Need frame's to Hide during Cinematic

[Mayron]

Hi, I have an issue with an in-game cinematic where frames show over it. Usually I would use:

local frameEvent = CreateFrame('Frame')
frameEvent:RegisterEvent("CINEMATIC_START")
frameEvent:SetScript('OnEvent', myEventHandler)
function eventHandlers.CINEMATIC_START()
    playerGradient:Hide()
    targetGradient:Hide()
end

however I don't think the "Deathwing's destruction at the Maelstrom" cinematic actually counts as a cinematic which is the problem. When I go in Orgrimmar as a Horde and right click on the NPC and select "Show me, dragon." to play the cinematic I get this:



Does anyone know the reason why or how to fix this? Thank you!

[Nibelheim]

Are those frames anchored/parented to WorldFrame by any chance?

[Clamsoda]

So long as the "main" frame is parented to UIParent, you should be fine =X.

[Mayron]

Originally Posted by Nibelheim Are those frames anchored/parented to WorldFrame by any chance?

No they are not actually parented to anything, I just use a script to make them only show when my Unit frames are showing and their relative Frame positioning are set to those unit frames. I could try parenting them to the UIParent, hopefully that will help as long as it does not interfere with the script for when its meant to show and when to hide depending on whether I have a target or not. I don't see why it would but my knowledge of Lua isn't the best ^^

Thanks for the replies!

[Seerah]

You should always parent your frames to something, and this is just one reason why.

[Phanx]

More specifically, you should always parent your frames to UIParent, or to something else that traces its parentage back to UIParent. This will ensure two things:

(1) Your frame respects the user's UI scale.

(2) Your frame hides when it's supposed to -- eg. if the user presses Alt-Z to hide the UI, or when a cinematic is showing, etc.

Neither of these affect your ability to :Hide() and :Show() your frame in any way; in the case of #2 above the game doesn't :Hide() your frame -- it :Hide()s the UIParent, which automatically hides all of its children, regardless of their individual visibility status.

[Mayron]

Okay that solved that issue, Thank you

[AnrDaemon]

If you are modifying some frame with your own, it makes sense to parent it to modified frame, or it's parent. Just for consistency, if not for any other reason.