Individually Spawned Party Frames

felixalias · 12-13-09, 06:33 PM

Hey,

I'm working on a layout for oUF and I'm using individually spawned partyN frames instead of a single header as I want the frames to grow upwards. However, for some reason, the frames don't always update when joining or leaving the group, for example, entering an arena, on occasion the frames won't match up to the actual players (duplicate frames for one player, clicking one frame targets a different party member etc).

This is the code I use for spawning the frames, and is the only place where I actually call oUF_spawn on the party frames.

Code:

local party = {}
party = oUF:Spawn('header', 'oUF_Party')
party[1] = oUF:Spawn("party1", "oUF_Party1")
party[1]:SetPoint('RIGHT', player, 'CENTER', 118, 75)
for i =2, 4 do
	party[i] = oUF:Spawn("party"..i, "oUF_Party"..i)
	party[i]:SetPoint("TOP", party[i-1], "BOTTOM", 0, 105)
end

I've searched all over the place for someone with a similar problem but i couldn't find anything, and the few other layouts that use individual frames spawned the frames very close to the above.

wurmfood · 12-14-09, 12:34 AM

Something I see as a potential problem is these two lines:

Code:

party = oUF:Spawn('header', 'oUF_Party')
party[1] = oUF:Spawn("party1", "oUF_Party1")

The first line is fairly normal, but the second one is a little odd and may be the source of your issue.

felixalias · 12-14-09, 01:33 AM

Is there another way to control the frames individually? Or to make the header grow upwards?

Freebaser · 12-14-09, 01:50 AM

Code:

party:SetAttribute(point, "BOTTOM")

haste · 12-14-09, 02:10 AM

What Freebaser said is enough to make the header spawn frames upwards. That being said; Frame spawning has nothing to do with how the frames are updated, only positioning. Your issue is most likely elsewhere.

btu10 · 12-20-09, 04:16 PM

Hi,

Simple request for information about how to move/edit individual party frames. I'm very new to lua so i've just started with the basics.

I currently spawn my party frame(s) in the standard way using the group header format. I have a pretty simple style function (based on lily) with the styles applying to all frames with an if loop exception for sizing frames.

I would like to move and edit each party member frame separately if possible; where do I place this editing code and does anyone have an example of what it would look like?

Thanks in advance for any help

Freebaser · 12-20-09, 05:56 PM

you could use

Code:

if not unit then
...

which would be anything spawned as a header

or

Code:

if self:GetParent():GetName():match'oUF_Party' then
...

to specify a particular header

btu10 · 12-21-09, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by Freebaser

you could use

Code:

if not unit then
...

which would be anything spawned as a header

or

Code:

if self:GetParent():GetName():match'oUF_Party' then
...

to specify a particular header

Correct me if i'm wrong but won't that pick up all of the party member frames collectively? I wanted to separate out the individual party members and move them around into a custom configuration.

Thanks for the information anyways

Nodd · 12-23-09, 04:57 AM

You have to spawn party1, party2, party3 and party4. Then you can test unit=='party1' and so on.