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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 Whether this project is out of date or its author has marked it as abandoned, this project is no longer maintained.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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_ForgeUser189254
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Posted Jan 4, 2011
Turns out this may be due to the talents or ilvl line. WoW has some bugs inherent in the inspection API. It's used to inspect other players, which is where InspectPaperDollFrame comes from. I'll try digging deeper.

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Posted Jan 4, 2011
This could also be due to another addon that "inspects" a player. A lot of addons do this to show various things such as talents, gear score metrics, etc...

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Posted Jan 5, 2011
I'm going to be adding a Key Event module, which could easily do what you want with a simple script. The script would look something like this, which you would bind to maybe the ctrl key.
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local mod = _G.StarTip:GetModule("Position");
mod.db.profile.anchor = 13;
_G.StarTip:ShowTooltip();

-- This would cause the tooltip to be repositioned to the bottom right hand corner when you press ctrl, but be aware that this changes your setting as well, so you would need to use a one show timer to change it back probably, or change it back when the tooltip hides after leaving the mouseover unit. I'm trying to make as many aspects of StarTip scriptable as possible, because that makes my job easier when players can fully customize StarTip. I'm left in a position where I can help users with their own customizations instead of constantly adding features, which leads to bloat in users' opinions.

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Posted Dec 31, 2010
Can you add the Avg iLvl of the target in the tooltip?

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Posted Jan 1, 2011
This is on the back burner atm. It's definitely something I want to include.

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Posted Dec 28, 2010
Is this from StarTip?

Message: ...alents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:123: bad argument #1 to 'unpack' (table expected, got nil)
Time: 12/29/10 01:11:32
Count: 32
Stack: [C]: in function `unpack'
...alents-1.0\LibScriptableDisplayPluginTalents-1.0.lua:123: in function `?'
...ist\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147: in function <...ist\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147>
[string "safecall Dispatcher[7]"]:4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[7]"]:4>
[C]: ?
[string "safecall Dispatcher[7]"]:13: in function `?'
...ist\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:92: in function `Fire'
...ils\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:980: in function `OnReceiveTalents'
...ils\Libs\LibGroupTalents-1.0\LibGroupTalents-1.0.lua:912: in function `?'
...ist\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147: in function <...ist\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:147>
[string "safecall Dispatcher[5]"]:4: in function <[string "safecall Dispatcher[5]"]:4>
[C]: ?
[string "safecall Dispatcher[5]"]:13: in function `?'
...ist\libs\CallbackHandler-1.0\CallbackHandler-1.0.lua:92: in function `Fire'
...Fails\Libs\LibTalentQuery-1.0\LibTalentQuery-1.0.lua:259: in function <...Fails\Libs\LibTalentQuery-1.0\LibTalentQuery-1.0.lua:243>
(tail call): ?

Locals: <none>

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Posted Dec 28, 2010
Try disabling the "talent" tool tip and see if it goes away.

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Posted Jan 1, 2011
What class was the player you moused over? It was a player right?

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Posted Dec 28, 2010
can you do something about the shaking of the tooltip when you mouse over spells that are on cooldown (like the hearthstone) hardly to read how long its on cd, it keeps shaking till the cd is off

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Posted Dec 28, 2010
I thought I fixed this. >.< There's little I can do about this because the game repositions when it updates the cooldown text. I thought I found a way to prevent this, but apparently not. :(

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Posted Dec 28, 2010
Maybe a bug?

When any of my abilities are on cooldown and I hover it with my mouse, the tooltip seems to be rendered a bit out of place, and then moved to the correct position *very* shortly after. It keeps doing that about 4 times a second, as long as the ability is on cooldown. No LUA errors are displayed.

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Posted Dec 27, 2010
Is there a means to turn off player titles like "the patient", "the kingslayer", etc?

Often, the longer titles will add a bunch of unneeded width to the tooltip.

It would be nice to turn that information off, or have it word wrap, to keep the tooltip width consistent.

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Posted Dec 28, 2010
"Here are the steps you need to take to remove titles:

Open up the options menu, click on Unit Tooltip so you see the drop-down list, click Unit Name. Scroll down through the text underneath the heading "Left" till you get to the last line where it says "return Colorize((Name(unit, true) or Name(unit))", and change the true to false. That should remove the titles beside the names."

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Posted Dec 16, 2010
Awsome replacement for Cowtip. A few things. 1) I am also not seeing guild names in the tip. 2) The location thinger doesn't seem show the location in the tip either.

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Posted Dec 16, 2010
There seems to be a bug somewhere related to unit tooltip scanning, where the location and guild is extracted. I'm still trying to figure out why.

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Posted Dec 17, 2010
Thanks! Yeah this bug makes it really hard to locate vendors/trainers too :P have to click them to see their guild tag. Haha. Can't wait for the update :)

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Posted Dec 21, 2010
This may be fixed in the latest beta.

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Posted Dec 16, 2010
I like this tooltip so far, but it's a bit unapproachable for me. I got so used to using DogTags with Cowtip that I really... am not sure what I'm doing with Lua.

A few things I'd like to do:
-Consolidate Level/Class/Race (as in, "L/C/R: 85/Drae/Pal")
-Show flagRSP/myRP/etc. addon titles -and- in-game titles. At current, only the RP addon titles will display. Even when setting flagRSP, for example, to use the Blizz default tooltip I still have this issue. Also, because of the interaction between the RP mods and Startip, I had to edit the Status module to show AFK & DND.

Could anyone help me out with this? I'm positive neither of these are faults of the mod itself, and more just my own ignorance. :3

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Posted Dec 16, 2010
And additionally: Guilds aren't showing at all, for anyone, even with the module on.

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Posted Dec 16, 2010
There's a bug I need to hunt down that causes the guild info to be blank sometimes. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. There are other similar bugs like this that I haven't figured out yet. A UI reload should fix some of these. I'll keep hunting down the bug.

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