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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 Whether this project is out of date or its author has marked it as abandoned, this project is no longer maintained.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 Oct 19, 2010
nope. doesn't work. can't open the config. it does show item and spelltooltips but no unittooltips. german client.

addons:

pitbull
chatter
kgpanels

I deleted all other addon and WTF Folder. no change at all.

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Posted Oct 17, 2010
Unit tooltips not showing. Everything else working as normal. Going back a version.

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Posted Oct 17, 2010
Could not config. Going back a version (or 2 or 3) did not work. Found a workaround for CowTip and am using that for now.

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Posted Oct 18, 2010
I'm not sure why. It's working fine here. This may be due to some saved file corruption, so try deleting your save file (make a backup if you need to) and log in without it. You'll need to exit WoW fully for this to work. Let me know if that works.

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Posted Oct 16, 2010
Uhm...

When I login it says welcome to Startip, but when I press the open configuration Button oder type /startip absolutly nothing happens. It doesn't even send the message.

just installed.

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Posted Oct 16, 2010
Date: 2010-10-16 22:27:50
ID: 400
Error occured in: Global
Count: 1
Message: ..\AddOns\StarTip_Bars\Bars.lua line 394:
bad argument #1 to 'pairs' (table expected, got nil)
Debug:
[C]: ?
[C]: pairs()
StarTip_Bars\Bars.lua:394: SetSpell()
StarTip\StarTip.lua:676:
StarTip\StarTip.lua:672
[C]: ?
[C]: SetAction()
..\FrameXML\ActionButton.lua:521: ActionButton_SetTooltip()
[string "*:OnEnter"]:1:
[string "*:OnEnter"]:1

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Posted Oct 16, 2010
Hello,

I where wondering is it just me or why this lovely addon is not showing location of the target?

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Posted Oct 16, 2010
I'll look into this. I thought this would be an easy fix, but it seems the tooltip scanning code is rather old and likely doesn't work that well if the default WoW tooltip has changed any, which it likely has.

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Posted Oct 16, 2010
So happy with Startip! Thank you for a great addon. However there appears to be a conflict between Startip and OmniCC, I don't know which addon is causing the wonky behavior though. While OmniCC is counting down the cooldown on my bar, it makes the Tooltip from Startip come in and out of effect, so I get this annoying jittery tooltip as it bounces between the default blizzard tooltip and where I have placed my Startip.

I posted a similar comment over in OmniCC, not sure which is causing the conflict, but it's one of the two...

There are no lua errors, they're both working, just not playing nice with each other.

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Posted Oct 16, 2010
While talking with the Dev over at OmniCC He mentioned that his addon has nothing to do with tooltips, which makes sense. I used an example of a miltiple layer cake. When the button is at it's default stage, not on cooldown, Startip looks at it like any other button.

But when you press the button that has a cooldwon, I.E. Holy Shock, with it's 6 second cooldown. Startip appears to get confused.

While the numbers are being counted down I think startip gets confused about what it's supposed to do. Because while the buttons are skinned with the count down it shows the tool tip at the user defined location. But when the skinning of the buttons is done between the counts of each second, the tooltip reverts to the blizzard default location. Hence the 2nd layer of the cake.

Anyways, I love both addons and this minor glitch is just that. Minor I've already gotten used to it. But I figured you both would want to know about the odd behavior between the two addons.

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Posted Oct 18, 2010
This should be pacified now. I can't ensure a tooltip will stay put when the spell's on cooldown, so I just let WoW take over. The spell tooltips show the cooldown timer, and is updated over and over. Everytime it updates the tooltip, WoW repositions the tooltip, and then StarTip repositions the tooltip, and it repeats. It's best just to give WoW control, so spell tooltips will be in their default location when mousing over a spell on cooldown.

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Posted Oct 15, 2010
sorry for my n00b question, but how can see the Location?

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Posted Oct 16, 2010
select(3, GetUnitTooltipStats(unit)) should work, but it may or may not be accurate. This information is scanned off the game's default tooltip for units, and the scan code is rather old (from CowTip), so there may be new elements to WoW's tooltips.

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Posted Oct 16, 2010
Maybe my fault, I told that I'm a n00b using this addon (installed 2 days ago), but I have to put that string in "Unit Tooltip -> Location -> write select(3, GetUnitTooltipStats(unit)) in Right field"?

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Posted Oct 19, 2010
There was a bug in the tooltip scanning plugin. This should be fixed now, and there's a location line added.

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Posted Oct 15, 2010
Hi I love this addon, perfect replacement for cowtip which now appears to have finally broken with the release of 4.0.1 I just have one problem however, for the life of me I can't seem to get it to display which faction an npc is associated with (ie stormwind, kirin tor, etc etc) and its kinda driving me nuts. I am sure that it would be something simple, I have faction enabled but that only seems to work for other players and not npcs. If someone could reply to this and let me know how I would be most appreciative, many thanks.

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Posted Oct 15, 2010
Awesome addon, just a question: is it possible to disable or move the rectangle with the spell name and features?

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Posted Oct 15, 2010
How do you show the title of the target like in the screenshot for Histogram?

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Posted Oct 16, 2010
That's just in the name I think. I don't believe there's anything special about it -- just UnitName or in LuaTexts, just Name(unit).

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Posted Oct 14, 2010
can you add Gender to the mod. i dont use target to i am currently use that location for gender i am using the code i got form an other mod:

LEFT:

return "Gender:"

RIGTH:

local sex = UnitSex(unit)
if sex==1 then
return "Unknown"
elseif sex == 2 then
return "Male"
elseif sex == 3 then
return "Female"
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