Range Help
This is the original Range Help fixed for 2.0.1 lua changes using the FixAddons program. Tested and seems to work fine. (Also since removed 2 bugs)
Type /rh to get to options.
= Note =
Automatic bar swapping is dead post 2.0.1. Many people ask for it and the answer is always the same. To swap bars you will have to press a key and macros are the best way to solve this now.
I'm happy to see this addon updated! I am having a small problem with it though, it wont switch bars at all for me. I've been trying out the macro that was listed, but I miss this addon!
The only new addon I have is AG Unit Frames. I would hate to turn this off since I got it looking the way I want. Anyone else with AG Unit Frames have problems trying to get Range Help to work?
getting a weird bug. I use Fill Default Spells and it puts in Wing Clip and Auto Shot. Then when I hit Apply or Confirm it gives error: Error: Unable to find range spell 'Auto Shot'.
It does it for all ranged shots I have tried.
Seconded...I played a while to figure this out, swapping any one piece of equipment lags me out for about 5 seconds. Doing a full equipment swap takes 30+ seconds, and sometimes disconnects me completely.
This happens even when swapping equipment out by hand (not using ItemRack or anything), so it's certainly not ItemRack that's the issue. Disabling RH lets ItemRack swap out things normally with no lag.
Yep, Iammike, I am seeing the same problem. With Range Help enabled, outfit swaps with ItemRack have a meaningful lag. When Range Help is disabled, the lag goes away completely.
It took me awhile but something in this addon is causing the following.
Anytime I change outfits in ItemRack or Outfitter it generates excessive lag depending on how much gear I'm changing. A few seconds for a couple pieces of gear....over 10 seconds to go from fully geared to naked.
I tried both ItemRack and Outfitter to rule out a problem in those addons and then started troubleshooting the other addons. When I disabled RangeHelp the lag disappeared.
Hope their is a work around on this because I love RangeHelp but I love being able to easily change entire gear sets even more. :-/
Would it be possible to make the addon change the actionbar on the next keypress or something ?? ...
Or forinstance... I use Raptorstrike and Arcaneshot on the same button.
Would it be possible to do something like. When I press that key for Arcshot/Rapstrike If im in Melee It will on that keypress change actionbar followed by either arcshot/rapstrike, depending on if im in Melee / Range :P ? ...
I have no clue how to code this but I would certainly try If I knew it :P ...
The working macro:
/swapactionbar 1 2 /cast [actionbar:1] Aspect of the Hawk; [actionbar:2] Aspect of the Monkey
same problem. can't switch back after killing in melee. anway, thanks for keep it alive. it really helps
The macro command dosnt work
Bar switching in combat has been disabled by Blizz in this patch. You will need to push some button to make it happen. This can now be achieved by simple macros. But automatic switching will not be possible. Sorry folks.
Macro command: /swapactionbar [barnumber]
I know that this is tedious because the actions you'd want to link this too are at the invisible bar. Solution may be to link keys so macros directly somehow.
@Oukami: get the new version, it fixed this problem.
Not working in french client :'(
It works for me, but each time it tries to shift to bar 1 or bar 2 depending on melee or ranged attacks I get the following two errors:
RangeHelp\RangeHelp.lua:166:ChangeActionBarPage() needs a page in the range 1 to 6
RangeHelp\RangeHelp.lua:111:ChangeActionBarPage() needs a page in the range 1 to 6
I think these are the two lines that make it switch, I'm just not sure how it's worked. If I get a chance i'll look into it, but I'm not a coder so I'm not sure if I'll be able to figure it out or not. :)
Either way, thanks for keeping this mod alive.
Works but won't change back to range bar after killing something in melee:(
If this works I will hunt you down and give you a big kiss, thanks!!
The second bar dont swap back, if i go to theranged aera :(
Apperently there *is* a way to code a mod that would only toggle between 2 bars using a bound key, even if you're still in combat. It has something to do with the SecureStateHeaders code in LUA, but how it's supposed to be implimented is way beyond me.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=35886005&sid=1 That link might shed some light.
Well, with the new Lua environment, will it even be possible to modify this addon so that the Action Bar automatically changes while in combat?
This is probably my very favorite addon of any I use. I'll be really bummed if it can no longer be coded to automatically change action bars in combat. (Changing action bars out of combat is kinda useless, imo.)
Version 0.1 impements exactly the changes that Sognar. Given that this won't switch in combat, I won't worry about deadzones and stuff...
I've deleted the old one to avoid confusion.
I get the following error when target comes in melle range: Error: ChangeActionBarPage() needs a page in the range 1 to 6 File: Interface\AddOns\RangeHelp\RangeHelp.lua
I've tried deleting both addon and WTF files, then reistalling but it doesnt work. The settings are exactly how they used to be when the mod worked.