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This project is abandoned and its default file will likely not work with the most recent version of World of Warcraft. Whether this project is out of date or its author has marked it as abandoned, this project is no longer maintained.

This project is being retired in favor of its successor, StarTip2. This new addon is still in beta, but it already fixes bugs that existed in StarTip the original. http://wow.curseforge.com/addons/startip2/

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- StarTip - Tooltips from OuterSpace

Credits:

Huge appreciation goes out to ckknight for a ton of code. If you know CowTip, StarTip is similar. Props to Shefki for LuaTexts.

And many tributes go out to the many library authors whom have written the numerous libraries StarTip's script environment is built upon.

Customization Tips

StarTip provides an environment for your scripts.. This environment provides WoW API functions such as UnitName, UnitLevel, etc... If it's not available, try _G. Also, much of LuaTexts by Shefki is included, but be aware that modifications have been made and elements either removed or added. Also be aware that how you format your return values is incompatible with Pitbull4's implementation. In StarTip you simple return a string that's already formatted.

There are many plugins available. I imagine if you're willing to write an actual Lua script that you won't mind reading code. Go into the Libs folder and click into LibScriptable-1.0. Note all the LibScriptablePlugin* elements. These are what provide StarTip's script environment with functions and other elements.

Check here for a brief tutorial.

StarTip also has LibDogTag support. Just return the dog tag from your script, and click the check mark labeled "Dog Tag" to enable this feature.

Note: If you know of a library that you want to make available in your own scripts. let me know and I'll see about writing a plugin for it.

Bug Reports and Feature Requests

StarTip will take advantage of BugGrabber if it's installed, and will attempt to disable lines that cause errors. Note that the errors are not suppressed.

Report any bugs or feature requests here: StarTip Forum.
Or create a ticket here: StarTip Ticket Tracker
You can also post on the Wowace forum thread.

If you find a bug and you want to revert to a stable version, try the upload on Wowinterface.com

Note: Please write a ticket if you have a back trace: StarTip Ticket Tracker

Note to Translators: You can easily support this project by translating some phrases at either two locations: StarTip and LibScriptable-1.0.

The comments on Curse.com have been disabled. They're too much of a hassle to keep up with and use to communicate with users. There are numerous other options mentioned in this description for filing bug reports, or for simply seeking general help. Try the Wowace.com forums if you're still not sure where to go.

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_ForgeUser2727937
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Posted Oct 29, 2010
The mana text colour in the tooltip is exceptionally dark on the background colour I have chosen. Is there a way to change the colour of the mana text in the tooltip?

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Posted Oct 28, 2010
Really liking this as a replacement for CowTip that actually gets updated. Though I don't see the option for changing the health and mana bar textures to something else. Is that option being planned at all?

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Posted Oct 28, 2010
hey is it possible 2 show in star tip quest tracking?that is schowing me when i need that npc 4 a quest or something like that.
sorry 4 my bad english =) i hope u know what i mean

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Posted Oct 28, 2010
Been using the addon since 4.0.1 release, loving it. Since I've been using it there has been a quest tracker that lets you know what you need from a particular mob. Recently updating I've lost this tacker and was wondering if there was a way to manually add it back in? Thank you in advance.

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Posted Oct 29, 2010
having the same "problem"
the quest name now shows if you enable location
before it was beneed all info and showing: what and how many needed.

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Posted Oct 29, 2010
Same thing. Quest tracking inside the tooptip was indeed very usefull. I've lost it 3 or 4 updates ago -.-

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Posted Oct 31, 2010
I'm not sure what you're talking about. :) Quest tracking? StarTip has never had anything to do with quests.

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Posted Nov 4, 2010
It's not a quest tracker per say, it simply use to show when you moused over a mob if you needed it for a quest and how many for that quest ( Even if you needed a drop from it) I didnt think it was in basic wow interface and it has been in startip since 4.01 to about 3 updates ago.

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Posted Oct 28, 2010
Like the addon, some good stuff in here. The only thing I can't figure out is the health bars.

I would like them inside of the tooltip, at the bottom. I can set the x,y offsets to place the bars where I want them but the tooltip grows/shrinks depending on the unit you are targetting so a lot of the time the bars will be overlapping the last line of LUA texts. I tried to play with the padding but that didn't do anything for me unfortunately.

I also tried to move the health text over the healthbar so they overlap and tried changing the strata of the healthbar so that the health text will be ontop and visible but that had no effect either.

I'm not sure what exactly is causing it, but with this addon enabled (with portraits in 2d or 3d mode) my pitbull player portrait goes away on login and I have to manually click enable/disable in the pitbull config to bring it up again. Don't know if you have any way of possibly delaying or changing the way startip loads portraits?

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Posted Oct 27, 2010
Date: 2010-10-27 17:33:26
ID: 1
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ...alents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua line 123:
bad argument #1 to 'unpack' (table expected, got nil)
Debug:
(tail call): ?
[C]: unpack()
...alents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:123: ?()
...Ons\Ace3\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147:
...Ons\Ace3\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147
[string "safecall Dispatcher[7]"]:4:
[string "safecall Dispatcher[7]"]:4
[C]: ?
[string "safecall Dispatcher[7]"]:13: ?()
...Ons\Ace3\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:92: Fire()
...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:957: OnReceiveTalents()
...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:889: TalentQuery_Ready()
...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:1347:
...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:1322
(tail call): ?
...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:391: OnRaidRosterUpdate()
...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:169:
...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:166

appears only at the beginning of the game

By cons it works, I can finally see the frames of information without an error message

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Posted Oct 26, 2010
ok i am starting to lose my mind i had this mod workgin great untill today and now now matter what i do i cant get it workgin again. when ever i have X-perl and this mod on at the same time i get this error when i mouse over MY UNIT FRAME ONLY:

LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0-14:180: attempt to compare number with string
LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0-14:203: in function `SendQuery'
LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0-14:255: in function <...alents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:246>
<in C code>: ?
<in C code>: ?
<in C code>: ?
<in C code>: ?
<in C code>: ?
<in C code>: in function `SetUnit'
XPerl-3.1.0 Beta 5\XPerl.lua:1277: in function `XPerl_PlayerTip'
XPerl-3.1.0 Beta 5\XPerl.lua:3359: in function <XPerl\XPerl.lua:335

Locals:
unit = "player"
TalentQuery = {
lastInspectPending = 0
PLAYER_LEAVING_WORLD = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\Libs\LibTalentQuery-1.0\LibTalentQuery-1.0.lua:280:
NotifyInspect = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\Libs\LibTalentQuery-1.0\LibTalentQuery-1.0.lua:228:
Reset = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\Libs\LibTalentQuery-1.0\LibTalentQuery-1.0.lua:237:
PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\Libs\LibTalentQuery-1.0\LibTalentQuery-1.0.lua:274:
INSPECT_READY = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\Libs\LibTalentQuery-1.0\LibTalentQuery-1.0.lua:243:
RegisterCallback = <function> @ AddonManage\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:118:
1.0\Libs\LibTalentQuery-1.0\LibTalentQuery-1.0.lua:243:
RegisterCallback = <function> @ AddonManage\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:118:
garbageQueue =
{}
CheckInspectQueue = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\Libs\LibTalentQuery-1.0\LibTalentQuery-1.0.lua:172:
UnregisterCallback = <function> @ AddonManage\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:181:
Query = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\Libs\LibTalentQuery-1.0\LibTalentQuery-1.0.lua:141:
events =
{}
frame = LibTalentQuery-1.0_Frame {}
inspectQueue =
{}
UnregisterAllCallbacks = <function> @ AddonManage\CallbackHandler-1.0\C:-1
PluginTalents =
{
OnRoleChange = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:192:
ClearSpec = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:233:
GetRole = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:239:
GetSpec = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:226:
SpecText = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:209:
SpecText = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:209:
TalentQuery_Ready = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:152:
SendQuery = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:199:
OnUpdate = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:114:
__index =
{}
New = <function> @ StarTip\Libs\LibScriptableDisplay-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:58:
}
UnitName = <function> defined =[C]:-1

i hope i got every thing posted here.

like i said it only happnes if i mouse over my own unitframe with xperl on .. if i turn off either one then i DONT get the error. b ut as you can see all the errors are in you local files so i am so confused thanks

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Posted Oct 26, 2010
I get this same error mousing over my unit frame using Pitbull.

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Posted Oct 27, 2010
Turn off the talents line for now. Inspecting people is broken since 4.0 patch anyways.

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Posted Oct 27, 2010
i dont have talents on i have it off and i even removed the code from the box's just for added mesure

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Posted Oct 27, 2010
Well, at any rate, the latest should fix it. Let me know if it doesn't.

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Posted Oct 30, 2010
yea the last patch fixed it thanks

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Posted Oct 26, 2010
Tooltip is showing up as a blank box for some player and npc units since the latest game update.

Would also like to know if there is a way to prevent player titles from showing with names.

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Posted Oct 27, 2010
Strange. You might try deleting your save file. Make a backup of course.

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Posted Oct 27, 2010
v1.3.32 gets rid of the titled name. I changed my mind on the default.

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Posted Oct 25, 2010
Message: ...Texts-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginLuaTexts-1.0.lua:10: LibScriptableDisplayPluginLuaTexts-1.0 requires LibScriptableDisplayHook-1.0
Time: 10/26/10 04:37:40
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Stack: [C]: in function `assert'
...Texts-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginLuaTexts-1.0.lua:10: in main chunk

Locals: (*temporary) = nil
(*temporary) = "LibScriptableDisplayPluginLuaTexts-1.0 requires LibScriptableDisplayHook-1.0"

new problem

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