, which is the desired result, but the proper way to specify that would be either nil or an empty string.

Another one here on line 562; add the green bit at the end:

Code:

        g:SetFont(p.barfontpath or media:Fetch('font', p.barfont), p.barfontsize, p.barfontflags .. ",MONOCHROME")

As for the shadow... there's probably some other file called BarGroup.lua or something along those lines; post that one too.

InfamousX · 10-30-14, 10:46 PM

Thanks again Phanx, you're a life saver!

Here are the other lua files since I wasnt sure which to post:
Menus.lua
Options.lua
Skada.lua

Phanx · 10-31-14, 09:30 PM

It looks like the relevant code is actually in libs/SpecializedLibBars-1.0/SpecializedLibBars-1.0.lua. I'd add the following code in the ApplySettings function in BarDisplay.lua, right after the g:SetFont line in my previous post:

Code:

	local bars = g:GetBars()
	if bars then
		for _, bar in pairs(bars) do
			bar.label:SetShadowOffset(0, 0)
			bar.timerLabel:SetShadowOffset(0, 0)
		end
	end