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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 Whether this project is out of date or its author has marked it as abandoned, this project is no longer maintained.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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Posted Nov 19, 2010
I have also been having problems this week with random errors and settings not working properly. It seems that configuration settings are "randomly" reseting on my custom profile. The dps lines are no longer doing this, but the background is dropping on login even though I know it is set to solid and that all of my characters are on the same custom profile. Perhaps it is not related to the problem with the Skada disabling problem that was in a couple of updates back, but it seems to be quite similar.

Also, is there any chance to get it so that lines do not disappear if there is right text but no left text? I tried to use a space character to work around it, but it seems that trimming is occurring and this is causing the left text to be nil, killing the whole line.

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Posted Nov 19, 2010
The way the tooltip's designed, you can't have text on the right side without text on the left, otherwise the height of the line gets all messed up and your letters are all jumbled together. The way around this is to insert a dummy texture into the left line. something like: return "|T:12|t" -- replace 12 with your font's size.

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Posted Nov 18, 2010
1.3.61 works for me! Thanks!!!

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Posted Nov 18, 2010
Well, was working. That pesky Skada error popped up and now it's back to blank boxes.

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Posted Nov 18, 2010
OMG, my favorite tooltip no longer functions.

Why does it just show a blank square?

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Posted Nov 18, 2010
1.3.59 does not work for me. Same error as x1o8x.

I know writing addons is a thankless task, and I know it is hard work, but this is the only addon I am literally scared to update because 90% of the releases simply don't work at all. I've had to hunt down old versions at least 5 times since 4.0.1 came out.

I am going to uninstall it for a while and check back in a month or so, when hopefully it will have settled into a stable state.

But I do thank you for your hard work!

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Posted Nov 18, 2010
the new update, 3.5.8 practically screw up startip for me

Date: 2010-11-18 19:44:44
ID: 3
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: [string "Skada DPS right"] line 1:
attempt to call global 'SkadaUnitDPS' (a nil value)
Debug:
[C]: SkadaUnitDPS()
[string "Skada DPS right"]:1: runnable()
...yEvaluator-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayEvaluator-1.0.lua:132: ExecuteCode()
StarTip_UnitTooltip\UnitTooltip.lua:661:
StarTip_UnitTooltip\UnitTooltip.lua:651
StarTip_UnitTooltip\UnitTooltip.lua:1249: SetUnit()
StarTip\StarTip.lua:672:
StarTip\StarTip.lua:646
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: SetUnit()
..\FrameXML\UnitFrame.lua:152: UnitFrame_UpdateTooltip()
..\FrameXML\UnitFrame.lua:139: UnitFrame_OnEnter()
...nterface\AddOns\ShadowedUnitFrames\modules\units.lua:607: OnEnter()
...nterface\AddOns\ShadowedUnitFrames\modules\units.lua:595:
...nterface\AddOns\ShadowedUnitFrames\modules\units.lua:593
[C]: ?
..\FrameXML\SecureHandlers.lua:264:
..\FrameXML\SecureHandlers.lua:261
[C]: ?
..\FrameXML\SecureHandlers.lua:320:
..\FrameXML\SecureHandlers.lua:304
(tail call): ?
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Okay, everytime I reload my gui, the skada option resets.

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1.3.58, UnitTooltip show blank square 8(
and:

Date: 2010-11-18 10:57:49
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: ?()
...ore\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147:
...ore\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147
[string "safecall Dispatcher[7]"]:4:
[string "safecall Dispatcher[7]"]:4
[C]: ?
[string "safecall Dispatcher[7]"]:13: ?()
...ore\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:92: Fire()
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...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:904: TalentQuery_Ready()
...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:1362:
...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:1337
(tail call): ?
...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:396: OnRaidRosterUpdate()
...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:174:
...1.0\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:171
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Posted Nov 17, 2010
ok, cure it by turn off skada module

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Posted Nov 17, 2010
Date: 2010-11-17 22:48:25
ID: 2
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: [string "Skada DPS right"] line 1:
attempt to call global 'SkadaUnitDPS' (a nil value)
Debug:
[C]: SkadaUnitDPS()
[string "Skada DPS right"]:1: runnable()
...yEvaluator-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayEvaluator-1.0.lua:132: ExecuteCode()
StarTip_UnitTooltip\UnitTooltip.lua:661:
StarTip_UnitTooltip\UnitTooltip.lua:651
StarTip_UnitTooltip\UnitTooltip.lua:1249: SetUnit()
StarTip\StarTip.lua:672:
StarTip\StarTip.lua:646
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
...AddOns\Auc-Advanced\Libs\LibExtraTip\LibExtraTip.lua:279: SetUnit()
PitBull4\UnitFrame.lua:346:
PitBull4\UnitFrame.lua:341

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Posted Nov 17, 2010
Having the same issue. Once I disable the 'DPS' module in-game, the tooltip starts to work. However, when I /reload or log out & back in, the DPS module is enabled again and the tooltip does not work. It looks like the newest version is not saving the settings properly.

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Posted Nov 17, 2010
Try turning off the Skada module. With Skada turned on and not having Skada, I would just get a black box instead of the Startip.

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Posted Nov 17, 2010
With latest Version I get:

Date: 2010-11-17 17:30:33
ID: 34
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: [string "UnitName left"] line 3:
attempt to call global 'ClassColor' (a nil value)
Debug:
[C]: ClassColor()
[string "UnitName left"]:3: runnable()
...yEvaluator-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayEvaluator-1.0.lua:132: ExecuteCode()
StarTip_UnitTooltip\UnitTooltip.lua:642:
StarTip_UnitTooltip\UnitTooltip.lua:627
StarTip_UnitTooltip\UnitTooltip.lua:1225: SetUnit()
StarTip\StarTip.lua:672:
StarTip\StarTip.lua:646
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
...AddOns\Auc-Advanced\Libs\LibExtraTip\LibExtraTip.lua:279: SetUnit()
SmartDebuff\SmartDebuff.lua:3040:
SmartDebuff\SmartDebuff.lua:3033

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Posted Nov 17, 2010
Try loading without your saved variables file under the WTF folder. Just rename it. If it turns out to be a corrupted save file, then you'll have to rebuild your custom stuff by hand. :(

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Posted Nov 17, 2010
I am unable to see people's talents. Does anyone else have this problem? I just see "Loading. . . . "

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Posted Nov 17, 2010
There's a bug in the WoW client that prevents you from inspecting people. Sometimes it works right after you log in. I turned the talents line off by default due to this.

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Posted Nov 15, 2010
Hey Starlon,

did you notice that if you cast a spell with a cooldown the spell and all other spells on the same cd making the tooltop shaking if you mouse over it till the cd is off. (like: drink a Guardian and a battle elixir) maybe you can change this?

greeting Myka

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Posted Nov 10, 2010
As a longtime user of Cowtip, I love this addon. However, I've run into an issue within the last week or so that I haven't seen anyone else mention: specifically, in all of my unit tooltips, the "Guild:" tag line shows only "Err" instead of a guild name. This occurs on player and NPC tooltips alike. It was definitely working up until recently.

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Posted Nov 10, 2010
Okay, I found the cause of my issue. In UnitTooltip.lua, line 113:

return Guild(unit, true)

I changed this to--

return Guild(unit)

--and everything shows up normally now.

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